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The official opening of Bruges’ beer pipeline. Pic: De Halve Maan

Bruge has a beer pipeline, stretching for two miles under the cobbled streets of the beautiful medieval city. It carries one of Belgium’s most famous products from the historic De Halve Maan (Half Moon) brewery straight to a bottling plant on the edge of the city centre at a rate of around…

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