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 Festival of the Canals 2008
 15,16,18,20,22,23/8/8 from 9PM CITY CENTER - CANALS


The festival of the Canals
is held every four years in late August. Traditional events showcasing the Middle Ages and Baroque period take place on the Bruges and Burg Square canals.

The heart of the festival is a series of re-enactments of episodes in Bruges' long and eventful history. This festival, staged along the beautifully illuminated canals and in the Burg Square, is a captivating pageant with various scenes taking the spectators back into the fascinating history of Bruges. The scenes, which must be seen as separate performances, are staged in succession and without intermission. In total, over 400 musicians, singers and dancers are involved.

The spectator is therefore bound neither by the opening hour, nor by a certain order. Starting from one of the different entrances, he can wander at will from one scene to the other.

Tickets for the Festival on the Canals are now on presale. A ticket costs 15,00 euro.
reductions :
- children up till 12 years can enter for free
- if you are in a wheelchair : you need a ticket, but your companion can enter for free
- if you are a group of 20 people or more, you pay 12,50 euro for a ticket

 

Museums


Groeninge Museum


Gruuthuse Museum


Memling Museum

Diamond Musuem

Chocolat Museum

Other museums
Churches


Church of Our Lady


Cathedral


Jerusalem Church


Basilica of  the 
Holy Blood


St.Anne's Church


Walburga Church

Monuments and  old town gates


Belfort
Belfry


Stadhuis
Town Hall


Het Concertgebouw
Concert Hall


Gentpoort
 Ghent gate


Kruispoort


Ezelpoort

Places to see


Begijnhof
Beguinage


Burg
Burg Square


Markt -
Market Square


Huidenvettersplein
Tanners' Square


Fish market
Old Fish Market


Groenerei


Minnewater
Lake of Love


Brocante markt
 flea market- Dijver


Café Vlissinghe -
oldest café
in Bruges


Damme


Wijngaardplein
Wijngaard Square


't Zand  &
Mermaid


Rozenhoedkaai
Quai of the Rosary


Jan Van Eyck plein
Jan Van Eyck Square


Spiegelrei


Sint-Annarei


Dijver


Walplein


Jan Van Eyck plein
Jan Van Eyck Square


Simon Stevin plein
Simon Stevin Square


Arentshof
Arents Court


Parks, gardens and
green area


Godshuizen - Almshouses


Congress Centre
Site Oud Sint-Jan

 Events


Procession of the
Holy Blood


Bruges by night


Winter in Bruges


Lace Days


Pageant of the Golden Tree


Festival of the Canals

 For kids


Boudewijn Seapark

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