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Your Guide on your city trip trough Bruges narreted by a local available in Dutch, Flemish, Spanish, French, English, Chinese and Japanese (no AI voices)
After purchase (2€) you can keep using the app
forever anytime you visit Bruges.
Tour Information
Jacky, the jester, narrates about 1.000 years of history and brings the Golden Ages back to life. He speaks about Bruges’ rise as the capital of Western Europe, the richest city in the world, to its decline into misery and poverty. He emphasises that Bruges is now once again on the world map. Judge for yourself.
He narrates about love, conflict, power, architecture and wealth. Sprinkled with humour.
Do not expect complicated names, years and figures but playful stories.
He is your “tailormade” guide on your city trip though Bruges narrated by a local available in Dutch, Flemich, Spanish, French, English, Chinese and Japanese. NO AI-voices.
Advantages/Benefits of this tour compared to a guided tour
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After purchase (2€) you can keep using the app forever anytime you visit Bruges.
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If it starts to rain you can easily take shelter somewhere.
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You do your tour at your own pace.
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This is a complete tour, the guide tour is only a part of this tour.
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Everyone asks their own questions which may not concern you or disrupt the tour.
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The guide’s explanations are interrupted by the surrounding noises.
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The information given is delivered quickly and is not repeated.
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Mostly you absorb only 50% of the story or content.
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The guides often do not speak in their native language.
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This is your tour, while the guides conduct their tour with 24 people of various nationalities.
Highlights
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Intro.
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The Poer Tower / Gunpowder tower
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Della Faille Castle
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Beguinage Bridge
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Het Minnewater / Love Water
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Beguinage
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Maximilian 1 of Austria
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Walplein – Wall Square
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The Brewery Half Moon
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Brugse Zot / fool of Bruges
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Stoofstraat en Godshuis
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St – John’s Hospital
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Church of our Lady
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Bonifacius Bridge
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The 4 horseman of the Apocalypse
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Nepomucenus Bridge
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Rosery Square
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Tanners Square
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Old Fish Market
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Blind Donkey Street
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De Burg Square
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The Market Square
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Historium
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The Old Stock Exchange Square
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Jan Van Eyck Square
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Egg Market
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Simon Stevin Square
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Sint-Salvator Cathedral
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Het Zand –/ The Sand
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Concert Hall
Duration: 3 hours without breaks, snacks or drinks.
Lenght: 6 km. Put on comfortable walking shoes.
Tips: start with a charged mobile phone and take a powerbank with you. The best earphones are the shokz
Start: Station square front (1466 parking spaces ± 5euro)
Shortened Route: Skip a loop by going from Market Square (no. 22) via the main shopping street (Steenstraat) to Simon Stevin Square (no. 27)
Including 30 audio guides: 45 minutes
Entry Fee: 2 euro.
Disclaimer: Jacky the jester is not responsible when his playful narrations are based on incorrect information. Exclusive rights to his logo, idea and audios do apply.