The genteel building with the pediment south of the central Vrijthof square is Bree’s former town hall. This now holds a branch of Oxfam and the city’s tourist office on its ground floor, while upstairs there’s a museum wi… See more

On the central Vrijthof square, Bree’s city hall is housed in a former Augustinian monastery building dating back to … See more

Bree’s cute central square is bounded to the north by the dignified city hall. The name Vrijthof comes from a walled graveyard that once took up part of this space. From 1532 this was the site of a well that was re… See more

Brouwerij Martens in nearby Bocholt has the third-highest capacity of any brewery in Belgium, at 3.6m hectolitres a year. The company goes back to 1758, and has turned its historic brewery, used from that time until th… See more

The attic of the old city hall is a repository for the Bree’s various treasures. This collection of models, documents, artefacts and photographs was first assembled in the 1970s and tells the story of Bree from prehistory t… See more