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Assebroek, Brugge — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Assebroek is a residential sub-municipality on the south-eastern side of Brugge, its own commune in West Flanders until the 1971 merger.
About Assebroek
Where to stay in Assebroek
The right area depends on your trip — here's what each neighbourhood is best for.
Assebroek keeps houses rather than hotels, so anyone sleeping here is trading address for quiet. The old core of Brugge, with the Belfry of Bruges and the Church of Our Lady, sits a short ride north-west, and the Gentpoort marks the gate on the way back in. Most rooms sit inside the Gentpoort.
Choose Assebroek if you want a residential street at night and are content to ride into Brugge for the museums.
About Assebroek
What are the main landmarks in Assebroek?
The landmark list belongs to Brugge. The Belfry of Bruges, the Groeningemuseum and Sint-Salvatorskathedraal all stand inside the medieval core of Brugge, close enough that a walk or a short bus ride covers the distance. Gentpoort, one of the surviving city gates, faces this side of the old town.
Male Castle lies further east again, past the edge of Assebroek.
What is the history of Assebroek?
Assebroek ran its own affairs until 1971. On 1 January of that year the commune was merged into Brugge, ending a separate administration and turning a village on the city's edge into one of its sub-municipalities. The council went to Brugge; the name stayed put.
Within the Flemish Region and the province of West Flanders, the address still reads Assebroek, while every civic question is settled in Brugge.
Where is Assebroek?
Assebroek covers roughly eight and a half square kilometres on the south-eastern fringe of Brugge, in the province of West Flanders and the Flemish Region.
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Updated September 2026