Sights

Welcome Church of Our Lady
This church, with a 122 m high tower, contains an extremely rich art collection. Top of the bill is of course the white marble Madonna with Child by Michelangelo. In the choir gallery are the mausoleums of Mary of Burgundy and Charles the Bold, as well as a number of remarkable polychromed tombs (13th-14th century).

Groeninge Museum
The Groeninge Museum houses a comprehensive and fascinating survey of six centuries of Flemish, Dutch and Belgian painting, from Jan van Eyck to Marcel Broodthaers.

Belfry
As you climb to the top of the belfry tower, discover the treasury, the impressive clock mechanism, the 47-bell carillon and, finally, a breathtaking panoramic view.

Gothic Chamber of Bruges City Hall
The wooden, polychrome, vaulted ceiling, medieval carvings and 19th-century historical murals make the council chamber of Bruges City Hall, built between 1376 and 1420, a unique interior.

St. Saviour's cathedral
Bruges' oldest parish church (12th-15th century). Worth seeing are the gobelins, mausoleums in the choir, rood-loft with organ (1619-1717), choir stalls and numerous fine paintings.

Choco-Story
A great experience! You are immersed in the ancient Mexican world of the Mayas and the Aztecs for whom chocolate was the drink of the gods and cocoa beans a means of payment. The chocoholic gets to find out all about the production of chocolate truffles, chocolates, hollow figures and bars of chocolate. Lots of information but also very interactive and child friendly.

Brewery De Gouden Boom
Brewery of such delicious beers as Brugs Tarwebier, Brugse Tripel and Abdij Steenbrugge. The Brewery Museum (entrance : Verbrand Nieuwland 10) is housed in a well preserved old malthouse (1902) where all machines are still in place. Interesting museum-collection about the 31 Bruges breweries which were still in operation at the turn of the century.

Boat trip on the canals
During a roundtrip on the picturesque city canals you will discover Bruges from quite a different and surprising point of view!

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