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Damme Town Center

Damme Town Center

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Damme Town Center

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Location: Damme, Bruges, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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1. Damse Vaart Route

11.8km

02:57

10m

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2. Zuidervaartje Damme – Market Square Damme loop from Koolkerke

7.88km

01:59

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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Damse Vaart – Damme Town Center and Canal loop from Damme

16.2km

04:05

20m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Frank aus Bliesheim

May 29, 2017

Damme is a town in West Flanders, Belgium with 10,907 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2016). With its cozy town center, it attracts many tourists when visiting Bruges or the Belgian North Sea coast as an excursion destination.
From the middle of the 11th century, the Wadden Sea off Bruges increasingly silted up and the place lost direct access to the sea. After a flood at the beginning of the 12th century, a dike was built. Behind the Dwarsdam was the place that was granted city rights in 1169. In the Middle Ages, Damme was at times the outer port of Bruges. On July 3, 1468, the Duke of Burgundy, Charles the Bold, and Margaret of York married in Damme. Like Bruges, Damme lost its importance when the Zwin bay was silted up towards the end of the Middle Ages. The writer Charles de Coster had La Légende de Thyl Ulenspiegel (see also Till Eulenspiegel) set in Damme in the 19th century, which was the basis for Damme today to present itself as a “book village”. In addition to restaurants and hotels, there are numerous bookstores and a regular book market.
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Viviane

September 24, 2022

Damme is a small but nice village. From here you can take beautiful walks in nature

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Marion

June 3, 2024

From the middle of the 11th century, the Wadden Sea in front of Bruges became increasingly silted up and the town lost direct access to the sea. In the Middle Ages, Damme was at times the outer port of Bruges. Like Bruges, Damme lost importance towards the end of the Middle Ages due to the silting up of the Zwin bay.

Source: de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damme_(Belgien)

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Location: Damme, Bruges, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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Damme Town Center

1. Damse Vaart Route

2. Zuidervaartje Damme – Market Square Damme loop from Koolkerke

3. Damse Vaart – Damme Town Center and Canal loop from Damme

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