One of the first open-air swimming pools in Belgium is located in Spiere-Helkijn. A water treatment plant at the mouth of the Spierebeek in the Scheldt was converted into an open-air swimming pool at the end of the 1930s.
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One of the first open-air swimming pools in Belgium is located in Spiere-Helkijn. A water treatment plant at the mouth of the Spierebeek in the Scheldt was converted into an open-air swimming pool at the end of the 1930s.
The Stasi prison Hohenschönhausen is hidden in an ordinary neighbourhood in Berlin. From 1951 onwards, the GDR regime interrogated and imprisoned thousands of political prisoners here.
A seven-hundred-meter long embankment, a splash of asphalt here and there, and two useless viaducts: cars will not immediately drive on the four-lane road of the N60 in Frasnes-lez-Anvaing.
Excavation works of the Ypres-Comines canal started in 1864. The canal would realize a connection between the Yser River and the Leie River. However, landslides at the ridge in Hollebeke soon threw a spanner in the works.
"Bien travailler, bien s'amuser" (in English: Work hard, play hard) is the motto on the facade of the banquet hall of the Fauquez glass factory.
After a century, a concrete gun emplacement is all that remains of "Lange Max," the Germans' giant cannon used during the First World War.
The Frontzate, the former railway line 74 connecting Diksmuide with Nieuwpoort, suddenly played a leading role as a front line during the First World War.
The park of Lede in East Flanders has been the base of the Lords of Lede since 1200. They had a spacious castle built there and were promoted in 1633 when they were given the title of marquis.
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