🍽️ Dining in Brugge

The Belgian belly is an aggressively exercised muscle...

🥐 Breakfast in Brugge

🍽️ Lovingly Local (Dinner 1)

Spots for a full meal that are nice on the budget and truly local in quality and experience.

• Cambrinus – Top local food, big and tasty portions with many (many) beers, very central.
• Stokershuis - The one man classic cafe of Hans, whistling while he works and best spaghetti in town.
• L’Estaminet - Central cafe with great menu and even better beer on tap.
• Lion Belge – Local cuisine near-ish to the windmills, great portions & extensive wine list.
• Ribs & Beer – All-you-can-eat ribs, must try the chef’s sauce & fine grilled fish dishes. Reserve ahead!

🍽️ Finest of Fine Dining (Dinner 2)

The very cream of the crop for fine dining in Brugge.

• Park Restaurant– Top rated and well deserved. French cuisine & superb hosts, great set menu.
• BRUUT – Popular spot for a culinary experience. Original and full eco. Reserve!
• Guillaume – Cozy romantic corner with gourmet French, central location & very well regarded.
• Rock Fort – Where the cool cuisine kids are, with very good reason. Nice bar!
• Pepermolen – Small & creative seasonal menu & excellent steaks. Market menu is top value.
• Le Chef et Moi – Classy place with small affordable menu. Local and international dishes.

🌱 Vegan Victory

Vegan dining is easier in Brugge over the day than the evening, here's our top picks:

Breakfast & Lunch

• Greens and Beans - Supple vegan lunches in modern classy surroundings.
• Blackbird – Top class full vegan lunches, also excellent for breakfast tapas.
• De Buhne - Takeaway lunch delights by the Sint Salvator Church.

Vegan Dinner

• Atelier FLORI - Vegan restaurant, art museum and wine bar, live music on Saturday nights.

🍻Drinking in Brugge

Beer or otherwise, one of the best cities on the planet to pull up for a beverage...

☕️ Coffee & Tea

Into your instant coffee? Too bad, you're now in Belgium...

• Koffie Brazilia – Nearest to the tour meeting point, delicious brews & wide tea selection.
• Li-O-Lait –  Homey cafe with fantastic ambiance & tasty bagels. Near t’zand & main shop street.
• Gingerbread – Popular breakfast/bagel spot, wide variety coffee/tea/hot chocolate. Great specials.
• Hemelse Taartjes – The spot for coffee & cupcakes, coffee comes with cookies & chocolates.
• Marie’s House: – Coffee/tea house, fine small snacks & baked goodies. Indoors or garden: Cozy!

🍻Beer Houses

Apparently, Belgian beer is worth a try...

• Cafe Vlissinghe – Oldest cafe in town, classic atmosphere & surroundings. Great house beer.
• Brugs Beertje – Vintage beer house with over 300(!) beers available, menu as thick as a phone book.
• Rose Red – Deviously romantic Trappist beer house, 200 beers & staff knowledge to help you choose.
• Joey’s Cafe – Classiest jazz cafe in town, also where I had my 1st date with the future Mrs Andy.
• Hof Van Beroep – Great local that switches between mellow & crazy. All are welcome.

🍺👀 Superb Beer-Related Attractions

Drink it all in, not just with your taste buds...

• De Halve Maan – Recommended brewery tour (beer included!) and great local menu in the restaurant.
• Bourgogne des Flanders – World famous beer brewed right in front of you, great tour and cafe (with terrace on canal).
• 2be Beer Wall - See the many MANY Belgian beers on a sizeable wall, nice cafe with a top terrace you'll definitely recognise.

😋 Snacks & Supermarket Treats

If you’re into your snacks and light meals, you will definitely not be left wanting in Brugge.

🛒 Supermarket Souvenirs

If you’re like me on shopping for souvenirs to remember somewhere, you’re probably very interested in what supermarkets can offer for treats to take home.

🍺 Belgian Beer

5 brands that are guaranteed to be in a supermarket and will blow you away: Sint Bernardus, Rochefort, Grimbergen, Verboden Vrucht, Chimay.

More on beer? See the drink recommendations.

