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One of Belgium’s most popular hang-outs for young travellers, this backpacker village incorporates a hostel, apartments, a nightclub, internet cafe and a little chill-out room that’s well hidden behind the reception and laundrette section at Langestraat 145. Simple and slightly cramped dorms are operated with key cards; hotel-section double rooms have private shower cubicles. Bike hire is also available.

Smarter 'pod' dorms have better bunks with curtains and reading lamps. Take bus 6 or 16 from the train station.

Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

  • Officials unveil the restored exterior panels of "The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb", an altar piece painted by the Van Eyck brothers in 1432, at Saint Bavo Cathedral in Ghent on October 12, 2016. .The restoration of the exterior panels and frames started in 2012, and constitutes the first phase of restauration which will be followed by two other phases for the interior panels and is set to last until 2020. / AFP / EMMANUEL DUNAND (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)

    The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb

    23.95 MILES

    Art enthusiasts swarm the Sint-Baafskathedraal to glimpse The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb (De Aanbidding van het Lams God), a lavish representation of…

  • Markt

    Markt

    0.61 MILES

    The heart of ancient Bruges, the old market square is lined with pavement cafes beneath step-gabled facades. The buildings aren't always quite as medieval…

  • In Flanders Fields Museum

    In Flanders Fields Museum

    29.28 MILES

    No museum gives a more balanced yet moving and user-friendly introduction to WWI history. It’s a multisensory experience combining soundscapes, videos,…

  • Woman viewing paintings (Hugo Van der Goes - St Hippolyte's Triptich) at Groeningemuseum.

    Groeningemuseum

    0.64 MILES

    Bruges’ most celebrated art gallery boasts an astonishingly rich collection that's strong in superb Flemish Primitive and Renaissance works, depicting the…

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    Museum Sint-Janshospitaal

    0.81 MILES

    In the restored chapel of a 12th-century hospital building with superb timber beamwork, this museum shows various torturous-looking medical implements,…

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    Gravensteen

    23.58 MILES

    Flanders’ quintessential 12th-century stone castle comes complete with moat, turrets and arrow slits. It’s all the more remarkable considering that during…

  • Belfort

    Belfort

    0.6 MILES

    Towering 83m above the square like a gigantic medieval rocket is this fabulous 13th-century belfry. There’s relatively little to see inside, but it’s…

  • Abdij

    Abdij

    25.76 MILES

    Dating from the 12th century, this huge abbey complex houses the regional government as well as two churches: the Koorkerk (built for the clergy) and…

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Nearby Bruges attractions

1. Kruispoort

0.11 MILES

This much restored and rebuilt city gate was originally built in the 13th-century.

3. Jeruzalemkerk

0.16 MILES

Within the so-caled Adornesdomein estate is one of Bruges’ oddest churches, the 15th-century Jeruzalemkerk, built by the Adornes family. Supposedly based…

4. Kantcentrum

0.16 MILES

The Kantcentrum displays a collection of lace in a row of interlinked old cottages. In the afternoons (2pm to 5pm) you can watch bobbin lace being made by…

5. Volkskundemuseum

0.22 MILES

This appealing Museum of Folk Life presents visitors with 18 themed tableaux illustrating Flemish life in times gone by – a 1930s sweets shop, a hatter’s…

6. St-Annakerk

0.23 MILES

The church of St Anne features a plain Gothic exterior which belies its flamboyant baroque interior.

7. St-Janshuismolen

0.25 MILES

In the 13th century, Bruges' great walls were dotted with molens (windmills) where cereals were ground into flour. Four still stand on the eastern rampart…

8. St-Walburgaskerk

0.37 MILES

This 17th-century Roman Catholic church was built by the Jesuits in the baroque style.