CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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195 km from Ledeberg to Ledeberg, about 3 h 36 of riding. It goes by way of Stadhuis met Belfort, Historic Centre of Brugge, back through Historic Centre of Brugge and back through Stadhuis met Belfort. The line favours views over speed.
Push open a gate off a busy Ghent street and the noise drops away. The Klein Begijnhof, the Small Béguinage, is a walled enclave of whitewashed and brick houses with stepped gables around a green courtyard and a Baroque church. Béguines were lay women who lived in community, devoted to prayer and work but without taking permanent vows, and this béguinage was founded in the thirteenth century. Most of the present buildings date from the seventeenth century. Together with other Flemish béguinages, it is on the UNESCO World Heritage list, and it remains one of the calmest places in the city.
Read the complete Petit Béguinage de Gent write-up.
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Petit Béguinage de Gent is where the day begins. Next is Stadhuis met Belfort.
Eeklo is the capital of the Meetjesland, the flat, green region of East Flanders between Ghent and Bruges, close to the Dutch border, and its town hall with a belfry, the Stadhuis met Belfort, stands on the market square as the symbol of the town. It is one of the belfries of Belgium and France listed by UNESCO, a group of civic towers that embodied the freedom and power of the medieval towns of Flanders. Eeklo's belfry is modest compared with those of Bruges and Ghent, but it has its own charm, rising above a town that most visitors pass through without stopping.
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Stadhuis met Belfort comes up 34 km in. Next is Historic Centre of Brugge.
Bruges was once one of the richest cities in northern Europe, a trading hub where merchants from Italy, Germany, England and Spain bought and sold wool, cloth, spices and luxury goods. Its wealth came from its access to the sea through an inlet called the Zwin, and when that silted up in the fifteenth century, trade moved to Antwerp and Bruges slowly fell asleep. For centuries it was a quiet, poor town, and that is why its medieval centre survived almost intact. In the nineteenth century, writers and painters rediscovered it, and Georges Rodenbach's novel Bruges-la-Morte made it famous as a melancholy city of canals and bells. The historic centre was listed by UNESCO in 2000.
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68 km in you reach Historic Centre of Brugge.
Diksmuide was almost wiped from the map in the First World War. The town stood right on the front line along the Yser, and from 1914 to 1918 it was pounded into rubble, along with its town hall, belfry and church. In October 1914, the Belgian army halted the German advance by opening the sluices at Nieuwpoort and flooding the low-lying plain, creating a watery barrier that held for four years. After the war, the town was rebuilt in the old style, with the town hall and belfry carefully reconstructed on the market square, and the belfry is now part of the UNESCO listing of the belfries of Belgium and France.
Read the complete Stadhuis met Belfort write-up.
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Stadhuis met Belfort, about halfway. Next is back through Historic Centre of Brugge.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Historic Centre of Brugge write-up.
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back through Historic Centre of Brugge sits at 135 km, about halfway. Next is back through Stadhuis met Belfort.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Stadhuis met Belfort write-up.
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back through Stadhuis met Belfort comes up 169 km in. Next is Petit Béguinage de Gent.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Petit Béguinage de Gent write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Petit Béguinage de Gent closes the day.
Petit Béguinage de Gent → Stadhuis met Belfort is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Stadhuis met Belfort → Historic Centre of Brugge is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Historic Centre of Brugge → Stadhuis met Belfort is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Stadhuis met Belfort → back through Historic Centre of Brugge is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Historic Centre of Brugge → back through Stadhuis met Belfort is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Stadhuis met Belfort → Petit Béguinage de Gent is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.