Sightseeing: Discover Bruges your way
It's your first time in Bruges and you don't know what to see first? Or do you already know the city like the back of your hand, but want to learn a bit more? Discover Bruges your way, at your own pace or with a guide. Sightseeing on foot or by bike, on a boat trip down the canals, or a horse-drawn carriage ride over the cobblestones, by minibus, Vespa or even by hot air balloon: the possibilities are endless. Which will it be?
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On top of House ‘Bouchoute’ (1482), the house on the corner, there is a sphere covered in gold leaf...
This didactical museum sketches the history of the potato, Belgian fries and the various sauces and dressings that accompany this most delicious and most famous of Belgian comestibles...
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With 'hospitality' as a central theme, the museum immerses you in the history of care and healing...
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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The gaze of anyone visiting the picturesque Beguinage will be drawn to the centrally located Beguinage Church...
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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...
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...
Step into the cobbled courtyard of the Adornes estate and it will immediately seem as if you have travelled hundreds of years back in time...
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In these renovated workers’ houses you will discover more about daily life in Bruges during the 19th and early 20th centuries...
At the Seafront maritime experience site, you will find the first boulder gym on the Belgian coast...
Windmills have graced Bruges’ ramparts ever since the construction of the outer city ramparts at the end of the 13th century...
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In the Cloth Halls, you can admire a fantastic collection of world-famous graphics and statues by the great artist Salvador Dalí...
Discover the enchanting sounds played by the Bruges harp player Luc Vanlaere, who transforms the Old St John site into an oasis of tranquillity with his music...
The Lake of Love may often steal the show, but do be sure to take some time to check out the Lock keeper's house as well...
This authentic brewery in the centre of Bruges is a family business with a tradition stretching back through six generations to 1856...
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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...
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Cactus Music Centre is a professional venue where the focus is a wide variety of non-classical music...
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In 1619, a Bruges lay brother, Pieter Huyssens, was commissioned to build a prestigious church that expressed the values and beliefs of the Jesuits...
At the right corner of Wollestraat street you will undoubtedly notice this stately, late Gothic mansion, Perez de Malvenda House...
This literary and biographical museum about the life of Guido Gezelle (1830-1899), one of Flanders’ most famous poets, was established in the house where he was born, situated in a peaceful working-class district of the city...
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The 13th-century brick Church of Our Lady of Visitation is a textbook example of ‘coastal Gothic’...
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Parish church in simplified Gothic Revival style that was originally built around 1910, then rebuilt in 1951...
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During this excursion to the Westhoek, a guide (explanations are provided in English) will tell you about the events that led to WWI and how this tragedy unfolded...
The Bruges belfry is 83 meters high and contains a carillon with 47 fine-sounding bells, the brass weighing 27 tons in total...
It can get very busy at Musea Brugge's reception pavilion at times, as this is where you buy your entrance ticket for the top locations of Gruuthuse Museum and the Museum of the Church of Our Lady...
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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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In the Presbytery, in the shadow of the Church of Our Lady of the Visitation, you will find the Saints Museum with a unique collection of statues of patron saints...
The Lace Centre has been housed in the renovated old lace school of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception...
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The Burghers’ Lodge was built between 1395 and 1417 and was commissioned by the commercial elite of the time, the burgesses of Bruges (patricians and merchants)...
Did you know that Zeebrugge is the home port of the Askoy II, the legendary sailing yacht of singer Jacques Brel...
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...
Discover in an interactive way everything you ever wanted to know about the raw ingredients of beer, the brewing process, food pairing, beer in Bruges, trappist and abbey beers, etc...
St Magdalene’s Church (Madeleine in Brugge) is one of the earliest neo-Gothic churches in continental Europe...
From this mansion, the Liberty of Bruges (the countryside in a wide area around the city) was once governed...
This 14th-century farmstead houses a merry working children’s farm with a superb recreation area and a gaggle of farmyard animals...
Historium Bruges is an experience attraction that transports you back to Bruges in the 15th century, a period when the city was flourishing as a centre of trade, art and culture...
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The Guild of Saint Sebastian is an archers’ guild that has already been in existence for more than 600 years, which is unprecedented anywhere in the world...
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In this church, the only one in the city centre with a tower clock, many of the great Bruges artists have been buried...
In the beautifully renovated – and probably oldest stone – building in Bruges, you can discover a remarkable and spine-chilling collection of instruments of torture and learn about the history of law, order and justice in the city...
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Experience with Quasimodo Tours a personal and memorable trip (English spoken) to Passendale, Hill 60, Messines Ridge, Hellfire Corner on the Menin Road, the private museum at Hooge Crater (or other private museum), several Commonwealth and German cemeteries, trenches and bunkers, the Menin Gate and numerous Australian, New Zealand, Canadian, British and Irish monuments...
The Groeninge Museum provides a varied overview of the history of Belgian visual art, with the top-class paintings by the world-renowned Flemish primitives as a highlight...
With Flanders Fields Battlefield Daytours, discover the attractions of the Westhoek and the Great War...
Admire the beauty of the sun, moon and planets in glorious close-up, thanks to a powerful telescope in the Cozmix observation tower...
At two locations, Sacred Books | Secret Libraries invites you to learn about authentic monastic life and spiritual heritage...
A guided visit by bus to the international port of Zeebrugge is definitely an educational experience...
The church tower of the Gothic Our Lady of the Visitation Church was built in 1265 but never completed when funds ran out...
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