Top things to do in Bruges
Everything starts on the Markt, the main square, where the medieval Belfry climbs 83 metres above the rooftops — climb its 366 steps for the best panorama in town, or just admire it from a café terrace below. A few steps away, the Burg square gathers the Gothic City Hall and the Basilica of the Holy Blood, home to a relic venerated since the 12th century and paraded through the streets every Ascension Day.
No visit is complete without a slow loop along the canals — best seen from the Rozenhoedkaai viewpoint or from a boat gliding under stone bridges. Walk south to the Church of Our Lady for Michelangelo's Madonna and Child, then continue to the Béguinage, a walled community of whitewashed houses built for medieval beguines, and the swans of Minnewater lake just beyond it.
