Bruges · Nightlife

The classic brown beer cafe: roughly 300 bottles, low ceilings, and staff who will match a beer to your taste.

Hidden down an alley off Breidelstraat, serving its own 11% tripel with cubes of cheese. Three-beer limit, strictly.

A vaulted 13th-century cellar bar just off the Markt, with a well-chosen tap list and quiet stone acoustics.

Reputedly the city's oldest pub, dating from 1515, with a garden and boules court out the back. Shuts early week.

Tasting room above the Markt with a terrace over the square; a soft landing before the serious cafes.