Chocoholic Haven Chocoholics, rejoice! You have a real treat in store with a visit to this chocolate shop in Bruges! There is something for every taste and budget.
@ Chocoholic Haven Forsythe begins his tour of the Belgian city of Bruges.
While touring Belgium, you meet Vanilla Bean.
Forsythe shook paws with Vanilla Bean the Vanilla Milky Moo Cow. They both received one silver mole!
Vanilla Bean gave you 5 "Iridescent Purple Candy Drop" FULL SIZE
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6th Jun 2023
Forsythe views Belgium: Bruges!
Episode 2/25
Bedtime in Bruges This is clearly a favoured spot for the family pet. He has the best of both worlds—a blanket thoughtfully provided by his humans, ample fresh air, and on waking he can take an interest in what is passing outside on the street!
@ Bedtime in Bruges
Blue And Copper Egg The first painted eggs came from Mesopotamia, and because eggs were forbidden food during Lent, people painted eggs while Lent was being observed—after Lent, they would eat the eggs on Easter Day.
Beautifully decorated eggs “pysanka” are associated with Ukraine, and the oldest painted egg that was unearthed in northern Ukraine is dated to the end of the 17th century.
While touring Belgium, you meet Escargot.
Forsythe shook paws with Escargot the Chameleon Snail. They both received one silver mole!
Escargot gave you 1 "Blue And Copper Egg" FULL SIZE
Bruges Dragon Benches The dragon is a symbol of Bruges due to an old legend and green benches in the city are supported by winged graceful metal curves culminating in a dragon's head.
@ Bruges Dragon Benches Bruges may be small, but it has over 80 bridges, making it easy to navigate the city and get from one side of the canals to the other. Due to the sheer amount of canals and bridges, Bruges is known as ‘Venice of the North’.
While touring Belgium, you meet Choose a name ♡ Molly.
Forsythe shook paws with Choose a name ♡ Molly the Tabby Cat. They both received one silver mole!
Choose a name ♡ Molly and you found 10 Travel Tokens!
Romantic Canal Tour Take a relaxing and romantic boat trip down this canal in Bruges, taking in the beautiful scenery on both sides.
@ Romantic Canal Tour Bruges is famous for its lace and makes some of the most luxurious in the world. It’s able to produce such large quantities of fabric for the lace due to the vast amounts of flax that is grown in the Flanders region.
While touring Belgium, you meet Pixie.
Forsythe shook paws with Pixie the Green Beautiful Unicorn. They both received one silver mole!
Relaxing in Bruges The flag of Bruges is red, white and blue! It comprises a blue lion on a background of red and white stripes. The coat of arms of the city consists of the royal crown, a lion, a bear and the Latin motto SPQB (Senatus Populusque Brugensis—the senate and people of Bruges).
@ Relaxing in Bruges Just opposite the Jan Van Eyck statue, you’ll see an enormous blue whale hauling itself out of the canal, 4 storeys high. Don’t be alarmed - it’s made of plastic! A powerful statement made by STUDIOKCA, the designers, as a reminder of the 150,000,000 tons of plastic waste in our oceans.
While touring Belgium, you meet pinkguick.
Forsythe shook paws with pinkguick the Strawberry Milky Moo Cow. They both received one silver mole!
Backstreet Bruges by Boat A peaceful and relaxing trip may be taken by boat, exploring canal-side houses with quaint bay windows and tiled roofs. Perhaps a swan or two will keep you company along the way!
@ Backstreet Bruges by Boat Sint-Janshuismill windmill was built in 1770, the oldest windmill in Bruges. Sint-Janshuismill still grinds flour to this day, and it’s the only windmill in Bruges that is open to the public with a museum inside. It’s also the only mill in Bruges standing on its original position.
While touring Belgium, you meet fresh.
Forsythe shook paws with fresh the Strawberry Milky Moo Cow. They both received one silver mole!
Schellemolen Windmill, Bruges This peaceful scene is located on the canal between Bruges and the village of Damme.
@ Schellemolen Windmill, Bruges Choco-Story, the Chocolate Museum in Bruges, is located in the sixteenth-century “Huis de Crone” building on Sint-Jansplein in central Bruges. This building was originally the home of a wine tavern. Museum visitors can watch chocolate being made. Аdditionally, a section of the museum is dedicated to the health benefits of chocolate.
