minus-squarebdeclerc@lemmy.worldtoToday I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL the city of Amsterdam is actually built on millions of wooden piles instead of solid groundlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 days agoBrussels is even named for being built on top off a swamp (a ‘broek’) covered in leather tarps (‘zelen’) = Broek-zele = Bruxelles = Brussels. linkfedilink
Brussels is even named for being built on top off a swamp (a ‘broek’) covered in leather tarps (‘zelen’) = Broek-zele = Bruxelles = Brussels.