The canals of Bruges linked the city to the North Sea and led to her economical prosperity in the Middle Ages.    Nowadays,  most visitors to this ‘Venice of the North’  enjoy a cruise at some stage during their trip.   Its easily done – there are landing stages dotted along the route – and the […]

During the middle ages,  Bruges was one of the wealthiest cities of northern Europe.   Its rich tradesmen built fine houses and patronised musicians and artists.  When the Flemish cloth industry declined,  and the traders in precious stones moved to Antwerp, the city fell into decline.   So rapid was the downturn that,  over the next few […]

  Thinking of visiting Bruges as a day trip from Brussels?  Maybe you should reconsider!   Just look at what you’d be missing!                                     ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦  

Once upon a time (as all the best stories go…) a traveler from Luxembourg was set upon and murdered on a narrow street in Bruges.   A local tradesman came upon him and the police found him cradling the dead man.  He was of course arrested and charged with the murder. On the night before his […]