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Steenbrugge, Brugge — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Steenbrugge is a wijk of the deelgemeente Assebroek in Brugge, set along the Kanaal Gent-Brugge three and a half kilometres south of the old centre.
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Where to stay in Steenbrugge
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Steenbrugge lies along the Kanaal Gent-Brugge, and the wijk grew beside that water as a residential quarter of Assebroek. The Steenbrugge bank carries no hotel row. Rooms sit north, inside the old town of Brugge, where the Sint-Salvatorskathedraal, the Gruuthusemuseum and the Church of Our Lady stand within a few streets of one another.
The Gentpoort end of the ramparts puts the canal ride back to Steenbrugge at its shortest.
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The Kanaal Gent-Brugge bank at Steenbrugge
Steenbrugge is a residential wijk of Assebroek strung along the Kanaal Gent-Brugge, and its bank carries houses and yards instead of a hotel row. Beds are limited here, so book early.Find hotels in The Kanaal Gent-Brugge bank at Steenbruggethe shortest run between an old-town room and the Kanaal Gent-Brugge at SteenbruggeThe Gentpoort corner of the ramparts
The Gentpoort stands where the Gent road passes the ramparts of Brugge, the corner of the old town that faces the canal running down to Steenbrugge.Find hotels in The Gentpoort corner of the rampartsa first visit that wants Flemish painting and the Church of Our Lady within minutes on footThe Dijver museums around the Groeningemuseum
The Groeningemuseum, the Gruuthusemuseum and the Church of Our Lady sit within a few streets of one another, and the deepest room stock in Brugge sits with them.Find hotels in The Dijver museums around the Groeningemuseumtravellers who want the cathedral, the hospital wards and the canal road south as an easy errandThe Sint-Janshospitaal end of the old town
Sint-Salvatorskathedraal and Sint-Janshospitaal stand a few minutes apart at that end of Brugge, with Memling in Sint-Jan kept in the hospital wards.Find hotels in The Sint-Janshospitaal end of the old townHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
Things to do in and around Brugge
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Museums & Galleries
4- Sint-Salvatorskathedraal Heritage
- Sint-Janshospitaal Heritage
- Gruuthusemuseum Heritage
- Gentpoort Heritage
Churches & Religious Sites
4- Church of Our Lady Heritage
- Heilige Magdalena en Catharinakerk Heritage
- Sint-Katarinakerk Heritage
- Redemptoristinnenkerk Heritage
Castles & Historic Sites
2- Kasteel Ter Lucht Heritage
- Guido Gezelle
Parks & Gardens
1- Boudewijn Seapark Heritage
Landmarks & Notable Places
1- Huis 't Schaep
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About Steenbrugge
What are the main landmarks in Steenbrugge?
Steenbrugge's own monument is the Sint-Pietersabdij, which grew from the nuns and monks who settled here from 1879; the women of the Eekhout Abbey had already founded the Sint-Trudo convent here in 1149. The Gentpoort marks the Gent road out. Behind it stand the Sint-Salvatorskathedraal, the Church of Our Lady and the Sint-Janshospitaal, whose wards hold Memling in Sint-Jan, while the Groeningemuseum and the Gruuthusemuseum keep their collections a few streets on.
Steenbrugge's own bank of the Kanaal Gent-Brugge holds none of them.
What is the history of Steenbrugge?
Assebroek reached Brugge as a deelgemeente, a municipality in its own right before the city absorbed it, and Steenbrugge is one of the wijken that came in with it. The wijk kept the Steenbrugge name. The Kanaal Gent-Brugge cut this ground into a bank on either side, and Steenbrugge took its shape from those banks rather than from a road out of Brugge.
Under the name Otinghem the place is first mentioned in 1038, and the name Steenbrugge itself first appears in 1275.
Where is Steenbrugge?
Steenbrugge lines the Kanaal Gent-Brugge inside Assebroek, three and a half kilometres south of the historic centre of Brugge.
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What is the best area to stay in Steenbrugge?
The Kanaal Gent-Brugge bank at Steenbrugge: callers with work or family on the Steenbrugge side of Assebroek who will ride into Brugge for the rest. The Gentpoort corner of the ramparts: the shortest run between an old-town room and the Kanaal Gent-Brugge at Steenbrugge. The Dijver museums around the Groeningemuseum: a first visit that wants Flemish painting and the Church of Our Lady within minutes on foot. The Sint-Janshospitaal end of the old town: travellers who want the cathedral, the hospital wards and the canal road south as an easy errand.
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Updated October 2026