Groenerei, or Green Canal, Bruges, Belgium. Pretty canalside terrace and house with bricked up windows.

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Windows in some houses were bricked up to avoid a "window tax" during the French occupation. It is said that the expression "daylight robbery" is attributable to this tax. The small white building was built as a tea house.

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Size: 5016px × 3455px
Location: Bruges, Belgium
Photo credit: © Louise Heusinkveld / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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