18 Sep 2026 · 9:12
The Secret Money Tunnel Under an Amsterdam Canal
Under the Keizersgracht in Amsterdam runs a 50-metre tunnel that almost nobody has walked through.
From the video's description
Under the Keizersgracht in Amsterdam runs a 50-metre tunnel that almost nobody has walked through. Built in 1974–75 for bank staff, bricked shut in 1999, and opened to the public for just one weekend in 2024: this is the story of the "Poentunnel" — the money tunnel — and of Amsterdam's underground decade.
Chapters
0:00 Intro: a corridor under the canal
0:45 Part 1: The canal
1:56 Part 2: Two banks
4:05 Part 3: Under the water
5:13 Part 4: The underground decade
6:58 Part 5: Sealed
8:22 Part 6: Open again
Sources
• Poentunnel — nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poentunnel
• De Bazel (gebouw) — nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Bazel_(gebouw)
• Vijzelbank — nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijzelbank
• Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij — nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nederlandsche_Handel-Maatschappij
• Keizersgracht (Amsterdam) — nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keizersgracht_(Amsterdam)
• Vijzelstraat (Amsterdam) — nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijzelstraat_(Amsterdam)
• Coentunnel — nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coentunnel
• Nieuwmarktrellen — nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nieuwmarktrellen
• Weesperplein (metrostation) — nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weesperplein_(metrostation)
• Hogesluis — nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogesluis
• Noord/Zuidlijn — nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noord/Zuidlijn
• Amsterdam Metro — en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam_Metro
• Canals of Amsterdam — en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canals_of_Amsterdam
Credits Photographs
• Poentunnel, Open Monument Days, 15 September 2024 (Poentunnel_SEP2024_06, _12, _22, _23, _26) — Milliped, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
• Aerial photographs of the Poentunnel construction, 7 August 1974 (Poentunnel-luchtfoto-1 B00000034615; Poentunnel luchtfoto 02 B00000034614) — Stadsarchief Amsterdam, CC0
• De Schatkamer, Stadsarchief Amsterdam — PatriciaStadsarchief, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
• Entrance of De Bazel, Vijzelstraat 32 ("File by Peteris P1170759") — Pēteris, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
• Portrait of Karel de Bazel (c. 1920) — unknown photographer, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
• Nieuwmarkt riots, 24 March 1975 (Bestanddeelnr. 927-8245, 927-8239) — Hans Peters / Anefo, Nationaal Archief, CC0
• Building metro caissons in the Weesperstraat, 11 January 1973 (Bestanddeelnr. 926-1493) — Rob Croes / Anefo, Nationaal Archief, CC0
Film
• "Reportage over de metro" (1980) — Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Open Beelden (openbeelden.nl/media/745)
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