Bruges ready for – and happy with – the Tour

Almost all hotels are fully booked for the weekend. The starting stage is currently being set up on the Market.

Thierry Peere, De Carré: “That’s the start of a great day. I think that will go well. It’s been six years, so it’s a new thing again. But when the race is gone, it will go to a normal Sunday. But it is still the start of the season for us. The beginning of the Easter holidays too, the first weekend of Easter leave. And that is a great thing to start the season.”

The streets are decorated, as here with drawings by cartoonist Marec. It creates cosiness in the city. By the way, there is also the Round for Cycling Tourists in Bruges on Saturday. Sandra Timmerman, Horeca Brugge: “And that means that from today and tomorrow we can really find a nice atmosphere of people who already come to explore the city, sit on a terrace, eat something delicious. Of course, that is also a good thing for our accommodation in Bruges. added value.”

95 percent of all hotels in Bruges are fully booked, by the weekend everything is probably fully booked.