We had a great day roaming the streets of this small but nice medieval town. This town used to be Europes leading trade centre in the 14th century. However the canals linking the waterways to the sea silted up. There was a lot of entertainment in the streets with live bands, orchestras, funfair rides and dancers.
A old building covered in ivy
The main canal through the middle of the city. From the building on the left Colin Farrell jumps into the canal in the movie 'Inbruges'
We climbed the Belfort which is a tower of 366 steps to get a view of the city. They had this very sophisticated bell system with all the strings leading to a round pulley system to play certain tunes.
All the old houses and buildings of Bruges.
The cute little towns of the main square
We decided to give Belgiums version of Mcdonalds a go called QUICK
They guys were very funny running around the square freaking everyone out with their long extending necks and twisting heads.
There were horse and carriages everywhere
An orchestra playing some tunes in the fishmarket
This basilica has a few coagulated drops of Christ's blood which we had a look at.
The blood relic
Cruising past the oldest bridge in Bruges on our canal tour
The Belford by boat
One of the churches contained Michelangelo's 'Madonna and Child' marble statue.
We had a tour of the Halve Mann brewery. The lady took us through the processes of their beer but wouldn't reveal the secret ingredients of what makes a good belgium beer. She kept talking about the special hops they use which are related to marijuana calling it hoppy beer. These are the beer maturing barrels.
Taste testing their blond beer.
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