Bruges Pictures

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Take a horse-drawn carriage ride on Walstraat.  ©JAN DARTHET Toerisme Brugge

©JAN DARTHET Toerisme Brugge

©JAN DARTHET Toerisme Brugge

©JAN DARTHET Toerisme Brugge

According to legent, in the 15th century, a town administrator named Pieter Lanchals -- whose family's coat of arms displays a swan -- was executed. The ruler Maximilain decreed that, in rememberance of Lanchals, there should be swans on Bruges' canals and lake for eternity. ©JAN DARTHET Toerisme Brugge

©JAN DARTHET Toerisme Brugge

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This body of water is also known as "the Lake of Love." Jim Linwood Flickr

This chapel contains a vial of blood, reportedly belonging to Jesus Christ.  ©JAN DARTHET Toerisme Brugge

This church's greatest treasure is Michelangelo's "Madonna and Child" sculpture. ©JAN DARTHET Toerisme Brugge

This part of Bruges, formerly a place of refuge for women, is now a Benedictine Convent.  ©JAN DARTHET Toerisme Brugge

You can find many a cafe and restaurant surrounding the bustling Bruges Markt. Rich B-S Flickr

Famous pieces by Flemish painter Jan van Eyck hang in this museum.  ©JAN DARTHET Toerisme Brugge

Listen to the chimes. raider of gin Flickr