Belgium,  Bruges

bruges after dark

bruges is such a fantasy-like town that as good looking as it is during the day, it’s even better looking at night.  the canals and towers are lit up and if you’re lucky, you’ll still catch some swans swimming around.  we had planned to take some photos on our first two nights in town but like denmark, the sun doesn’t go down until quite late.  by 10pm it’s just becoming dusk and it’s not fully dark until nearly 1030pm.  so the previous nights when we decided to pop inside to warm up, we just got too comfortable and never left the confines of our toilet-puck scented room.  though in our defence, one of the nights we stayed up to rewatch ‘in bruges’ because, well, we’re geeks.

while colin farrell’s initial take on bruges was harsh,

if i grew up on a farm and was retarded, bruges might impress me.  but i didn’t so it doesn’t

he did lighten up after walking around town at night time so i guess bruges just has that magical power about itself.

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our first stop at dusk. it took a long time to get dark but the light faded quickly
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it was really cool how quickly the colours changed
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and the final one just past 10pm
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minnewater bridge
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the view from minnewater bridge looking back at church of our lady bruges
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a closeup of minnewater bridge
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the beginjohf, home to ’emancipated lay-women’ in the medieval ages and now home to only about 25 nuns
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the church of our lady of bruges
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probably some really long name that i didn’t have the awareness to remember
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the lone swan either posing for pictures or looking for a midnight snack
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with thinned out crowds and reflections galore, bruges is a great place to stroll
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a retired canal tour boat
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one of the boarding docks for the canal tours. very quiet as they stop operating at 5pm
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the belfry in the calm of the night
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bruges in a nutshell

just like photography has piqued my interest, shooting at night is both challenging and fun especially when there’s water around.  i’m really looking forward to amsterdam especially with moving boats.  i’m going to have to start mortgaging some of my tennis gear for a legitimate tripod once i get home…

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