Top 5 Must Do's in Bruges
Edit This• Enjoy a meal in the historic center. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bruges’ historic center is a veritable open-air museum of antique buildings and ancient cobblestone streets. There are any number of pavement bars and cafes to be found here, and any one of them makes a pleasant spot to relax with a drink and a bite to eat. Order a traditional plate of oysters with potato fries, a speciality of Belgium, and wash it down with a refreshing Belgian fruit beer as you take in the stunning view and old-time atmosphere.
• Take a boat trip down the canals. The waterways of Bruges are a picture postcard image of the city, and there’s no more scenic way to take in this stunning city than by sitting back and relaxing aboard a narrow boat as it makes its way along the waters. Take along something to eat and a bottle of wine for a wonderfully romantic trip. There are many companies running canal boat trips in Bruges, so ask around to find the best deal in your price range.
• Take a bicycle ride. Bruges is all about indulgence – think of all those rich chocolates, heady beers and plates of fries and oysters – so make like the locals and take to the open road on a calorie-burning bicycle trip. The flat roads and beautiful scenery of the countryside surrounding Bruges makes this a great option for a family day out, and you’ll have earned yourself the right to another couple of chocolates or Belgian beer by the time you return.
• Take a brewery tour. Belgian beers are legendary the world over, and many a non-beer drinker has been won over by the delicious brews produced in the country. From tasty fruit beers to head swimmingly strong ales brewed by Trappist monks, the range is enormous. To see how it all comes together, take a Brewery tour in Bruges. At the Half Moon Brewery, visitors can take in the brewery itself as well as a museum dedicated to all things beer-related, before enjoying a meal and – of course – a beer at the brewery’s pleasant courtyard restaurant. De Halve Maan, to give the brewery its local name, has been in operation since the 1850s.
• Visit Flanders Fields. A tour of an entirely different, and very poignant, nature takes in the battlegrounds of Flanders Fields. A guided tour of the World War One battlefields, memorials and cemeteries provides a powerful insight into the events that unfurled here, making it a interesting and educational day trip for all ages.
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• Take a boat trip down the canals. The waterways of Bruges are a picture postcard image of the city, and there’s no more scenic way to take in this stunning city than by sitting back and relaxing aboard a narrow boat as it makes its way along the waters. Take along something to eat and a bottle of wine for a wonderfully romantic trip. There are many companies running canal boat trips in Bruges, so ask around to find the best deal in your price range.
• Take a bicycle ride. Bruges is all about indulgence – think of all those rich chocolates, heady beers and plates of fries and oysters – so make like the locals and take to the open road on a calorie-burning bicycle trip. The flat roads and beautiful scenery of the countryside surrounding Bruges makes this a great option for a family day out, and you’ll have earned yourself the right to another couple of chocolates or Belgian beer by the time you return.
• Take a brewery tour. Belgian beers are legendary the world over, and many a non-beer drinker has been won over by the delicious brews produced in the country. From tasty fruit beers to head swimmingly strong ales brewed by Trappist monks, the range is enormous. To see how it all comes together, take a Brewery tour in Bruges. At the Half Moon Brewery, visitors can take in the brewery itself as well as a museum dedicated to all things beer-related, before enjoying a meal and – of course – a beer at the brewery’s pleasant courtyard restaurant. De Halve Maan, to give the brewery its local name, has been in operation since the 1850s.
• Visit Flanders Fields. A tour of an entirely different, and very poignant, nature takes in the battlegrounds of Flanders Fields. A guided tour of the World War One battlefields, memorials and cemeteries provides a powerful insight into the events that unfurled here, making it a interesting and educational day trip for all ages.
