Bruges is more than ever the culinary Mecca of Belgium. Today the Michelin guide announced their 2012 guide and awarded 2 restaurants in Bruges with an additional Michelin star: restaurant Hertog Jan gained it’s third star and is now the second three Michelin starred restaurant in Bruges. De Jonkman gained it’s second Michelin star and this brings the total Michelin stars in Bruges to 14.

Here’s a list of all Michelin starred restaurants in Bruges:

De Karmeliet ***, Chef Geert Van Hecke
Langestraat 19, 8000 Brugge
Hertog Jan ***, Chef Gert De Mangeleer
Torhoutse Steenweg 479, 8200 Sint-Michiels

De Jonkman **, Chef Filip Claeys
Maalse steenweg 438, 8310 Sint-Kruis
Danny Horseele **
Stationsweg 45c, 8380 Lissewege

Sans Cravate *, Chef Van Oudenhove
Langestraat 159, 8000 Brugge
Den Gouden Harynck *, Chef Philippe Serruys
Groeninge 25, 8000 Brugge
De Herborist *, Chef Alex Hanbuckers
De Watermolen 15, 8200 Sint-Andries
Aneth *, Chef Paul Hendrickx
Maria van Bourgondiëlaan 1, 8000 Brugge

Since October 9th, you can visit the new interactive museum ‘Sound Factory’ on top of the Lantern Tower of the Concertbuilding. The ‘Sound Factory’ offers a mix of installations where you can create your own sound by combining sounds from bronze carillon bells to digital sounds, from beats and samples to ethereal sound frequencies. Because the ‘Sound Factory’ is located on the upper floors of the Concertbuilding, you also have a nice view on Bruges and you’ll be able to take pictures of the skyline with the three important towers: Belfry, Church of Our Lady and Sint-Salvators cathedral.

Practical information:

Adult price is 6 euro.

Opening hours: 9h30 - 17h00 (last entrance at 16h15)

The new museum is located inside the Concertbuilding on ‘t Zand square.

http://www.sound-factory.be/?lang=en

From 05/10/2011 to 15/01/2012, The Kunsthistorisches Museum will lend an outstanding selection of 54 top works to the Groeninge museum in Bruges, all dating from the 15th and 16th centuries and all originating from the Southern Netherlands. Their artistic merit is unparalleled. For a period of three months paintings by Jan van Eyck, Hugo van der Goes, Hans Memling, Gerard David, Michiel Sittow, Juan de Flandes, Jan Gossaert, Joos van Cleve, Joachim Patinir, Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel the Elder and other masters will supplement the already impressive collection of the Groeninge Museum in Bruges.

The Gemäldegalerie of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna possesses one of the most important collections of old masters in the world. These great works of art were gradually collected through the centuries by the archdukes of Austria and the later emperors of the Holy Roman Empire. Following the marriage in 1477 between Mary of Burgundy and Maximilian of Austria there were close links between the ruling house of Habsburg and the Low Countries, a situation which continued until the end of the Ancien Regime in 1789.

Video report of the opening day: http://www.deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english/mediatheek_en/1.1125621

Groeningemuseum

open every day from 9:30 to 17:00 | closed on Mondays

Tickets: 8€ (individual), 6€ (discount 65+, groups(>15pers)), 1€ (youngster < 26yr)

more info: http://www.imperialtreasures.be/

In autumn 2011, ‘In Bruges’ director Martin McDonagh will start shooting a new comedy in LA, called ‘Seven Psychopaths’. Colin Farrell will play one of the lead roles, next to other famous actors like Mikey Rourke, Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell.

Like ‘In Bruges’, the script is written by McDonagh himself. The dark comedy centres on Farrell’s struggling screenwriter character who is inspired by the scams of his two oddball friends who decide to kidnap valuable dogs. They get into more trouble than they bargained for when they accidentally steal a psychotic gangster’s Shih Tzu.