Town Hall (Stadhuis) Brugge

... as the Donkey Gate, some Church with a frickin high bell tower, Market Square (where they sell fresh seafood and other stuff), Town Hall (with a tower you can climb), Lovers Lane (place filled with swans... watched a couple run for their lives when a ...

... than going up) we finally got to check out The Thing (which is when I found out its real name!).  Man, I wish Shelton's town hall looked like that.  The inside of it is just as gorgeous as the outside. It is completely decorated with murals and gold ...

... market square, taking in the Belfort and the beautiful buildings surrounding the square. Then, onto the Burg to visit the Stadhuis (Town Hall). After a quick orientation boat tour along the canals, I lengthened my ABC list by a bit with the Basilica of ...

Today we spent a relaxing day wandering the cobbled streets of the little town of Brugge in Belgium. Both of us had been to Belgium before, but just to Brussels and we both had to admit that we knew very little of what else Belgium had to offer. Driving ...

... up into the Belfry tower, because it was being renovated. The next day, we toured the Church of Our Lady, the inside of the Town Hall, an art museum, Old St. John's Hospital (dates back to the 11th century), the Begijnhof, and the windmills to the east ...

... European transportation system.  We arrived in Brugge late on Thursday night, but with just enough time to see the Stadhuis (the town hall) all light up and grab a Belgian beer.  (We learned quickly that in Brugge everything closes by 11 ...

... the historic town and set off for the town by about 2pm. It is a very pretty town with loads of canals and a town square with town hall and historic guild houses on all sides. We took a quaint canal tour in the sunny hot weather which was lovely except ...

... eyes staring dully at a blank wall. Puts the wax head in my living room right to shame. Next, a brief stop at the town hall for a small exhibit of civic history. It seems Bruges first spread it's democratic wings after the murder of Count Charles the ...

... chocolate) which was typically Belgian. We found a little restaurant looking out onto the gorgeous city square (and the pretty Palace, Town Hall and Belfry – which for some reason kept making me think of bats) and ordered some waffles with cream ...

... were up there the intricate bell system chimed which made us jump.  Last on our list for the day was the Town Hall which is a fantastic 19th century hall with paintings on the walls detailing Bruges importance as a independent city and trading ...