Where a car takes you from Bruges
These are the day trips from Bruges on our own pages where a car earns its keep. Trains reach some of them; a car reaches all of them, on your own clock.
- Ghent (waterzooi and cuberdon) Ghent, half an hour east of Bruges, is the home of waterzooi, the creamy chicken-or-fish stew, and the purple cone-shaped cuberdon sweet sold from car
- Ostend (North Sea fish) Ostend, a quarter-hour by train from Bruges, lands the North Sea catch at its open-air Vistrap quay market, where fishermen sell fish and grey shrimp
- Damme (canal village) Damme, 6km north of Bruges along the Damse Vaart, is a quiet canal village reached by boat or bike, with canal-side restaurants and a starred kitchen
- Zeebrugge (the fishing port) Zeebrugge, the working sea port of Bruges, lands the grey shrimp and North Sea fish that fill the city's kitchens, with harbour seafood rooms nearby
- Brussels (chocolate and beer) Brussels, an hour from Bruges by train, is where Neuhaus invented the praline in 1912, and where grand beer cafes and Brussels waffles reward a day tr
Booking a car in Bruges
We compare through one partner rather than listing every broker. Desks sit at the airport and in town, and the headline rate below is theirs, not ours.
- From
- USD 24.33 a day
- Desks on site
- Alamo, Dollar, Enterprise, Europcar, Hertz, Keddy, Sixt
Rates are the partner's headline price at our last check (2026-10-02) and move with dates, car class and insurance. We earn a commission if you book, at no cost to you.