Bruges Top Attractions

Bruges is the capital city of Flemish region in Belgium. It is located in the northwest side of the country with the population of about 117,073 out of which 20000 live in the historic centre. Historic centre is a city centre which is also known as world heritage site of UNESCO. There are lot of things to explore like bridges, medieval Flemish architecture and streets. You can also find famous and high quality lace in the city Bruges. It is also a hub for the commerce and lot of merchants from more than 38 countries are regularly trading there. Many things you can see from the main square in the city like shops, markets and stalls. There are lots of museums where you can find collection of various paintings and Flemish primitives.
Some top attractions in the Bruges:
Museum of Chocolate - Chocó Story is also known as cocoa visitors can get information about the history of cocoa. It means harvesting and final production of chocolate.
Bruges Church of Our Lady is also known as the church of treasures. It was built in the 1225 and is made is gothic style. It has numerous statues and standing up against the pillars.
Bruges Belfry is a tower and it is about 83 meter high. As this tower holds surprises, you can see that when you visit that place. Here visitors can discover old treasure room, impressive clock mechanism and the chimes of 47 bells.
Other main attractions are:
• Bruges Arts and Popular traditions museum
• Groeninge Museum Bruges
• Saint Salvator's Cathedral
• Fries museum
How to reach Bruges
There are many ways to reach Bruges like visitors can reach there by rail, road, air and ferry.
By Road Bruges has many links in all the directions and any one can reach there by the following connections:
By A10 you can travel to Ostend
By A10/E40 you can travel to Ghent and Brussels
By A18/E40 you can travel to Veurne and France

If you want to explore Bruges with Eurostar then read more information regarding Eurostar Tickets and Eurostar Bookings.

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