Begijnhof (Beguinage)
The typical white-painted houses and the charming inner garden with yellow daffodils: you can immediately understand why the Bruges beguinage, along with 12 other beguinages, was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1998.
The beguinage, known in full as the Princely Beguinage 'Ten Wijngaarde', is still inhabited by a nun of the Order of Saint Benedict and single women of Bruges today. Since 2023, some Rwandan Sisters of St Vincent a Paulo have also joined the beguinage. The white-painted façades used to hide the home of the beguines. The hushed monastery garden from 1245 is highly recommended.
