Bed and Breakfast Brugge
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Many people may like to stay at a B&B in Brugge.
Bruges (Dutch: Brugge) is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located in the northwest of the country. Along with a few other canal-based northern cities, it is sometimes referred to as "The Venice of the North".
The municipality comprises:
The historic city centre of Bruges, Sint-Jozef
and Sint-Pieters (I)
Koolkerke (II)
Sint-Andries (III)
Sint-Michiels
(IV)
Assebroek (V)
Sint-Kruis (VI)
Dudzele (VII)
Lissewege (with
Zeebrugge and Zwankendamme) (VIII)
Sights
Bruges has most of its medieval architecture intact.
Many of its medieval buildings are notable, including the Church of Our Lady, whose brick spire — at 122m — makes it one of the world's highest brick towers/buildings. The sculpture Madonna and Child, which can be seen in the transept, is believed to be Michelangelo's only sculpture to have left Italy within his lifetime.
Bruges is also famous for its thirteenth-century belfry, housing a municipal carillon comprising 47 bells. The city still employs a full-time carillonneur, who gives free concerts on a regular basis.
Other famous buildings in Bruges include:
The
Beguinage
The Basilica of the Holy Blood (Heilig-Bloedbasiliek). The relic
of the Holy Blood, which was brought to the city during the First Crusade, is
paraded every year through the streets of the city. More than 1,600 inhabitants
take part in this mile-long religious procession, many dressed as medieval knights
or crusaders.
The modern Concertgebouw ("Concert Building")
The Old St-John's Hospital
The Saint-Salvator Cathedral
The Groeningemuseum
The City Hall on the Burg square
The Provincial Court (Provinciaal Hof)
The preserved old city gateways: the Kruispoort, the Gentpoort, the Smedenpoort
and the Ezelpoort. The Dampoort, the Katelijnepoort and the Boeveriepoort are
gone.
Bruges also has a very fine collection of medieval and early modern art, including the world-famous collection of Flemish Primitives. Various masters, such as Hans Memling and Jan van Eyck, lived and worked in Bruges.
The port of Bruges is Zeebrugge. It's the most modern and second biggest port of Belgium and one of the most important in Europe.
Bruges is traditionally the
starting town for the annual Ronde van Vlaanderen cycle race, held in April and
one of the biggest sporting events in Belgium.
Bruges is also a football town,
represented by teams at the top level Club Brugge K.V. and Cercle Brugge K.S.V.,
both playing in the Jan Breydel Stadium.
West Flanders (Dutch: West-Vlaanderen)
is the westernmost province of the Flemish Region, also named Flanders, in Belgium.
It borders (clockwise from the North) on the Netherlands, the Flemish province
of East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen) and the Walloon province of Hainaut (Henegouwen)
in Belgium, on France, and the North Sea. Its capital is Bruges (Brugge). The
province has an area of 3,125 km² which is divided into eight administrative
districts (arrondissementen) containing 64 municipalities.
The whole Belgian
North Sea coast, an important tourism destination, lies in West Flanders. A tram
line runs the length of the coast, from De Panne on the French border, via the
port of Ostend (Oostende), to Knokke-Heist on the Dutch frontier.
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