Found an excellent german forum and mod, Adash.
Astaroth is a city on the western coast, often foggy, decaying and in something of a mess. Very deadly to visit. It has several canals leading deep into the city along which boats would row from the harbour to deliver produce to the markets and back to the boats etc.
A great pic is included in the Adash forum and I have put a link here for inspiration:
http://adash.lk-portal.de/screens/008.jpg