Since Bruges was the cultural capital of Europe in 2002, the city planned to organise a large-scale cultural festival every five years. This year there is a new edition, starting the 17th of September till the 30th of January 2011.

‘Bruges Central’ will offer varied programme of concerts, films, stage performances, exhibitions and other events over a period of more than four months. A vision of Central Europe’ will be the theme of this major event.

These are some of the main events of ‘Bruges Central’:

• Luc Tuymans: contemporary artist Tuymans creates an exposition about the historical relationship between Flanders and Central-Europe (22.10 till 23.01)
• Van Eyck to Dürer: Prestigous exhibtion about the influences of the ‘Flemisch Primitives’ on artists from the Holy Roman Empire (29.10 till 30.01)
• Laurel on the Markt: Bruges has a tradition in cultivating laurel and exporting it to Cental and East-Europe. The famous flower-artist Daniël Ost creates an oasis of laurel on the Market place (25.09 till 03.07)
• Jazz Brugge: Jamsessions, workshops and concerts on tree locations. (30.09 till 03.10)
• Enter: Social-artistic productions, a festival for all layers off the population (10.11 till 14.11)
• 500 years of carillon, Grand Music Dictation: The famous Giedrius Kuprevicius from Lithuania has been invited to Bruges as the composer and executor of the Grand Music Dictation. (09.10 and 10.10)

More info about Bruges Central: http://www.bruggecentraal.be/en/home

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