Always something to experience: culture, heritage and nature
Bruges is a multi-faceted city, spanning the past, present and future. A wide range of museums and sights are waiting for you to explore. By yourself, with your partner, with family or friends: you won't know where to look first! Delve into the city and soak up its rich cultural landscape, heritage and cordial residents. Experience Bruges to the fullest, and take in all it has to offer. We guarantee our charming streets, squares and parks will warm your heart.
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This simple Gothic single-nave church, built in the 17th century, surprises with the opulence of its rich Baroque interior - the result of donations by wealthy local patrons...
The Basilica of the Holy Blood was elevated to the status of Basilica in 1923, due to the special veneration of the Holy Blood...
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Ever since the Middle Ages, the most important saint for fishermen has been Maria, who is identified with the Stella Maris, or Star of the Sea...
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This hospital was first mentioned in records dating back to the 13th century, when the nuns cared for pilgrims, travellers and the sick here...
In the 17th century, Bruges had at least twenty abbeys and convents, and today more than a quarter of the historic city centre is directly linked to religious life...
In this church, the only one in the city centre with a tower clock, many of the great Bruges artists have been buried...
Parish church in simplified Gothic Revival style that was originally built around 1910, then rebuilt in 1951...
Benedictine nuns from Gistel settled here as early as 1623 after the turbulent Beggars (‘Geuzen’) era...
The gaze of anyone visiting the picturesque Beguinage will be drawn to the centrally located Beguinage Church...
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The 13th-century brick Church of Our Lady of Visitation is a textbook example of ‘coastal Gothic’...
At two locations, Sacred Books | Secret Libraries invites you to learn about authentic monastic life and spiritual heritage...
In 1619, a Bruges lay brother, Pieter Huyssens, was commissioned to build a prestigious church that expressed the values and beliefs of the Jesuits...
St Magdalene’s Church (Madeleine in Brugge) is one of the earliest neo-Gothic churches in continental Europe...
The 'Princely Beguinage Ten Wijngaerde' with its white-coloured house fronts and tranquil convent garden was founded in 1245...
Bruges’ oldest parish church (12th–15th century) has amongst its treasures a rood loft with an organ, medieval tombs, Brussels tapestries and a rich collection of Flemish paintings (14th-18th century)...
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