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This charming city offers some nice shopping possibilities for everybody’s budget. Apart from small shops and exquisite boutiques there is a nice shopping gallery called Zilverpand which is located between Noordzandstraat and Zuidznadstraat. Bruges is quite manageable even when it comes to shopping. Most of the shopping areas are between the market square and the old gates of the city: Super Shopping Straat (Steenstraat, Sint-Amandsstraat, Simon Stevinplein, Mariastraat, Zuidzandstraat, Zilverpand), St.-Jakobsstraat, St.-Amandsstraat, Geldmuntstraat, Noordzandstraat, ''t Zand, Smedenstraat, Vlamingstraat, Philipstockstraat, Smedenstraat, Katelijnestraat, Gentpoortstraat. Opening times for shops are from 9 am to 6 pm or until 9 pm on Fridays. Supermarkets are in general open a bit longer until 8 pm during the week and until 9 pm on Fridays.
Bruges also has some markets where you can buy either fresh food including fish and vegetables or markets selling second hand and some antique things. Opening times for the markets are:
Food: Marekt Square: Wednesdays 7 am – 1 pm
Food / non- food: ‘t Zand Square and Beursplein: Saturdays: 7 am – 1 pm
Food / non-food: Ten Briele: Sundays 8 am - 1 pm
Fishmarket: Tuesday – Saturday: mornings
Flea market along the Dijver: Saturday and Sunday 10 am – 6 pm (March – Nov)
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