
Contemporary art and architecture in Bruges
Triennial Bruges is the three-yearly open-air route for contemporary art and architecture in the World Heritage City. But you don't have to wait that long to catch a glimpse of modern Bruges. Moving contemporary art, innovative architecture and challenging murals are scattered far and wide. Some you can't miss; others are well-hidden. What do they have in common? You visit them every day of the year.


Hoofdbibliotheek Biekorf (Main Library)
Curious about this striking example of urban regeneration from the 1970s? Do what Bruges' culture-lovers do and walk in. Besides a great...

Bistro Refter
Dinner date at a table in Bistro Refter? A guarantee of an enjoyable symbiosis of gastronomy, architecture and art. Bistro Refter and the...

Bruges Meeting and Convention Centre (BMCC)
An exhibition hall that slides open and becomes one with a town square? In Bruges it is possible. The Bruges Meeting and Convention Centre...

Colonnade
A crossover of an impenetrable forest and a classic Roman colonnade. This is how you could describe the pavilion by Belgian architect duo...

Concertgebouw Brugge (Concert Hall)
This international music and art centre is one of the 1001 buildings you must see before you die. It is a place that offers the very best in...

Conzettbrug (Conzett Bridge)
Rural and rustic charm. This is how you can describe the surroundings of this bridge for cyclists and pedestrians across the Coupure. If you...

coupure
This dancing sculpture sprang from the imagination of – who else? – a choreographer. Find this moving artwork along the City Ramparts,...

De aderen van het klooster (The veins of the convent)
Giuseppe Penone thanks the nurses of the St John's Hospital for their efforts in caring for the body and soul of everyone who has ever...

De Bron (The Source)
Modelling clay, bronze and his unbridled fantasy. That's all the Belgian Philip Aguirre y Otegui (born 1961) needed to create ’De Bron’....

De Jonggehuwden (The Newlyweds)
Love, Liebe, amour, amore… we can never get enough of it! These frisky lovers in bronze are celebrating love with a dance step. Their kiss...

De man die vuur geeft (The man who gives a light)
The pilot flame of poetry is burning in the House ‘Gezelle’'s intimate garden. In the form of a statue, that is. The bronze creation by...

De Vier Ruiters van de Apocalyps (The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse)
Revolution, War, Hunger and Death. These gentlemen are not people you want to meet. Yet, it is difficult to escape this fascinating group of...

Haard en Kouter (Residential complex)
This residential area with social housing in West Bruges might seem light-hearted, but make no mistake. For CRUX Architecten, it was a real...

Niobe
Niobe, is distraught, absolutely inconsolable and her tears ‘flow’ incessantly into the river Reie. No wonder, as all fourteen of this...

Onthaalpaviljoen Gruuthusemuseum (Gruuthuse Museum Reception Pavilion)
It can get very busy at Musea Brugge's reception pavilion at times, as this is where you buy your entrance ticket for the top locations of...

Pandreitje (Residential complex)
80 homes on 1 hectare of grounds: these won Pandreitje a well-deserved Belgian architecture Award. Numerous Flemish architects are full of...

Rijksarchief (State Archives)
A pile of crumpled paper on a glass base. This genius idea was the basis for architect Olivier Salens' design for a new home for the State...

Stadswoning Muntplein (Mint Square townhouse)
A brand-new home, modelled after the Middle Ages. Only in Bruges could this unusual combination turn into a success. This specimen of...

Untitled
A 'surprisingly ‘strokeable’ sculpture named ‘Untitled’ adorns the Groeninge Museum's courtyard garden. Fashioned from Carrara...

Voetgangersbruggen langs Smedenpoort (Footbridges at the Blacksmith's Gate)
Time has not stood still in Bruges, and so it happens that the medieval access roads are not always fit for 21st century traffic. It became...

Street art with a capital S
Street art has claimed its place in the Bruges street scene and is here to stay. Art with both feet in the now. The past is often peeping around the corner, though. The imposing murals might startle you out of the blue, or you could go out and find them with a route map!