5 stylish spots for afternoon tea in Bruges

Two sisters, Janey and Jilly, established this cool little cafe in a former stationery shop in 2014. Located down a quiet lane, it has white walls, spiky house plants and quiet indie music. The friendly young team will bring you a perfect flat white coffee, or an Earl Grey tea.

Jurgen and Siska run an elegant tea room behind a gorgeous blue art nouveau façade. Despite the busy location, they have created a quiet, relaxed place with a romantic upstairs room and a walled terrace at the back. The tea is served on a tray with a scoop of homemade sorbet, a Dumon chocolate and a bowl of cream.

Hotel de Orangerie offers afternoon tea in an intimate dining room or outside on a waterfront terrace. You are brought sandwiches, scones with clotted cream and Belgian patisserie, along with a choice of eleven types of tea. Everything is prepared in the morning using ingredients supplied by local shops.

De Proeverie is an old-fashioned tearoom with several little rooms decorated in the style of 18th-century salons. The coffee is served on a small oval tray along with a saucer of cream and a plate of four handmade chocolates from the family shop across the street.

The Adornes family have links with Scotland dating back to the 15th century. The story is told in a museum next to the Jeruzalemkerk and echoed in the Scottish Lounge they created in 2018. Furnished with leather sofas, polished tables and art books, the lounge could be a room in a Scottish castle. Here you can serve yourself with tea and Scottish shortbread. You just leave the money in a jar.