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title: "Coffee in Bruges: Where Locals Actually Go"
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description: "Skip the tourist traps. These are the cafés that Bruges residents use as their living room."
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Food & Drink · 3 min · April 11, 2026

# Coffee in Bruges: Where Locals Actually Go

Skip the tourist traps. These are the cafés that Bruges residents use as their living room.

Image: Coffee in Bruges: Where Locals Actually Go (https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1666600638856-dc0fb01c01bc?w=800&q=80)

Café Vlissinghe on Blekersstraat has been open since 1515. It's Belgium's oldest café.

That's Toast on Hauwerstraat does excellent specialty coffee. The Books & Brunch on Garenmarkt is a bookshop-café hybrid. Mokka on Sint-Jakobsstraat roasts their own beans.

For something different, try a Bruges coffee (Brugse koffie): hot coffee with jenever and whipped cream. It's strong, warming, and distinctly local.

## Where to stay

Dark Chocolate Room: https://www.chocolatesuites.be/en/rooms/chocolate-suite-1
Candy Family Suite: https://www.chocolatesuites.be/en/rooms/chocolate-suite-2
Sweet Chocolate Room: https://www.chocolatesuites.be/en/rooms/chocolate-suite-4
Giant Donut Family Room: https://www.chocolatesuites.be/en/rooms/chocolate-suite-9

See the 10 suites (https://www.chocolatesuites.be/en/rooms)

## More from the Journal

- A Romantic Weekend in Bruges: Two Days for Two (https://www.chocolatesuites.be/en/journal/bruges-romantic-weekend) 4 min
- Ghent: Bruges' Cooler, Edgier Neighbour (https://www.chocolatesuites.be/en/journal/bruges-day-trip-ghent) 4 min
- What to Do in Bruges When It Rains (And It Will Rain) (https://www.chocolatesuites.be/en/journal/bruges-rain-plan) 4 min

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