Relais Bourgondisch Cruyce
Relais Bourgondisch Cruyce
Wollestraat
The film’s hotel, where two canals meet: 16 rooms in a half-timbered house at Wollestraat 41. Far grander inside than Ray and Ken’s room.
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Track 1PrologueCarter Burwell
In Bruges
Two hitmen in a fairytale town, waiting for orders from their boss. One climbs the tower. The other would rather be anywhere else. Martin McDonagh’s 2008 film, with Colin Farrell as Ray and Brendan Gleeson as Ken.
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The track titles that head each scene come from Carter Burwell’s score, released by Lakeshore Records in 2008.
MusicBrainz: In Bruges, original motion picture soundtrack, Carter Burwell (Lakeshore Records, 2008)
McDonagh first visited Bruges in 2006 and began writing two characters who would respond to the town in different ways.
Ray spends the film bemoaning the city; Ken just wants to take in the sights.
Wollestraat 41 · where two canals meet
Wish you were here.
Or not.
The picture side. Turn it over to read it.
Relais Bourgondisch Cruyce
Ray and Ken hole up for their two-week stay at the Relais Bourgondisch Cruyce, Wollestraat 41–47. The hotel stands where two canals meet; it has 16 rooms, and its half-timbered facade has appeared in international film and television.
A working hotel. Anyone can walk into the free Bourgondisch Cruyce passage at Wollestraat 41 for its canal view.
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Rozenhoedkaai
Visit Bruges calls it the city’s most popular spot for photography; rosaries were once sold here. The film office’s photographs of In Bruges show night filming along the Rozenhoedkaai.
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Track 2 · Medieval Waters
Bridge after
bridge after bridge.
Ken’s wonder✶1 of 5
Ray’s yawnsz1 of 5
Ken: This is where the boats turn round. Ray: Good. Let’s turn round.
Spinolarei, 8000 Bruges
Koningsbrug
The King’s Bridge is on the city film office’s list of In Bruges locations.
It was the hub of Bruges’ port from the 13th to the 15th century; today it is where the canal boats turn around.
The present bridge is a 20th-century one, built on the historic site.
A free public bridge at the top of the Spiegelrei, looking back to Jan van Eyckplein.
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A boat on the canals
Five jetties · €15 adults · €9 ages 4–11 · daily 10am–6pm, March to October
Half an hour on the water between Jan van Eyckplein and the Beguinage, from five jetties including the Rozenhoedkaai. Tickets at the jetty only.
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Track 6 · View From the Tower
366 steps,
47 bells.
The film’s bell tower is 83 metres high, and 366 steps must be climbed to reach the top. Ken climbs the narrow steps; the confrontation at the top was filmed on a studio mock-up because of the lack of space in the tower.
Tap a bell, or use the arrow keys. The big ones are on the left.
Book a slot
Every 20 minutes about 15 to 25 visitors may begin climbing the tower, and booking a time slot is recommended.
Pick a start time.
Open 9am–8pm daily to 2 November, last entry an hour before closing. Closed to visitors 19–22 October 2026. Book a time slot online.
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Climb the Belfry
Markt 7 · €16 adults · 9am–8pm to 2 November
The 366 steps Ken climbs. About 15 to 25 people start every 20 minutes, so book a slot. Closed 19–22 October 2026.
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The Markt
Martin McDonagh said he loved the market square, “where most of the action takes place”. Ken’s fall from the Belfry ends on the Markt below, and it is here that Harry spots Ray.
The Belfry, 83 metres high, dominates the square, and horse-drawn carriages wait for fares in front of the Provincial Court.
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The Burg · Basilica of the Holy Blood
Join the queue
for the relic.
The production notes put Ken in the queue at the Basilica of the Holy Blood, whose chapel holds the relic. The relic of the Holy Blood, said to have been brought to Bruges by crusaders, is kept in the upper chapel; the lower chapel of St Basil is Romanesque.
Ken joins the queue on the Burg. Five people ahead.
Basilica of the Holy Blood
Entry to the basilica is free; the treasury costs €5 for adults and nothing for children under 13.
On the Burg. Entry to the basilica is free; the treasury is €5 for adults. Check the day’s hours before you go.
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The wrong chapel: the Jerusalem Church
The Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations says filming was not permitted inside the basilica, so the Jerusalem Church stood in for it. The Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations says the Jerusalem Church played the church that holds the phial of Christ’s blood.
Inspired by the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, the church belongs to a 15th-century estate still owned by the Adornes family. The family came from Genoa and settled in Bruges around 1300; the chapel’s stained glass, from about 1560, is the oldest in Bruges.
Peperstraat 3. Adults €11, ages 7–25 €7, under-7s free. Check the estate’s calendar for opening days.
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Adornes estate
The Adornes estate
Peperstraat 3 · €11 adults · €7 ages 7–25
The Jerusalem Church that played the chapel of the Holy Blood, with the family house and garden.
