Guided Tour BRUSK: Cut through 'Bigger Picture'
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An enthusiastic museum guide takes you right through the exhibition 'Bigger Picture' on a journey through time and across the world. You’ll discover how ideas, goods, and people traveled through Bruges, connecting cultures — with traces still felt today.
What you’ll discover on this tour
- Surprising insights into Bruges’ role in world history
- Interactive, story-driven guided tours with attention to both detail and the bigger picture
- How did Islamic maps shape perspectives on Bruges?
- What role did Scandinavian contacts play in the city’s economy?
- What did crusaders really bring back from the East?
- And how do all those influences still echo in our thinking today?
- You’ll see Bruges, Europe, and the world in a new light.
- Universal themes (migration, faith, science, cultural exchange)
- Meet merchants, pilgrims, and thinkers who connected Bruges with London, Venice, Baghdad, and far beyond.
- Discover rare historical objects that traveled thousands of kilometers — and broadened minds.
- See how Bruges was already a bridge between cultures long before the word “globalization” existed.
