In Bruges!
In case you haven’t seen the 2008 movie of this name, it’s a story about two hitmen (Colin Farrell & Brendan Gleeson) who are sent to hide out in the Belgian city, following a ‘job’ that went horribly wrong. It’s a good movie in its own right but it’s the fact that it was set and filmed in this beautiful and atmospheric medieval city that made it a great movie. In fact, this movie was the main reason for us deciding to visit there on a short city break. I wouldn’t recommend visiting everywhere that looks good in a movie, as they tend to ignore the bad bits, but Bruges (or Brugge in Flemish) actually exceeded our expectations. I can see why they call it the ‘Venice of the North’. As a bit of perspective, Belgium is a lowland country situated in Western Europe, on the North Sea coast, which has borders with France, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. It is best known for medieval towns, Renaissance architecture, being the headquarters for NATO a...