| Brugse Vrije, the old Civil Registry (1534) and the Stadhuis (City Hall, right). |
| The Basilica of the Holy Blood comprises the decorated grey building (center). The church was built from 12th-13th century. |
| The large open Market square at the center of Brugge. |
| The Market Square was closed to cars in 1996 except for one lane. |
| The statue of the Flemish heros Jan Breydel and Pieter de Coninck leaders of the revolt in Bruges in 1302. |
| The Provincial Courts and Governor's residence (left). |
| The 83 metre high Belfry that dominates the Market square. It dates from 1240. |
| One of the many Canals of Brugge. Originally they allowed ships access to the town from the sea. |
| A canal and bridge. |
| Guildhouses along a Canal. |
| The building with the tower is the Burgher's Lodge a 15th century meeting place for the well-to-do. |
| Koningin Astridpark |
| Gentpoort, one of the gates of the Middle-Ages Defensive grid about the city. |
| Gunpowder Tower an odd looking tower along the canal built in the early 15th century. |
| The Lockhouse at one end of the Minnewater. |
| Simon Stevin Place. Named for a famous Flemish Mathematician from Brugge (1548-1620). |
| There are 366 steps in a winding staircase to the top of the Belfry. |
| The locked chambers that held the treasury and important documents of Brugge in the Belfry. |
| The more impressive Church of Our Lady to the left of Saint Salvator Cathedral. |
| The buildings of the Burg square. The Renaissance Hall (now the Tourist Center). |
| A zoom shot of the harbour and modern power generating windmills. |
| Kruispoort an old fortified city-gate built in 1402. |
| Small stilt windmill. |
| The Jerusalem Church built in the 14th Century by a member of the Adornes Family, it remains a privately owned church. |
| A quiet back street in Brugge. |
| The Bruges Bear looks out from a niche on the side of the Burgher's Lodge. |
| The Hotel Anselmus where I stayed in Brugge. I has a room on the second floor at the front. |
| The Market Square is a Flower Market on Wednesdays. |
| Skull Gate or Smedenpoort with the reason for the name clearly visable to the upper left of the entrance. |
| Smedenpoort and the city moat. |
| A small park along the Dijver. Looking over the park is Our Lady's Church. |
| A residence alongside the Dijver River. |
| The 15th Century town palace of the Lords of Gruuthuse |
| The buildings and church of St. John's Hospital. |
| An old lift bridge over the canal. |
| A riverbarge moored along the ring canal. It looked like it was rigged as a home. |
| Janshuismolen windmill running at half-speed. |
| Jerusalem Church it was completed in 1470 on a design believed to be copied from the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. |
| A view of the 3 crosses over the altar (the cruxifiction) and the area behind the large arch is under the tower. |
| The entrance to the Fish Market - note the golden fish over the door. |
| The vaulting between the City Hall and the Old Recorders House leading to the Burg Square. |
| The confluence of 2 canals at the Rozenhoedkaai. This is the spot where most postcards of Brugge are shot. The Belfry is visable in the background. |
| The Beguinage a canal encircled island. This was a place where women who could not find husbands worked at making lace. In 1937 the Beguinage was closed and it became a nunnery. |
| The poplar trees of the central courtyard of the Beguinage. The residences of the Nuns. |
| The Belfry and the Cloth Hall after dark. |
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