What better way to explore and discover Bruges than with a local by your side. Join me on a private tour where I can show you the main highlights of the city. From Bruges City Hall to the Basilica of the Holy Blood, and more. And for a local treat, a tasty chocolate tasting!
Destination
Bruges, Belgium
Category
City Highlight Tours
Duration
2 hours
Transport mode
Walking tour
Available languages
English, Nederlands
Included
Private guide
Free chocolate tasting
6 reasons to book this tour
Visit the historic fish market
Discover the main highlights of Bruges
100% personalized to your wishes
Taste delicious local chocolate
Explore the canal-side neighborhoods
Private tour: only you & your local host
What you can expect
Charming Bruges has plenty of things to see and do, and if you are wondering how to enjoy the city to the max, I'm here to help you out!
Join me on a private tour and discover the main highlights of Bruges, with a local touch. Let me show the best my city has to offer while giving you local insights that will let you enjoy my city away from the touristy crowds.
Let's take a walk along the canals of Bruges and let me tell you all about its history, the unknown interesting facts and you'll see how Bruges' beauty starts to flourish before your eyes.
From the Basilica of the Holy Blood to the oldest bridge in town and with a visit to the traditional fish market, your private tour is full of highlights. And let's not forget about the Sint-Salvador Cathedral with its amazing architecture and the popular Beer Museum.
And as a special treat, chocolate! Yes, a chocolate tasting is the perfect way to show a highlight of my city in a delicious way.
Let me know if you want a special kind of tour, I can personalize this offer 100% for you. See you in Bruges!
This is the plan
Check out the plan below to see what you'll get up to with your local host. Feel free to personalize this offer with Nathan.
Meeting point
Meet at Markt - Bruges to start your journey
Itinerary
This is what our experience could look like, but it’s not set in stone! Once you book, you can chat directly with your host to make small tweaks to suit your preferences.
Meeting Point
Meet me by the Belfort Tower
Local Sights
Check out the canal views, oldest bridges & the beer wall
Main Highlights
Go to the Bruges Square Town Hall, Basilica of the Holy Blood & Astrid Park
Water Love
Visit the Fish market & the Minnewater/Lake of Love
Chocolate Tasting
Enjoy a delicious chocolate tasting
Wander Around
Explore the Market Belfry & Beer Museum
Make it yours
Want to tweak the itinerary? Book directly & chat afterwards with your host to adjust highlights, skip stops, or make small changes to fit your preferences.
Book risk-free: Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund.
Need something special? Personalize your experience for more time, alternative locations or a completely tailored plan.
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I can personalize this tour for you
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Flexible cancellation policy
Feel confident booking
Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund. Even up to 7 days before your experience, you’ll receive a refund, minus the service fee.
Change of plans?
Reschedule your experience to a date and time that works best for you.
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Reviews from guests
Sandra🇺🇸 United States
5 January 2025
Nathan shared wonderful stories that make us want to return to Bruges and explore more!Great tour!
Sajeena
4 January 2025
Nathan was on time, very informative and very nice. He even took us to a candy shop where they did a live demonstration. Informative guide
Evan🇺🇸 United States
26 December 2024
We had a great tour of Bruges with Nathan. He was pleasant and informative. Highly recommend!Great Tour
John🇺🇸 United States
11 December 2024
Nathan was friendly, knowledgeable, He walked at a pace which was good for us and gave a great recommendation for dinner. Great ewperience
Jeri🇺🇸 United States
7 December 2024
Very knowledgeable about major history of Bruges and lots of trivia. Patient with all of our questions. Can tell he loves his city. Nathan's magic of Bruges
Judd🇺🇸 United States
7 December 2024
This is a great tour with a great guide. Learned so much about the city in our two hour walk. We even had time to have a beer at the local brewery. Highly recommend this tour.Excellent Tour In The Cold
Pauline🇳🇱 Netherlands
11 November 2024
Nathan vertelt een mooi verhaal over Brugge. Leuk verhaal
Andy🇬🇧 United Kingdom
21 October 2024
Nathan was very knowledgeable and lives in Bruges so knows it very well. His style of tour is a personal one and he clearly loved doing the tour for us as we did having him show us round. He has a good sense of humour which is also part of the reason why we enjoyed his tour.
We found all of the information very useful for the remainder of our stay in Bruges.
We would recommend Nathan for your tour. Local guide with a passion for his town.
