BRUGES 109

VISITORS’ CHECKLIST

96 km (60 miles) NW of Brussels.

Road Map B1. * 119,000.

£ @ Stationsplein, Markt.

n t’Zand 34; (050) 444646.

_ Processie Van Het Heilig

Bloed (May), Pageant of the

Golden Tree (Aug), Reiefeest

(Aug). http://www.brugge.be

door is the Renaissance Hall,
which houses a massive
wood, marble and alabaster
chimney designed by the
Dutch architect Lanceloot
Blondeel. The tree-shaded
space on the northern side
of the Burg was the site of the
Cathedral of St Donation, des-
troyed by the French in 1799.

P Stadhuis
Burg 12. Tel (050) 448711.

9:30am–5pm daily. &

http://www.brugge.be
The intricately carved façade
of the Stadhuis was completed
in 1375, but the niche statues
are modern effigies of the
counts and countesses of
Flanders. Much of this building
is a triumph of restoration.
Inside, a staircase leads up to
the Gothic hall, a magnificent
parliamentary chamber built
around 1400. The ceiling has
lavish woodcarvings including
16 beautiful corbels bearing
representations of the seasons
and the elements. Around the
hall is a series of paintings,
completed in 1895, portraying
key events in the city’s history.

R Heilig Bloed Basiliek

Burg 15. Tel (050) 336792.

# 10am–noon and 2–4pm Tue–Sun.

One of Europe’s most sacred

reliquaries is held at the Heilig

Bloed Basiliek (Basilica of

the Holy Blood). The basilica

is divided into two distinct

sections. The lower part,

the evocative 12th-century

St Basil’s chapel, has a plain

stone-pillared entrance and

arches. The upper chapel was

destroyed by the French in

the 1790s and rebuilt in the

19th century. Here, brightly

coloured decorations surround

a silver tabernacle from 1611

The Vismarkt

Braambergstraat. # Tue–Sat.

From the Burg, an attractive

arched path called the Blinde

Ezelstraat (Alley of the Blind

Donkey) leads to this open-

air fish market with its elegant

18th-century colonnades. Fish

is still sold here each morning.

which houses a sacred phial,

supposed to contain a few

drops of blood and water

washed from the body of

Christ by Joseph of Arimathea.

The phial was brought here

from Jerusalem in 1150 and

is still the object of great ven-

eration. The church also has

a tiny museum of paintings,

vestments and other artifacts.

Ornate statues decorating the façade

of the Basilica of the Holy Blood

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Street-by-Street pp110–11
Pedestrian street
BRUGES
Arentshuis 0
Begijnhof r
Choco-Story 3
Friet Museum 4
Gruuthuse Museum q
Groeninge Museum y
Guido Gezellemuseum p
Heilig Bloed Basiliek 7
Jeruzalemkerk i
Kantcentrum u
Kruispoort a
Minnewater t
Museum voor
Volkskunde o
Onthaalkerk Onze-
Lieve-Vrouw w
Schuttersgilde
St-Sebastiaan s
Stadhuis 6
St-Janshospitaal and Hans
Memling Museum e
St-Salvatorkathedraal 9
The Belfort 2
The Burg 5
The Markt 1
The Vismarkt 8
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