Bruges: Belgian Praline and Mendiants Chocolate Workshop
Become a chocolate maker and create your own Belgian chocolates in a guided workshop. Master the tips and tricks required to make delicious praline and mendiant chocol...
Editor's tip. The reduced price day is announced on the fair's site (15 May in 2026); the fair closes 13:00 to 17:00 on Ascension Day for the Holy Blood Procession.
Plan the days around it
Eat your way around Bruges while you are in town
Brugse Meifoor (May Fair) runs 24 April to 17 May. These are the food tours and tastings in Bruges to book for the days around it; most cancel free up to 24 hours ahead.
Bruges: Chocolate Making Workshop and Chocolate Museum Entry
Visit the Choco Story chocolate museum in Bruges and learn how to prepare your own sweet treats with a chocolate-making workshop for adults and children aged 7 years a...
Bruges: Belgian Waffle-Making Workshop with Beer Tasting
Join this workshop in Bruges to taste 3 Belgian beers, prep waffle dough, and bake it using waffle irons. Then, enjoy your creations with toppings of your choice and e...
Bruges Food Tour: Beer, Chocolate, Waffles & Fries in German
2.5-hour private tasting tour of Bruges in German with tastings of waffles, fries, chocolate, and beer, led by a local guide from Bruges
Location
Address: 't Zand and Koning Albert I-park, 8000 Brugge, Bruges
Also in t-zand
Bruges Beer Festival ★ 4.5
The Bruges Beer Festival fills the BMCC on Beursplein each September, its 18th edition in 2026 with around 50 breweries pouring some 350 Belgian beers.
Kookeet ★ 4.4
Kookeet brings the best chefs of Bruges to 't Zand each September for a three-day open-air food festival. Small plates from the city's top kitchens.
More food festivals in Bruges
12-13 Sep
Bruges Beer Festival
Belgian beer
26-28 Sep
Kookeet
Bruges chefs, fine dining
20 Nov to 3 Jan
Winter Glow Christmas Market
Christmas market food and gluhwein
26-29 Mar 2027
Bruges Spring Market (Easter)
Belgian chocolate, waffles, regional cheeses, spring market food
19-20 Sep
Bruges Mussel Festival (Brugse Mosselfeesten)
Mussels and oysters
4-6 Dec
Festival des Gourmandises
Champagne, wine, cheese, charcuterie, terroir products
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