Sint-Andries
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Sint-Andries (ˈsɪnt ˈɑn.ˌdris) is suburb of Bruges
Bruges
Bruges is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located in the northwest of the country....

 in the province of West Flanders in Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

.

The Jan Breydel Stadium, where the football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 teams Club Brugge
Club Brugge
Club Brugge Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging is a football club from Bruges in Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and is one of the top clubs in Belgium. Its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,472....

 and Cercle Brugge play, is situated in Sint-Andries.
There are also a lot of small castles, built by the nobility in the late 19th century, mostly in woody environments. It contains Saint-André de Bruges Abbey
Saint-André de Bruges Abbey
Saint-André de Bruges Abbey is a Benedictine Abbey in Sint-Andries, Bruges, Belgium. The charter of the abbey was signed on February 22, 1100.Count Robert II of Flanders ratified it in June of 1100. It was decided to build the abbey on the site of the Church of St. Andrew and St. Anne. The first...

, established in 1100.

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