Bruges is famous for its lace making (Image: Alycia McNamara) Bruges, in Belgium , is a quaint little place that I’d heard of a few people visiting before, even though there isn’t actually loads to do there. Having welcomed more than seven million tourists last year alone , this tiny city is one of the many in Europe affected by overtourism . Still, I was able to enjoy my time there.

The city is small but picturesque, it’s very walkable and touring it on foot is the best way to see everything it has to offer. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.

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Log('[Load] OVP tcfLoaded',new Date())})}},1500)}) I loved seeing the canals running through Bruges and walking over the small bridges making the whole city look like a little Lego village. While I was there, I took a day trip to Knokke beach, which can be easily reached by train. Read more Swap.