Charles The Bold, The splendour of burgundy

inbruges — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:37:43 +0000

From the 27th of March till the 21st of July, you can visit a remarquable exhibition about Charles The Bold (Karel De Stoute). The duke who wanted to be a king, was an ambitious man who lived at a crossroads in European history. In his dreams, he saw a new Burgundian empire which stretched from Bruges to Dijon. He raced from one war to the next, but soon became the victim of his own ambition, dying on the battlefield of Nancy at an early age. During his short life, Charles became one of the richest princes in Europe, the personification of the pomp and pageantry of the Burgundian court and a renowned patron and exponent of the most refined culture of his day. The exhibition focuses the spotlight on this important figure in European history. The Bruges Groeninge Museum will once gain show the pomp and pageantry of medieval Burgundy in all its glory, as seen through the eyes of the Flemish Primitives and as reflected in a collection of magnificent Burgundian artefacts, loaned from major museums all over the world. These artefacts include paintings, suits of armour, tapestries, manuscripts and masterpieces of the goldsmith’s (and silversmith’s) art. The Church of Our Lady (containing the monumental tombs of Charles the Bold and his daughter, Mary of Burgundy) acts as a second exhibition location.

For more info, you can visit http://www.kareldestoute.info/en/homepage.html

Copyright picture: kareldestoute.info

Tripadvisor award for Bruges’ four star hotel Heritage

inbruges — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:31:54 +0000

The four star luxury Hotel Heritage, located in the heart of historic Bruges, has won the prestigious TripAdvisor Choice Award for Best Luxury Accommodation for 2009. According to TripAdvisor, this year’s awards are the biggest ever, with 443 hotels honored in the seventh year of the competition. Hotels received awards in the following categories: Best Bargains, Best for Families, Best Hidden Gems, Best Inns & B&Bs, Best for Romance, Best Luxury, Best Service, Best All-Inclusive and Best Brands.

Unlike any other hotel awards programs in the world, TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice winners are based on the millions of real and unbiased reviews and opinions about hotels on tripadvisor.com and content from across the web

The 24-room Hotel Heritage earns this recognition for the first time by TripAdvisor, after being in the top 3 rated hotels in Bruges for over a year. The hotel was listed #68 out of 100 hotels chosen from around the globe. “We are very proud to have earned this recognition from travelers who have experience the true luxury experience we offer at the Hotel Heritage,” said Johan and Isabelle Creytens, the owners of the hotel. “This award comes at a great time, as we are preparing for renovations and additional amenities that will delight our guests even more.”

Click here to visit the tripadvisor-page of ‘hotel Heritage’.

Source: http://www.traveldailynews.com

Martin McDonagh nominated for oscars

inbruges — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:08:26 +0000

Once again, great news for Martin McDonagh and the ‘in Bruges’-crew. The academy nominated Martin in the category ‘Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen’. It ’s his second nomination. Let’s cross our fingers on February 22nd and hope he wins his second oscar!

‘In Bruges’ got 3 changes for a ‘golden globe’

inbruges — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:35:32 +0000

Another great day for the movie ‘In Bruges’. It received 3 nominations for the ‘Golden Globes’…

‘In Bruges’ is nominated in these categories:

Best Picture - Comedy/Musical

Best Actor - Colin Farell

Best Actor - Brendan Gleeson

On January 11th 2009, we ‘ll know more…

UPDATE (JAN 12th): Congratulations to Colin Farell! He won a golden globe for ‘Best Actor’

ZDF aired ‘Herz aus Schokolade’

inbruges — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:53:55 +0000

On November 30th, German television ZDF aired the film (Herz aus Schokolade/Heart of chocolate) they shot in Bruges.

Here are some stills:

Photograph rights movie pictures: ZDF

McDonagh wins Writers Guild award for ‘In Bruges’

inbruges — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:37:49 +0000

OSCAR WINNING director Martin McDonagh has won the top prize in the second Annual Writers Guild Awards.

He was awarded the best film script for In Bruges , which he wrote and directed and which was released to critical and commercial success earlier this year. The dark comedy stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as hitmen exiled to the Belgian city of Bruges to await instructions from their boss, played by Ralph Fiennes.

The other nominees in the category were Mark O’Halloran for Garage and Mark O’Rowe for Boy A .

The awards, known as ZeBBies after actor and writer OZ Whitehead (aka Zebby), are staged by the Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild (IPSG) and were presented in The Sugar Club, Dublin yesterday by Senator David Norris.

