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ABOVE: Horse and carriage in market square.
Tourism sites
Stad Brugge - Tourist
Information
The city's official tourism site may not look fancy, but it's packed
with useful information for the visitor.
Belgium Travel Network: Brugge
You'll find plenty of useful information at this commercial site,
Visit Bruges
Dirk Cleenwerck, a native of Brugge, has put together a site with everything
from a guided photo tour of the city to recommendations for bars, restaurants, a
bottle shop, and a snooker parlor.
Background reading
Medieval Cities,
Bruges and Florence
Dr. Richard Ingersoll of Rice University includes a section on Bruges in this lecture for
an architecture class titled Cities in History.
Transportation
Brugse Taxi Service
In addition to the usual taxi and chauffeuring services, this firm will meet
passengers at the cruise terminal in nearby Zeebrugge. (You can book ahead by
e-mail.)
Tips on traveling in Belgium:
If you plan to drive in the Belgium, read my articles on
driving in Europe and
car rentals: when to rent, when to lease. For
train travel, consider a rail pass from our
partner, Rail
Europe .
(You can even get "Rail n' Drive" passes that combine rail travel with a rental
car.)
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