Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #5 in Bruges, Belgium

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Number of sights 19 sights
Distance 6.6 km
Ascend 56 m
Descend 55 m

Explore Bruges in Belgium with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in BrugesIndividual Sights in Bruges

Sight 1: Jan Guilinibad

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The Jan Guilinibad is a swimming pool in the Belgian city of Bruges. It was erected on the corner of Rue Charles Quint and Rue Lauwer, in the Kristus-Koning district, with an external construction in the so-called "Bruges style" and with an Art Deco interior.

Wikipedia: Jan Guilinibad (NL), Heritage Website

790 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 2: Karmelietenkerk

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The Carmelite Church is a church in the center of the Belgian city of Bruges.

Wikipedia: Karmelietenkerk (Brugge) (NL)

365 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: Godshuizen De Vette Vischpoort

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The Vette Vispoort is the name of a house of worship in Bruges.

Wikipedia: De Vette Vispoort (NL), Heritage Website

480 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 4: Poortersloge

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The Poortersloge in the Belgian city of Bruges is located on the Jan van Eyckplein, diagonally opposite the Tolhuis. It is located in the part of Bruges that focused on international trade in the late Middle Ages.

Wikipedia: Poortersloge (NL), Heritage Website

31 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 5: Tolhuis

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The old Tolhuis on the Jan van Eyckplein in the Belgian city of Bruges consists of several buildings: the corner house "Het Heilig Graf", the Pijndershuisje, the actual Tolhuis and the house "Het Wezelkin".

Wikipedia: Tolhuis (Brugge) (NL), Heritage Website

233 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Sint-Franciscus Xaveriusziekenhuis

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The Sint-Franciscus-Xaverius Institute, abbreviated SFX-Brugge, is a Catholic school in the Belgian city of Bruges. She has around 800 students. The institute is also known under the nickname of the Xaverians Broeders, the Frères. The school is located between Guido Gezelleplein, Simon Stevinplein, Mariastraat and Nieuwstraat. The primary school of the Frères is called "Het Palet".

Wikipedia: Sint-Franciscus-Xaveriusinstituut (Brugge) (NL), Heritage Website

278 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Godshuizen van het Metselaarsambacht

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Godshuizen van het Metselaarsambacht Marc Ryckaert (MJJR) / CC BY 3.0

The almshouses of the Masons' Craft are located in the Noord-Gistelhof 1-9 in Bruges.

Wikipedia: Godshuizen van het Metselaarsambacht (NL)

583 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 8: Café Vlissinghe

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Café Vlissinghe is the oldest continuously running café in Bruges, the first written record about it is from 1515.

Wikipedia: Café Vlissinghe (EN), Website, Heritage Website

233 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 9: St. Walburga Church

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The St. Walburga Church is a 17th-century Roman-Catholic church in Bruges built by the Jesuits in a Baroque style. It is now a parish church and contains many valuable art objects.

Wikipedia: St. Walburga Church (Bruges) (EN), Heritage Website

306 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 10: Minneboplein

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Minneboplein

The Minneboplein in Bruges was created after the demolition of a factory building in 1975 and makes the connection between the Sint-Annarei and the Molenmeers along the Leffingestraat.

Wikipedia: Minneboplein (NL)

9 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 11: Godshuizen Cobrysse

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The Godshuis Cobrysse is a house of worship in Bruges, located in the Leffingestraat.

Wikipedia: Godshuis Cobrysse (NL)

251 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: Sint-Annakerk

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St. Anne's Church is a Catholic church in the district and parish of St. Anne in Bruges. It was rebuilt at the beginning of the 17th century and decorated in typical Baroque style as far as the interior was concerned. Mother Anna is the patroness of the church.

Wikipedia: Sint-Annakerk (Brugge) (NL), Heritage Website

152 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: Jeruzalemkerk

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The Jerusalem Church or Jerusalem Chapel in Bruges was built in the first half of the 15th century by descendants of Opicius Adornes, who came from Genoa and came to Flanders in the 13th century.

Wikipedia: Jeruzalemkerk (Brugge) (NL), Heritage Website

313 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 14: Guido Gezellewarande

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The Guido Gezellewarande is a public park in the fifteen -minute poet Guido Gezelle in the city of Bruges.

Wikipedia: Guido Gezellewarande (NL)

886 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 15: Koeleweimolen

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Koeleweimolen Marc Ryckaert (MJJR) / CC BY 3.0

The Koeleweimolen in the Belgian city of Bruges is located on the Kruisvest, on the edge of the city center. The mill was built in 1996 and functions as a flour mill.

Wikipedia: Koeleweimolen (NL), Heritage Website

619 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 16: Sint Janshuismolen

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The Sint-Janshuismolen in the Belgian city of Bruges is located on the Kruisvest, on the edge of the city center. The windmill that stands there today was built in 1770 and functions as a flour mill. It is already the third mill on that site. It owes its name to the hospital of St. John. The hospital may never have owned the mill, but an interest was imposed in its favour.

Wikipedia: Sint-Janshuismolen (NL), Heritage Website

234 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 17: Bonne Chiere

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Bonne ChiereJaime de la Fuente from Mexico City, MEXICO / CC BY 2.0

The Bonne-Chière mill in the city of Bruges is located on the Kruisvest, on the edge of the city centre. The mill was built in 1844 and functions as a corn and oil mill.

Wikipedia: Bonne-Chièremolen (NL), Heritage Website

156 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 18: Kruispoort

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The Kruispoort in Bruges is one of the remaining city gates and is a witness to medieval military architecture.

Wikipedia: Kruispoort (Brugge) (NL), Heritage Website

661 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 19: Kazernevest

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The Kazernevest is a promenade and a street in Bruges, Belgium.

Wikipedia: Kazernevest (NL)

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