While touring Belgium, you meet Rusty.
Forsythe shook paws with Rusty the Brown Rustic Rabbit. They both received one silver mole!
Bruges From Above Enjoy this aerial view of the mediaeval city of Bruges Old Town, with its red-roofed buildings mingling with more modern structures.
@ Bruges From Above In the Middle Ages “Made in Bruges” meant luxury. Today, with 20,000 inhabitants within the old city and 6.7 million tourists yearly, chocolates “made in Bruges” for every one of them seems doubtful … and it often is! Indeed, some dubious chocolate stores sell chocolate not even made in Belgium as being from Bruges. To counter this issue, the municipality has designed a logo for visitors to spot stores where the chocolate is indeed “made in Bruges”: look for the cocoa pod framed by two swans.
While touring Belgium, you meet Sweetums.
Forsythe shook paws with Sweetums the Vanilla Milky Moo Cow. They both received one silver mole!
Sweetums gave you 5 "Iridescent Red Candy Drop" FULL SIZE
Canal Trip in Bruges Bruges (Brugge in Dutch) is the eighth largest city in Belgium, by population (117,460). It is in the region of Flanders. Along with a few other canal-based northern cities, such as Amsterdam and St Petersburg, it is sometimes referred to as the 'Venice of the North'.
@ Canal Trip in Bruges The basic concepts of modern banking and stock markets were first developed in Italy, and introduced into the rest of Europe via Bruges. In the 13th century, Bruges was wealthy, mostly thanks to the foreign traders doing business in town. The people of Bruges themselves, more specifically the innkeepers, were often involved as intermediaries. They not only offered accommodation and meals, but also storage space for the goods exchanged and more importantly, they would put foreign traders in touch with each other and facilitate transactions. The van der Beurzes were the most important family of innkeepers of Bruges. The Ter Beurze building that was in business in 1276 still stands close to the Markt. This inn was well-known for its excellent location close to the trading heart of town, and by the nation houses of the powerful Italian city-states of Venice, Lucca, Genoa and Florence as well as English, Portuguese and Spanish. Legend has it that one day, two foreign merchants were meeting in the Ter Beurze inn. One had a cargo of cocoa beans, the other, diamonds. They wanted to trade together, but as the price was based on weight, they decided to write the exchange on a simple piece of paper, creating the first bill of exchange. In around 1415, traders used to meet at Ter Beurze, either on the square in front of it or in the inn when it rained, to exchange commodities, bonds, bills of exchange and even insurance. Still today, this word is used in many languages to refer to the stock exchange (beurs in Dutch, bourse in French, borsa in Italian, bolsa in Spanish and Börse in German).
While touring Belgium, you meet Spark.
Forsythe shook paws with Spark the Arctic Feisty Fox. They both received one silver mole!
Bruges by Boat Here is a gem of a building to appreciate on a boat trip or perhaps a walking tour. In character it seems like an old rectory, with its ivy-covered garden wall. Note the crow-stepped gable end, which is typical in Belgium and in many countries on the Continent.
@ Bruges by Boat De Halve Maan is a beer lover’s dream. De Halve Maan is a 16th century brewery, owned by the same family since 1856 and is without a doubt one of the best Belgian beer tours you’ll find in Bruges.
While touring Belgium, you meet Papa Bear.
Forsythe shook paws with Papa Bear the Hibernating Bear. They both received one silver mole!
Belgian Idyll Another gem to be discovered by boat, this idyllic scene is typical of the architecture to be found in Bruges.
@ Belgian Idyll The house at the Spanjaardstraat 17 at the corner by the Augustine Bridge is known by locals as the most haunted house of the city. Even today, new inhabitants never last for too long and tend to move out within a year. It used to be a convent for the nuns while on the opposite of the canal there used to be an Augustinian Monastery. The monks frequented the convent to hear confessions and to administer communion. One day in 1498, an Italian monk and a young nun fell in love with each other. They both prayed for their feelings to disappear, in vain. One night, the monk discovered a secret tunnel linking both buildings, and he could not resist visiting the beautiful nun. He prayed and begged her to run away with him. No one ever saw them alive again… This is when strange things started to happen in the convent: a female figure dressed in white floating through rooms and vanishing through walls, a male figure dressed in black with a grim expression on his face appeared occasionally. In 1890, an English couple moved in and was startled by the phenomena. They invited a well-known spiritualist and the famous novelist Florence Marryat to document his séances. The spirit of the monk revealed he had been stalking the young nun, but she turned her back on him, respecting her religious vows. Enraged, he stabbed her to death in the tunnel, and took his own life. Whether you believe in it or not, the facts are that one day, the secret passageway was rediscovered, and in it were found two skeletons, a male and female, along with a dagger…
While touring Belgium, you meet Seymour.
