- Address: Sint-Jansstraat 7b, Brugge, Belgium
- Phone: + (32 5) 061 22 37
- Email: info@choco-story.be
- Website: www.choco-story-brugge.be
- Working hours: daily from 10:00 to 17:00
- Ticket price: Admission for adults - 8 €, for children from 6 to 11 years - 5 €, for students, groups and pensioners over 65 years - 7 €, for children under 6 years - free of charge
Visiting the chocolate museum in Bruges , called Choco-Story, you will learn why Belgian chocolate is the pride of the nation, will see the process of making handmade products and can appreciate the unique taste and the highest quality of this delicacy. We will tell more about such an unusual Belgian landmark .
History of the museum
The chocolate museum appeared in Bruges, not only because it was the Belgian Johann Neuhaus, who worked on the cough recipe, created bitter chocolate. The main reason for the creation of the museum was the annual festival of chocolate products Choco-Late. On its days, chocolate fountains literally flow in the streets, and the best Belgian masters show their works of chocolate art. After the festival there always remains a huge number of sweet masterpieces, which it was decided to transfer to the created museum.
What's interesting in the museum?
In Choco-Story you will find a collection of exquisite delicacies, and besides you can see and even participate in the preparation of handicrafts.
- The hall of the museum is dedicated to the history of the building where it is located, and also tells about the appearance of chocolate in Bruges.
- On the first floor you will learn about the times of the Maya and the Aztecs, from the culture of which the history of delicacy begins. You will be told about the customs and beliefs of these tribes, about their traditions and cocoa offerings to the gods, and about the use of cocoa as a drink or currency for purchases and exchange of goods. Further, the tour will take you to the European part of our planet, you will learn why the chocolate drink became so fond of the royal people.
- On the second floor you will be greeted by Hall C, where we will talk about the cocoa trees and their fruits, as well as the history of the production of chocolate products.
- Finally, on the third floor in Hall D you can learn about Belgian chocolate, its origin and benefits for the human body.
- At the end of the tour you will have the opportunity to watch a short film, briefly narrating about cocoa and products from it.
Undoubtedly, the most interesting visitors are waiting on the first floor, where tastings of sweet delicacies of excellent quality are held. Here is the Bar Choc, where besides sweets and other sweets you can also taste chocolate cocktails, which number more than 40 kinds. In addition, in the tasting hall you can become a witness of the work of a confectioner, who will certainly give you a gratitude for attention.
The museum also houses a rather impressive library, which contains truly unique books about cocoa, chocolate and various products from it. And, of course, with Choco-Story there is a souvenir shop, amazing with its assortment and magnificence of sweets. Here you can buy everything the soul desires, even sweet gifts for your pets.
How to get there?
The Chocolate Museum in Bruges is located in the amazing medieval castle of the Crown (Huis de Croon), whose construction dates back to 1480. A large four-story building of the castle stands in the central part of the city, near the Burg square. It is most convenient to get there by car or by public transport , which follows the city center (look for the name Brugge Centrum). The interval of movement of such buses is only 10 minutes. You should leave at the stop Central Market (another name is Belfort), from it to the museum is only 300 meters.
If you get to the museum by car, then you need to go on the routes E40 Brussels-Ostend or A17 Lille-Kortrijk-Bruges.
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