Himpens R.
Sint-Pieterskerkl. 60 8000 Brugge, Brugge
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Himpens R. Brugge

Sint-Pieterskerkl. 60 8000 Brugge Brugge, West Flanders, Belgium

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Kortrijk

A travel blog entry by sklitgord

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... 1815-1830), Belgium gained independence. The industrial revolution increased the pace of infrastructure development: the railway and the canal Bossuit-Kortrijk had to secure the supply of raw materials. However, in the 19th century the Kortrijk region - in common with the rest of Flanders - remained a poor region. As a result, part of the population emigrated to the industrialized regions in Northern France or even to North America.

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From "Flander's fields" to Westvleteren

A travel blog entry by forthestory

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... beer phone, you have to give personal information, including the license plate number to your car. One is then given a date and time at which you must be at the front gate of the abbey to purchase the beer. It is strictly forbidden to be resold and after you purchase your two case limit, the same car or phone number cannot purchase again for another sixty days. All of these measures are only because there is a small amount of beer ...

This is one city I will visit again

A travel blog entry by forthestory

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After a few days in Brussels I made my way to the medieval town of Brugge. There were a lot of tourists, but it, in no way, shape, or form, took away from the splendor of the city. Brugge, like many cities in Belgium, had tall gothic clock towers and cathedrals with spires that towered over the city, all a half a millennium old. Just to walk around the city is pleasant. At forty-five minutes to cross the city ...

In Flanders Fields the poppies grow..

A travel blog entry by martinandkate

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... judge and to stereotype as I have in the past myself, without ever really visiting these places. As has been the case on many places we have visited, it tends to be the English that are the real miserables - I think my blog has been a good demonstrator of that. The hotel manager at first seemed droll, withdrawn and a little tired but when he showed us out helping me to reverse into the very tight road we had a quick exchange about his own driving which ...

"In 80 yds, Turn Right!!"

A travel blog entry by martinandkate

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... a bit dutch and a bit tourist.
Anyway, 50-60 miles to get to Bruges, and probably another 50-60 miles around Bruges thanks to that most argumentative and irritating invention - the Sat Nav. Had we just followed the signs we probably would have arrived 20 minutes earlier. Tom, as he will now be known, firstly directed us into the middle of a Market and then took us down a one way street, apparently the wrong way (all the other cars were facing towards us - a good ...