Café Vlissinghe sits in the Sint-Anna district, identifiable by a narrow passage that leads up a short flight of stone steps. It has operated at this location since fifteen fifteen, earning its reputation as the oldest tavern in Bruges.…
Lace and Folk Life
This walking tour leads you through the quiet, cobblestone streets of the St. Anna quarter, where the domestic crafts and daily struggles of working-class Bruges come to life. You will visit historic almshouses, the traditional lace center, and centuries-old neighborhood pubs where weavers once raised a glass.
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1. Vlissinghe
2. Sint-Annakerk
The Sint-Annakerk is a Gothic hall church with an exterior marked by plain, austere walls and late Gothic lancet windows. Built in the early seventeenth century and consecrated in sixteen twenty-four, the church sits in eastern Bruges as a…
3. Jeruzalem Church
The Jeruzalemkerk is marked by a distinctive Jerusalem Cross mounted on top of its octagonal tower. Constructed in fourteen twenty-eight, this Gothic structure was commissioned by the brothers Pieter and Jacob Adornes. The family,…
4. Kantcentrum vzw
The Kantcentrum occupies the former schoolhouse where the Apostoline Sisters once taught lacemaking to generations of local residents. The building dates to eighteen ninety-nine and sits as part of the historic Adornes estate on Balstraat.…
5. Volkskundemuseum
The Volkskundemuseum occupies a long, low row of whitewashed brick almshouses with terracotta-tiled roofs, situated at number forty-three Balstraat. Built in the seventeenth century as charitable housing for the city's tailors and…
6. Guido Gezellemuseum
The Guido Gezellemuseum is a sixteenth-century brick house identifiable by its quiet, residential appearance on Rolweg and the bronze sculpture by Jan Fabre, titled The Man Who Gives Fire, which stands near the entrance. This building is…
7. Koninklijke Hoofdgilde Sint-Sebastiaan binnen Brugge
The Royal Guild of Saint Sebastian occupies a complex at Carmersstraat one hundred seventy-four, distinguished by a towering, multifaceted stair turret on its garden side. Founded around thirteen seventy-five, this association of longbow…
8. Sint-Janshuismolen
The Sint-Janshuismolen is a post mill, a wooden structure built to rotate around a massive central post so its sails can catch the shifting wind. It rises from a grassy mound along the Kruisvest, the eastern stretch of the old city…