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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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The hotel price comparison site trivago has put together a list of ten top-rated hotels, all of which have featured prominently in internationally successful movies. The travellers - who rated the hotels for this list - put the ‘In Bruges’ hotel Relais Bourgondisch Cruyce on the fifth place.

The shooting of the movie ‘In Bruges’ dates from 2008. The crew rented the whole hotel for 3 months to film the room where the characters of Colin Farell and Brendan Gleeson could stay low after a failed job as contract killers.

The top 10 movie hotel list:

1. Hôtel de Paris (Monaco, Film: Iron Man 2, 2010)
2. Hotel Park Hyatt Tokyo (Tokyo, Film: Lost in Translation, 2003)
3. Grand Hotel de Cabourg (Cabourg, Film: Coco Before Chanel, 2009)
4. Hotel Giraffe (New York, Film: Sex and the City - the movie, 2008)
5. Hotel Relais Bourgondisch Cruyce (Bruges, Film: In Bruges, 2008)
6. Budapest Marriott Hotel (Budapest, Film: Munich, 2005)
7. Hotel 71 (Chicago, Film: The Dark Knight, 2008)
8. Hotel de la Reconquista (Oviedo, Film: Vicky Christina Barcelona, 2008)
9. Grandhotel Pupp (Karlsbad, Film: Casino Royal, 2006)
10. Hotel Regina (Paris, Film: The Bourne Identity, 2002)

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The first phase of a large hotelpoject in Seabruges (Zeebrugge, harbour of Bruges) has been started: the construction of a new All Seasons hotel. The hotel will have 58 rooms and will open in the Summer of 2012. The All Seasons hotel in Seabruges will focus on business people, meetings and off course tourists.

During the next 3 phases, the Harbour Garden Resort will be constructed. This resort will have 274 suites, a congresscentre for 300 people and also many welness facilities.

When all phases will be finished, this complex will be the biggest leisurecomplex on the Flemish coast and will put Seabruges on the map again.

Source picture: http://www.apzi.be

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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