Plan a visitTrack 5 · The Last Judgement · Groeningemuseum, Dijver 12
Open the wings.
Choose a panel.
Ray, sick with guilt, is held by Hieronymus Bosch’s Last Judgement here. The museum let the cast and crew film inside, for a conversation between Ray and Ken about purgatory. Musea Brugge lists Bosch’s Last Judgement, a triptych of about 1500, in the Groeningemuseum: paradise on the left wing, the judgement in the centre, hell on the right.
Hieronymus Bosch and workshop, The Last Judgement, about 1500. Public domain. Commons file
Closed. Two wings of oak, painted grey.
The museum today
It opens 10am–6pm until 2 November and 9.30am–5pm from 3 November, and is closed on Mondays. It closes on 11 January 2027 for a four-year renovation; from March 2027 the heart of the collection is shown next door at BRUSK. BRUSK shows The Groeninge Collection: The Art of Looking from 12 March 2027 to 30 June 2031.
10am–6pm until 2 November, then 9.30am–5pm; closed on Mondays. Adults €15. Closes on 11 January 2027 for four years.
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A quiet hour
Sit down
under Van Eyck.
Ken and Ray sit beneath the statue of the painter Jan van Eyck after seeing Bosch’s hell. Visit Bruges calls it the Manhattan of Burgundian Bruges: a medieval port square, watched over today by Van Eyck’s statue.
Koningin Astridpark
It is a botanical park with tall trees, a pond with a fountain, a colourful kiosk and a large playground. Ken shadows Ray through the park, watching him from the ornamental pavilion.
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Bonifacius bridge and Hof Arents
The film office calls the Boniface Bridge one of the city’s newest bridges; Hof Arents gives a view of the Church of Our Lady. Michelangelo’s Madonna and Child, the only work of his to leave Italy in his lifetime, is in the Church of Our Lady museum; the church is free, the museum €10.
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Pand Hotel
Pand Hotel
Rozenhoedkaai
Not a filming location: a 26-room hotel in an 18th-century carriage house on Pandreitje 16, a side street off the Rozenhoedkaai.
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Track 14 · Harry Walks
Over the
Lake of Love.
Harry arrives in Bruges striding across the Minnewater bridge. The name is said to come from water nymphs, “minnen” in Dutch, who were once believed to live here.
The bridge is free and open. How will you cross?
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Minnewater, 8000 Bruges
Minnewater
Harry arrives in Bruges striding across the Minnewater bridge.
The production notes list the “Lake of Love”, once better known as Minnewater, among the film’s locations.
Minnewater is on the city film office’s list of In Bruges locations.
A free lake and park on the south side of the old town; Station Brugge is the nearest station.
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Where it is now
16 places you can visit in Bruges, all of them public. Most are a few streets from the Markt; the Jerusalem Church is to the north and the Minnewater to the south.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A public square, open at all hours. The Christmas market runs here from 20 November 2026 to 3 January 2027.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Open 9am–8pm daily to 2 November, last entry an hour before closing. Closed to visitors 19–22 October 2026. Book a time slot online.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. On the Burg. Entry to the basilica is free; the treasury is €5 for adults. Check the day’s hours before you go.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A public square. Fish is sold under the colonnade from Wednesday to Saturday mornings.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A free public park near the Fish Market and the Burg, with a pond, a kiosk and a playground.
Carriages waiting on the Markt, September 2017. Dguendel · CC BY 4.0 Markt, 8000 Bruges
Markt
The Markt is on the city film office’s list of In Bruges locations.
A public square, open at all hours. The Christmas market runs here from 20 November 2026 to 3 January 2027.
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The Belfry on the Markt, September 2023. Gargarapalvin · CC BY-SA 4.0 Markt 7, 8000 Bruges
The Belfry (Belfort)
The film’s bell tower is 83 metres high, and 366 steps must be climbed to reach the top.
Open 9am–8pm daily to 2 November, last entry an hour before closing. Closed to visitors 19–22 October 2026. Book a time slot online.
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The Basilica of the Holy Blood on the Burg, June 2025. Julian Lupyan · CC0 Burg 13, 8000 Bruges
Basilica of the Holy Blood
The production notes put Ken in the queue at the Basilica of the Holy Blood, whose chapel holds the relic.
On the Burg. Entry to the basilica is free; the treasury is €5 for adults. Check the day’s hours before you go.
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The Vismarkt colonnade, June 2019. Marc Ryckaert · CC BY-SA 4.0 Vismarkt, 8000 Bruges
Vismarkt
Harry chases Ray through the old Fish Market.
A public square. Fish is sold under the colonnade from Wednesday to Saturday mornings.
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Koningin Astridpark, June 2020. Marc Ryckaert · CC BY-SA 4.0 Park, 8000 Bruges
Koningin Astridpark
Koningin Astridpark is on the city film office’s list of In Bruges locations.
