The windmills

Bruges ( BROOZH, French: [bʁyʒ] (listen); Flemish: Brugge [ˈbrʏɣə] (listen); German: Brügge [ˈbʁʏɡə]) is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the northwest of the country, and the seventh largest city of the country by population.The area of the whole city amounts to more than 13,840 hectares (138.4 sq km; 53.44 sq miles), including 1,075 hectares off the coast, at Zeebrugge (from Brugge aan zee, meaning "Bruges by the Sea").

The Basilica of the Holy Blood (Dutch: Heilig-Bloedbasiliek, French: Basilique du Saint-Sang) is a Roman Catholic basilica in Bruges, Belgium. The church houses a venerated relic of the Holy Blood allegedly collected by Joseph of Arimathea and brought from the Holy Land by Thierry of Alsace, Count of Flanders.

The Bruges City Hall is one of the oldest city halls in the entire Netherlands region. It is located in Burg Square, the area of the former fortified castle in the centre of Bruges, Belgium.After a fire in the city's Belfry in 1280 the old Ghyselhuus, which had already fallen into disuse as the jail of the count of Flanders, became the meeting place for the city council.

The Grootseminarie is the seminary for priest candidates of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bruges. It is located on the Potterierei in Bruges.Since 2006 the seminary is led by president Koen Vanhoutte, vicar since 2005. Besides its educative function for priests, the seminary organizes various other functions, such as the Theologische academie and the School voor geloof.

Sint-Leocollege is a Catholic high school and elementary school in Bruges, Belgium. Sint-Leocollege was established in 1890 as a private boys' school. In 1916, it was transformed into a public school and in 1993, girls were first allowed to take classes.

De Karmeliet is a restaurant in Bruges, Belgium. The leading chef is Geert Vanhecke.It is rated with 3 stars by the Michelin Red Guide, one of three restaurants in the country of Belgium to receive such an honour as of 2016, the year it was announced it would be closed. It is now closed.De Karmeliet appeared on the Restaurant magazine Top 50 Restaurants in the World list in 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2010.

The St. Walburga Church is a 17th-century Roman-Catholic church in Bruges built by the Jesuits in a Baroque style. It is now a parish church and contains many valuable art objects.

Gouden Hand (the two words sometimes written together, as Goudenhand, and meaning "Golden Hand") is a canal in Brugge, Belgium. Goudenhand is also the name of two streets along the same canal. These are, Goudenhandrei immediately along the canal ("rei" being the name given to Brugge's canals) and Goudenhandstraat along the opposite side in a line parallel but not contiguous to the canal.

Eekhout Abbey (Dutch: Eekhoutabdij) was a medieval house of Augustinian Canons in Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium.

Jan van Eyckplein, also known as Jan van Eyck Square, is a square located at the intersection of Academiestraat, Spiegelrei and Spanjaardstraat in Bruges, the capital and largest city of the West Flanders province in the Flemish Region of Belgium. The square is named for noted Northern Renaissance painter Jan van Eyck.