Alternative destinations near Bruges.
Places near Bruges that score high on beauty and low on crowding, according to our data.
Dendermonde
Sitting at the confluence of the Dender and Scheldt rivers in East Flanders, Dendermonde is a Belgian town with a walkable, café-lined centre, a concentratio…
Wetteren
A walkable East Flemish town on the River Schelde, Wetteren sits a short distance east of Ghent with a centre that offers a real café and restaurant scene.
Kruibeke
This tiny East Flemish town in Belgium's Waasland region sits alongside the River Schelde, offering waterside scenery and a photogenic setting.
Sint-Niklaas
Belgium's largest market square anchors Sint-Niklaas, a Flemish city in East Flanders between Antwerp and Ghent.
Antoing
A tiny Wallonian town on the River Scheldt where a turreted castle rises above red-brick houses and a church spire, best viewed from the water's edge alongsi…
Wemmel
This white château with pointed turrets and onion-spire finials overlooks a calm pond in this Flemish Brabant town on Brussels' doorstep, where a solid local…
Assenede
A pocket-sized East Flemish town in Belgium's Meetjesland region, Assenede centres on a handsome baroque-style town hall with a copper-domed cupola, set amon…
Tournai
One of Belgium's oldest cities and the first capital of the Frankish Empire, Tournai sits on the river Scheldt in Wallonia with a walkable centre dense with…
Wommelgem
This little Belgian town in the province of Antwerp, Wommelgem centres on a substantial Gothic-style stone church with a tall clock tower, set on a tidy squa…
Koksijde
A Belgian North Sea coast town where rolling sand dunes meet a dense grid of red-tile houses, offering a walkable food scene, direct beach access, and easy r…
Tervuren
Tervuren, a town on the edge of Brussels in Flemish Brabant, is best known as the site of the Royal Museum for Central Africa, housed in what was once the Be…
Poperinge
A West Flanders town near the French border, Poperinge is known across Belgium for its hops, with fields covering much of the surrounding countryside, and fo…