Bruges, Belgium

Bruges, Belgium

Bruges is the biggest and the capital city of West Flanders province, a Flemish Region in Belgium. It is located in the north west of Belgium.

A historical city full of canals, gilded architectures and preserved medieval artifacts such as Bruges, has been considered as “The Venice of the North”

When travelling by air in Burges. The Zaventem airport in Brussels is only 1 hour and a half from Burges by train. Travelling in a train is the best way to see the countryside of Belgium. Tourist can also travel by ferry. Even though travelling by car from UK is the easiest. If you travel from south of UK you may take Eurotunnel from SeaFrance or P&O Ferries or Folkestone from Dover. All will go to Calais and it is only an hour and 10 minutes drive to Bruges. The Norfolk Line sails from Dover to Dunkerque and it is only 45 minutes drive to Burges. Then coming from north is P&O Ferries the sails overnight from Hull going to Zeebrugge which is 30 minutes from Burges.

Tourist will enjoy many attractions that Bruges offers. Bruges has a unique medieval look. Not every stone in Bruges has come to us straight from the Middle-Ages. This place is always beautiful, during summer season and even winter season. The visitors will not forget the experience after seeing the snow in Bruges during December or January days.

It has a population of about 120,000 people. The area of Bruges has more than 13, 840 hectares including 1,075 off the coats.

Bruges had almost all medieval architectures intact. Since 2000, Bruges’ historic centre was declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It has fine collections of early modern and medieval art. Some of these are collections from Flemish Primitives. It also have various masterpieces from Jan van Eyck and Hans Memling who worked and lived in Bruges.

On July 27, 1128, Bruges got their agreement as a city and at the same time the new canals and walls are built. At the start of the 13th century, Bruges was included in the circle of the Flemish cloth exhibition. During 14th century, Bruges has become one of the four members together with Ghent, Franc of Burges and Ypres. At the beginning of the 1500 century, Zwin channel also started silting. By the end of 1800s, Bruges has been broke and slowly disappeared from the limelight, with a population that subside from 200,000 to 50,000. The city start to reclaim some of the past glory during 20s.

Bruges is known for its lace and some several beers like Brugge Blond, BrugseStraffeHendrik, BruggeTripel, BrugseBabbelaar,Brugs and BrugseZot.