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Tour Europe's great canal cities: Water worlds

Anthony Dennis
Anthony Dennis

A tour boat passes along a canal in the Speicherstadt district of Hamburg, Germany.Arnt Haug

Rosary Quay, in medieval Bruges.Gonzalo Azumendi
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Swans on a picturesque canal in Bruges.

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The Beguinage Monastery, Bruges.Uygar Ozel

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A row of disinctive, traditional canalhouses, Amsterdam.

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Zuiderkerk (Southern Church) from Groenburgwal, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

A gondolier surveys the Venice cityscape.
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Gondoliers in a canal, Venice, Italy.Guillem Lopez

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Church of St Mary of Health, Venice.

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Venice Carnival which ends with the Christian celebration of Lent, 40 days before Easter.Bridget Davey

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View of the former prison surrounded by canals in Annecy, France.

Canals were a vital piece of infrastructure before becoming tourist attractions.
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Anthony DennisAnthony Dennis is the editor of Traveller at The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.

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