UNESCO World Heritage Site Activity

In March our students visited the city of Bruges (in Dutch: Brugge). 

Bruges is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located in the northwest of the country.

The historic city centre is a prominent World Heritage Site of UNESCO. It is egg-shaped and about 430 hectares in size. The area of the whole city amounts to more than 13,840 hectares, including 193.7 hectares off the coast, at Zeebrugge ("Seabruges" in literal translation). The city's total population is 117,073 (1 January 2008), of which around 20,000 live in the historic centre. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of 616 km² and 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 is also home to the College of Europe.

(source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruges)

Here some pictures of Bruges + our presentation

The three questions who are related to our presentation:

1. What used to be the function of the administration centre?

2. Who played a leading part in the Resistance against the French occupying power in 1302?

3. How many stairs to reach the top of the Belfry tower and how many bells can you find there?

Flag of Bruges

Bruges canal corner

Historic centre of Bruges

Church of Our Lady

The Beguinage

The Burg square with the City Hall