Article: Belgium's Ghent and Bruges: the Belle and the Bohemian.

Article: Alternative Belgium: Brussels and Bruges may be more ...
The Atlantic;  March 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... an extension of its neighbors--Bruges a stop on the way to Amsterdam ... excitement of having discovered Ghent and Antwerp, cities that bring ... than their better-known fellows. Ghent, like Bruges or Venice itself, has an otherworldly ...

Article: An Alternative Belgium - Brussels and Bruges may be more ...
The Atlantic;  March 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... an extension of its neighbors-Bruges a stop on the way to Amsterdam ... excitement of having discovered Ghent and Antwerp, cities that bring ... than their better-known fellows. Ghent, like Bruges or Venice itself, has an otherworldly ...

Article: How they spun the good news from Bruges to Ghent
The Spectator;  February 26, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... for audacity. Ghent is just down the road from Bruges, where Margaret ... speech he made in Ghent would inevitably ... contrasted with the Bruges text, which would ... European future. The Bruges speech was her ... Federalist Paper. In Ghent, Mr Blair had ...

Article: Travel: Short Break - Belgium with an extra helping of fun Forget ...
The Independent - London;  October 29, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... off for a wild weekend in Ghent and the most likely response ... local train delivers you to Ghent in 30 minutes. Forget cars ... its more famous neighbour, Bruges, where life revolves around the tourism industry, Ghent is prosperous, innovative ...

Article: Bruges, Cradle of Capitalism, 1280-1390
Business History Review;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... commercial city" (p. 82). Bruges, Cradle of Capitalism, 1280 ... to the excellent studies of Ghent by the historian David Nicholas ... private financial records of Bruges drapers. Like Ypres and Ghent, Bruges has been categorized as a financial ...

Article: If you go to Bruges, Belgium ...(The Seattle Times)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  March 18, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... residents in the historical center, Bruges draws more than 3 million visitors ... Europeans who come on day trips. But Bruges has enough museums, historical ... good base for visiting Brussels, Ghent or Antwerp. Bruges has more than 100 hotels and numerous ...

Article: A European gem 'Bruges, the dead' is now 'too pretty'
Chicago Sun-Times;  February 24, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... in the 13th to 15th centuries, Bruges turned into a poor provincial backwater ... the saying, "If you're from Bruges, put yourself at the back ... neighbors, Antwerp, Brussels and Ghent. Still, Bruges' stunning riches never went away ...