Michelle
28 September 2024
Prakash 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
5 August 2024
Nathan gave us an interesting tour - highlighting key areas for further exploration- he kept our 2 children engaged - would recommend Relaxed local tour Brugge
Molly🇺🇸 United States
27 July 2024
We loved our private tour from Nathan. At first his English took a little getting used to but his quirky phrasing and jolly laugh became endearing. As a local he had so much knowledge of the area, offered helpful recommendations and went over and above to show us all the great parts of this beautiful city. Informative tour of Bruges
Lisa🇺🇸 United States
7 May 2024
Nathan was wonderful. He catered the tour to our preference, but also told us so many interesting facts about the history of the city and its people. We feel in love with Bruges by watching the movie “In Bruges” so we came from the United States to see it firsthand. Nathan showed us where scenes from the movie were filmed and also told us things about the filming of the movie. He surpassed our expectations! Thank you, Nathan!! Fantastic experience
Lesley 🇳🇱 Netherlands
2 May 2024
Wij vonden het een hele leuke tour en hebben ontzettend genoten!
Alles werd heel goed uitgelegd en we hebben nog leuke eet hotspots uitgeprobeerd op aanraden. Het was top!
Steven🇧🇪 Belgium
29 December 2023
Leuke rondleinding met aangename, vriendelijke gids.
1 min punt wel, de chocolade proeverij op het einde van de rondleiding stelt niks voor. een 1 persoonsstukje chocolade dat in 15 gesneden wordt voor 15 personen waarvan je dan een schilfer krijgt, kun je bij mijn weten geen proeverij noemen... hadden we allemaal meer van verwacht.
Leuke rondleiding
Thomas🇧🇪 Belgium
13 December 2023
Rainy day but great guide
Jan🇳🇱 Netherlands
7 November 2023
De gids had geen oog voor omstandigheden (regen) en wensen van de groep. Dit terwijl deze wensen vooraf duidelijk waren gecommuniceerd.
Niet voor herhaling vatbaar.
Het was niet best
Deborah🇺🇸 United States
30 September 2023
We enjoyed our tour so much! Nathan was very knowledgeable about so many things we could have never discovered on our own.
He gave us a lot of tips to come back at certain times of day to experience some beautiful views of the city at night.
Nathan was outstanding! Excellent tour with Nathan!
Steven🇧🇪 Belgium
3 September 2023
Super Guide
Margaret🇺🇸 United States
1 September 2023
Nathan showed us all the highlights of Bruges and gave us some historical background. At times he was a bit difficult to understand. As a native of Bruges, he knows all the ins and outs of the city. His tour was adequate for getting a quick overview.Quick introduction
Kevin🇳🇱 Netherlands
21 August 2023
Geweldige stadstour met Nathan gehad. Communicatie verliep goed snel en duidelijk.
Nathan weet veel over de stad en laat je mooie en bovenal minder toeristische plekjes zien. Bij elke plek hij heeft een leerzaam en soms ook grappig verhaal! De verhalen worden soms ondersteund door meegebrachten foto’s!
Al met al een zeer leuke, grappige en leerzame tour!
Leuke leerzame tour!
Nadia🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
12 August 2023
Our Bruges exploration was a success thanks to our knowledgeable local guide. History came to life including some funny stories, and his suggestions for dining and other activities added a layer of authenticity to our adventure.Discovering Bruges with a Local Expert
jjsj2ndw4t🇩🇪 Germany
30 July 2023
We had a great, interesting Tour of Bruges with Nathan, we can highly recommend to take tours with hin. He knows a lot about his hometown and points out unique points we would have missed without him!Exzellente Stadtführung
Michael
26 July 2023
Nathan was an excellent guide He was knowledgeable about Bruges and the sites we visited His friendly manner, his sense of humor and his attention to our group made for an outstanding experience We did a lot of touring on our trip and Nathan was the best guide we worked with We recommend him without hesitation Great walk with Nathan
Romain🇧🇪 Belgium
23 July 2023
Zeer goede, aangename gids die je de beste plaatsjes toont en de vele verhalen, anekdotes en legendes over brugge verteld, gewoon boeken deze man !Gewoon geweldig !
Marieke🇳🇱 Netherlands
10 July 2023
Nathan heeft ons alle mooie plekken van Brugge laten zien. Hij vertelde veel en het was bovenal erg gezellig. Echt een aanrader!!! Informatief en gezellig
Lori🇺🇸 United States
27 June 2023
We had an amazing time with Nathan. Highly recommend this tour.Amazing Experience
dnd6rcvstn🇬🇧 United Kingdom
24 June 2023
Nathan was a very amiable chap clearly passionate about his city. We walked at a nice pace on a lively sunny day and he packed in the 2hrs giving us a really good idea of what to look at and explore in Bruges. The little anecdotes about the history made it interesting and amusing and for our first day in Bruges really helped us to focus in on what we might want to explore further .Lighthearted and gentle tour of Bruges.
