Things To Do in Bruges

1. Straffe Hendrik Brewery

The brewery here was mentioned in dispatches as early as 1546, and has been in use in "modern" times since 1856. Today it produces the famous (in...

2. Brugs Diamanthuis

This store, which is housed in a handsome building dating from 1518, sells a sparkling array of fine diamonds. The company has a second store at...

Type:
• Shopping

3. Van Tilborgh

The owner's lip-smacking pralines are made from her own recipe.

Type:
• Shopping

4. Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk (Church of Our Lady)

It took 2 centuries (from the 13th to the 15th) to build this church, whose soaring 118m (387-ft.) spire can be seen from miles around Bruges....

5. Memling Museum

This museum is housed in the former Sint-Janshospitaal (Hospital of St. John), where the earliest wards date from the 13th century. To get a sense...

Type:
• Museums

6. Stedelijk Museum voor Volkskunde (Municipal Folklore Museum)

Housed in the low whitewashed houses of the former Shoemakers Guild Almshouse, the Folklore Museum aims to re-create life in Bruges in times gone...

Type:
• Museums

7. Stadhuis (Town Hall)

This beautiful Gothic structure was built in the late 1300s, making it the oldest town hall in Belgium. Don't miss the upstairs Gotische Zaal (Gothic...

Type:
• Landmarks

8. Heilig-Bloedbasiliek (Basilica of the Holy Blood)

A 12th-century Romanesque basilica with a Gothic upper floor, the church houses a venerated relic of Christ -- and a mystery worthy of Indiana...

9. Gruuthuse Museum

The Flemish nobleman and herb merchant Lodewijk Van Gruuthuse, who was a counselor to the Dukes of Burgundy in the 1400s, lived in this ornate...

Type:
• Museums

10. Groeninge Museum

The Groeninge ranks among Belgium's leading traditional museums of fine arts, with a collection that covers paintings in the Low Countries from...

Type:
• Museums