Bridge number 5 (Brug Vijf) Joes Kloppenburgbrug. This is a plate bridge in Amsterdam…

Bridge number 5 (Brug Vijf) Joes Kloppenburgbrug. This is a plate bridge in Amsterdam…

Bridge number 5 (Brug Vijf) Joes Kloppenburgbrug. This is a plate bridge in Amsterdam Center and connects the Raamsteeg with the Oude Spiegelstraat and leads over the Singel. On October 10, 1995, the bridge was made a municipal monument.
The bridge was originally nameless but was unofficially called the "Raambrug" after the Raamsteeg, but also called "Appelmarktbrug" or "Appelmarktsluis" after the apple market that used to be kept nearby. On July 5, 2016, the bridge was officially named after Joes Kloppenburg who died on August 17, 1996 in senseless violence in Voetboogstraat, where the bridge is not far from. The mention is intended as a symbol against senseless violence . The official nameplate was attached September 26, 2017.

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