Velusso Cycling Café Bruges

Nick Riethoven — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 18:30:00 +0000

The Zilverpand in the city centre of Brugge contains a very cool café named: “Velusso Cycling Café”.
Velusso is a English company who offers different cycling related activities in Europe. We did not know that it was a cycling cafe, until we started writing this review.
We noticed the café when we were strolling around in the city. We were searching for a cozy place to drink a cup of coffee and this place looked really appealing to us.

The interior is quite industrial and it is adapted to allow cyclists to fuel up. From changing rooms to a place to stall your bike, as a small store with some cycling equipment. This café has it all!
We sat down inside and ordered some coffee. The waitresses were very kind and they made beautiful latte art in our coffees. We talked a lot with each other and before we knew, we had spent hours inside Velusso.

If you are in the area, make sure you stop by and order a nice cup of coffee or something to eat.

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Brouwerij de Halve Maan XL-Tour

Nick Riethoven — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 17:00:00 +0000

Before we start this review, we would like to say to everyone: stay strong, help each other where possible and listen to the government and experts advice about the corona (COVID-19) pandemic.
In the meanwhile, we will keep on posting our weekly reviews. We would love to hear how you are doing so feel free to comment on our post or sent us a message.

The next review from our visit to Brugge is Brouwerij de Halve Maan (Brewery the Crescent Moon). Did you know that this brewery brews the (famous) “Brugse Zot” and “Straffe Hendriks”?
The brewery is located near the heart of Brugge and it excists since 1856. The brewery is still operational on its original location which is very special. To produce more beer, they even build (an crowed funded) a pipeline for the beer to transport the beer underneath Brugge to the botteling factory just outside the city.
We would have never knew all these facts without the XL- tour that the brewery offered!
The tour started at the, currently used, brewing kettles. Our guide told us about the process and how the beer flows through all four of the brewing kettles. She told us how to use each one and how it contributes to the final product, beer.
Our next stop was at the top of the building of the brewery. This might be one of the best views there is of Brugge. You could see the whole city and all it’s assets.
Our tour ended at the bar in the basement. Since we did the XL tour, we got an unfiltered Brugse Zot, a Brugse dubble and we had the choice of a Straffe Hendriks triple or quadruple. We never drank a Straffe Hendriks and it was amazing to finally drink a quadruple beer!
The tour was fantastic and very informative and the guide did a fantastic job at explaining everything about the brewery and answering all the questions from our group. We loved it!
If you are planning to travel to Brugge, you definitely shouldn’t skip a tour at the Brouwerij de Halve Maan!

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