Nieuwpoort by night

The Belgian Riviera

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August 22nd 2010
Hi all, 11th Aug - On our second day in Brugge we again went into town and this time the weather was great, we had a good day wandering around the sites and shops. 12th Aug - Our next stop was the Belgian coastal resort of Nieuwpoort, instead of driving straight there we took the coast road and drove west from Blankenberge, it's not somewhere you would not think of for a holiday but we passe ... read more

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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