Belgium: Bruges and Brussels

this has great quality, cant believe it's from 2004!

I hope to visit Belgium as soon the pandemic is over. Seems so great. Huge respect from Denmark to Belgium 🇧🇪🇩🇰

The fries chef was adorable and charming! Great sense of humor. So sweet. Ha ha!

I'm also from Belgium, and I can confirm that this is one of the best "representations" of Bruges and Brussels I have seen on YouTube. Very well done !

Belgium and Belgian people are amazing. I never miss an opportunity to stay in the smaller cities -and there are a million of them. The beer is outstanding and have a Duvel on me - my favorite beer.

I just returned from Brugge and it's just as charming as 1973.  Regarding Michelangelo's "Madonna and Child" in the Church of Our Lady, our tour guide said that they are looking down because they were made for a church in Sienna, Italy where they were supposed to be installed 30 feet high and they would be looking down at the viewer.  But Michelangelo had a disagreement with the Sienna church and refused to give the statue to them, so the Brugge businessman, who shared the same lawyer with Michelangelo, was able to buy it--the only Michelangelo to leave Italy during his lifetime.  This statue is also featured in the movie "Monuments Men".

Rick Steves is an amazing citizen of the world, not just of the US or any one nation. His true and fervent passion to understand the commonalities and variations on the human experience is refreshing and enlightening. During these times of COVID and reduced ability to travel, I have taken some sweet refuge in Rick's video tours like this one. My favorites are of course Rick in Europe, but increasingly more often, he is reaching out to other nation on other continents. His Iran, Ethiopia and Turkey videos have blown me away. Seeing people and cultures I have no experience with humbles me and reduces my ethnocentrism. When you're a kid or if you don't have a chance to travel, watching Rick come into contact with wildly different societies shows just how much more in common we have than that is different.

God bless you Belgium for telling EA to take a hike with their lootboxes and started the investigation on them!!! THANK YOU!!!

I'm Belgian and I really enjoyed this, also learned a little bit too about my own country haha! I approve of this video!

Rick you bring joy to people like me who cant afford travelling the world

Just went to Brugge yesterday. An amazing city. Almost like fairy tales. And yes I remember seeing the potatoes being fried twice. Now I know why lol!

Belgium's beer is amazing! It would be my #1 reason for visiting. Also Bruges looks like a wonderful city full of history.

I'm just breathless!,this place looks unreal!!

Belgium is absolutely awesome. It was one of the European countries that was big enough but also small enough. I liked the people a lot and that is not how i always feel in Europe. It was kinda industrial and also very old. I also thought the food was killer. i will be back for sure

Belgium is so underrated. Thanks for this Rick, and maybe you should explore more Belgian regions such as Antwerp, Liege and Waterloo

My father got his engineering degree in Bruges in 1951. I visited the city in 1982. Breathtaking.

Rick, you’ve got the best job in the world. You make me miss Anthony Bourdain.

wonderful place, I was there and I liked much, peace and quiet and the friendly admosfer .

Been there’s 6 times as I live in Europe and trust me when I say this ‘every time I go there it’s a new experience’

Lived in Mons and then Brussels for 2 yrs... I really enjoyed my stay as the people and food are superb. I made many friends there, someday I'll revisit. The beers are great and the fritz (fries) were fantastic! as well...