This lift-bridge is made of steel and it crosses the river Spaarne in the center of Haarlem. It is named after a former small village Gravesteen from the Count of Holland. It had a tower on the corner of the Bakenessegracht and the river Spaarne. The bridge is for pedestrians and bicycles. It was designed by ir. JJ Fuykschot.

The bridge is more than 700 years old. The foundations of the first bridge were found in in 1863, when they renewed the bridge and the Wildemansbrug (between Spaarne and Donkere Spaarne). The Gravestenenbrug is already mentioned in the oldest registers of the city, from the 15th century and on old maps from the 16th century.
People of the Eastern part of Haarlem asked for the bridge to be rebuilt, but first there was not enough money. Finally in 1947 the city councellers gave 120,000 Dutch guilders and in 1949 another 23,000 Dutch guilders for the rebuilding efforts. They started to rebuild the bridge on February 22, 1950 and finished the job on November 9, 1950.

Question: What do you do for your living?
Answer: I am an artist and I am a TV showmaster.
Question: Do you like Haarlem?
Answer: Yes, I like Haarlem, it is a beautiful city, a good place to live.
Question: Which primary school did you attend?
Answer: I was student on the Savornin Lohman school (nowadays the name of that school is De Wadden, location Boerhaavewijk, our school! -  Laura en Esra) 
Question: Do you like it to be very famous in Holland?
Answer: yes, I am not that famous, but I like it, and... I will be interviewed by nice girls like you.
Question: Do you know something about this bridge?
Answer: Yes, but not that much. I know it is a very old bridge and that he is named after an old tower here in the neighborhood. 

Brewery "de Olifant" (the Elephant)

The big double building at Korte Spaarne 23/25/27 and 29/31, at the corner of Wijdesteeg 3 housed in the 16th and 17th century the brewery "De Olifant" (the elephant). The two houses were rebuilt after a fire in 1606.
The area at the Eastern part of the river Spaarne was already developed in the 14th century. The corner with the Korter Spaarne was a very good spot to build breweries. First they took the water they needed for the beer out of the river. In the 16th century and later they took fresh water out of the dunes. This fresh water was transported in boats on the river Spaarne.
The brewery work was, during the Middle Ages, the most important work in Haarlem. The owners of the breweries had a lot of power and many of them were members of the city council. Because of that, many big houses were build on the borders of the river Spaarne.

Question: Can you tell us a little about your work?
Answer: I own my own company and I make movies for television and I invent games and I also make travel programs for television and sometimes I do something with music.
Question: How long did you present Lingo on Dutch television?
Answer: 7 years, a pretty long time.
Question: Do you feel sorry you do not present it anymore?
Answer: Well, maybe a very little, but seven years was very long.
Question: Can you tell us something about this bridge?
Answer: Well, to be honest, no. I do not live very long here in Haarlem, I know it is a famous bridge but I cannot tell much about it. Can you?