Forsythe shook paws with Seymour the Young Grey Horned Owl. They both received one silver mole!
Honey Coloured Facades These beautiful houses with their ornate gates, roofs, gables and lamps, can be discovered on a stroll around Bruges.
@ Honey Coloured Facades Sint-Janshuismill windmill was built in 1770, the oldest windmill in Bruges. Sint-Janshuismill still grinds flour to this day, and it’s the only windmill in Bruges that is open to the public with a museum inside. It’s also the only mill in Bruges standing on its original position.
While touring Belgium, you meet Opal.
Forsythe shook paws with Opal the Blue Beautiful Unicorn. They both received one silver mole!
Canal Reflection For centuries, canals been the arteries of Bruges, winding through the city and revealing another magnificent view around every bend. Take a stroll along the bank, or join a boat trip and discover hidden gardens, romantic bridges and mediaeval facades reflected in the water.
@ Canal Reflection Bruges is famous for its lace and makes some of the most luxurious in the world. It’s able to produce such large quantities of fabric for the lace due to the vast amounts of flax that is grown in the Flanders region.
While touring Belgium, you meet Andy.
Forsythe shook paws with Andy the White Llama. They both received one silver mole!
Andy gave you 5 "Chocolate-Spearmint Candy Delight" FULL SIZE
Frites Belges et Mayonnaise It's claimed to be a Belgian national dish! Twice-fried chips are served topped with mayonnaise, or in this case, a choice also of tomato ketchup! Delicious!
@ Frites Belges et Mayonnaise Choco-Story, the Chocolate Museum in Bruges, is located in the sixteenth-century “Huis de Crone” building on Sint-Jansplein in central Bruges. This building was originally the home of a wine tavern. Museum visitors can watch chocolate being made. Аdditionally, a section of the museum is dedicated to the health benefits of chocolate.
While touring Belgium, you meet Pebbles.
Forsythe shook paws with Pebbles the Lil Auk. They both received one silver mole!
Bruges Architecture The outer buildings are examples of crow-stepped gables. The oldest examples of this style of architecture are to be found in Belgium. They are called trapgevel in Dutch.
@ Bruges Architecture Bruges values the importance of education, and is home to several colleges and two major internationally acclaimed universities. In fact, it’s against the law to leave school before the age of 18 throughout Belgium.
While touring Belgium, you meet Thinair.
Forsythe shook paws with Thinair the Midnight Happy Dragon. They both received one silver mole!
Water Tour in Belgium No visit to Bruges is complete without a boat trip on the canals, the "roadways" of the city. Perhaps accompanied by swans floating alongside you on the water, you will see Bruges from a different perspective, because some things you can only discover from the water!
@ Water Tour in Belgium Around 250 swans roam the canals of Bruges. Legend has it that were their number to drop below 100, Bruges would fall into decline, never to recover,
While touring Belgium, you meet Nano.
Forsythe shook paws with Nano the Grey Playful Kitten. They both received one silver mole!
Fine Dining, Bruges A place to relax over a delicious meal at the end of a day's sightseeing in Bruges, this cosy restaurant can be discovered amongst the winding back streets of the city.
@ Fine Dining, Bruges The Potato Bar, as the name suggests, screams potatoes. Even the bar is made from potato crates. Selling delicious Bruges frites as well as homemade croquettes filled with authentic fillings such as eel and asparagus, this place is definitely worth a try. Who can resist carbs when they taste as good as these?
While touring Belgium, you meet Kitty.
Forsythe shook paws with Kitty the Grey Playful Kitten. They both received one silver mole!
Kitty gave you 5 "Chocolate-Caramel Candy Delight" FULL SIZE
Belgische chocolade Belgium's production of chocolate started in the first half of the 17th century and increased steadily thereafter. It is a very important part of the Belgian economy, with over 2000 chocolatiers in the country. How many could resist this delicious looking collection!
