Venice of the North

Photo essay: Burges is one of the loveliest cities I have ever seen

by Alireza Ajam
24-Nov-2008
 
You probably never heard about the city of "Bruges" which is a very small city in the northwest of Belguim. I discovered this city during my last trip to Europe by chance! the story is... I couldn't find any hostel in Brussels when I was in Belgium, so I decided to go to a city close to Brussels and stay a night over there and then return back to Brussels! but when I found myself in Bruges I stayed 3 days over there! I really enjoyed my stay in that city! probably there is one of the most beautiful and loveliest cities I have ever seen! Bruges has most of its medieval architecture intact. The historic city centre is a prominent World Heritage Site of UNESCO. It is egg-shaped and about 430 hectares in size. Along with a few other canal-based northern cities, it is sometimes referred to as "The Venice of the North".
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You probably never heard about the city of "Bruges"

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Another very beautiful city in Europe, which is usually not credited for that, is Stockholm. It has been described as "Beauty on Water", and indeed it is. Also, don't forget Prague, the "Paris of the East".


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Brugge (as in Dutch/Flemish) or Bruges (as in French)

by Sharzad6 (not verified) on

It is indeed a beautiful city that is uniqe and specially very romantic and astonishing during the Automn with its canals and idyllic churches and inner yards or the so called " hof ".
The city of Brugge or Bruges also offers some of most famous paintings of Flemish and Dutch art inside its Cathedral.
Not far from Brugge there is the city of Gent which is also very famous and reknown just like Brugge, perhaps not to those living in USA or Canada but to those living in Europe for sure and that is also a place you certainly have to visit next time you visit Benelux.
Gent, Brugge, Ieper, Genk and Brussels are amongst most beautiful cities of Belgium.


Orang Gholikhani

Bruge is beautiful

by Orang Gholikhani on

Bruge is one of my most prefered city in Europe.

Thanks for Sharing.

Orang


Jahanshah Javid

Beautiful

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