Mysterious money tunnel under Amsterdam canal reopened after years

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The tunnel connects two bank buildings, allowing staff to walk back and forth earlier. The tunnel was out of use and even bricked up, but it will be temporarily opened to the public for Heritage Day.

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The mysterious “poentunnel” between two old bank buildings on the Vijzelstraat will be open to the public once. There are many myths about the passage right under the Keizersgracht. “Only a very select group made use of it.”

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Not many Amsterdammers will know that there is a tunnel under the Keizersgracht. The tunnel connects two old bank buildings on the Vijzelstraat and is also called the 'Poentunnel'. The underpass has not been in use since 1999, but will open to the public this coming weekend during Open Monument Day. Geldtunnel, Keizerssnee and Poentunnel; they are all nicknames for the tunnel that runs between the former bank building De Bazel and the old Vijzel…