In 1994,the city council drew up a series of bylaws aimed at reducing pleasure-boat traffic
and imposing more restrictive rules on houseboats. Despite this, the canals can get very clogged
in summer and there are still around 3,000 houseboats officially moored within the city’s
boundaries. Today, many of them can be found along the Grachtengordel and the Amstel, as
well as clustered in the docks near Central Station and the Western Islands.