marc
Latest posts from marc
Latest
Burg square
The Burg square is one of the earliest inhabited places of the city. People settled here as early as in the second and third centuries of our era. In the ninth century, the count of Flanders chose the Burg square as his base of operation.
Read more
The Market Square (Markt)
This square was used as a marketplace since 958, and a weekly market was held here from 985. Today the large square is ringed by banks and many guild houses converted into restaurants.
Read more
Memling museum
It was transformed into a museum and a congress center. Inside the old chapel is now one of the smallest but most attractive museum of Bruges, the Memling Museum. Here six paintings by the 15th century painter Hans Memling can be seen.
Read more
The Belfry tower
The belfry formerly housed a treasury and the municipal archives, and served as an observation post for spotting fires and other danger.
Read more
The old guild houses
Guild houses were commissioned by the various guilds. They were the administrative seat of the organisation and the place where they held their meetings.
Read more
The Burghers' Lodge (Poortersloge)
The Poortersloge was built at the end of the 14th and beginning of the 15th century in the commercial heart of Bruges. This side of Bruges was the area where the international trade took place, ships were loaded and unloaded.
Read more