Winter In Bruges

The winter season represents cosiness and heart-warming moments with family and friends. Warm World Heritage City Bruges lends itself perfectly to this. Come and soak up the atmosphere in the historic setting of charming ‘reien’ (canals), monumental architecture and picturesque streets. Stroll past Christmas markets and decorated shop windows, sip a fragrant coffee and enjoy a sharing platter. Discover some universal stories of care and empathy at the renovated Museum St John’s Hospital. The many almshouses also illustrate the care for the citizens of Bruges throughout the centuries. In the dark days, everyone can use some bright spots. The additional holiday lights and the light experience walk 'Aurora' literally take care of that. The 'Winter Solstice' festival invites you to actually celebrate light with poetry and music.

Silent Nostalgia walk

One of the four hikes from the Walking Guide Oooh! Bruges will guide you through the authentic, hushed St Anne's Quarter. The 13th-century hospital and Church of Our Lady of the Pottery, the Jerusalem Chapel (1429) on the Adornes Estate, the domed church (1739) of the English Convent and the archers' guilds of St Sebastian and St George – respectively more than 600 and more than 500 years old – will hurl you back in time. The working-class neighbourhood of St Anna is also home to a surprising number of green oases: the urban belt of the City Ramparts, the garden of the House Gezelle and the Guido Gezellewarande, the intimate garden of the residential care centre Ter Potterie, which has been rechristened as a 'neighbourhood park',