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Quays and promenades
Harbour quays, canal banks and promenades: the strip where a city meets its water, and the part of it most often handed from shipping and industry to public space.
Worth seeing
Aarhus Harbor Bath
2018 · Contemporary
Tjuvholmen District
2010 · Contemporary
Hornsbergs Strandpark
2012 · Stockholm
Promenade du Lac
1850 · Geneva
Venetian Pool
1924 · Moorish Revival
Little Island
1900 · Antwerp
Deichstraße
1676 · Vernacular
Venice Canals
1905 · Los Angeles
Ancient Port
1992 · Contemporary
Scheldt Quay
2022 · Contemporary
Bridge of Flowers
2002 · Valencia
Parc des Chantiers
2007 · Contemporary
Fredhällsbadet
1922 · Stockholm
Cheonggyecheon Stream
2005 · Seoul
Hammarby sjöstad
1994 · Contemporary
Bergs slussar
1815 · Linköping
Domino Park
2018 · Contemporary
Brooklyn Bridge Park
2010 · Contemporary
Xochimilco Canals
1987 · Pre-Columbian
Sukhna Lake
1958 · Chandigarh
Mölndals Kvarnby
1858 · Vernacular
Kop van Zuid
2000 · Contemporary
Promontory Point
1937 · Chicago
Norra Djurgårdsstaden
2011 · Contemporary
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- Housing833
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- Monuments263
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- Hotels and restaurants188
- Stadiums and pools179
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