Some parts of Bruges still kept their rural character until today.
These old houses can be seen nearby the Saint-Gillis church. Saint-Gillis was once a small village, just outside the walls of Bruges. It kept its pastoral landscape of country roads, farms and meadows until the 19th century.
Visit this neighborhood on a summer afternoon, and enjoy many silent streets where you can often find souvenirs of Saint-Gillis' agrarian past.