A free public park near the Fish Market and the Burg, with a pond, a kiosk and a playground.
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Stay
Two weeks, or two nights.
The film’s own hotel on Wollestraat, and a quieter one round the corner from the quay.
Relais Bourgondisch Cruyce
Relais Bourgondisch Cruyce
Wollestraat
The film’s hotel, where two canals meet: 16 rooms in a half-timbered house at Wollestraat 41. Far grander inside than Ray and Ken’s room.
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Pand Hotel
Rozenhoedkaai
Not a filming location: a 26-room hotel in an 18th-century carriage house on Pandreitje 16, a side street off the Rozenhoedkaai.
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Climb it, float past it.
The Belfry, the canal boats, the borrowed chapel, and guided walks.
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Climb the Belfry
Markt 7 · €16 adults · 9am–8pm to 2 November
The 366 steps Ken climbs. About 15 to 25 people start every 20 minutes, so book a slot. Closed 19–22 October 2026.
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A boat on the canals
Five jetties · €15 adults · €9 ages 4–11 · daily 10am–6pm, March to October
Half an hour on the water between Jan van Eyckplein and the Beguinage, from five jetties including the Rozenhoedkaai. Tickets at the jetty only.
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The Adornes estate
Peperstraat 3 · €11 adults · €7 ages 7–25
The Jerusalem Church that played the chapel of the Holy Blood, with the family house and garden.
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Last call for the Bosch.
The Groeningemuseum closes on 11 January 2027; the Christmas market fills the Markt from November; the collection reopens at BRUSK in March 2027.
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Take it home
A score, a novel, a history.
Carter Burwell’s soundtrack, Rodenbach’s Bruges novel and a history of the medieval city. Our store has no original In Bruges poster, so there is none here.
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In Bruges (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Carter Burwell · CD, Lakeshore Records, 2008
Carter Burwell’s score, 24 tracks from “Prologue” to “2000 Miles”, with “The Last Judgement” and “View From the Tower”.
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Bruges-la-Morte
Georges Rodenbach
Rodenbach’s 1892 novel set in Bruges, in the Dedalus European Classics edition.
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Medieval Bruges
Edited by Andrew Brown and Jan Dumolyn
A history of the medieval city, from Cambridge University Press, 2018.
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The ledger
Every place and moment behind this page, with sources.
16 of 16 places · 17 of 17 Moments
Markt
Markt, 8000 Bruges
The fall
Ken falls from the Belfry to the Markt, where Harry spots Ray.
The Belfry (Belfort)
Markt 7, 8000 Bruges
366 steps
Ken climbs the Belfry; the scene at the top was filmed on a studio mock-up.
Basilica of the Holy Blood
Burg 13, 8000 Bruges
The queue
Ken waits in line at the Basilica of the Holy Blood.
Vismarkt
Vismarkt, 8000 Bruges
The chase
Harry chases Ray through the Fish Market.
Koningin Astridpark
Park, 8000 Bruges
The pavilion
Ken watches Ray from the ornamental pavilion in the park.
Relais Bourgondisch Cruyce
Wollestraat 41–47, 8000 Bruges
Two weeks in Bruges
Ray and Ken hole up at the hotel on Wollestraat to wait for word from Harry.
Rozenhoedkaai
Rozenhoedkaai, 8000 Bruges
Night on the quay
The crew films at night along the Rozenhoedkaai.
Groenerei
Groenerei, 8000 Bruges
A cold, misty morning
McDonagh films on the canals on a blue-skied, cold and misty morning.
Meebrug
Meestraat, 8000 Bruges
Making up
Ray and Chloë make up on the Meestraat bridge.
Koningsbrug
Spinolarei, 8000 Bruges
The King’s Bridge
The film uses the King’s Bridge at the top of the Spiegelrei.
Jan van Eyckplein
Jan van Eyckplein, 8000 Bruges
Under Van Eyck
Ken and Ray sit beneath the statue of Jan van Eyck.
Groeningemuseum
Dijver 12, 8000 Bruges
The Last Judgement
Ray stands in front of Bosch’s Last Judgement.
Purgatory
Inside the museum, Ray and Ken talk about purgatory.
Gruuthuse courtyard
Dijver 17, 8000 Bruges
The film set
The shoot inside the film is set up outside the Gruuthuse Museum, where the ending plays out.
Bonifacius bridge and Hof Arents
Groeninge 6, 8000 Bruges
Behind Our Lady
The film uses the Boniface site and Hof Arents behind the Church of Our Lady.
Jerusalem Church, Adornes estate
Peperstraat 3, 8000 Bruges
The blood of Christ
The Jerusalem Church stands in for the chapel with the phial of Christ’s blood.
Minnewater
Minnewater, 8000 Bruges
Harry arrives
Harry strides across the Minnewater bridge into Bruges.