A pocket-sized medieval fairy tale of step-gabled houses, swan-patrolled canals and chocolate shops with museum-grade window displays. Bruges is at its most romantic after 6pm, when coach tours vanish and lamplight takes over. Climb the Belfry before it closes, drink a candlelit Trappist beer in a brown café, and take the first-morning walk along the Groenerei before anyone wakes.
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