O’Halloran won best television script for Georgie’s Story , the third episode of the Prosperity drama four-part series shown on RTÉ1 last year. The other nominees were Marcus Fleming for The Running Mate (Episode 1) on TG4 and Graham Linehan for The IT Crowd (Series 2: Episode 1, The Work Outing ) which is shown on Channel 4.

The award for best theatre script went to Christian O’Reilly for Is This About Sex? and the best radio script was by Belfast woman Lucy Caldwell for Girl from Mars which was broadcast on BBC Radio Four earlier this year.

Source: Irishtimes.com

‘In Bruges’ receives 7 nominations for the 11th British Film Awards

inbruges — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:06:21 +0000

Excellent news for ‘In Bruges’. The film is nominated in 7 categories of the 11th Britisch Independent Film Awards:

- BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM
- THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR] for Martin McDonagh
- BEST SCREENPLAY for Martin McDonagh
- BEST ACTOR for Colin Farrell
- BEST ACTOR for Brendan Gleeson
- BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR for Ralph fiennes
- BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT for Editing – Jon Gregory

BIFA takes place 30th of November

Website BIFA

In Bruges walk

inbruges — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:22:55 +0000

Together with my colleague of fietsroute.org (Belgian Cyclist-site), I created an ‘In Bruges’-walk. It’s a 6 km (3,7 mile) long walk in the historic centre of Bruges along the main filmlocations used in the movie ‘In Bruges’.

You can find the map over here: www.inbruges.info/in_bruges_walk.html

‘In Bruges’ film locations (part 4)

inbruges — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:59:32 +0000

Click the links to view a 3D-map of the movie locations:

The first pub Ken and Ray visited in Bruges. It’s called ‘Zwart Huis’ (Black house). ‘Zwart huis’ is the pub of the former ‘cinema liberty’ and ‘English Theatre of Bruges’. It was built in 1482 and you can still see some valuable interior details such as the wonderful woodsculpture above the fireplace. In july and August 2008, there are daily showings of ‘In Bruges’.

The restaurant in Bruges were Cloé and Ray had their romantic date. It’s called ‘Cafedraal’:

Photograph rights movie pictures: Focus Features

In Bruges: behind the scenes (part 2)

inbruges — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:53:15 +0000

Some more making of pictures of ‘In Bruges’. Some scenes were filmed in the Philips studio in Bruges:

The hotel were Ray and ken stayed really exists. Some shots of the hotel were filmed on this set, other scenes were filmed in the hotel itself (http://www.relaisbourgondischcruyce.be/).

Hotel-set Bruges

Top of the Belfry/Bell Tower Bruges

Stairs Belfry/Bell Tower Bruges

Photograph Rights: Frederik Casteleyn

In Bruges: behind the scenes (part 1)

inbruges — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:14:17 +0000

The making of ‘In Bruges’:

Dijver Bruges (360° panoramic view)

Burg Bruges (360° panoramic view)

Dijver Bruges (360° panoramic view)

Groeninghe Museum Bruges

Beguinage/Lake of love Bruges (360° panoramic view)

Market Square Bruges (360° panoramic view)

Rozenhoedkaai Bruges (360° panoramic view)

Gruuthuse Bruges (360° panoramic view)

Photograph Rights: Bruges city film office

Webcams Bruges on virtualearth map

inbruges — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:14:04 +0000

I created a virtualearth map with a collection of all current available webcams of Bruges.
You can find it here: http://www.inbruges.info/webcammap.html

German television shoots new film in Bruges

inbruges — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:47:46 +0000

In June, The German television ZDF starts shooting a new movie that takes place in Bruges. The title of the movie is ‘Mein liebe ist bei dir, ein Herz aus Schokolade’ (My love is with you, a heart of chocolate). It ’s a story about 2 romances which cross each other and off course about chocolate (where Bruges is known for). One of the actors is Sky Du Mont, a famous German actor known for his role in ‘Tatort’.

Bruges is a top-destination

inbruges — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:42:06 +0000

According to the members of Tripadvsisor.com, Bruges is worth place 20 in the ‘Top100 destinations Worldwide’. In the ‘Top25 Europe’, Bruges even scores better with a 7th place!
You can find the top100 here: Tripadvisor Awards

Virtual visit of Bruges

inbruges — Wed, 21 May 2008 10:20:50 +0000

Thanks to these 2 beautiful websites, you can visit Bruges virtually… I would recommend you to visit the city of Bruges in real life, but these sites are a nice alternative for those people who are not able to do it.

http://www.virtualbruges.be/

http://brugge.360cities.net/