A canal at Brugges

Brussels, Brugges and Ghent

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September 25th 2007
After 5 days in Northampton we caught a late afternoon flight to Brussels where we were spending 2 nights. As we had been to Brussels before we didn't have any specific plans on what to do or see but just wandered around the city, had dinner in the tourist strip near the Grand Place and generally took it easy. We were there on a Friday and Saturday night and it was unbelievably busy in the centre ... read more

Europe » Belgium

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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