Oudegracht
Medieval canal lined with sunken wharves and vaulted merchant cellars now filled with cafés.
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This guide to the Oudegracht in Utrecht follows the money that moved along the canal, from the medieval merchants who dug quays and cellars below street level to the city council that wanted its cut. It starts in fourteen oh-two with the men who walked inside the wheels of the city crane, and the weigh house where every barrel met the tax scales. You'll also hear how one ordinary canal house turned itself into a merchant's warehouse. Best heard down on the wharf, close to the water.
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