Bruges · May
Where to go from Bruges in May
175 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what May is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on.
Good for May
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Lyon 4h 58 France Highs of 22°, and Nuits sonores.
- Bristol 6h 59 United Kingdom Highs of 17°, and Great Bristol Run and 1 more on.
- Ypres 1h 49 Belgium Kattenstoet.
- Brighton 6h 20 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Brighton Festival and 1 more on.
- Eastbourne 6h 49 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Beer and Cider by the Sea.
- Sheffield 7h 06 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Sheffield Food Festival.
On in May
- Kattenstoet in Ypres 1h 49
- Breda Jazz Festival in Breda 3h 09
- Gipsyfestival in Tilburg 3h 25
- Skate parade in Utrecht 3h 48
- 61st Record Planet Mega Record & CD Fair in 's-Hertogenbosch 3h 52
- Dag van het Levenslied in Nijmegen 4h 26
- Roze Meifeesten in Nijmegen 4h 26
- Bevrijdingsfestival Overijssel in Zwolle 4h 43
- Nuits sonores in Lyon 4h 58
- Burghley Game & Country Fair in Stamford 6h 08
- Festival of Literature in Swindon 6h 10
- Cambridge Beer Festival in Cambridge 6h 11
- Rowing in Cambridge 6h 11
- Brighton Festival in Brighton 6h 20
- The Great Escape in Brighton 6h 20
- Rock'n Solex in Rennes 6h 27
- Winchester Chamber Music Festival in Winchester 6h 28
- Eel Day Festival in Ely 6h 39
- Beer and Cider by the Sea in Eastbourne 6h 49
- Great Bristol Run in Bristol 6h 59
- Upfest in Bristol 6h 59
- Sheffield Food Festival in Sheffield 7h 06
- International Jazz Festival in Cheltenham 7h 12
- Wychwood Festival of Music in Cheltenham 7h 12
Most happen every year in May; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Bruges, May has 15 h 33 of daylight.
- Ostend · Belgium 26 min — 15 h 34
- Ghent · Belgium 43 min — 15 h 32
- Kortrijk · Belgium 1h 10 — 15 h 30
- Brussels · Belgium 1h 15 9–18° 60 mm 15 h 30
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 1h 29 — 15 h 33
- Kraainem · Belgium 1h 42 · 1 ch 8–18° 70 mm 15 h 31
- Aalst · Belgium 1h 47 · 1 ch — 15 h 31
- Antwerp · Belgium 1h 47 9–19° 60 mm 15 h 33
- Ypres · Belgium 1h 49 · 1 ch — 15 h 30 Kattenstoet
- Mechelen · Belgium 1h 51 · 1 ch — 15 h 32
- Lille · France 1h 53 · 1 ch 9–18° 62 mm 15 h 29
- Leuven · Belgium 1h 56 — 15 h 31
- Charleroi · Belgium 2h 04 · 1 ch — 15 h 27
- Liège · Belgium 2h 11 · 1 ch — 15 h 29
- Lier · Belgium 2h 22 · 1 ch — 15 h 33
- Ath · Belgium 2h 30 · 2 ch — 15 h 29
- Namur · Belgium 2h 32 · 2 ch — 15 h 27
- Rotterdam · Netherlands 2h 34 · 1 ch 8–18° 56 mm 15 h 39
- Paris · France 2h 40 · 1 ch 11–20° 69 mm 15 h 15
- Schiedam · Netherlands 2h 43 · 2 ch — 15 h 39
- Delft · Netherlands 2h 49 · 2 ch — 15 h 40
- Hasselt · Belgium 2h 54 · 1 ch — 15 h 31
- Kerkrade · Netherlands 3h 01 · 2 ch — 15 h 31
- The Hague · Netherlands 3h 02 · 2 ch 8–17° 53 mm 15 h 40
- Saint-Cloud · France 3h 03 · 3 ch — 15 h 15
- Dinant · Belgium 3h 08 · 2 ch — 15 h 26
- Breda · Netherlands 3h 09 · 2 ch — 15 h 36 Breda Jazz Festival
- Heerlen · Netherlands 3h 10 · 2 ch — 15 h 31
- Amiens · France 3h 12 · 2 ch — 15 h 23
- Dordrecht · Netherlands 3h 16 · 3 ch — 15 h 38
- Leiden · Netherlands 3h 17 · 2 ch — 15 h 41
- Versailles · France 3h 19 · 3 ch — 15 h 15
- Amsterdam · Netherlands 3h 22 · 1 ch 9–18° 54 mm 15 h 43
- Tilburg · Netherlands 3h 25 · 2 ch — 15 h 36 Gipsyfestival
- Spa · Belgium 3h 25 · 3 ch — 15 h 28
- Gouda · Netherlands 3h 28 · 3 ch — 15 h 40
- Valkenburg aan de Geul · Netherlands 3h 32 · 2 ch — 15 h 31
- Disneyland Paris · France 3h 36 · 3 ch — 15 h 16
- Zaandam · Netherlands 3h 36 · 3 ch — 15 h 43
- Haarlem · Netherlands 3h 37 · 4 ch — 15 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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