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Poertoren (Powder Tower), Bruges
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Dirk V 🚲 🚶📷
July 3, 2022
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The Poertoren is a tower on the Begijnenvest in Bruges. The tower has been the storage place for the city's gunpowder since 1477 and owes its name to the West Flemish word for gunpowder: poer. The 18 meter high tower has a diameter of 8 meters; the walls are about 1.3 meters thick.
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•Dirk V 🚲 🚶📷
June 26, 2022
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The romantic bridge par excellence is the Minnewater Bridge. Rain, sun, fog or snow, love always prevails here. And you get that privileged view of the Minnewater for free. The popular legend tells that whoever walks across the Minnewater Bridge with his beloved will know eternal love together.
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•Maik
January 16, 2019
Hiking
The Powder Tower was built in 1401 and is a remnant of the late medieval fortifications. The city stored their gunpowder supplies in this tower.
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