Adornes Estate & Jerusalem Chapel
3 Peperstraat, Gezellekwartier, Bruges, 8000, Belgium
In the 13th century, a Genoese merchant named Opicius Adornes followed the Count of Flanders to Bruges and started a new branch of his Italian family in this Flemish city.
Basilica of the Holy Blood
13 Holyblood Burg, Burg, Bruges, 8000, Belgium
This building is two churches stacked on top of each other, and between them they span almost every architectural style from the Romanesque to the neo-Gothic.
Begijnhof
28 Begijnhof, Begijnhofbuurt, Bruges, 8000, Belgium
In the 13th century, an extraordinary social experiment emerged in the cities of Flanders.
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.
Bruges City Hall
Bruges, Belgium
Bruges has been governed from this building for over six hundred years, making it one of the longest continuously used seats of municipal government in Europe.
Burg Square
Bruges, Belgium
This is where Bruges began.
Canals & Boat Tours
10 Huidenvettersplein, Bruges, 8000, Belgium
Bruges is built on water.
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.
Damme
Dammesteenweg, Damme, 8340, Belgium
Seven kilometres northeast of Bruges, connected by a ruler-straight poplar-lined canal, lies Damme — a village so small and picturesque that it feels like Bruges' quieter, more self-possessed sibling.
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.
Godshuizen (Almshouses)
Nieuwe Gentweg, 8000 Brugge
Scattered across Bruges like quiet secrets are over forty godshuizen — literally "God's houses" — small whitewashed courtyard dwellings built from the 14th century onwards as acts of charity.
Groenerei Canal
Groenerei, 8000 Brugge
For a long time, people believed the Groenerei was a man-made canal dug before the 11th century to supply water to a mill.
Gruuthuse Museum
Dijver 17c, 8000 Brugge
The name tells you everything you need to know about how this family made its fortune: gruut.
Huidenvettersplein
Huidenvettersplein, 8000 Brugge
The name translates as "Tanners' Square," and it tells you exactly what happened here for centuries.
Jan van Eyck Square
Jan van Eyckplein, Bruges, 8000, Belgium
In the Middle Ages, this square was the beating heart of international commerce.
Kruisvest Windmills
Kruisvest, Gezellekwartier, Bruges, 8000, Belgium
Windmills have graced Bruges' ramparts since the construction of the outer city wall at the end of the 13th century, and at the peak of their usefulness there were dozens spinning along the elevated earthworks.
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.
Markt Square
Markt, 8000 Brugge
This is where Bruges puts on its best medieval face, and it has been doing so for over a thousand years.
Minnewater (Lake of Love)
Minnewater, 8000 Brugge
The name Minnewater translates loosely as "Lake of Love," and the legend behind it is exactly the kind of tragic romance a medieval city needs.
Provinciaal Hof
Markt 3, 8000 Brugge
The building that dominates the eastern side of the Markt looks like it has been standing since the Middle Ages.
Rozenhoedkaai
Rozenhoedkaai, 8000 Brugge
This is the most photographed spot in Bruges, and it earns every pixel.
Sint-Janshospitaal & Memling Museum
Mariastraat 38, 8000 Brugge
This building operated as a hospital for over eight hundred years.
St. Salvator's Cathedral
Sint-Salvatorskoorstraat 8, 8000 Brugge
This is the oldest church in Bruges, with traces dating back to the 10th century, and for most of its life it was not a cathedral at all.
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