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The Oostershuis (Dutch for ''Eastern House'') was a
The Oostershuis (Dutch for ''Eastern House'') was a kontor
A ''kontor'' () was a foreign trading post of the Hanseatic League.
In addition to the major ''kontore'' in London (the Steelyard), Bruges, Bergen (Bryggen), and Novgorod (Peterhof), some ports had a representative merchant and a warehouse.
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in Antwerp as the continuation of the kontor in Bruges
Bruges ( , nl, Brugge ) is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the northwest of the country, and the sixth-largest city of the country by population.
The area of the whole city a ...
. Bruges' role in trade declined in the second half of the 15th century and there were plans to formally move the kontor to Antwerp in the 16th century.
Designed by Cornelis Floris II, it was erected about 1560, closed in 1593 and destroyed by fire in 1893.
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