Float down Spiegelrei canal in Bruges, Belgium, and you’ll arrive at the town square called Jan van Eyckplein. Sometimes referred to as the ‘Venice of the North,’ Bruges has numerous canals that once fueled the historic city’s shipping economy. Jan van Eyckplein is named for the influential 15th-century Belgian painter, Jan van Eyck. A statue of him stands in the middle of the square.
Jan van Eyckplein in Bruges, Belgium
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
Lei Day in Hawaii
-
Traffic jam on the caribou highway
-
Last stop before leaving the solar system
-
St. Michaels Mount in Marazion, Cornwall, England
-
Canada Day
-
Coral Reef Awareness Week
-
A misty morning in Brazil
-
Spring equinox
-
Christmas market at Belvedere Palace in Vienna
-
American Eagle Day
-
Happy Holi!
-
Barn swallows of different subspecies resting together
-
Marine Day, Japan
-
What, no escalator?
-
‘Fringe’ takes center stage as Edinburgh celebrates the arts
-
An octagonal architectural treasure
-
Koala in the Great Otway National Park, Australia
-
Anniversary of Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah
-
International Whale Shark Day
-
A little bit of Wonderland in New York City
-
International Beaver Day
-
A fair that s star-studded
-
Aw shucks, it’s oyster season in Galway
-
Flocking together in the Antarctic
-
Let the games begin
-
Spring comes to the Palouse
-
A black heron canopy feeding in Botswana
-
World Reef Awareness Day
-
Reflecting on one of the world s strangest rivers
-
Quiver trees, Keetmanshoop, Namibia
Bing Wallpaper Gallery

