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| Things To Know
Finding Your Way
A City of Canals Cosmopolitan Tastes Lace, Chocolate and Music Lace |
A City of Canals A few steps south of the Burg, along the narrow alley known as Blind Donkey Street (Blinde Ezelstraat) will bring you to the colonnaded fish market, a lively scene Tuesday to Saturday mornings. From here proceed right to Huidenvettersplein, and then along Rosary Quay (Rozenhoedkaai) to the Dijver, a pretty, tree-lined walkway running alongside the canal. There is a splendid complex of museum buildings here, including the Gruuthusemuseum, which displays decorative arts, and the Church of Our Lady (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk). Both are centered around St. Boniface Bridge, itself a reminder of medieval Bruges. Explore the city's ancient walls and surviving gates, and take an early morning stroll along the old central canals from Jan Van Eyckplein, just north of the Markt. The many canals lend Bruges the nickname “the Venice of the north.” |
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