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Bruges had a strategic location at the crossroads of the northern Hanseatic League trade, who had a kontor in the city, and the southern trade routes. Bruges was already included in the circuit of the Flemish and French cloth fairs at the beginning of the 13th century, but when the old system of fairs broke down, the entrepreneurs of Bruges ...
In 1926, the Rotterdam–Amsterdam–Copenhagen run was extended to Malmö. [6]: 416 Singapore was first served in May 1933 (), when it was taken over from KNILM and added as an intermediate stop for the Amsterdam–Batavia line. [7] By April 1934 (), Berlin, Hamburg and Liverpool were already part of the European route network. [8]
The Markt (Dutch for "Market") is the central square of Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium.It is located in the city centre and covers an area of about 1 ha (2.5 acres). On the south side of the square is one of the city's most famous landmarks, the 12th-century Belfry.
A TAP Portugal Airbus A319-100 lands at Frankfurt Airport in 2011. TAP Air Portugal was founded as a division of Portugal's Civil Aviation Department under the name Transportes Aéreos Portugueses on 14 March 1945, [1] and started operations on 19 September 1946, initially serving the Lisbon–Madrid route using the Douglas DC-3.
Cycling to work. Copenhagen is known as one of the most bicycle-friendly cities in the world. [3] Every day 1.1 million km are bicycled in Copenhagen. 45% of all citizens commute to work, school or university by bicycle and it is municipal policy that this number should have gone up to 40% by 2012 and to 50% in 2015.
The part through Stockholm has very heavy traffic, including the most heavily trafficked road in Scandinavia [citation needed], Essingeleden (160 000 vehicles/day). There is often congestion on this stretch. A new tunnel for route E20, "Norra länken", was built north of the city center and opened 30 November 2014. [6]
There’s little reason to expect the tide to recede by summer 2025, which could shape up to be as chaotic and saturated as the 2024 season. In Spain, tourism was projected to grow by 5% in 2024 ...
This gave the fortress a dual purpose: the southern part served a civil purpose and the northern part was religious. When Bruges became a diocese in 1559, Saint Donatian’s Church became a cathedral. [2] [3] The demolition of the cathedral doubled the size of the square to around 1.1 hectares, making it even larger than the Markt. However, it ...