Walking Tour of Peaceful Places in Amsterdam's Southern Historic Centrum

Leave the alley of Kapitein Zeppo's the opposite way from which you entered. Turn right onto Kuiperssteeg, a sleepy side street. You'll come out onto Oudezijds Voorburgwal; cross the 19th-century footbridge called the Makelaarsbruggetje, or "Little Bridge of Brokers," erected to shorten the trip to market tobacco brokers had to make each Friday. Turn right on the odd side of the canal and look for Agnietenkapel on the left (pictured at left above). This used to house the University of Amsterdam Museum, but is now only used as an event space.

Continue down to the end of the canal, where you'll see a step-gabled building referred to as Huis aan de Drie Grachten, or "House on the Three Canals," as the house has faces on three bodies of water (pictured at right above).