Conzett Bridge – Kruisvest Windmills loop from Bruges

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Conzett Bridge – Kruisvest Windmills loop from Bruges

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Conzett Bridge – Kruisvest Windmills loop from Bruges

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7.60km

10m

Running

Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 9, 2026

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Includes movable bridges

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After 2.36 km for 41 m

After 5.23 km for 41 m

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1.28 km

Molenpad Windmills, Bruges

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On the east side of Bruges are four old windmills that can be seen on a walk along the water.

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2.38 km

It was the Swiss engineer Jürg Conzett who opened up the Vesten in 2002 with this ingenious design that spans the Coupure. Two steel tubes rest on four solid walls and the bridge deck hangs from these tubes via cables. When the tubes rotate around their axis, the bridge deck rises. Ingenious in its simplicity and perfectly integrated into the environment.

Source: VisitBruges

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2.58 km

Gentpoort Bridge

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2.66 km

Gentpoort (Ghent Gate)

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The gate is part of the second Bruges city wall from 1297. The current gate was built by Jan van Oudenaerde around 1400, together with the Kruispoort and the (disappeared) Katelijnepoort.

The gatehouse housed a museum from 2011 to 2019 that illustrates the function of a medieval city gate. From the terrace on the second floor, the visitor got a view of Bruges and its surroundings. After the renovation of the Gruuthusemuseum, which had taken over the museum role of the Gentpoort, the Gentpoortmuseum was closed at the beginning of 2020. In 2021, the Koninklijke Gidsenbond took up residence there.

The Gentpoort bridge crosses the Ringvaart at the Gentpoort.

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3.88 km

De la Faille Castle at Minnewater

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The Castle de la Faille on the Minnewater in Bruges was built in 1890 in neo-Gothic style to a plan by architect Charles De Wulf for the flower trader Leon De Wulf.
This merchant had a flour mill along the Kolenkaai, and was also alderman of Bruges.
In 1980 the city council bought the castle and realized the full connection to the Minnewater by expanding the park. The castle was protected as a monument in 1996.

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3.94 km

View of the Minnewater and the Church of Our Lady in Bruges

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4.03 km

Poertoren (Powder Tower), Bruges

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The Poertoren is a tower on the Begijnenvest in Bruges. The tower has been the storage place for the city's gunpowder since 1477 and owes its name to the West Flemish word for gunpowder: poer. The 18 meter high tower has a diameter of 8 meters; the walls are about 1.3 meters thick.

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