Beginaż Ten Wijngaerde w Brugii - AFP

A gate opens into the Beguinage Ten Wijngaerde in Bruges, Belgium, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Brigitte Beernaert, right, and Jo Verplaetsen, left, walk through the entrance gate of a house in the Beguinage Ten Wijngaerde in Bruges, Belgium, Wed...

Residents walk in the common gathering garden inside the Beguinage Ten Wijngaerde in Bruges, Belgium, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Virginia Ma...

Swans sleep outside the gate of the Beguinage Ten Wijngaerde in Bruges, Belgium, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Brigitte Beernaert, left, and Jo Verplaetsen speak during an interview in a house inside the Beguinage Ten Wijngaerde in Bruges, Belgium, Wednesday, A...

Resident, Trees Dewever, poses for a photo in the interior of a house of the Beguinage Ten Wijngaerde in Bruges, Belgium, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (...

Resident Brigitte Beernaert reads a newspaper inside a house of the Beguinage Ten Wijngaerde in Bruges, Belgium, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/...

A woman demonstrates lacemaking in the Beguinage of Lier, Belgium, during an open day on Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

People attend a free concert in the Baroque St. Margareta Church during an open day at the Beguinage of Mechelen, Belgium, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (...

Two women dressed in traditional Beguine costume speak with visitors during an open day in the Beguinage of Lier, Belgium, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (...

A visitor sits among the daffodils in the courtyard of the Beguinage Ten Wijngaerde of Bruges, Belgium, Tuesday March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Virginia May...

Daffodils bloom in the courtyard of the Beguinage Ten Wijngaerde in Bruges, Belgium, Tuesday March10, 2026. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

A woman looks at a painting of Saint Begga, the patron saint of the Beguines, inside the Baroque Church of the Beguinage of Mechelen, Belgium, Friday...