The Munttoren or Munt is a tower in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It stands on the busy Muntplein square, where the Amstel river and the Singel canal meet, near the flower market and the eastern end of the Kalverstraat shopping street.
Muntplein square with the Munttoren
The Regulierspoort before the fire
Carillon in the Munttoren with hammers for automatic chimes on the outside of the bells
The Munttoren as seen from the Singel in 1900
The Singel is one of the canals of Amsterdam. The Singel encircled Amsterdam in the Middle Ages, serving as a moat around the city until 1585, when Amsterdam expanded beyond the Singel. The canal runs from the IJ bay, near the Central Station, to the Muntplein square, where it meets the Amstel river. It is now the inner-most canal in Amsterdam's semicircular ring of canals.
Stalls of the Bloemenmarkt (flower market) floating in the Singel.
The Ronde Lutherse Kerk ("Round Lutheran Church").
The Munttoren seen from the Singel, postcard from 1900.
The Singel Bridge at the Paleisstraat in Amsterdam, painting by Breitner, c. 1897.