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BE170

Brugge, Belgium

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Beguinage, Bruges

The museums in Bruges host many works of Flemish primitives

Canal between Bruges and Damme, make a wonderful bicycle trip (you can continue until Holland)

Don't forget to have some French fries at our local De Biezen

City hall in Bruges (gothic style)

Brugs Beertje, famous bar in Bruges with a choice of 100's of beers

Canals in Bruges

More canals in Bruges (the boat trip is highly recommended)

Many possibilities for fine dining in Bruges

Belfry, Bruges, 15 min walk from our house

The graves of Burgundy lords in Bruges

Concert Building in Bruges with many concerts, theater etc.

Don't forget to buy the necessities in Bruges!

Zwin reserve at the Belgian coast, ideal for birdwatching, nice activities for kids

Amazing historic polder landscape around Bruges makes wonderful bicycle trips.

Belgian coastline, ideal for a leisurely stroll or bathing

Dunes at the Belgian coast, make for some nice hiking

Boudewijn Seapark, amusement park close to Bruges (10 min drive)

Permeke museum in Jabbeke (15 min drive)

One of the military cimetaries in Flandres (Vladslo) with the famous statues by Kathe Kollwitz

Ypres, 40 min from Bruges

Fine arts museum in Ghent with this impressive work of Bosch

Ghent Altarpiece by Van Eyck, in Ghent, a must see

Canals in Ghent (half hour from Bruges)

SMAK modern art museum in Ghent

Zoo of Antwerp

MAS in Antwerp, www.mas.be (1h15 min drive)

Stripmuseum, museum for comics in Brussels

To do: visit the Breughel paintings at the Royal art museum in Brussels, among many other important artworks

Mini Europa in Brussels

Horta architecture in Brussels, birthplace of art nouveau

Pairi Daisa (1h30 min drive)

The magical Efteling theme park in Holland (2 hour drive)

Nico and his grandson Lowietje

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House in Bruges (Brugge), Belgium

The house is split in two parts. First there is the private home which is on ground level. The private part of the house has a private entrance. Then we have our offices which are on the first and the second level. For a house in the city we have a rather large garden.

The house has 3 bedrooms. One with a comfortable double bed and it's own large bathroom. The two other bedrooms are smaller but still comfortable and one has a twin bed and the other a single bed.
There is also a second bathroom with bath and shower.
The kitchen has the usual appliances, dishwasher, etc ...
There is a small room with a washer and a dryer ...

The address is Gulden Vlieslaan 67 Brugge, you can visualize the outside of the house in Google street view.

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2 Adults
0 Children
17 Exchanges made

Occupation

retired teacher

Our Home

House Type: House
Floor: 0
Environment: In the city
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 2
Sleeping Capacity: 5

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Pets - Not allowed
Small children - Allowed

Exchange Types

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Indoor

Free internet access
Computer available
Central heating
Fireplace
Washing machine
Dishwasher
Clothes dryer
Television

Outdoor

Garden
Garage / private parking

Facilities

Non-smoking house

Our Destination Wish List

Open to any destination
Denmark
France
Italy
Netherlands
USA
Germany
Spain

Spoken Languages

English
Français
Dutch

Nearest Airport: Brussels airport -

Bruges is a rather small city with a very big historical value.

Bruges is located very close to the North Sea (15 km), the historic cities Gent (50 km), Brussels (100 km), Antwerp (100 km), Amsterdam (300 km), Paris (300 km). I can say that the Dutch border is at 20 km, the French border at 50 km ... just to say that Belgium is no that big ... Ypres (Ieper) and Diksmuide are interesting for who is interested in the visiting the world war one sites and Flandres fields museum.

What to do in Bruges.
When your interested in the European culture -and I think you are- there are a lot of buildings and museums to visit.There is the https://www.boudewijnseapark.be/en/ for the kids. There is also a nice animal farm https://www.visitbruges.be/en/kinderboerderij-childrens-farm-de-zeven-torentjes for small children.
Bruges is a very nice medieval city which is also nice to stroll and shop, have a beer, buy chocolates and eat fries.

There are very nice cycling opportunities around Bruges (around Damme, up to Sluis in Holland etc.).

We are very close to the coast (Blankenberge, Oostend) for those of you who enjoy to spend time at the seaside.

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Occupation

retired teacher

Children

We do not have children.

Pets

We do not have pets.

My name is Nico (born 1942). I am a retired teacher (architecture) living in Bruges, Belgium.
I'm normally travelling with my partner Hélène. My house is the one in Bruges (BE170).
My son is Kenneth (born 1976). He is a researcher working for Ifremer in Concarneau France. He has a family of four (Leen, Pina (11 years) and Lowietje (9 years), and sometimes travels with us (6 persons or with four persons - they have the house in Concarneau, southern, Brittany, France (BE53859).

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Nico lives in Bruges, and have a particular interest in culture, I enjoy visiting musea, cinema, theatre, concerts.
Kenneth lives in Concarneau, and also likes cultures, but also hiking.

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