What's open on Sunday in Bruges

Most of Bruges stays open on Sunday. Here are 46 sights you can visit, with their Sunday hours, plus markets to browse and the few places that close.

Last updated: 22 October 2026

Open on Sunday

Markt & Burg

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Market Square (Markt)

Sunday: open all day · Free

The medieval main square, dominated by the Belfry and lined with stepped gables and horse-drawn carriages.

Markt & Burg

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Belfry (Belfort)

Sunday: 09:00–20:00 · €16

The 83 m medieval belfry with 366 steps up to a panorama over the roofs of Bruges, plus its carillon.

Markt & Burg

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Burg square

Sunday: open all day · Free

The old seat of power, framed by the Gothic City Hall, the Basilica of the Holy Blood and the Liberty of Bruges.

Markt & Burg

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Basilica of the Holy Blood

Sunday: 10:00–17:15 · Free

Two chapels on the Burg: a Romanesque lower church and an ornate upper chapel holding the relic of the Holy Blood.

Markt & Burg

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City Hall (Gothic Hall)

Sunday: 09:30–17:00 · €8

One of the oldest Gothic city halls in the Low Countries, with a painted vaulted hall and a history of Bruges and the sea.

Markt & Burg

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Rozenhoedkaai

Sunday: open all day · Free

The Rosary Quay, Bruges’s most photographed corner, with the Belfry rising over the canal and old gables.

Markt & Burg

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Canal boat tour

Sunday: 10:00–18:00 · €15

A 30-minute guided trip in an open boat from Jan van Eyckplein to the Beguinage, past the best-known canal views.

Markt & Burg

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Historium

Sunday: 10:30–17:00 · €22

A staged walk back to 15th-century Bruges with painter Jan van Eyck, plus an exhibition and optional VR flight.

Markt & Burg

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Choco-Story (chocolate museum)

Sunday: 10:00–18:00 · €16

The 5,500-year story of cocoa and chocolate, with a live chocolate-making demonstration and tastings.

Museum Quarter

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Groeningemuseum

Sunday: 10:00–18:00 · €15

Six centuries of Flemish art, from Van Eyck, Memling and Bosch to Magritte, in the Dijver museum quarter.

Museum Quarter

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Gruuthuse Museum

Sunday: 09:30–17:00 · €15

A 15th-century city palace of the Gruuthuse family with tapestries, lace, wood carving and a private oratory.

Museum Quarter

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Church of Our Lady (Michelangelo’s Madonna)

Sunday: 13:30–17:00 · €10

Brick Gothic church with a 115 m spire, Michelangelo’s Madonna and the tombs of Charles the Bold and Mary.

Museum Quarter

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St John’s Hospital (Sint-Janshospitaal, Memling)

Sunday: 09:30–17:00 · €15

A 12th-century hospital with six Memling masterpieces, the St Ursula Shrine and a 17th-century pharmacy.

Museum Quarter

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Bonifacius Bridge & Arentshof

Sunday: open all day · Free

A tiny, much-photographed stone bridge between the Church of Our Lady and the Gruuthuse, beside the quiet Arentshof garden.

Museum Quarter

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De Halve Maan brewery

Sunday: 11:00–18:00 · €16

The family brewery of Brugse Zot and Straffe Hendrik: a 45-minute tour with a rooftop view and a beer at the end.

Museum Quarter

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Beguinage (Begijnhof)

Sunday: 07:30–18:30 · Free

A UNESCO-listed courtyard of whitewashed houses around a green, still home to women living quietly.

Museum Quarter

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Minnewater (Lake of Love)

Sunday: open all day · Free

The Lake of Love: swans, willows and the old lock house on the southern edge of the old town, beside a quiet park.

't Zand & Sint-Jakobs

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St Salvator’s Cathedral

Sunday: 14:00–17:00 · Free

Bruges’s oldest parish church and cathedral, with tapestries and Flemish primitives in its treasury.

Hanseatic Quarter

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Jan van Eyckplein & Spiegelrei

Sunday: open all day · Free

The medieval harbour square with the Toll House and the Burghers’ Lodge, leading to the quiet Spiegelrei canal.

Sint-Anna & Windmills

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Windmills on the Kruisvest (Sint-Janshuismolen)

Sunday: open all day · Free

The 1770 Sint-Janshuis mill still grinds grain on the green ramparts, with a view over the old town.

Markt & Burg

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Bourgogne des Flandres brewery & distillery

Sunday: 11:00–18:00 · €16

City-centre brewery of the red-brown Bourgogne des Flandres, with an immersive visit, a genever still and a canal-view bar.

Markt & Burg

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Bruges Beer Experience

Sunday: 10:00–18:00 · €14

Interactive beer museum on the Markt where you smell, taste and touch the ingredients, then a bar with 16 draught beers.

