Paramaribo, Suriname: The Waag is a monumental building from the first half of the nineteenth century that served as a weighing house, where the goods were weighed so that excise duty could be levied on them - Weighing was done with the Amsterdam pound , which weighed 494 grams, until the metric system was introduced in 1871 - designed by Willem de Vroome, completes in 1822 - Waterkant Street, the oldest street in Paramaribo, Historic Inner City of Paramaribo, Unesco World Heritage Site. Authority | Built Structure | Sign | City | History

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