Bruges · December
Where to go from Bruges in December
175 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what December is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on.
Good for December
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
On in December
- Christmas Market in Lille 1h 53
- International Short Film Festival Leuven in Leuven 1h 56
- Winterlicht in Schiedam 2h 43
- Museumplein in Amsterdam 3h 22
- Skate parade in Utrecht 3h 48
- Christmas Markets in Strasbourg 4h 40
- Art | Basel in Basel 6h 10
- Basler Weihnachtsmarkt in Basel 6h 10
- Mill Road Winter Fair in Cambridge 6h 11
- Derby's Ethical Christmas Market in Derby 6h 30
- York Christmas Festival in York 7h 05
- Christmas Market in Sheffield 7h 06
- Winter Wonderland in Cardiff 7h 10
- Soledurner Wiehnachtsmäret in Solothurn 7h 27
- Cathedral Christmas Market in Lincoln 7h 37
- Medieval Christmas Market in Lincoln 7h 37
- Lincoln Christmas Market in Lincoln 7h 37
- St Nicholas Day in Fribourg 7h 58
Most happen every year in December; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Bruges, December has 7 h 55 of daylight.
- Ostend · Belgium 26 min — 7 h 55
- Ghent · Belgium 43 min — 7 h 57
- Kortrijk · Belgium 1h 10 — 7 h 59
- Brussels · Belgium 1h 15 2–7° 87 mm 7 h 59
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 1h 29 — 7 h 55
- Kraainem · Belgium 1h 42 · 1 ch 2–6° 79 mm 7 h 58
- Aalst · Belgium 1h 47 · 1 ch — 7 h 58
- Antwerp · Belgium 1h 47 2–7° 91 mm 7 h 55
- Ypres · Belgium 1h 49 · 1 ch — 7 h 58
- Mechelen · Belgium 1h 51 · 1 ch — 7 h 57
- Lille · France 1h 53 · 1 ch 2–7° 73 mm 8 h 01 Christmas Market
- Leuven · Belgium 1h 56 — 7 h 58 International Short Film Festival Leuven
- Charleroi · Belgium 2h 04 · 1 ch — 8 h 03
- Liège · Belgium 2h 11 · 1 ch — 8 h 01
- Lier · Belgium 2h 22 · 1 ch — 7 h 56
- Ath · Belgium 2h 30 · 2 ch — 8 h 01
- Namur · Belgium 2h 32 · 2 ch — 8 h 02
- Rotterdam · Netherlands 2h 34 · 1 ch 1–7° 86 mm 7 h 48
- Paris · France 2h 40 · 1 ch 4–8° 62 mm 8 h 17
- Schiedam · Netherlands 2h 43 · 2 ch — 7 h 48 Winterlicht
- Delft · Netherlands 2h 49 · 2 ch — 7 h 47
- Hasselt · Belgium 2h 54 · 1 ch — 7 h 58
- Kerkrade · Netherlands 3h 01 · 2 ch — 7 h 58
- The Hague · Netherlands 3h 02 · 2 ch 2–7° 76 mm 7 h 46
- Saint-Cloud · France 3h 03 · 3 ch — 8 h 17
- Dinant · Belgium 3h 08 · 2 ch — 8 h 04
- Breda · Netherlands 3h 09 · 2 ch — 7 h 51
- Heerlen · Netherlands 3h 10 · 2 ch — 7 h 58
- Amiens · France 3h 12 · 2 ch — 8 h 08
- Dordrecht · Netherlands 3h 16 · 3 ch — 7 h 49
- Leiden · Netherlands 3h 17 · 2 ch — 7 h 45
- Versailles · France 3h 19 · 3 ch — 8 h 17
- Amsterdam · Netherlands 3h 22 · 1 ch 2–7° 82 mm 7 h 43 Museumplein
- Tilburg · Netherlands 3h 25 · 2 ch — 7 h 52
- Spa · Belgium 3h 25 · 3 ch — 8 h 02
- Gouda · Netherlands 3h 28 · 3 ch — 7 h 47
- Valkenburg aan de Geul · Netherlands 3h 32 · 2 ch — 7 h 58
- Disneyland Paris · France 3h 36 · 3 ch — 8 h 17
- Zaandam · Netherlands 3h 36 · 3 ch — 7 h 42
- Haarlem · Netherlands 3h 37 · 4 ch — 7 h 43
Journeys from Bruges's stations on a Tuesday from 08:00, waiting for the train included, from published timetables as of 19 October 2026. Temperatures and rain are long-term averages from each city's Wikivoyage article (CC BY-SA); daylight is worked out for the middle of the month.
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