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> Gent and Brussels had connections to the Scheldt, but never were on the coast. That's true. Both Ghent and Brussels had harbours that were on the coast thoug
by waps 12y ago
> Gent and Brussels had connections to the Scheldt, but never were on the coast.
That's true. Both Ghent and Brussels had harbours that were on the coast though. The Brussels one was less than 20km from the city center, the Ghent one less than 5. And those harbors, were technically on the Schelde river, sure. But the Schelde is a river delta. Where does the coast start ? At the end of the river (which was a ~150km stretch of nothing but water), or where the waves stop (there were tides and waves in the Brussels harbour). So I see where the argument comes from, but let's be fair here : they were as much on the coast as, say, Rotterdam harbor is today. I think most people would agree that is on the coast.
- Someone 12y agoRotterdam on the coast? That is technically true (Hook of Holland is part of the municipality of Rotterdam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook_of_Holland) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook_of_Holland)), but I doubt you will find many Dutchmen who think so. Also, 'where the waves stop' is not where the sea ends. That can easily be 100 km inland. Dordrecht used to have serious tides, and the tidal bore of the Amazon goes as much as 800 km inland (at least according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pororoca http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pororoca)