Prinsengracht

The Anne & Frank bakery in Amsterdam, located near the Anne Frank House on Prinsengracht, is changing its name after the name caused quite a bit of controversy on social media and various websites. On Twitter people called the name "bizarre", "tasteless" and "shameless", NU.nl reports.

Two skaters fell through too thin ice on the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam on Thursday. One managed to get out of the water himself, the other had to be rescued. Bob Maas, the unofficial ice master of the Dutch capital, thinks that the ice on the canals will be thick enough to skate on safely over the weekend, Het Parool reports.

Automatic fast food snack bar Febo is celebrating its 75th birthday with a special "floating" branch. The floating Febo is handing out free "festival croquettes" on the Prinsen canal in Amsterdam today

Chinese-Dutch real estate company CTF completed the purchase of the former Paleis van Justitie, literally the "Justice Palace" in the center of Amsterdam for 61.3 Million Euros. It was the second attempt by the firm to pick up the historic building on the famed Prinsengracht canal.

The Konijnenlaan in Wassenaar is now the most expensive street in the Netherlands. The average property price on the street is estimated at 2.275 million euros, reports Quote. The record for density of houses worth over a million is set by nearby Bloemcamplaan, where 99% of all residences exceed the value.

Two cars were hanging off the quay and leaning on a house boat in the city moat in the center of Amsterdam, after they were rammed by a truck Friday afternoon.

Nearly 1.2 million people visited the Anne Frank House in 2013. The museum on the Prinsengracht saw an increase of about 42,000 guests to 1,195,456.