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This walk, which takes you from Market Square to the Burg to
the cluster of museums around the Church of Our Lady (the
Groeninge, Gruuthuse, and Memling), shows you the best of
Bruges in a day.

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Length of This Walk: Allow two hours for the walk, plus time
for Bruges' two big museums (Groeninge and Memling—see
tours on page 344 and page 353).
Bell Tower (Belfort): €5, daily 9:30-17:00, last entry 45 min before
closing, on Market Square.
Basilica of the Holy Blood: Treasury entry-€1.50; April-Sept
Thu-Tue 9:30-12:00 & 14:00-18:00, Wed 9:30-11:45 only;
Oct-March Thu-Tue 10:00-12:00 & 14:00-16:00, Wed
10:00-11:45 only; Burg Square, tel. [phone], www.holy
blood.com.
City Hall's Gothic Room: €2.50, includes audioguide and entry
to Renaissance Hall, daily 9:30-17:00, Burg 12.
Renaissance Hall (Brugse Vrije): €2.50, includes audioguide and
admission to City Hall 's Gothic Room, daily 9:30-17:00,
entrance in corner of square at Burg 11a.
Groeninge Museum: €8, includes audioguide, Tue-Sun 9:30-
17:00, closed Mon, Dijver 12, tel. [phone].
Gruuthuse Museum: €6, includes entry to apse of Church of Our
Lady, Tue-Sun 9:30-17:00, closed Mon, some rooms closed
until 2011, Dijver 17, Bruges museums tel. [phone].
Church of Our Lady: Free peek at Michelangelo sculpture, €2.50
for art-filled apse, covered by €6 Gruuthuse admission or
museum combo-ticket—see page 321; church open Mon-Fri