Where Bruges shops, snacks and lunches: the markets worth your morning.
Food markets, farmers markets and covered halls: where Bruges shops, snacks and lunches.
The Vismarkt in Bruges has sold North Sea fish under its stone colonnades since 1821, with the catch, grey shrimp included, laid out five mornings a week.
Go for: Fresh fish, Grey shrimp, North Sea catch
Tip: Come Wednesday to Saturday morning. The colonnade itself, built 1821, is worth the walk even off market hours.
On Wednesday morning the Markt in Bruges fills with a food and flower market under the Belfry, with cheese, produce and seasonal farmers' stalls.
Go for: Produce, Cheese, Flowers
Tip: Get there before noon. The market shares the square with the Belfry, so it is easy to pair with sightseeing.
Every Saturday morning the large food and general market spreads across 't Zand and Beursplein in Bruges, drawing locals more than tourists.
Go for: Produce, Cheese, Street food
Tip: The biggest of the city markets. Come early for the food stalls before the crowds thicken toward noon.
The Sunday market on the Veemarkt in Sint-Michiels, on Koningin Astridlaan, is where Bruges locals shop away from the centre, with food stalls.
Go for: Produce, Local food stalls
Tip: South-west of the centre in Sint-Michiels, so a short ride out. The most local of the city's markets.
Diksmuids Boterhuis on Geldmuntstraat has been a Bruges food shop since 1936, with a counter of West Flemish cheeses, farmhouse bread and cured ham.
Go for: Cheese, Farmhouse bread, Cured ham
Tip: A picnic shop as much as a deli; build a canal-side lunch from the cheese and bread counter.