City guide historical center of Bruges

In 2022 I would pay a city visit to nearby Bruges with friends from the Kempen. I thought it would be no problem to find a good city walk on the internet, which would take us to all the places I had already discovered in Bruges. Unfortunately peanut butter ... Then I put together a route myself - and, according to the reactions of the friends, it has become a gem, especially with the explanation and facts with the added homemade POIs. A tip: consult the POIs once you are there! They give you extra information and tell the legends in an easily digestible way.

The route starts at the station, which can of course be reached by public transport, but where the car can also be parked at a cheap daily rate in the oyster parking behind the station.

Be sure to consult the information about the sights once you are on site. They explain what you get to see!

The route visits a number of special places:

Museums:

- Museum Beguinage

- Brewery Museum

- Diamond Museum

- Gruuthuuse Museum

- Groeninge Museum

- Chocolate Museum

- Fries Museum

- Historium

- Beer Museum

- Lace Museum

- Torture museum

 

Churches:

- Church of Our Lady

- Saint Walburg Church

- Basilica of the Holy Blood

- Saint Salvator's Cathedral

 

Special buildings :

- Beguinage

- Almshouse De Muelenaere

- Saint John's Hospital

- Almshouses the Pelican

- Old toll house

- Poortersloge

- Royal Municipal Theatre

- City hall and Brugse Vrije

- Belfry

- Concert hall

 

Squares/parks:

- Minnewaterpark

- Vineyard Square

- Walplein

- Huidevettersplein

- Burcht

- Market

- Simon Stevensplein

- 't Zand/Kapucijnenplein

- King Albert Park

 

Cafes and breweries:

- The Crescent brewery

- Cellar cafe Le Trappiste

- Duvelorium Grand Beer Cafe

- Beer Brasserie Cambrinus

- Irish Pub

- Estaminet De Garre

- Brewery Bourgogne des Flandres

- Café Brugs Beertje

- La Casita

- Brascafé

 

Main statues:

- Guido Gezelle

- Jan Van Eyck

- Jan Breydel and Pieter de Coninck

- Simon Stevin

- King Albert I