Laura🇳🇱 Netherlands
24 June 2023
Het was echt een fijne wandeling. Alle fasetten van Brugge kwamen aan bod en het werd allemaal duidelijke en rustig verteld. Prettige atmosfeer. Zeker een aanrader!Toffe wandeling
Christine🇧🇪 Belgium
5 April 2023
Geweldig! Gisteren met ons 4 (3 van m'n Engelse familieleden en ikzelf, een Bruggeling) een fascinerende en leerrijke historische wandeltour doorheen Brugge gehad met Nathan van With locals, een mooie mens die ons met veel passie, wijsheid en kennis van zaken gidste, prachtige plekken leerde kennen, intrigerende bijzonderheden meegaf en ons op deze wijze een onvergetelijke ervaring bezorgde. Een ware aanrader voor al wie geboeid is door de historie van Brugge. De ervaring was absoluut z'n prijs waard. Dank je wel Nathan, hartelijke groet, Christine VanhouckeFascinerende wandeltour
Unknown
2 April 2023
Wij hebben geweldig genoten van Nathan zij tour. Vol enthousiasme vertelde hij als "Brugse Zot" over "zijn" stad Brugge. We hebben er veel van opgestoken. Nathan dank je wel en blijf dit alsjeblieft nog lang doen. Geweldige kerel
Nele🇧🇪 Belgium
6 March 2023
Ik was heel blij met de route die de gids had uitgestippeld en heb genoten van alle informatie en weetjes dat we onderweg kregen met daar bovenop een flinke dosis humor!
Nathan is zeker een aanrader als gids voor mensen die een echte brugse zot zoeken :DZeer aangename informatieve gids!
Christophe🇧🇪 Belgium
9 February 2023
Het was alles wat we er ons van verwachten!
We hadden de dag niet beter kunnen inplannen.
Prachtig weer, goed gezelschap en gezellig druk.
Nathan, is een geweldige gids met een goed gevoel voor humor. Maar wat nog belangrijker is, is zijn kennis
over de geschiedenis van Brugge en meer!
Zijn liefde voor Brugge is groot en dat voel je! Ook kan hij u de leuke eet gelegenheden aanbevelen.Wij gaan zeker terug beroep op hem doen om het stille Brugge te verkennen. Kort gezegd Nathan is een aanrader!
Ann & Christophe
Just perfect !
Michelle 🇦🇺 Australia
31 December 2022
We had a wonderful experience walking around Brugge with a Nathan. He shared the history of the town and also incorporated activities for our 9 year old twins and 7 year old. They loved it. Wonderful
bart-jan🇮🇹 Italy
28 December 2022
Goede ervaring, met kennis van Brugge (‘n echte Zot) goed parcours met veel detail dat je zelf niet zou vinden of weten.
Nathan is enthousiast, vriendelijk en open.
Prima keuze.Brugge in detail
Thomas🇧🇪 Belgium
23 December 2022
Zeer aangename wandeling door Brugge met heel wat informatie. De tijd vliegt voorbij. Je voelt dat Nathan houdt van zijn stad. Merci Brugse zot! 😉 Een man met een hart voor Brugge!
Gary🇸🇬 Singapore
11 December 2022
We engaged Nathan to give us a local tour of Bruges and we left this beautiful town, having a deeper appreciation of its history.
Nathan is really like your old friend, showing you his hometown. My teenage kids were able to stay interested throughout the tour, credit to him. My wife and I noticed that Nathan is very popular among other locals in Bruges, where people walked up to greet him. Definitely good sign.
He is down to earth and proud of his city. You can really feel his energy and passion to transmit his love of Bruges to visitors. Ask for Nathan when you visit Bruges. Nathan is really the Bruges expert
Stuart🇬🇧 United Kingdom
6 November 2022
My wife & i had a a great tour around Bruges with local, Nathan.
The two hours flew by, which is a testement to Nathan's skills.
Being born and bred in Bruges, Nathan had an extensive knowledge of the city and passed it onto us very well.
He showed us the quieter side streets and areas of Bruges, away from the tourist traps, which you probably wouldn't normally see.
He also suggested other places to visit and where to eat where locals would go, rather than the touristy restaurants.
We'd 100% recommend a tour with Nathan.A great tour & fantastic guide
Tom🇬🇧 United Kingdom
30 October 2022
We love Withlocals and have done tours in a number of places across Europe. The 2 hour tour was the right length. Any more would have felt too long. Nathan showed us some of the classic highlights of a visit to Bruges although the narrative along the way was a little dull and one or two of the explanations felt implausible.
