Damme Canal

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The Damme Canal is a canal in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The canal links Bruges with the Western Scheldt at Sluis, Netherlands. It was constructed on the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte who wished to create a canal network in order to permit the efficient transport of troops without the risk of disruptive interventions from the British navy. ()

Local name: Canal de Damme Coordinates: 51°16'49"N, 3°18'50"E

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VlaanderenBelgium

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Damme Canal – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Casino Knokke, Bruges–Ostend Canal, St. Trudo's Abbey, Oostkerke Castle.

5 miN
Gambling, Nightlife, Casino
Casino Knokke, Knokke-Heist
127 min walk • Knokke Casino is a sea-front casino in the town of Knokke, in the administrative community Knokke-Heist, in the province of West Flanders in Flanders, Belgium.
5.3 miSW
Canal
Bruges–Ostend Canal, Bruges
136 min walk • The Bruges–Ostend Canal is a 24.6 km long canal in Flanders, Belgium. The canal connects the North Sea to the Belgian interior, running between the cities of Ostend and Bruges. In Bruges, it is connected to three other canals: the Canal Ghent–Bruges, Damme Canal, and Boudewijn Canal which leads to the Port of Zeebrugge.
5 miS
Forts and castles, Monastery
St. Trudo's Abbey, Bruges
128 min walk • Male Castle, Bruges. A community of the Canonesses Regular of the Holy Sepulchre. It originated in Bruges in the 11th century, and between 1954 and 2013 was settled in Male Castle in Male, Sint-Kruis, Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium.
0.9 miW
Forts and castles
Oostkerke Castle
25 min walk • Oostkerke Castle is a castle in Damme, Belgium. The castle can be found south of the village Oostkerke, and was constructed in the 14th century.
5.3 miNW
Canal
Schipdonk Canal
136 min walk • The Schipdonk Canal is a canal in the Belgian provinces of East Flanders and West Flanders. With a length of 56 km, the canal runs in a northerly direction from Deinze, turning to a north-western direction roughly halfway along its route to the North Sea with which it meets on the coast near to Heist.
4.6 miW
Monastery
Ter Doest Abbey, Bruges
118 min walk • Ter Doest Abbey was a Cistercian abbey in Belgium, in the present Lissewege, a district of Bruges, West Flanders.
4.6 miW
Harbor
Port of Zeebrugge, Bruges
117 min walk • The Port of Zeebrugge is a large container, bulk cargo, new vehicles and passenger ferry terminal port on the North Sea. The port is located in the municipality of Bruges, West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, handling over 50 million tonnes of cargo annually.
5 miS
Forts and castles
Male Castle, Bruges
128 min walk • Maele Castle, Bruges Maele Castle is a former castle in Male, once a separate village, now part of Sint-Kruis, a suburb of Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium.
5.5 miSW
51°12'56"N • 3°14'17"E
Sint Janshuismolen, Bruges
142 min walk • Historical place, Museum, Windmill
3.5 miNW
51°18'49"N • 3°15'7"E
For Freedom Museum, Knokke-Heist
90 min walk • Specialty museum, Military museum, History museum
1 miSW
Forts and castles
Spiere Castle
25 min walk • Spiere Castle is a castle in Spiere, Belgium.