Come join us as we explore Bruges, Belgium! Our Bruges City Guide features things to do in the city along with suggestions for Belgian street food including waffles, chocolate and fries. Come find out what makes this one of the more charming cities we visited while traveling in Belgium. Bruges Playlist: In Bruges with Busabout Frites: Belgian Fries taste test in Bruges, Belgium Eating delicious Belgian chocolates in Bruges Belgian Waffles taste test in Bruges, Belgium GEAR WE USE Olympus OM-D E-M5 II: http://amzn.to/1OchS7t Canon G7X: http://amzn.to/1YdjsYX Olympus 14-150mm II Lens: http://amzn.to/1Y79zeM Rode Video Mic GO: http://amzn.to/1WDKtVM Joby Gorilla Pod: http://amzn.to/1PgoY5F SanDisk 16GB Extreme Pro: http://amzn.to/25KEErs SOCIAL MEDIA & TRAVEL BLOGS AUDREY: blog: http://thatbackpacker.com/ instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatbackpac... facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thatbackpacker twitter: https://twitter.com/ThatBackpacker SAMUEL: blog: http://nomadicsamuel.com/ facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nomadicsamuel twitter: https://twitter.com/NomadicSamuel instragram: https://www.instagram.com/nomadicsamuel/ Our Bruges Travel Guide features some of the best things to do in the city including sections featuring nightlife, arts, museums and entertainment along with restaurants and street food worth sampling. You'll find our guide offers more than what is typically featured in a tourism brochure. Bruges City Guide - Travel Belgium Travel Video Transcript: Well, Hello and welcome to Brugge! We are excited to explore the city. We just got here in the afternoon. The light is perfect, the day is beautiful and we're going to go explore and see what the city is all about. Once in Bruges we set off to see the Old Town. We watched horse-drawn carriages roll down the square, admired the buildings, and visited chocolate shops because if there's one thing you have to do in Belgium, it's sample all their delicious chocolate. So good morning. It is the start of day 2 here in Bruges, so we're going to continue sightseeing. I think the first order of business is to try and find a boat so we can take a little tour down the canals and maybe after that we'll start thinking about food. I know there is a few Belgian dishes that we're itching to try so let's get started with the day. We started off the morning with a cruise down the canals. Like many cities in Europe, Bruges too has earned the nickname 'The Venice of the North' due to the numerous waterways that run through the city. It was a great way to get a closer look at the city, and it didn't hurt that we had swans to keep us company. So we have a very exciting taste test coming up today. We are in Bruges, Belgium and that means we have to try Belgian fries. Not French fries. So let's get a look at that and then I'm going to give you a bit of the history behind it. So there is a bit of a heated debate about whether fries or French fries or Belgian fries. Where exactly did they originate? So our tour guide yesterday was telling us that apparently during World War I there were a lot of British and American soldiers who were between Belgium and France and sometimes they didn't know what country they were in. All they knew is that they could hear French being spoken. So they assumed we must be in France and these must be French Fries. So it is time for our last taste test here in Belgium, so we stopped by a chocolate shop to pick up some hand made chocolate. And the Belgians actually used to have a colony in Africa, so that meant cocoa beans, and plenty of time to perfect the art of chocolate making. So that means today they are one of the leading experts in chocolate production, so today is a chocolate taste test. Waffles! Waffles! We are having waffles! Well, considering today is our last full day in Belgium we couldn't leave the country without trying at least one Belgian waffle. And to prove its authenticity it even has a Belgian flag. Why don't you take out that flag and wave it. Come on, go wave it. Wave the flag? Wave that flag. Belgian waffles, dun da da dun da da. Belgian waffles. dun da da dun dah. So the funny thing about Belgian waffles is that there is no such thing as Belgian waffles in Belgium. Sure, in North America we call them Belgium waffles but here they are just regular old waffles. And that is only because we have crappy waffles. Yes, we have to put them in the toaster. We usually buy them from the frozen section in Canada. But anyway, what sets these waffles apart is that they are a lot larger, a lot fluffier and the squares are a lot bigger than your average waffles that you buy from the frozen section back in North America. So let's dig in before this starts melting. This is part of our Travel in Belgium video series showcasing Belgian food, Belgian culture and Belgian cuisine. Music in this video courtesy of Audio Network

• published: 09 Dec 2016
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