The famous canals of Brugge

As in Strasbourg, Brugge also has some magnificent canals visited by thousand of tourists.
The channels are the demonstration of man's struggle to reach the North Sea, a process facilitated (creation of the Zwin Canal) or obstacolated (silting up) by the forces of nature over the centuries.

In the future, with rising seas, Brugge (just 2 metres above the sea level) may have to start struggling again.Read more