Christmas market in Bruges 2024
Comfortable travel with the train
- Price from € 32* with Intercity Brussels
- Price from € 36* with Eurostar
- Travel time Amsterdam - Bruges: 3.36 hours
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Celebrate Christmas in Bruges at the winterfair
Romantic, charming and cozy. The atmosphere in Bruges unsurpassed when the historic downtown changes in a large, buzzing Christmas market. Look around, take a stroll and buy. That's what you can do in the most beautiful small city in Europe.Travel to the X-mas market in Bruges by train
Your trip to Bruges with Eurostar
Erostar will bring you from Amsterdam Central Station, Schiphol or Rotterdam Central Station to Antwerp, where you can catch a train to Bruges. Book your one-way trip from € 36. The sooner you book, the lower the price. View your itinerary using the international itinerary planner.
Christmas trip to Bruges with Intercity Brussels
Intercity Brussels becomes Eurocity Direct and EuroCity from 15 December
From 15 December 2024, the name and route of Intercity Brussels will change. The fast train to Brussels will soon be called Eurocity Direct. In addition to the Intercity, there will also be an extra train to Belgium, EuroCity. Until that date, you can continue to travel on the current trains.
More information about the new trains between the Netherlands and Belgium
Taking Intercity Brussels? Then travel to Antwerp. There you can catch the intercity to Gent St. Pieters. In Ghent, change trains to Bruges. Travel time from Amsterdam Centraal is 3.36 hours, the price for a one-way ticket starts at € 32 with the Early Bird rate.
| 2nd class | 1st class | |
| Flex rate | € 68.10 | € 109.50 |
| Early Bird | € 31.50 | € 48.50 |
*Early Bird can be booked up to 3 days before departure, limited availability. Listed from-prices are based on tickets from Amsterdam Central Station, one-way. The price of Intercity Brussels is based on kilometres – if you depart form a station that is closer to Bruges, then the trip is cheaper.
When is the Christmas market in Bruges?
'Wintergloed', the winter festival in Bruges where the city is beautifully decorated and illuminated, will take place from November 22, 2024 to January 5, 2025. The Christmas markets are part of the celebration.
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