At the end of the Middle Ages, a few Bruges families were looking to new horizons to drive trade. They imported cane sugar from Madeira and when Spanish explorers brought back cocoa in the 16th ...

The medieval Belgian town of Bruges attracts hordes of day-trippers — but don’t let that keep you away. While the ultimate sight is the quaint town itself, the city also entertains with an infectious ...

Imagine finding a quaint, European-style chocolate shop tucked away in a strip mall in downtown Redmond. While it seems incongruous, Brugge Chocolates opened in February at 15946 Redmond Way, across ...

BRUGES, Belgium — If you’ve never fallen into a diabetic coma by breakfast and an inebriated stupor by noon, then you’ve apparently never been to Bruges. The first meal of the day typically consists ...

IT could be many people’s idea of heaven. A city that prides itself on chocolate, chips and beer. You turn a corner into many of the streets in Bruges and the sweet scent of chocolate is all pervading ...

As we’ve had to postpone our travels because of the pandemic, I believe a weekly dose of travel dreaming can be good medicine. Here’s one of my favorite European memories, from Belgium’s most charming ...

When I used to think of Belgium, chocolate and tennis would come to mind and not much else. But since my trip to the beautiful and quaint city of Bruges, embedded in the heart of the Flanders district ...