Fun fact: Bruges, where i live, is called "Venice of the north".

There's also a really good film: "in Bruges" - https://youtu.be/96harmMOyiY

Or a free running movie - "what tourists don't see" - https://youtu.be/2VToZ-vS2Vc

I adore Bruges, and Ghent for that matter, and have been a few times. The first time I went for whatever reason it felt virtually empty, weirder still since there was some kind of marathon that day. I ended up going to a centuries-old bar and having spaghetti (and beer of course) of all things.

Probably one of the few marathons where finalists receive a free beer ( Brugse Zot ) afterwards.

And probably the only city in the world with a beer pipeline: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/halve-maan-brewery-beer-... !

A place with its priorities straight :-)

Isn't Venice basically like Disney Land because of tourism pushing out locals?

yeah, most of the old car-free centres (Rothenburg odt too) are like this.