Hotels near Groeningemuseum

The Groeningemuseum holds the world's most important collection of Flemish Primitives - the 15th-century Northern Renaissance painters who pioneered oil painting and naturalistic detail decades before Italy caught up. Jan van Eyck's Madonna with Canon van der Paele (1436), Hans Memling, Rogier van der Weyden, and Hieronymus Bosch's Last Judgement triptych are the unmissable pieces.

Entry is EUR 16 (or covered by the Musea Brugge Card EUR 35 / 72h, also valid at 12 other museums). Allow 90 minutes. The collection runs from 14th-century manuscripts to 20th-century Flemish expressionism, but the 15th-16th-century rooms are the reason to come.

Pro Tip: Visit Tuesday-Thursday afternoon when day trippers have left. The Memling room (Old St John's Hospital next door, separate ticket) and the Groeningemuseum together cover almost the entire Flemish Primitives output - pair them in one morning. Closed Mondays.