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A unique chocolate expedition with Dominique Persoone in renewed Chocolate Line
Bruges brewery opens beer pipeline under the city
The three kilometers long beer pipeline through Bruges is world's first
Recently opened 'Le Pain Quotidien' bakery brings back that authentic feeling
The products of 'Le Pain Quotidien' (The Daily Bread in English) are well known in the mean time. The company, founded in Brussels on 26th of October 1990 by Alain Coumont, currently operates more than 220 bakery-restaurant locations worldwide in 17 countries.
7,8 mlj visitors in Bruges generate 441 mlj EUR turnover in 2015
By using mobile data from telecom provider Proximus, Bruges was able to analyse precisely the visitors density in 2015.
7.8 million people visited the historic city of Bruges in 2015. 1,27 mlj of them were local people living in the region of the city. 5,27 mlj tourists (living further than 20 km from Bruges) were visiting the city for just one day, while 1,28 mlj were booking an overnight.
2,2 mlj hotel nights in Bruges!
French pastry chef Frederic Vancamps opens Aux Merveilleux in Bruges
The French pastry chef Frederic Vancamps has started in december Aux Merveilleux in the Geldmunstraat in Bruges. The chain is already existing in many world cities including Paris, London , Brussels and New York. Later by Lille, Knokke and now Bruges. The patisserie is particularly tasty and immediately attracted a lot of local residents of Bruges. They stood in line to buy these delicacies
Over 500 000 visitors in Bruges during Christmas holiday
The Christmas holidays proved a very nice end to a busy tourist year. "Christmas and New Year is traditionally a very busy period in Bruges," said Mayor Renaat Landuyt. "The combination of a large and varied number of year-end events with the enchanting, cozy Christmas atmosphere in our heritage city attracts both the leisure visitor from the region as foreign tourists to stay."