Bruges

Bruges (Brugge in Flemish) is undoubtedly the most beautiful city in the whole of Belgium. Once a thriving cloth trading port, the medieval town has been frozen in time since the decline of the cloth trade and the silting up of the River Zwin, its vital link to the North Sea, in the 16th century. As a result the Industrial Revolution passed it by, and it managed to avoid bomb damage in both world wars, therefore preserving it perfectly.