Markt & Burg

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The Bottle Shop

Sunday: 11:00–19:00

Specialist shop with hundreds of Belgian beers from abbey to lambic, plus gift packs and matching glasses.

Museum Quarter

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The Chocolate Line

Sunday: 10:30–18:30

Dominique Persoone’s bold pralines, with small-scale bean-to-bar chocolate making to watch in the shop.

Museum Quarter

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Chocolaterie Sukerbuyc

Sunday: 10:00–18:00

One of the oldest chocolate makers in Bruges, with pralines and truffles handmade in its own atelier.

Markt & Burg

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Chocolatier Dumon (Eiermarkt)

Sunday: 12:00–17:00

Family chocolatier on the Eiermarkt selling fresh handmade pralines made to old recipes.

Markt & Burg

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Frietmuseum (Fries Museum)

Sunday: 10:00–17:00 · €12

Museum on the history of the potato and the fry, in a medieval house, with a fries bar to finish.

Markt & Burg

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Lumina Domestica (Lamp Museum)

Sunday: 10:00–17:00 · €20

Museum of indoor lighting from torch to LED with over 6,000 lamps, entered through Choco-Story.

't Zand & Sint-Jakobs

Photo: Marc Ryckaert (MJJR) · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia

Steenstraat & Zuidzandstraat

Sunday: 10:00–18:00

The main shopping axis between the Markt and ’t Zand, with fashion chains, department store and Belgian labels.

't Zand & Sint-Jakobs

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Geldmuntstraat & Noordzandstraat

Sunday: 10:00–18:00

Quieter shopping streets with independent boutiques, delis and design shops between the Markt and ’t Zand.

Markt & Burg

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Wollestraat & Hoogstraat

Sunday: 10:00–18:00

Cobbled streets from the Markt towards the canals, lined with chocolate, lace, beer and souvenir shops.

Markt & Burg

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Horse-drawn carriage ride

Sunday: 09:00–18:00 · €70

Half-hour carriage ride through the old centre from the Markt, with a rest stop at Wijngaardplein.

Markt & Burg

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Koningin Astridpark

Sunday: open all day

Small green park in the centre with a bandstand kiosk, fountain and playground, good for a picnic with children.

Museum Quarter

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Diamond Museum

Sunday: 10:30–17:30 · €15

Museum on the history of Bruges as a diamond city, with a daily polishing demonstration.

Sint-Anna & Windmills

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Folklore Museum (Volkskundemuseum)

Sunday: 09:30–17:00 · €8

Everyday life in Bruges in the 19th and early 20th century in a row of old almshouses, with a period grocer’s and school.

Museum Quarter

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BRUSK

Sunday: 10:00–17:00 · €20

Bruges’s new art hall next to the Groeningemuseum, opened in 2026 with large temporary exhibitions and a free-to-enter forum.

Markt & Burg

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Dalí Exhibition (Belfry Halls)

Sunday: 10:00–18:00 · €10

More than 300 surrealist works, sculptures and design objects by Salvador Dalí, in the halls under the Belfry.

Markt & Burg

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Brugse Vrije (Liberty of Bruges)

Sunday: 09:30–17:00 · €3

The aldermen’s chamber on the Burg with an oak-and-marble Renaissance chimneypiece honouring Emperor Charles V.

Museum Quarter

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Gentpoort (Ghent Gate)

Sunday: open all day

Medieval gate on the south-east ring with a statue of St Adrian, set between ramparts, a canal and the Kruisvest path.

Sint-Anna & Windmills

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Kruispoort (Cross Gate)

Sunday: open all day

Gate of 1400 with two heavy towers and octagonal turrets at the head of the Kruisvest windmill path.

't Zand & Sint-Jakobs

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Smedenpoort (Blacksmiths’ Gate)

Sunday: open all day

Elegant 14th-century gate on the south-west ring, with a bronze skull above the left passage and a suspended footbridge beside it.

't Zand & Sint-Jakobs

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Ezelpoort (Donkey’s Gate)

Sunday: open all day

Gate of 1369 on the north-west ring, its top removed in the 17th century, next to the ramparts and a quiet canal stretch.

Markt & Burg

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Huidenvettersplein (Tanners Square)

Sunday: open all day

Tiny canal-side square between the Fish Market and Rozenhoedkaai, once the tanners’ quarter, now a quiet photo stop.

Markt & Burg

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Groenerei

Sunday: open all day

The prettiest stretch of canal in Bruges, with small bridges, greenery and benches at the water’s edge.

Museum Quarter

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Hof Arents

Sunday: open all day

Pocket park by the Dijver with a postcard view of Our Lady’s tower, the Gruuthuse and the Bonifacius Bridge.

Museum Quarter

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Almshouses (Godshuizen De Vos)

Sunday: open all day

Whitewashed courtyard cottages built for the poor, still lived in, a quiet corner to peek into.

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