City of the Week Photography is a series of posts where every week we’re going to show a city or location around the globe bringing the coolest photography samples of it. The photographs authors are all credited right above their pictures. Today feature: Bruges, Belgium.

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 oval-shaped and about 430 hectares in size. The area of the whole city amounts to more than 13,840 hectares, including 1,075 hectares off the coast, at Zeebrugge (meaning “Brugge aan Zee” or “Bruges on Sea”). 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. At one time, it was the “chief commercial city” of the world. [Wikipedia]

Wolfgang Staudt

Michael Gottschalk

Michael Gottschalk

PIKTUREPOP

PIKTUREPOP

Fusun Konyali

PIKTUREPOP

Fusun Konyali

carol_10_carol

Eiona.R.

Chris Protopapas

Bruno Misseeuw

Just a Click {? Sara Photography ?}

Just a Click {? Sara Photography ?}

Gilderic (Recovering)

rafaellaip

Peter Abson

Nijule

Peter Abson

LaBimbi

Peter Abson

Den Flater

jaume.bonet