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In May 2010, Low-budget hotelgroup Etap, part of the Accor group, opens the first low-budget hotel in Bruges. The hotel, located next to the Bruges railway station, will have 184 rooms (5 rooms for handicapped people, 118 double rooms and 61 tripple rooms). Etap hotel Bruges will be the biggest hotel of Bruges. The hotel will be part of a huge development-project containing stores like Saturn (electronics, opening 2nd of December),  Carrefour, KBC and Subway.

update: Etap Brugge Centrum Station opens May 17th

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This week, ZDF started filming the first scenes of the movie ‘Traum aus Schokolade’ at the ‘Brugs Vrije’, which is located in het left corner of the ‘Burg’. In the fim, ‘Brugs vrije’ will be a fictitious hotel with the name ‘Belle Etoile’ (beautiful star). In real life, this building is the administrative center of the city of Bruges.

update: ZDF will broadcast the movie on Sunday 21/11/2010

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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

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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: Bruges-movie-walk

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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