Explore Bruges: The best routes around the city

Explore Bruges: The best routes around the city

Language: English

Pages: 144

ISBN: 1780056591

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


Bruges in Belgium is one of Europe’s most beautifully preserved medieval towns; its cobbled streets are lined with gabled alms houses and Gothic churches, their distinctive forms reflected in the glassy waters of the canals that flow through the town. But there’s more to enjoy than history: the town has classy art galleries, fashionable boutiques, hearty food, and cozy bars and cafes.
Explore Bruges is part of a brand-new series and is the ideal pocket companion to this historic town: a full-color guide containing 15 easy-to-follow routes which lead you from the busy main square dominated by its magnificent 14th-century belfry, via leafy streets to fascinating museums and the calm courtyard of the Beguin nuns. 
Insight’s trademark cultural coverage perfectly sets the routes in context, with introductions to Bruges’ entertainment, history, and love of fine food and drink – don’t leave town without sampling the famous mussels, beer, French fries, and chocolate. We also suggest tours to the surrounding area, including Ypres, with its poignant tributes to those who died on the Flanders battlefields.
The best places to eat and drink are highlighted in each route and in the directory section, which also contains a wealth of practical advice, including hotels to suit all budgets. All routes are plotted on the pull-out map, and evocative photography captures the essence of the town.

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[map] (Landhuis van het Brugse Vrije), an early 18th-century building. The Liberty of Bruges was an autonomous administrative district of towns and villages outside the city, important enough to be represented from 1127 alongside Bruges, Ghent and Ypres at the Flemish Estates (a kind of early parliament). Its aldermen met in a Palace on this site from the 14th century (much of the surviving building dates from a rebuild in 1722–7). In 1794, the Liberty was disbanded by Revolutionary France, and

the charming museum of Our Lady of the Pottery church (route 9), wander the district west of ’t Zand (route 11) or cycle up the canal to peaceful Damme (route 12). Gregory Wrona/Apa Publications Children Wander along canals past fishermen and houseboats on the way to the Astrid Park (route 7), visit the adorable Folklore Museum (route 6) or take to the beach at Ostend (route 13). Glyn Genin/Apa Publications Food and drink Chocoholics will get a tasty treat at Choco-Story (route 3), while

Four of the six works on show were commissioned specially for the hospital chapel, where they are still displayed, by two sisters who worked here. Among them is the exquisite Shrine of St Ursula (c.1489), a wooden reliquary shaped like a Gothic church and painted with scenes from the life of the martyr. Other exhibits in the museum describe the history of medical care, illustrated with some eye-popping documents, artworks and surgical instruments. Outside, beneath the arch to the courtyard,

lace, a cottage industry that was eventually decimated by industrialisation. Bruges rooftops and stepped gables iStockphoto Modern era Belgian independence and the arrival of the railway brought early tourists travelling from Ostend to Brussels – many of them English people en route to the Waterloo battlefield – who came across this time-warped city. A heritage movement was launched, Gothic buildings and historic monuments were repaired, and the tourist industry took off. Climate Bruges

fireplaces and bare wooden tables, recently expanded into the property next door. Light meals – pasta, quiche, salads, including vegetarian options – are served by friendly, young staff. Chagall Sint-Amandsstraat 40; tel: 050 33 61 12; Thur–Tue 11am–11pm; € Whether you are out for a few drinks or for a heart-warming pot of mussels in cream sauce, you may have to fight for a table on this popular bistro’s terrace, which is perfect for people-watching and afternoon sun on the pedestrianised

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