The Huis Ter Beurze is a narrow, medieval townhouse featuring a restored façade and a distinct coat of arms displaying three purses. Located at Vlamingstraat thirty-five, this building is often recognized as the site where the foundations…
Hanseatic Merchant Quarter
This walk leads you through the quiet streets of northern Bruges, once the financial heart of the medieval trading world. You will see the grand representation houses and old docks where merchants from across Europe exchanged global wealth.
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1. Huis Ter Beurze
2. Saaihalle
The Saaihalle is a medieval structure with a gabled roof and intricate brick patterns that stands out in the center of Bruges. Often recognized as one of the oldest dated buildings in the city, the structure bears an inscription on its…
3. The Florentines
The Florentine Lodge, known locally as the Florentijnse Loge, stands at the corner of Vlamingstraat and Academiestraat. It is a three-story building painted white, defined by its position on the historic site of the Old Stock Exchange.…
4. Spanjaardstraat 17
The house at Spanjaardstraat seventeen is distinguished by an ornate Renaissance gate that serves as the primary remnant of the historic building known as Den Noodt Gods. While much of the original structure has vanished, this stone portal…
5. Biskajersplein
Biskajersplein is a small square in the center of Bruges that takes its name from merchants who arrived here from the Biscay region of northern Spain in fourteen ninety-four. These merchants purchased two houses on this site and converted…
6. Burghers’ Lodge
The Burghers’ Lodge is marked by a slender stone tower and an upright bear statue standing in a corner niche, clutching a shield. Built between thirteen ninety-five and fourteen seventeen, this structure served as the meeting place for the…
7. Tolhuis
The Tolhuis, or Toll House, is identifiable by the natural stone gable and a late Gothic porch decorated with the polychrome coat of arms of Pieter van Luxemburg. Built in the early thirteenth century as a merchant residence, the structure…
8. Jan van Eyckplein
Jan van Eyckplein is a roughly triangular public square defined by its bronze statue of the painter Jan van Eyck, who stands on a high bluestone plinth with his palette in hand. Located where the Spiegelrei canal meets the older commercial…
9. Oosterlingenplein
Oosterlingenplein is marked by the presence of the Oosterlingenhuis, a stone building that served as the central hub for merchants from the German Hanseatic League. The square takes its name from these traders, known as the Easterners, who…