Willemsstraat

Willemsstraat to bridge over Lijnbaansgracht to Marnixstraat left
Palmdwarsstraat to lindengracht
backwards Willemsstraat to Brouwersgracht


Golden Carriage of The Netherlands

The Jordaan was Orangist. The Willemsstraat was called after King William I. King William III and Queen Wilhelmina loved to visit the Willemsstraat when they were in Amsterdam. In this Orangist street the decision was made to give Queen Wilhemina a Golden Carriage at her coronation in 1998.