# Old towns of Benelux

Old towns of Benelux outlines a list of notable old towns in Benelux (Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands).

## List
### Belgium

* 51.2205564.4002781 Antwerp A medieval city whose port came to prominence in the fifteenth century after the port at Bruge silted up.
* 51.2088893.2241672 Bruges A medieval city surrounded by a canal. Originally a port town, but in the fifteenth century the port silted up.
* 51.0536113.7252783 Ghent Originally a port on the River Leie. Now one of the best preserved medieval towns in Europe including a castle, cathedral, guild hall and belfry tower.
* 50.8285083.2643064 Kortrijk Originally a Gallo-Roman town, the city today boasts many notable medieval buildings.
* 50.87754.7044445 Leuven Home to the oldest univesity in Belgium. Althugh the city was badly damaged during both worlkd wars, many medieval building including the cathedral, several universoty colleges and the Great Beguinage.
* 51.0280564.4802786 Mechelen Originally founded during the Gallo-Roman period, the city prospered during the mnedieval wool trade and became one of the centres of the Flemmish art movement. The town centre within the ring road still maintians its medieval character.

### Luxembourg

* 49.8116676.4216677 Echternach A city dating back to 698 AD. Although many of the historic buildings that reflected its history were damaged during the Battle of the Bulge (1944), they have been restored.
* 49.6105566.1327788 Luxembourg A city that dates back to the 8th century. Among its interesting attractions are its 17th century fortifications whihc include underground tunnels.

### Netherlands

* 52.3724.8969 Amsterdam Centrum Capitalof the Nethrlands whose Canal District consists of a series of concentric semicircular canals fronted by gabled buildings dating from the Dutch Golden Age.
* 51.75.31666710 's-Hertogenbosch A city with a medieval town centre and original town walls.
* 52.0116674.35916711 Delft A medieval city, criss-crossed with canals, with many buildings that have royal connections including a medieval palace and former cathederal, most of which are within 100 metres of the Markt (market square)
* 52.016674.7083312 Gouda Has a medieval city centre which is famous for its cheese market.
* 52.084.3113 The Hague The Binnenhof, a medieval complex is the seat of the Dutch Government.
* 53.25.78333314 Leeuwarden Capital of the province of Friesland, surrounded by its original canal system with a medieval town centre.
* 52.164.4915 Leiden A ciry with a medieval core that was associated with the Pilgrim Fathers.
* 50.8666675.68333316 Maastricht A city on the Dutch/belgian border and 20 km from the German morder and dating back to Roman times, the city has more national heritage buildings (rijksmonumenten) than any other Dutch city apart from Amsterdam.
* 51.84255.8527817 Nijmegen Acity dating back to Roman times that has a number of Roman, medieval and post-medieval buildings.
* 52.090835.1222218 Utrecht A modern city with a medieval core.
* 52.074.35519 Voorburg One of the oldest settlements in the Netherlands dating back to Roman times in which a number of medieval buildings have been preserved.
* 52.146.19520 Zutphen A city founded by the Roamns, which has preserved its medieval layout and has over 400 national monuments.

## See also

* Old towns of Britain and Ireland
* Old towns of Central Europe
* Old towns of France