Why now? For the Snow & Ice Sculpture Festival (Nov 21-Jan 11, 11 adults, 7 children, icesculpture.be) when 300,000kg of ice and 400 tons of snow will be shipped in to the square in front of Bruges railway station for ice sculptors to work their magic on. Getting there Stay two nights in a room overlooking the canal in the functional three-star Hotel Bryghia with Inntravel (01653 617906, inntravel.co.uk) from £208pp B&B, including Eurostar from St Pancras to Brussels and onward train to Bruges. What to do With its cobbled streets, historic buildings, Christmas market (Nov 24-Dec 31), ice rink in the city's medieval main square and horse and carts plodding by, Bruges is as pretty as a Christmas card. Where to eat For a break from the unavoidable moules frites joints, try the family-run De Stove (restaurantdestove.be), which serves a set menu of pheasant breast, sea bass with green pea coulis, panna cotta with hazelnuts, dates and oranges.
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