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A houseboat sits low on the water . Its windows are close to the canal . The water is green and still . This is Amsterdam , in North Holland , in the Netherlands . The city has more than 100 kilometres of canals and about 1,500 bridges . Many houseboats lie on the canals . Old houseboats are former cargo boats . They are long and narrow . New houseboats are different . Each one is a house on a concrete float . A cable and a pipe go from the boat to the shore . They bring power and water to the home . The Houseboat Museum is on the Prinsengracht , a canal in the Jordaan . It became a home in 1967 . You can see the old bedrooms inside . You can also sleep on a houseboat . The city 's tourist site lists houseboats as a place to stay . In the evening , the brick bridges glow in the last light . The tall houses stand by the water . Lamps come on in the windows . You sit by the window with a warm cup . The water is just outside the glass . Soon the canal is dark , and the lamps shine on it like gold . 