🍫 Chocolate (pre packed)

Cote D’or & Galler are easiest to find & trusted as delicious. Jacques or Guylaim are trusted backups.

🧇 Waffles (pre packed)

Lotus is a popular brand for good reason, look out for either the plain or chocolate coated options.

Belgian Cookies

Belgian cookies are one of the little secret treats of this land, and only logical after you look the chocolate & waffle situation.

De Stroopere is my fave, then Lotus & Delacre are the tastiest of the tasty.

🛍️ Shopping in Brugge

Fair prices are a feature of this fairy tale town...

📸 Camera Gear & Tech Shops

• Foto Coudenys – Proper pro shop & family owned, your best option for high end gear & accessories (and service with knowledge).
• Media Markt – Better prices than FNAC but less central (10 min drive), more extensive choice & nearby supermarkets.
• Kamera Express – My default spot for speedy shipping (next day if ordered by midnight). Recommended if needed urgently.
• FNAC – Multimedia shop on main Market Square, carries most basics & popular options for camera and tech gear.

🧥 Second Hand Shops

• De Brocante - Awesome antiques and funky 2nd hand goods, lovely cafe and superb staff!
• Think Twice – Vintage and funk-tastic threads aplenty, very central and while you’re there pop in next door to LeeLoo for a look.
• Sue Ryder: Great for all all sorts from stuff to clothes. Look for 2 shops, one is clothes and the other is “the rest”.

🕺🏻Funky Clothes

• LeeLoo – Two fine fellas who have supplied Brugge with funky fashion for over a decade, still on top of it and the future will never feel far. Or funkier.
• Kringwinkel (Eiremarkt) - Part of an overall charity thrift shop chain, the best and funkiest brands are shipped for sale here.
• Tweemeisjes - Cool & fly ladies' clothes, affordable and classic. Top staff.

🛋️ Antiques

• Classics - Fine and unusual antiques as collected and refreshed on the regular by artist Paul Van Hecke.
• J&M Pollentier-Marechal  – Specialized in antique and contemporary photography and paintings of Brugge.
• Depot D’o – Very eclectic & sublime collection of antiques and collectibles, local to global and everchanging.

👀Also Interesting...

🧭 Other Brugge Tours

It's an under-spoken fact: We have some AMAZING tour experiences here that only add to the beauty of Brugge...

• Quasimundo Bike Tours - Lively & informative bike tours of Brugge or nearby Damme, group and private tours.
• Quasimodo - Specialising in Flanders Field battlefields tours but also beyond, Sharon & Philippe are simply the best!
• Segway Brugge - Always wanted to discover a city on a Segway? This is the tour to take, top info and great guides.
• Vespa Tours Brugge - Classy way to discover the city & surroundings, self-guided or guide available.
• Boat Rides: Truly superb view and vibe of Brugge, try for first boat (10am) and ask to sit at the front for the clear view.
• Horse Carriages - Healthy and happy horses on offer for a fairy tale tour of a fairy tale city. Daily from Markt & Wijnaardplien.

Other Brugge Tours

It's an under-spoken fact: We have some AMAZING tour experiences here that only add to the beauty of Brugge...

• Quasimundo Bike Tours - Lively and informative bike tours of Brugge and nearby Damme, available for group and private tours.
• Horse Carriages - Healthy and happy horses on offer for a fairy tale tour of a fairy tale city. Daily from Markt & Wijnaardplien.
• Quasimodo - Specialising in Flanders Field battlefields tours but also beyond, Sharon & Philippe are simply the best!
• Segway Brugge - Always wanted to discover a city on a Segway? This is the tour to take, top info and great guides.

Other Brugge Tours

It's an under-spoken fact: We have some AMAZING tour experiences here that only add to the beauty of Brugge...

• Quasimundo Bike Tours - Lively and informative bike tours of Brugge and nearby Damme, available for group and private tours.
• Horse Carriages - Healthy and happy horses on offer for a fairy tale tour of a fairy tale city. Daily from Markt & Wijnaardplien.
• Quasimodo - Specialising in Flanders Field battlefields tours but also beyond, Sharon & Philippe are simply the best!
• Segway Brugge - Always wanted to discover a city on a Segway? This is the tour to take, top info and great guides.