Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #8 in Bruges, Belgium

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 6 sights
Distance 6.2 km
Ascend 57 m
Descend 54 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: Stella Mariskapel

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The Stella Mariskerk or Sterre der Zeekerk is a church building in the West-Flemish town of Zeebrugge, located on Stella Marisstraat.

Wikipedia: Stella Mariskerk (NL), Heritage Website

1983 meters / 24 minutes

Sight 2: Sint-Donaaskerk

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St. Donatian's Church is the parish church of the coastal town of Zeebrugge, located in the Sint-Donaaskerkstraat, in the Belgian city of Bruges. The church is dedicated to Donatianus of Reims, a French bishop from the 4th century and patron saint of the city of Bruges.

Wikipedia: Sint-Donatuskerk (Zeebrugge) (NL), Heritage Website

99 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 3: Zeebrugge Churchyard

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The Zeebrugge Cemetery is a municipal cemetery located in the Belgian village of Zeebrugge (Lissewege). The cemetery is located around the St. Donatus Church on the St. Donaaskerkstraat, close to the N34a. There are no civilian graves in the cemetery, only a bed with British and German military graves from the First World War. The cemetery is surrounded by a low brick wall and an arched entrance gate on the north side is closed off with a double gate. On a plaque above the gate is the text: Deutscher Ehrenfriedhof Zeebrügge Nr.184 - Pate Ortsgruppe Blankenburg - Harz - Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge. On the western edge of the cemetery is a memorial to the fallen villagers from both world wars.

Wikipedia: Kerkhof van Zeebrugge (NL), Url, Heritage Website

1772 meters / 21 minutes

Sight 4: Lage vuurtoren van Heist

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Lage vuurtoren van Heist Marc Ryckaert (MJJR) / CC BY 3.0

The Low Lighthouse of Heist is a Belgian lighthouse whose light has been extinguished. After the silting up of the Zwin as a waterway, the city of Bruges looked for another way out to sea, and found it at the beginning of the 20th century with the seaport of Zeebrugge. The channel to this harbour was called Pas van 't Zand and was deepened. To mark this waterway, two engineer-contractors had two lighthouses built. One of these two lighthouses was the Low lighthouse of Heist, which was built between 1905 and 1907. Together with the high lighthouse of Heist, it formed a light line for ships that wanted to enter the port of Zeebrugge. The light line was visible to ships that had the correct course of 136 degrees, so that the beams of the low guide light and the high guide light were aligned. Due to the expansion of the port of Zeebrugge, the lighthouse lost its function and the light was extinguished in 1983.

Wikipedia: Lage vuurtoren van Heist (NL), Heritage Website

454 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 5: Hoge vuurtoren van Heist

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The High Lighthouse of Heist is a Belgian lighthouse whose light has been extinguished. After the silting up of the Zwin as a waterway, the city of Bruges was looking for another way out to sea, and found it at the beginning of the 20th century with the seaport of Zeebrugge. The channel to this harbour was called Pas van 't Zand and was deepened. To mark this waterway, two engineer-contractors had two lighthouses built.

Wikipedia: Hoge vuurtoren van Heist (NL), Heritage Website

1874 meters / 22 minutes

Sight 6: Directeur-Generaal Willemspark

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The Director-General Willemspark is a 19-hectare park in Knokke-Heist. It is located on the territory of the boroughs of Heist and Duinbergen.

Wikipedia: Directeur-Generaal Willemspark (NL)

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