Minnewater sits at the southern edge of Bruges' historic centre like a held breath — a long, mirror-still lake fringed by willows and stone bridges that somehow manages to look exactly as romantic as its nickname, the Lake of Love, promises. It isn't just a pretty body of water; it was once a vital outer harbour, built in the 13th century to regulate the flow of water into the city's canal system when Bruges was one of the wealthiest trading ports in northern Europe. The sluice house and the Powder Tower still stand at one end, quiet reminders that this placid scene was once industrial infrastructure.
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