Delicatessen in Bruges

The city's own beers from De Halve Maan: a blond Brugse Zot and a strong Straffe Hendrik, brewed in the centre.

Hundreds of beers, from abbey ales to rare craft bottles; the legal age for beer is 16.

🛍️ Find it at: Struise Beershop (Burg)

Thin, crisp lace biscuits of Bruges, traditionally made with butter and almonds.

🛍️ Find it at: Maison La Confiance, Confiserie De Clerck

Spiced shortcrust biscuit, here baked in eight variations and also sold as a spread.

🛍️ Find it at: Maison La Confiance

Bruges has dozens of chocolatiers; look for shops with a workshop where the pralines are made.

🛍️ Find it at: Chocolatier Van Oost, Pralinette, The Old Chocolate House

Filled chocolates, a Belgian invention; buy a mixed box and taste one with a coffee.

🛍️ Find it at: Pralinette, Chocolatier Van Oost

A Brussels or Liège waffle on the street, or a Bruges lace-shaped one in a waffle atelier.

🛍️ Find it at: Otto Waffle Atelier, The Old Chocolate House

Fried twice and eaten from a paper cone with mayonnaise or a sauce.

Beef slowly stewed in dark beer and served with fries; a classic of Bruges taverns.

A creamy stew of chicken or fish with vegetables, from nearby Ghent but on many Bruges menus.

Mussels cooked in white wine or celery broth, served with fries; best from September to April.

Local cheeses from the region, sold with cold cuts and bread at the specialist cheese shops.

🛍️ Find it at: Diksmuids Boterhuis, De Kaasbolle

The juniper spirit of the Low Countries; the Bourgogne des Flandres brewery distils jenever from its beers in Bruges.

A family cheese shop, known for West Flemish cheeses, fine cold cuts and ready-made cheese platters.

• 💡 Tip: Ask the cheese master for a taste before you choose. Tue–Sat 10:00–12:30 and 14:00–18:00; closed Sun and Mon.
• 📍 Address: Geldmuntstraat 23, 8000 Brugge
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• 🚶 Near Chocolatier Dumon (Eiermarkt): 🚶 0.1 km · 2 min walk

A cheese specialist near 't Zand, with matured cheeses, house cheeses and flavoured fresh ones.

• 💡 Tip: Ask for the house cheese, Lucullus. Mon, Tue, Thu–Sat 09:30–12:30 and 13:30–18:00; closed Wed and Sun.
• 📍 Address: Smedenstraat 11, 8000 Brugge
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• 🚶 Near St Salvator’s Cathedral: 🚶 0.1 km · 2 min walk

A shop with an open bakery making speculoos in eight flavours and the lacy Bruges kletskoppen.

• 💡 Tip: Buy kletskoppen fresh for the train home. Daily 10:00–18:00; Sunday 10:00–17:00 only in school holidays, long weekends, Nov and Dec.
• 📍 Address: Wollestraat 31A, 8000 Brugge
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• 🚶 Near Steenstraat & Zuidzandstraat: 🚶 0.2 km · 2 min walk

An old sweet shop selling Bruges nostalgia: nunnebillen, muiletrekkers, kletskoppen and poeptjes.

• 💡 Tip: Pick a paper bag of mixed sweets; the shop has been in the same family since 1948.
• 📍 Address: Academiestraat 19, 8000 Brugge
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• 🚶 Near Burg square: 🚶 0.1 km · 2 min walk

A chocolate shop with handmade pralines, single-origin bars and chocolate-making workshops.

• 💡 Tip: Try a single-origin bar (Guatemala, Tanzania) next to the classic pralines. Daily 10:00–18:30.
• 📍 Address: Wollestraat 31B, 8000 Brugge
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• 🚶 Near Steenstraat & Zuidzandstraat: 🚶 0.2 km · 3 min walk

A family chocolatier of 40 years with its workshop next door; pralines, truffles and orangettes made in the centre.

• 💡 Tip: Look for the salted caramel and the ginger truffles. Open daily 10:00–18:00 except Tuesday.
• 📍 Address: Wollestraat 11, 8000 Brugge
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• 🚶 Near Steenstraat & Zuidzandstraat: 🚶 0.1 km · 1 min walk

A family shop since 1997 with chocolate, artisanal biscuits and a tearoom serving over 30 hot chocolates.

• 💡 Tip: The tearoom is next door at Mariastraat 3 and takes no reservations. Shop daily 10:00–18:00; tearoom 10:00–17:25; closed Wed except in December.
• 📍 Address: Mariastraat 1C, 8000 Brugge
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• 🚶 Near Church of Our Lady (Michelangelo’s Madonna): 🚶 0.2 km · 2 min walk

Oat waffles baked in a Bruges lace shape, dairy-free and gluten-free, with seasonal toppings.

• 💡 Tip: A lighter take on the Belgian waffle; vegan options exist. Daily 10:00–18:00.
• 📍 Address: Katelijnestraat 1, 8000 Brugge
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• 🚶 Near St John’s Hospital (Sint-Janshospitaal, Memling): 🚶 0.1 km · 1 min walk

Candy twisted by hand at 160°C, vegan and made without gelatine, a show for kids as much as a shop.

• 💡 Tip: Kids can watch the sweets being made; you can order custom lollipops.
• 📍 Address: Mariastraat 12, 8000 Brugge
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• 🚶 Near Church of Our Lady (Michelangelo’s Madonna): 🚶 0.1 km · 2 min walk

The Bruges shop of the Struise Brouwers (Pannepot, Black Albert) near the Basilica, with many Belgian and foreign beers.

• 💡 Tip: Ask for a bottle from the brewery in Woesten. Not for kids; the legal age for beer is 16.
• 📍 Address: Burg 15, 8000 Brugge
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• 🚶 Near Brugse Vrije (Liberty of Bruges): 🚶 0.1 km · 1 min walk