Brugge, Belgium
Simon Stevinplein
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Good for kids
We happened upon this bronze statue of Simon Stevin while visiting beautiful Bruges last summer. Simon was a well known mathematician credited with proving the law of equilibrium on an incline plain. For that he living on here.
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Enjoyed the annual Christmas market at Simon Stevinplein again this year. Mostly the same stalls selling the same Christmas and other consumable items. The Gluhwein stand was again serving nice cups of warm Christmas wine, perfect on the cold days during the holidays. Unfortunately, the market sets up all around the interesting monument of Simon Stevin, making it rather impossible to properly view and enjoy this monument at this time of year. In the end, the shops and eateries which line Simon Stevinplein are more difficult to visit this time of year due to the crowded Xmas market conditions. However, the market is enjoyable, worth some of your time if visiting during Bruges during the month of December.
Christmas market here. Too cold to check out the stalls but the vibes are very good.
Simon Stevin (Dutch: [ˈsimɔn ˈsteːvɪn]; 1548–1620), sometimes called Stevinus, was a Flemish mathematician, physicist and military engineer. He made various contributions in many areas of science and engineering, both theoretical and practical. He also translated various mathematical terms into Dutch, making it one of the few European languages in which the word for mathematics, wiskunde (wis and kunde, i.e., \the knowledge of what is certain\), was not a loanword from Greek but a calque via Latin. He also replaced the word chemie, the Latin calque for chemistry, by scheikunde (\the art of separating\)
Cool statue. Though it's covered in bird feces, and is thus likely not as impressive as it was originally meant to be. Well what should I say - every hero has his weakness. For some, it's pidgeon squirts.
Great architecture really nice place just watch out for the horses
Statue of Simon Stevin (1548–1620), sometimes called Stevinus, was a Flemish mathematician, physicist and military engineer. Placed in the square of his name.
Nice square, and nice statue
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