Brewery De Halve Maan
Walplein 26, 8000 Brugge
This is the last family brewery in the centre of Bruges, and in 2016 it did something that had never been done before anywhere in the world: it built an underground beer pipeline.
Choco-Story Museum
Wijnzakstraat 2, 8000 Brugge
Belgium produces over 220,000 tonnes of chocolate annually, and this museum exists to explain why the country takes the stuff so seriously.
Concertgebouw
34 't Zand, Begijnhofbuurt, Bruges, 8000, Belgium
When Bruges was named European Capital of Culture in 2002, the city decided to build something that would look absolutely nothing like medieval Bruges.
Frietmuseum
Bruges, Belgium
This is the world's first and only museum dedicated to the potato fry, and only Belgium could make this feel like a legitimate cultural institution rather than a joke.
Groeninge Museum
Dijver 12, 8000 Brugge
This modest-looking museum on the Dijver canal holds one of the most important art collections in the world, and most people have never heard of it.
Gruuthuse Museum
Dijver 17c, 8000 Brugge
The name tells you everything you need to know about how this family made its fortune: gruut.
Jan van Eyck Square
Jan van Eyckplein, Bruges, 8000, Belgium
In the Middle Ages, this square was the beating heart of international commerce.
Lace Centre
Balstraat 16, 8000 Brugge
A single square inch of handmade bobbin lace can take up to ten hours to create, and the women who have practised this craft in Bruges since the 16th century have always known that patience is not a virtue — it is a job requirement.
Staminee De Garre
De Garre 1, 8000 Brugge
The entrance to this bar is an alley so narrow it barely qualifies as one — a crack between two buildings off a busy pedestrian street, with no sign visible from the road.
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