Historic Center of Bruges (Bruges, Belgium)
Bruges (or Brugge in Flemish) is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the northwest of the country. It is the seventh largest city of the country by population.
The area of the whole city amounts to more than 13,840 hectares (or 53.44 square miles), including 1,075 hectares off the coast, at Zeebrugge. The historic city center is a prominent World Heritage Site of UNESCO. It is oval in shape and about 430 hectares in size. The city's total population is approximately 117,000, of whom around 20,000 live in the city center. The metropolitan area has a total of 255,844 inhabitants as of 1 January 2008.
Along with a few other canal-based northern cities, such as Amsterdam, it is sometimes referred to as the Venice of the North. Bruges has a significant economic importance, thanks to its port, and was once one of the world's chief commercial cities. Bruges is well known as the seat of the College of Europe, a university institute for European studies.
Information from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruges
Historic Center of Bruges (Bruges, Belgium)
Bruges (or Brugge in Flemish) is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the northwest of the country. It is the seventh largest city of the country by population.
The area of the whole city amounts to more than 13,840 hectares (or 53.44 square miles), including 1,075 hectares off the coast, at Zeebrugge. The historic city center is a prominent World Heritage Site of UNESCO. It is oval in shape and about 430 hectares in size. The city's total population is approximately 117,000, of whom around 20,000 live in the city center. The metropolitan area has a total of 255,844 inhabitants as of 1 January 2008.
Along with a few other canal-based northern cities, such as Amsterdam, it is sometimes referred to as the Venice of the North. Bruges has a significant economic importance, thanks to its port, and was once one of the world's chief commercial cities. Bruges is well known as the seat of the College of Europe, a university institute for European studies.
Information from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruges