Minnewater

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

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