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What to know before visiting Bruges
Bruges is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the northwest of the country, and the sixth-largest city of the country by population. The area of the whole city amounts to more than 14,099 hectares (140.99 km2; 54.44 sq miles), including 1,075 hectares off the coast, at Zeebrugge (from Brugge aan zee, meaning 'Bruges by the Sea'). The historic city centre is a prominent World Heritage Site of UNESCO. It is oval and about 430 hectares in size. The city's total population is 117,073 (1 January 2008), of whom around 20,000 live in the city centre. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of 616 km2 (238 sq mi) and had a total of 255,844 inhabitants as of 1 January 2008. Along with a few other canal-based northern cities, such as Amsterdam and St Petersburg, it is sometimes referred to as the Venice of the North. Bruges has significant economic importance, thanks to its port, and was once one of the world's chief commercial cities. Bruges is a major tourism destination within Belgium and is well known as the seat of the College of Europe, a university institute for European studies. -Wikipedia
General Info
Time Zone
GMT +02:00
Currency
Euro
1USD = 0.90 EUR
Best time to visit
June
July
Local Weather
JAN
2.7°
2.7°
FEB
2.5°
7.1°
MAR
4.0°
9.7°
APR
6.5°
13.3°
MAY
10.0°
16.3°
JUN
12.8°
19.2°
JUL
15.1°
21.1°
AUG
15.2°
21.1°
SEP
13.2°
18.8°
OCT
10.2°
15.0°
NOV
6.6°
10.4°
DEC
3.7
7.2°
Popular Activities
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Burg Square
Basilica of the Holy Blood
Belfry of Bruges
Groeninge Museum
Historium Bruges
Bruges City Hall
Choco-Story, Chocolate Museum
Torture Museum Oude Steen Brugge
Gruuthusemuseum
Minnewaterpark
Sint-Salvatorskathedraal
Church of Our Lady Bruges
Koningin Astridpark
Frietmuseum
Sint-Janshuismolen
Huisbrouwerij De Halve Maan
Bruges Beer Experience
Adornes Domain
Diamond Museum
Bruges Waffle Workshop
Boudewijn Seapark
Windmill The New Parrot
Papageno statue
Gunpowder Tower (Poertoren)
Rosary Quay
Beguinevest
Ezelpoort
Fish Market
Visserskruis
Spiegelrei
Arentshuis
Brugse Vrije
Langerei
Lace Centre
Museum - Gallery XPO Salvador Dalí
Segway Brugge
Sint-Annakerk
Smedenpoort
Volkskundemuseum
The Waffles 'n Beer Workshop
Museum dentelle
Engels Klooster
Eiermarkt
De Dijver park
Beertasting Bruges
Market Square
Jan Desmarets Gallery
Gotische Zaal
Godshuis de Moor
Site Oud Sint-Jan
Sint-Walburgakerk
Bargeplein
Our Lady of the Pottery
Provincial Court
Boniface Bridge (Bonifaciusbrug)
Body Worlds Vital - Bruges
St James' Church
Secret Garden
The Skull Grave
Lumina Domestica
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