jn_12
Senior Member
Brugges is a city in Flanders, roughly 1.5 hours northwest of Brussels. Entirely Dutch, much of the inner city is pedestrian as most streets are little more than one lane wide. The inner city is also a UNESCO Heritage Site. Most people walked but bicycles were prominent and instead of rows upon rows of parking lot outside the train station, there were rows upon rows of bike racks, all of which were filled.
The city is pretty much a tourist town. There's evidence of this pretty much everywhere to the point where you can't tell if anyone actually lives in the city. The Grote Markt (Market Square) is the town's heart, where you can take horse and carriage rides, eat tourist catered meals (signs in English are the easiest way to tell) and hear more Russian or Chinese than French or Dutch. We got a bit discouraged because as much as its an incredibly beautiful city, it was beautiful in that Disney sort of way. Canals circle the city and give some amazing views of centuries old medieval Belgian architecture.
The city is pretty much a tourist town. There's evidence of this pretty much everywhere to the point where you can't tell if anyone actually lives in the city. The Grote Markt (Market Square) is the town's heart, where you can take horse and carriage rides, eat tourist catered meals (signs in English are the easiest way to tell) and hear more Russian or Chinese than French or Dutch. We got a bit discouraged because as much as its an incredibly beautiful city, it was beautiful in that Disney sort of way. Canals circle the city and give some amazing views of centuries old medieval Belgian architecture.