Bruges Sights

  1. Groenerei

    A short but delightful promenade along a particularly pretty part of the city's canal system. At the corner of Groenerei and Peerdenstraat is a street-corner statue of the Madonna and Child; such elevated statues are common in Flanders, although this one is unusual for its modern features.

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  2. Minnewater

    Known in English as the Lake of Love, the Minnewater harks back to Bruges' medieval heyday. This waterway was a dock from where ships as far afield as Russia came laden with cargoes of wool, wine, spices and silks and left loaded with Flemish cloth.

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  3. Rozenhoedkaai

    This quay offers the city's best belfry shot - it is stunningly illuminated against a dark evening sky.

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