| Page Views: 11,895 Last Visit to Brugge: - | Welcome to Bruges, the Venice of Belgium by Ann75 - last update: Jan 25, 2005 |
One of the most beautiful cities in Belgium | View over the famous canals in Brugge |
Bruges (Brugge) used to be very important in commerce and culture between the 12th and 15th century. After that it was somewhat forgotten...but circumstances turned the tide of its fortune. As a result,, Bruges is delightfully stuck visually and atmospherically back in medieval days. Many consider it the best preserved medieval city in Europe.
Bruges is small enough to manage all major sights on foot. It is so densely packed with enchanting plances that you'd never get bored wandering around. Bruges' architecture may even be more outstanding than its art, which features Flemish primitive painters like: Van der Weyden, Van Eyck, Memling,...
The most popular sights in Bruges include: The famous canals with it's canal cruistes, the Minnewater, and Begijnhof, the Belfry, the town square with its beautiful buildings and so much more. |
| One of the beautiful canals of Bruges |
The beautiful canals in Bruges The beautiful canals are very popular in Bruges and beautiful too. That's why lots of people refer to it as the Venice of Belgium or Venice of the North. You can take canal cruises to explore the city in a different way. There are several central departure places.
Most tours offer multilingual commentary and the open boats offer wonderful photographic opportunities. Make sure to have umbrella in case of some drizzle |
| A lady displaying how lace is made in Brugge |
Many buildings, museums and more Bruges is full of beautiful buildings, lovely churches, squares and museums. You can fill your day up with many different things, a morning at a museum, an afternoon stroll through the city on its cobbled stone streets, a dinner at a lovely restaurant, a walk through the park and so much more.
Bruges Lace is also very famous because the lace is still hand made over here. You can find many little shops that sell the most beautiful lace pieces from little postcard-size pieces to huge tablecloths. |
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| Pros: | "Lovely cosy town with lots of history and beautiful sights" | | Cons: | "It can be pretty busy in the summer" | | In A Nutshell: | "Very beautiful and Romantic city not to be missed when you visit Belgium" |
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balhannah Thu Apr 2, 2009 06:09 UTC
Lovely page on Brugges. Hope to visit on a tour this May. Also hope to get a chance to try those mouth watering waffles and chocolate. Your photos were lovely. | Tripack Wed Apr 1, 2009 18:52 UTC
Thanks for your "late" BDay wish ;-) Should go back to Belgium to solve my perpetual dilemma if Belgium chocolate is better than the Swiss one! | CALSF Sun Mar 9, 2008 00:25 UTC
///// | globetrott Sun Dec 23, 2007 06:06 UTC
oh yes, Brugge is one of the most romantic places in Europe, your page brings back lots of nice memories ! I think French Fries sounds a lot better that Belgian Fries ;~) |
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