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off Spinolarei, leads to the
St Walburgakerk w, Bruges’
finest Baroque church, built for
the Jesuits in 1612–42.
Jeruzalemkerk
Back on Spinolarei, cross the
canal on Strooibrug. Straight
ahead is Blekersstraat, with Café
Vlissinghe e on the right. This is
reputedly Bruges’ oldest tavern,
dating from 1515. Heading
south down St-Annarei, the first
left leads to the St Annakerk r,
a pretty parish church from y A room at Bruges’ folk museum, the Volkskundemuseum
quarter. Cross the canal
i u on the Vlamingbrug p. At
Naaldenstraat 19 is Hof Bladelin
LANGERE I POTTERIER E I E. ZORGHESTR. STRAAT RIJKEPIJNDERS ROPEERDSTR. CARMERSSTR. a, a mansion built in about
1450 by Pieter Bladelin; after
ROLWEG
O. GISTELHOF GOUDENHANDSTRAAT CARMERSSTR. 1469, it was owned by the
Medici Bank of Florence. Hotel
Lucca s, at Naaldenstraat 30, is
AUG US TIJNENREI o GOUDEN-HANDREI e J E y B ALS TR AAT on the site of the trading house
of the merchants of the Italian
city of Lucca. The alley off
BLEKERSSTR. R U Z ALEMSTRAAT
p GENTHOF t Naaldenstraat called Boterhuis
S P IEGEL RE I ST- ANN AR E I d passes beneath the arch
of the old Butter House and
q S P INOLAR EI VERVERS DIJK r dairy market, and leads to
9 St Jakobskerk f. This fine
0 ENGELSE STR. K O N I N G S T R . MOLENMEERS Gothic church – with Baroque
w
remodelling – contains art,
GRAUW- WE R KERSST R.
a 8 ornate chapels, and tombs.
7
f 6 S T-JAN SST RAAT 1497. The Jeruzalemkerk The route along Moerstraat
NA AL DENSTR. s KUIP ERSSTRA AT VLAMI NGSTR A AT PLEIN very different, built in the the former palace of the Dukes
and Ontvangersstraat marks
d 5 ST JAN (see p106) t on Peperstraat is the bounds of the Prinsenhof,
15th century and themed on
first and only five star hotel in
pilgrimage sites in the Holy of Burgundy, which is now the
PHILIPSTOCKSTR. 0 metres 100 Land. On Balstraat is the Bruges g. Geldmuntstraat is
ST-J A K O B S S T R AAT
M OER STR AAT MUNT MARKT MARKT 2 0 yards 100 (see p106). A row of almshouses, stood on the little square
h
Kantcentrum, the Lace Centre
named after the old mint that
EIER-
1
called Muntplein; it leads back
also in Balstraat, is now the
PLEIN
GELDMUNTSTRAAT that paints a vivid picture of
3
h and the Markt.
(see p107) y, a folk museum
g ST-AMANDSSTRAAT 4 Museum voor Volkskunde to the Eiermarkt (Egg Market)
life in old Bruges. The only
domed church in Bruges Tips for Walkers
ONTVANGERSSTR.
is in the English Convent Starting point: The Markt
HELMS TR AAT
(Engelsklooster) (see p107) u, on Length: 3.7 km (2.3 miles)
Carmersstraat. Head back west Getting there: The Markt is within
along Carmersstraat, cross the walking distance of almost all
canal on the Carmersbrug, and hotels in Bruges; bus routes from
turn right to reach St Gilliskerk all directions also go to this hub.
i, an attractive church dating Stopping off points: There
are a multitude of cafés and
from the 13th–15th century. A restaurants around the Markt, but
series of cobbled streets leads very few beyond Vlamingstraat.
to a picturesque section of canal A famous exception is the
at the Augustijnenbrug. The venerable old tavern called
street on the opposite side Cafe Vlissinghe in Blekersstraat
The Spinolarei canal, one of Bruges’ called Spaanse Loskaai o recalls (No. 13 on this walk).
principal waterways that this was once the Spanish
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