Cities in Benelux by Wikipedia Description

...referred to as the "Venice of the North", for its large number of canals, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

...the administrative centre of the European Union, as it hosts a number of principal EU institutions in its European Quarter.

The city originally started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Leie and in the Late Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of northern Europe, with some 50,000 people in 1300.

The _________–The Hague metropolitan area, with a population of approximately 2.7 million, is the 10th-largest in the European Union and the most populous in the country.

...the city lies at the heart of Western Europe, situated 213 km (132 mi) by road from Brussels and 209 km (130 mi) from Cologne.

The city is located in the valley of the Sambre, in the south-west of Belgium, not far from the border with France.

_______ was the most important city in the Netherlands until the Dutch Golden Age, when it was surpassed by Amsterdam as the country's cultural centre and most populous city.

The inhabitants of _______ are nicknamed Sinjoren, after the Spanish honorific señor or French seigneur, "lord", referring to the Spanish noblemen who ruled the city in the 17th century.

Two well-known companies, DAF Trucks and Philips, were founded in the city;

The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from borders with the Netherlands and with Germany.