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People who are planning to visit the exhibition Luc Tuymans: Vision on Central Europe / Visie op Centraal-Europa (22/10/2010 until 23/01/2011) in Bruges, can download the Iphone application ‘Tuymans BC‘ for free on iTunes. This multimedia tour is available in Dutch, English and French and needs an internet connection to download its content. Brugge Centraal provides a free Wifi connection for each visitor at the exhibition’s location.

More info about the Tuymans exhibition: http://www.bruggecentraal.be/en/luc-tuymans/practical-info

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On July 24 2011, the American rockband Bon Jovi will perform on the beach of (Zee)Bruges. It’s an exclusive concert for the whole Benelux-region and also France. The group of Jon Bon Jovi is still very popular and made hit songs like ‘You give love a bad name’, ‘Bed of roses’ and ‘it’s my life’. 30000 to 50000 people are expected for the concert.

more info: http://www.bonjovizeebrugge.be/en/

webcam Zeebrugge: Livecam ‘Beach Zeebrugge (Zeebruges)’

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From the 9th till 11th of July, there’s a new edition of the ‘Best small Festival‘ Cactusfestival in the ‘Minnewaterpark’ in Bruges. This single stage rock, reggae, hip hop and R ‘n B festival has been running for more than 20 years now and has become a very popular festival the last couple of years, with the European festival award last year as a highlight.

The temporary line-up looks promising again:

Friday 9th of July

• David Gray (UK)
• Regina Spektor (US)
• Absynthe Minded (B)
• Ghinzo (B)
• I Am Kloot (UK)
• Seun Kuti & Egypt ‘80 (NIG)

Saturday 10th of July

• Jamie Lidell (UK)
• Elvis Costello & The Sugarcanes (US)
• K’s Choice (B)
• José James (US)
• Balkan Beat Box (US)
• Black Mountain (CAN)
• Balthazar (B)
• Fiction Plane (UK)

Sunday 11th of July

• Macy Gray (US)
• Tori Amos (US)
• Admiral Freebee (B)
• Heavy Trash feat. Jon Spencer (US)
• Alela Diana - Duo (US)
• The Low Frequency In Stereo (NO)
• Little Dragon (SW)

Weekendticket: 85euro, Dayticket: 36euro

More info can you find on the website of cactusfestival

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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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The popular traveler’s website Tripadvisor awarded a prize to Bruges in 3 categories:

• 9th place for Bruges in the category ‘Top 10 Romance Destinations Europe‘
• 13th place for Bruges in the category ‘Top 25 European Destinations‘
• 23rd place for Bruges in the category ‘Top 25 Destinations in the world‘