# Canals of Amsterdam

> An editorial opening about Amsterdam’s canals, featuring a full-screen historical painting, oversized red lettering, a slim vertical navigation rail, and the visible edge of a red overview chapter panel.

- Kind: Website
- Live website: https://canals-amsterdam.com/
- Page: https://meetreference.com/v/ref-canals-20a0/
- Ready-to-use agent handoff: https://meetreference.com/v/ref-canals-20a0/agent.txt
- Authorship: Not stated
- Made with: Not stated
- Model: not stated
- Built with: not stated
- Style: Editorial; editorial, oversized typography, historical imagery, high contrast, horizontal layout, geometric lettering
- Preview: a flip-through of inspected screenshots; open the live work to experience its motion and interactions.
- Shared by Marcus Brown / Aristide Benoist in Website: https://www.awwwards.com/sites/canals
- Prompt fidelity: Unavailable in this entry. The recreation brief is written by Reference.

## Before you start

Guidance from Reference, separate from the creator's instructions.

1. Read the reference and inspect the project, installed libraries, and available agent skills before writing code. Reuse suitable tools already present.
2. Prefer the creator-reported libraries and skills when they fit the task. Explain what useful additions help with, and install missing project dependencies or relevant skills from official sources when the environment and the user's existing permissions allow it. Respect the project's package manager and setup rules; do not ask again for routine setup already authorized.
3. Distinguish tools used by the creator from your own recommendations. A listed tool is not automatically required, and an empty tools or requirements list means the setup is unknown, not that nothing is needed.
4. Ask concise questions when missing inputs or choices materially affect the result: paid services, credentials, the user's assets, or a different production approach. Use existing answers and permissions; continue independent work while waiting.
5. If a useful library, skill, or service cannot be installed or used, explain an available alternative and its expected effect on quality, features, or effort. Get the user's choice before a material compromise; otherwise state the fallback and continue. Never silently simplify the result or claim to have used a tool you did not use.

## Recreating this website

This is a visual reference. No original creator prompt is available. The following brief was written by Reference after inspecting the work.

Crop a subject-specific archival image so its quietest area provides space for an oversized display title, while its detailed forms anchor the lower portion. Contrast sculptural, high-stroke-contrast lettering with narrow serif introductory copy and tiny utility labels. Use a thin vertical navigation rail and one bold circular control to frame the image without clutter; replace the painting, title, chapter graphic, and accent color for a new subject.

1. Open the live work or source and inspect the frame images below.
2. Adapt its layout, hierarchy, palette, and interaction patterns to the user's own content and brand.
3. Compare the result against the reference. Use your own assets and credit the original creator.

## What it looks like

Written by Reference from the captured walkthrough frames, not by the creator.

Bold editorial website introducing Amsterdam’s canals, with oversized red lettering over a blue-sky scene and canal-house rooftops.

- Color: Bright red, cyan and sky blue, with dark brown and black rooftops and small white text.
- Type: Very large geometric uppercase sans-serif lettering; small white serif copy and restrained interface labels.
- Framing: The main scene fills most of the viewport. Large lettering spans the top, rooftops sit along the bottom, and a circular red control appears near the lower right. Some frames show a solid red side panel on the right; a narrow navigation strip runs along the left.
- Structure: A full-screen introductory page with a short explanatory text block, minimal left-side navigation, a circular control, and a right-side panel labeled with items including “Overview.”

Storyboard, nine frames spread across the captured walkthrough: https://meetreference.com/media/ref-canals-20a0/storyboard.webp

- Frame 1 at 1.0s: https://meetreference.com/media/ref-canals-20a0/f1.webp
- Frame 2 at 2.9s: https://meetreference.com/media/ref-canals-20a0/f2.webp
- Frame 3 at 4.9s: https://meetreference.com/media/ref-canals-20a0/f3.webp
- Frame 4 at 6.8s: https://meetreference.com/media/ref-canals-20a0/f4.webp
- Frame 5 at 8.7s: https://meetreference.com/media/ref-canals-20a0/f5.webp
- Frame 6 at 10.7s: https://meetreference.com/media/ref-canals-20a0/f6.webp
- Frame 7 at 12.6s: https://meetreference.com/media/ref-canals-20a0/f7.webp
- Frame 8 at 14.6s: https://meetreference.com/media/ref-canals-20a0/f8.webp
- Frame 9 at 16.5s: https://meetreference.com/media/ref-canals-20a0/f9.webp

## Links

- Visit site: https://canals-amsterdam.com/
- Original post: https://www.awwwards.com/sites/canals
- Source and design credit: https://www.awwwards.com/sites/canals