Family trip to Brugge with children. Ideas on where to go with your child

Simply no family vacation in Bruges can happen without visiting confectioneries and cafes, walking in picturesque parks and attending interesting museums. This wonderful city will certainly please sweet tooth travelers, who will be able to enjoy magnificent Belgian chocolate and various chocolate desserts simply everywhere. Do you want to pamper your kids with some premium sweets? If so, head to DUMON Chocolatier as this confectionery is considered one of the best in the city. Here visitors are welcome to choose from hundreds of types of chocolates, cakes, and cookies. Moreover, visitors can order chocolates or a cake in accordance with individual design and preferences.

A visit to the Chocolate Museum (Choco Story) will be a wonderful continuation of your exploration of delicious Belgian chocolate. The museum is located in one of the most beautiful historic buildings of the city. Visitors to the museum will learn how cocoa beans are grown and how chocolate is cooked. Choco Story exhibits an interesting collection of items, all of which, as it’s not hard to guess, are made of chocolate. Moreover, the museum regularly hosts various interesting master classes for children, during which kids will learn to cook sweets by themselves.

Travellers, who prefer more active pastime, may prefer a visit to Boudewijn Seapark. This amusement park is located in the southern part of Bruges. Inside, visitors will find various water slides, a beautiful swimming pool, and special playgrounds for children. The park is proud of its dolphinarium, so spectacular shows with dolphins and seals as main performers take place nearly every day at the park. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

If you’re tired of walking and want to diversify your vacation with calmer activities, it’s time to make a boat ride on Bruges canals. Children will be particularly fond of boat excursions as they will be able not only to make a refreshing and entertaining ride, but also feed birds that live there – ducks and swans.

There are many toy shops and other stores that will be liked by children in Bruges. Kathe Wohlfahrt, which sells Christmas ornaments, is one of the most unusual shops in the city. It works all year round. Christmas celebrations are the most liked time of the year in Bruges, so the choice of decorations is truly amazing. Here visitors can buy exclusive ornaments and toys made of wood and glass. Everything at the shop is handmade, so every decoration is unique.

Nearly all children adore potato fries, and in Bruges they have an amazing opportunity to visit a museum dedicated to their favorite food. Frietmuseum offers a rich collection of items with interesting historic artifacts. Guests of the museum will learn that for the first time potatoes were brought to Europe from Peru and will see interesting devices that were used to peel and slice potatoes hundreds of years ago. There is a charming café on the ground floor of the building, which signature dish is not hard to guess.

When it’s hot outside, there is nothing better than relaxing in serene atmosphere, making a bicycle ride with kids on shadowy valleys and then having a picnic in a picturesque place. All these and more you will find in Astrid Park. It is located in the heart of the city not far from popular tourist routes, but at the same time this park is distinguished by calm and peaceful atmosphere. It is possible to spend hours walking on picturesque roads, admiring the look of giant trees or feeding swans. There are wonderful athletic fields and playgrounds for children in the park.