Jordaan

This guide to the Jordaan in Amsterdam traces the neighborhood from its start as a slum for tanners and dyers pushed beyond the canal belt, to the ruined, bankrupt Rembrandt van Rijn's arrival on the Rozengracht in 1656. You'll hear about the masterpieces he painted here while broke, and where nearby he was laid to rest. Listen as you walk the same crooked lanes that still don't line up with the rest of the city.