The Jerusalem Church in Bruges feels less like a historic site and more like a vanity project for a wealthy family. The entry fee isn’t justified by what you get: a narrow look at the family’s story with little context about the time or place they lived in. The church itself is more a shrine to the family than anything religious. The garden is just a plain grass field, nothing special. There was also a temporary exhibit on garden paintings, but it featured cheap reproductions and actual bugs crawling on the canvases. It might look intriguing from the outside, but I wouldn't...
Read moreIt's only partially open at the moment (some restorations are being done). But the chapel is open as are the gardens and you can wander around the complex. The day I was there they had reduced the admission to 5Euro so definitely worth wandering around. And the Sint-Anna Quarter is a fabulous area to explore - very local and while I was there barely a tourist in sight so...
Read more10€ entrance fee and closure on Sundays? This is also not included in the Bruges museum pass!
An historical religious temple can't be this expensive, especially these times. It's simply unethical. All attractions are already crazy expensive in Bruges, and the least they should do is list themselves in the museum pass. Otherwise, they should...
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