Bruges (Belgium)

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In April 2015 visiting at Bruges, a city in the northwestern Belgium which is connected by canal to the North Sea.
The well-known scene with the canal and the belfry.  Historic Center of Bruges is designated as World Heritage. 

video (30 sec)     A view of the canal

Bruges, City of Water, has more than 50 bridges over the canals.

Minnewater, Lake of Love.

Minnewater Park with leafy trees and Lake of Love.

Bruges is called as 'Venice of the North' or ’Roofless Art Museum’.

Bruges has the famous Swan Legend. And swans are perfectly fit for Bruges landscape.

Beguinage, the convent founded in 1245.  Flemish Beguinages are designated as the World Heritage.

The Belfort (Belfry & Carillon) in the market square in the center of Bruges.   It's designated as the World Heritage.
Belfries of Belgium and France included this belfry is  designated as the World Heritage.

In 2-hour walking in Bruges, we can see the three world heritage site; Historic Center of Bruges, Belfries of Belgium and France, Flemish Beguinages.

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Brussels (Belgium)

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Visiting to Brussels, the capital of Belgium, in April 2015.
Grand Place, a plaza surrounded by historical buildings, is designated as World Heritage.

Flower markets have been opened here almost daily.　　　A front building is the palace of Duke of Brabant.

Brussels City Hall (96 m high)

video (58 sec)   Looking around Grand Place.

Galerie St. Hubert, the world's oldest arcade built in 1847.  (212 m long)

Manneken Pis, a little boy statue pissing into a fountain.

Grand-Bigard Castle in the suburb of Brussels.

The flower exhibition, Floralia Brussels, take place during four weeks in Spring.

video (23 sec)  Grand-Bigard Castle      Floralia Brussels from 3 April until 3 May 2015.

More than 1 million bulbs are planted in the garden of 14 hectares.

Hyacinth

Scenery of a red brick castle and colorful tulips.

Ghent, the third-largest city in Belgium.   Guild houses line the bank of the Lys River in Ghent.

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