Thinking of going to Bruges or similar Europen destination around

I can imagine the crowds. Bruges is bad enough already when there's no Christmas around.

>>1187372
I hadn't considered that, it will be heaving... But it's not unmanageable.

>>1187366
Go to Ghent instead. Bruges is lame.

>>1187366
Sounds like a good idea, its a fairytale fucking town.

>>1187390
Seconding this. I've been to both, both are pretty towns, but Ghent might not be filled with half a million tourists at the time.

Otherwise, mid-sized German cities might offer what you need - Augsburg, Nuremberg, ..

>>1187414
>>1187390
Cheers guys, thanks. I'm looking to book tonight .

>>1187578
Basically what the other anon said about Ghent, but I'd suggest going through the area. It's awfully small (assuming you're American), it takes 30 minutes to go from Bruges to Ghent, and an hour to get to Antwerp from Ghent (roughly the same to Brussels)

So if you wanna go to that area, just move around, the trains work fairly well and it gives you some time to read about the place you're going to

But in terms of booking, Ghent is more in the middle of all of those cities, so booking a place to stay in Ghent would be the most efficient i think

>>1187603
Cheers pal, I'm English and only going for a couple of nights, as it's easy to get to via Eurostar changing trains in Brussels.