 Bruges & Ostend Christmas marketsBruges is renowned as a shoppers’ paradise and known as the ‘Jewel of Flanders’ for the exquisite beauty of its winding canals and storybook medieval buildings. Enjoy the city’s atmospheric Christmas market, and perhaps purchase some of those little tins of the finest Belgian handmade chocolate. Known as the ‘Queen of the Coast’, Ostend is Flanders’ most popular seaside destination, although there is much more that vast sandy beaches to recommend it, like notable art museums, a vast neo-gothic church, the fish market, a casino, a racetrack, great shopping, and, perhaps surprisingly for a coastal town, terrific Christmas markets. 
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