@ Belgische chocolade Bruges is famous for its lace and makes some of the most luxurious in the world. It’s able to produce such large quantities of fabric for the lace due to the vast amounts of flax that is grown in the Flanders region.
While touring Belgium, you meet Moon.
Forsythe shook paws with Moon the Midnight Happy Dragon. They both received one silver mole!
Misty Cityscape, Bruges A romantic aerial cityscape of mediaeval Bruges in the misty morning.
@ Misty Cityscape, Bruges The Basilica of the Holy Blood is a Roman Catholic basilica in Bruges. The church houses a venerated relic of the Holy Blood allegedly collected by Joseph of Arimathea and brought from the Holy Land by Thierry of Alsace, Count of Flanders. Built between 1134 and 1157 as the chapel of the Count of Flanders, it was promoted to a minor basilica in 1923.
While touring Belgium, you meet BOBO.
Forsythe shook paws with BOBO the Blue Thunder Monster Baby. They both received one silver mole!
Atomium, 1958 The Atomium was built for Expo '58, in other words, the Worlds Fair held in Brussels that year. Representing an iron unit cell (9 iron atoms) magnified 165 billion times, the monument with its unique silhouette has, over time, grown to become the symbol of Brussels and Belgium. It consists of eight stainless steel spheres, each 60 ft in diameter. They are connected by tubes which are 10 ft in diameter. Overall, the Atomium stands 335 ft (102 m) above ground. The central tube features an elevator that was once one of the fastest in the world. It could travel around 20 ft per second, carrying two dozen people to the top in about 23 seconds. The escalators were also some of the biggest in Europe, with one measuring 100 ft long. In 1958, Atomium was the sixth-largest metal structure in the world. It is a science centre and museum and the platform on Level 7 offers amazing views of Brussels, including Mini Europe and Laeken Park. The panoramic restaurant is the highest level. Don't forget to visit the gift shop when you've seen all Atomium has to offer, and perhaps treat yourself to an Atomium Smurf Figurine!
@ Atomium, 1958 In medieval times the sea flooded the area around present-day Bruges, carving out channels and waterways.
While touring Belgium, you meet C.J.
Forsythe shook paws with C.J the Red Dragon. They both received one silver mole!
Rosary Canal, Bruges The Rozenhoedkaai Quay of the Rosary Canal in Bruges.
@ Rosary Canal, Bruges The Markt of Bruges is located in the heart of the city and covers an area of about 1 hectare. Some historical highlights around the square include the 12th-century belfry and the West Flanders Provincial Court. In the centre of the market stands the statue of Jan Breydel and Pieter de Coninck.
While touring Belgium, you meet Wyatt.
Forsythe shook paws with Wyatt the Green Beautiful Unicorn. They both received one silver mole!
Historical Bruges A charming example of historical architecture in mediaeval Bruges.
@ Historical Bruges French fries, or frites, and mayonnaise is a local favourite and a iconic food staple in Bruges and the rest of Belgium. Head to one of the two green carts in the Markt square for your fix (or there’s even a Frietmuseum!)
While touring Belgium, you meet Choose a name.
Forsythe shook paws with Choose a name the Tabby Cat. They both received one silver mole!
Choose a name gave you 5 "Iridescent Orange Candy Drop" FULL SIZE
Bridge in Old Bruges A romantic old bridge over the Groenerei Canal in Bruges, Belgium.
@ Bridge in Old Bruges De Halve Maan is a beer lover’s dream. De Halve Maan is a 16th century brewery, owned by the same family since 1856 and is without a doubt one of the best Belgian beer tours you’ll find in Bruges.
While touring Belgium, you meet Choose a name.
Forsythe shook paws with Choose a name the Tabby Cat. They both received one silver mole!
Choose a name gave you 1 "Belgium Travel Token" size 7
Street Frites Treat When you get a craving at night for fried potato chips when in Bruges, head out to this purveyor of frites to get your fix of deliciousness in a cone!
@ Street Frites Treat Forsythe has now completed his tour of the Belgian city of Bruges. As he prepares to go home, he receives a wonderful gift!
Forsythe has enjoyed his tour of the Belgian city of Bruges, but it is time to go home now! Please select another pet as visitor, so it can also tour a Belgian city!
While touring Belgium, you meet Sweety.
Forsythe shook paws with Sweety the Ragdoll Kitten. They both received one silver mole!