4.3 km | 4.6 km-effort
Bruges is only a mere 15 km away from the North Sea... and, a few centuries ago, the distance was even shorter, as a sea inlet (which has completely stilted up since) linked the town almost directly to the sea. Sea products always were on the menu in Bruges, which is still the case today in many of the town's restaurants. Bruges fish market used to be in the town's centre (at a corner of the 'Markt' square)... but, due to the not-that-pleasant smells, it was moved to its current location in 1821. From Tuesday to Saturday, you can visit the fish market in the morning, where freshly-caught sea fish is still sold nowadays. For a long time, sea fish was a kind of luxury product, affordable only by the richest, while the poorer had to satisfy themselves with less expensive freshwater fish from the area, which used to be sold at the nearby 'Huidenvettersplein' (a smaller square nearby).
Most restaurants in Bruges offer sea products: sea fish (cod, sole, plaice...), and also lobster, shrimps, mussels (in season)... Eel (which is quite common in the fresh- or brackish water in the little canals and ditches in the area around Bruges) is also a typical regional fish product.
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