Arundhati Hazra walks us through the magical streets and must-sees of Bruges.
Bruges is often called a fairy-tale medieval city, but I didn’t really understand what this meant until I stepped off the train from Brussels. Cobbled streets led from the station into the town, flanked by gingerbread houses with brick facades – straight out of a Grimm Brothers’ story. It felt as if I’d fallen into one of the picture books I had read as a child, and I couldn’t have been happier.
A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY
Bruges rose to prominence in the early 12th century, due to its position on the tidal inlet of Zwin, which became known as the Golden Inlet due to its strategic position in European trade routes. Canals were built, which lent the city its name (brugga means ‘bridge’ in Old Dutch). As the Flemish cloth and wool industries grew, so did Bruges’ fortunes. During the 15th century, Philip the Good, the Duke of Burgundy, set up court in Bruges, ushering in its golden age. Not only was the city’s lace much sought-after, the oil painting techniques of the Flemish school were renowned globally.
In the latter half of the 15th century, the Zwin began silting up, and Bruges faded in importance. It languished until the late 19th century, when a push was made to promote it as a leisure destination for wealthy Europeans. The city was occupied by the Germans in World War II but escaped damage, and in the late 1960s, the capital of West Flanders province made a concerted effort to preserve its medieval history and beauty.
A SIGHT TO BEHOLD
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