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Belgium became independent from the Netherlands in 1830 and was occupied by Germany during World Wars I and II. It has prospered in the past half century as a modern, technologically advanced European state and member of NATO and the EU. Tensions bet... [read more]
Belgium became independent from the Netherlands in 1830 and was occupied by Germany during World Wars I and II. It has prospered in the past half century as a modern, technologically advanced European state and member of NATO and the EU. Tensions bet... [read more] Blog: Fine and Cold in Brugge
Date: March 26th 2011
So now for Brugge / Bruges / any other way you want to spell it!! Interesting place this. Old moated city in Belgium with cobbled streets and museums and galleries laid on. The buildings are fascinating and the Dutch influence is obvious to me – and I am looking for Flemish influence – but I wouldn’t know where to start. Plenty of churches and horse drawn vehicles for the tourists but ... read more
Date: March 26th 2011
So now for Brugge / Bruges / any other way you want to spell it!! Interesting place this. Old moated city in Belgium with cobbled streets and museums and galleries laid on. The buildings are fascinating and the Dutch influence is obvious to me – and I am looking for Flemish influence – but I wouldn’t know where to start. Plenty of churches and horse drawn vehicles for the tourists but ... read more
