Bruges - Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

• Bruges is known for its lace.
• Several beers are named after Bruges, such as Brugge Blond, Brugge Tripel, Brugs, Brugse Babbelaar, Brugse Straffe Hendrik and Brugse Zot. However, only Brugse Zot and Brugse Straffe Hendrik are still brewed in the city itself, in the Halve Maan Brewery.
• In Sint-Michiels is the amusement park Boudewijn Seapark, which features a dolphinarium.
• Fiction:
  • Bruges-la-Morte, a short novel by the Belgian author Georges Rodenbach, first published in 1892. The libretto of Erich Wolfgang Korngold's opera Die Tote Stadt, written in 1920, is based on this book
  • In Bruges, a film from Oscar-winning director Martin McDonagh, starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, is set almost entirely in Bruges. The city's major landmarks and history are mentioned repeatedly throughout the film, as are the contrasted viewpoints of the two lead characters of the story.
  • The detective stories of Pieter Aspe are situated in Bruges.
  • The Nun's Story, a dramatic film released by Warner Bros. Pictures in 1959, is mostly set in Bruges.
  • Niccolò Rising, the first volume of the 8 book House of Niccolò series by Dorothy Dunnett is largely set in Bruges, and other books in the series also have sections set in Bruges.
  • Floris, a Dutch television action series, written by Gerard Soeteman.
  • Alan Hollinghurst's novel The Folding Star is set in a Flemish town that is recognisably Bruges.
  • L'Astrologue de Bruges, a Belgian bande dessinée in the Yoko Tsuno series by Roger Leloup, is entirely set in Bruges, both contemporary and in 1545.
  • In the last chapter of Saul Bellow's novel The Adventures of Augie March Augie is driving through France on his way to Bruges on business.