Rosemarie🇳🇱 Netherlands
12 October 2022
De wandeling met Nathan was leerzaam maar ook heel gezellig. Alle hoogtepunten van Brugge werden door hem op enthousiaste en humoristische wijze toegelicht.Brabanders in Brugge
Erika🇩🇪 Germany
23 September 2022
Nathan was knowledgeable, entertaining, fun and shared various historical events with us. Great Tour!
Giulia🇮🇹 Italy
15 August 2022
Unknown
11 August 2022
het was een leerrijke stadswandeling met Nathan! Hij verwoordt alles op een ludieke en speelse manier. Een echte aanradersuper aangename, leerrijke stadswandeling
Davin🇸🇬 Singapore
16 July 2022
We thoroughly enjoyed our private walking tour with Nathan. He is super informative and most of all, helped us customise the route to keep our 2 children (7 and 5 yo) engaged throughout the 2 hours duration; with stops at chocolate / candy / waffles stores along with Brugge's landmarks and sites. Highly recommended!!! 😎☺️Fantastic walking tour with kids!
Geert🇧🇪 Belgium
8 July 2022
Wij hebben een mooie stadswandeling gemaakt in het centrum van Brugge met Nathan.
Ondanks het de hele tijd heeft geregend was het een toffe ervaring!
Nathan trok met ons langs plaatsen waar wij nooit eerder waren geweest en gaf leuke weetjes mee!
Nadien zijn we nog samen met onze sympathieke gids een biertje gaan drinken in een tof café!
Een echte aanrader!Toffe ervaring!
Helga🇨🇭 Switzerland
21 June 2022
Leuke rondleiding gehad. Hij kent de stad op zijn duimpje en vertelt leuke anekdotes. Zijn Engels is ook prima. Hij geeft ook nog wat tips voor na de rondleiding (bijv. wat wel of beter niet te bezoeken). Nathan kent de stad op zijn duimpje
Franz🇦🇹 Austria
18 June 2022
Lieber Nathan, vielen Dank für diese kleine Rundreise zu den wichtigsten historischen Punkten deiner Stadt. Brügge ist ja einerseits voll mit Touristen, aber andererseits haben wir mit Dir auch Ecken entdeckt, die etwas abseits ausgetretener Pfade zu finden sind. Auch die Hinweise zu überteuerten Lokalen und Kennzeichnungen echter Schokolafdenqualitaät haben wir in weiterer Folge berücksichtigt. Vielen Dank für diese Erfahrung - leider viel zu kurz - und viel Erfolg am 3. September 2022:-)Historisch einmalig
Sonny🇧🇪 Belgium
12 June 2022
zeer fijne wandeling gemaakt met Nathan.
was een enorm leuk en informatieve tour.
gebracht op een heel toffe losse manier en dus niet te straks . wat het heel aangenaam maakt . liet ons leuke plaatsen zien die we zelf niet zouden vinden . en uiteraard de lekkere chocolade winkels.
wij raden Nathan zeker aan als gids!zeer fijne tour
Ellen🇳🇱 Netherlands
5 June 2022
De Bourgondische en sympathieke Nathan heeft ons een mooi inkijkje gegeven van de prachtige stad Brugge. We hebben leuke tussendoorstraatjes en minder bekende pleinen en plekjes gezien, naast de bekendere (toeristische) plaatsen. En zo gemoedelijk wandelend hoor en zie je meer dan je doet zonder gids. Aanrader dus!Gezellig op pad met Nathan
Chantal🇺🇸 United States
20 May 2022
We enjoyed our 2-hour tour with Nathan! Great highlights of Brugge and looking forward to exploring more based on his recommendations for food and beer spots. Great Tour!
Allan🇨🇦 Canada
15 May 2022
Nathan met our group of 14 Canadians promptly at the prearranged meeting spot in Burg Square. He was knowledgeable, hospitable, friendly and fun throughout our extensive walking tour of the city. Our time flew by as we enjoyed his stories and anecdotes, and were shown areas we would never have found on our own. The history he shared with us was fascinating and insightful.
We would highly recommend him as your guide to introduce you to this beautiful, historic city. Wondeful way to be introduced to Brugges and Belgian hospitality
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More about me
I'm a guide in Bruges for some time now and I love every part of it. Sunshine or rainy weather, I'm always here to show you around the cool, interesting and unknown places of this beautiful city! I'll tell you all about the tourist traps, the places to go to and the places to definitely avoid. I'm your local guide, let me introduce you to my favorite city in the world!