Tattoo shops in Bruges
Thinking about ink in Bruges, Flanders? Start with the studios: 23 are mapped here. All 23 are mapped as tattoo studios proper, and each one is worth a portfolio browse before you commit — style varies more between shops than towns. A consultation costs nothing and tells you everything about how a shop runs.
This guide covers every tattoo shop we could verify in and around Bruges (within about 30 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Bonnie & Clyde and Scream Street Tattoo, plus Brugge Ink Tattooing. If a studio's missing from Bruges's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet — the scene is bigger than any single dataset.
The Bruges tattoo lineup
23 mapped within about 30 km:
Bonnie & Clyde
Tattoo studio
Bonnie & Clyde — Tattoo studio. Also worth knowing about Bonnie & Clyde: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 12:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Tu-Sa 12:00-18:00
Phone: +32 50 22 13 28
Scream Street Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Scream Street Tattoo is Tattoo studio on 42 Sint-Jakobsstraat. Scream Street Tattoo also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
42 Sint-Jakobsstraat
Phone: +32 496 39 04 46
Brugge Ink Tattooing
Tattoo studio
Brugge Ink Tattooing — Tattoo studio on Ezelstraat.
Ezelstraat
Kingpin
Tattoo studio
Kingpin is Tattoo studio.
Tattoo-Baraka
Tattoo studio
Tattoo-Baraka — Tattoo studio, found on 27 Tempelhofstraat in Gistel.
27 Tempelhofstraat, Gistel, 8470
Tattoo Elvis
Tattoo studio
Tattoo Elvis — Tattoo studio on 14 Zuidstraat.
14 Zuidstraat
Purple Rose Ink
Tattoo studio
Purple Rose Ink is Tattoo studio.
Goons & Queens
Tattoo studio
Goons & Queens is Tattoo studio.
Devil's Tattoo Brugge
Tattoo studio
Devil's Tattoo Brugge is Tattoo studio.
Just Ink
Tattoo studio
Just Ink — Tattoo studio, found on 48 Groenestraat in Zedelgem. Also worth knowing about Just Ink: it has a website with more detail.
48 Groenestraat, Zedelgem, 8210
Jack's Tattoos
Tattoo studio
Jack's Tattoos is Tattoo studio.
Skunky
Tattoo studio
Skunky is Tattoo studio. Skunky also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Su 10:00-12:00,13:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Hours: Tu-Su 10:00-12:00,13:00-18:00
Phone: +32 491 30 07 36
The sunshine club
Tattoo studio
The sunshine club is Tattoo studio.
StarFox
Tattoo & piercing studio
StarFox is Tattoo & piercing studio. StarFox also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Clan of Tusk
Tattoo studio
Clan of Tusk — Tattoo studio.
G-Art
Tattoo studio
G-Art is Tattoo studio on 9 Camille Van der Cruyssenstraat. G-Art also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
9 Camille Van der Cruyssenstraat
Tattoo Bart
Tattoo studio
Tattoo Bart — Tattoo studio, found on 25 Oostrozebekestraat in Tielt.
25 Oostrozebekestraat, Tielt, 8760
Tattoo Classic
Tattoo studio
Tattoo Classic is Tattoo studio on 25 Geernaartstraat. Tattoo Classic also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-19:00; Su 13:00-18:00; it has a website with more detail.
25 Geernaartstraat
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-19:00; Su 13:00-18:00
Loco Tattoo Art
Tattoo studio
Loco Tattoo Art is Tattoo studio.
Wanderlust
Tattoo studio
Wanderlust — Tattoo studio on 56 Sint-Jakobsstraat.
56 Sint-Jakobsstraat
Tattoo Soarsa
Tattoo studio
Tattoo Soarsa is Tattoo studio. Tattoo Soarsa also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: +32 487 42 96 96
Skin Culture
Tattoo & piercing studio
Skin Culture is Tattoo & piercing studio on 76 Noordstraat. Skin Culture also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-18:00; it has a website with more detail.
76 Noordstraat
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-18:00
Inksane
Tattoo studio
Inksane — Tattoo studio on 164;166;168 Ardooisesteenweg.
164;166;168 Ardooisesteenweg
What the map tells us about tattoo shops in Bruges
4 of the 23 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — tattoo studios often work by appointment, so posted hours can be more of a guideline than a promise.
7 have websites listed. Studios with websites usually show portfolios there — the fastest way to tell if a shop's style matches yours.
2 of the studios are also tagged for piercings, handy if you're after both in one visit.
The Bruges tattoo shop tour
The efficient Bruges tattoo shop tour strings these together: Bonnie & Clyde, Scream Street Tattoo on 42 Sint-Jakobsstraat, Brugge Ink Tattooing on Ezelstraat, Kingpin, Tattoo-Baraka on 27 Tempelhofstraat, Tattoo Elvis on 14 Zuidstraat, Purple Rose Ink, and Goons & Queens — 23 stops, one logical order. 15 more are listed below.
Tattoo tips for Bruges
A few things worth knowing before you work through Bruges's tattoo shops:
- Bring reference images at Bonnie & Clyde. Artists work better from references than from descriptions. Collect images of the style, not just the subject.
- Browse portfolios before anything else at Scream Street Tattoo. A studio's Instagram or website tells you more than any review. If nobody there does the style you want, keep looking.
- Keep the bandage on as directed. Second-skin or cling wrap timelines vary by artist. Follow theirs, not a forum's.
- Cover-ups need a specialist. Not every artist does good cover-ups. Look for healed cover-up photos in the portfolio, not just fresh work.
Good to know
We searched about 30 km around Bruges — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new tattoo shop in Bruges can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 23 that's closed, or a great tattoo shop we missed, the fix is to update the map itself — that's where this guide reads from.
We don't rate studios or artists, and we never list prices — those are between you and the shop. What we list is the where and the how-to-find, from places real mappers have verified.
If you run one of the 23 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.
Tattoo shop listings for Bruges: 23 mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.