Google Earth Top 10: Squares in the Low Countries

Villages and cities often converge on squares. They serve as public salons for the people, marketplaces, festival grounds and places of execution. Nowhere in Europe will you find pretties squares than in Holland and Belgium. Here are ten of the finest squares in the Low Countries.

10: Antwerp

9: Lille

8: Den Haag

7: Gouda

6: Amsterdam

5: Mechelen

4: Delft

3: Haarlem

2: Arras

1: Brussels