Et job er gået galt og nu brænder jorden under lejemorderne Ray og Ken's fødder. Derfor sender deres chef Harry dem til den belgiske by Brügge, hvor de venter på deres næste opgave. Ken forelsker sig hurtigt i den lille middelalderby, mens Ray hader byens søvnige idyl. Da opkaldet fra Harry endelig kommer, har den kønne Chloë dog gjort Ray mere varm på opholdet. Men hvad har Harry på hjerte?

Ostend, Belgium. In a decadent seaside hotel, Stefan and Valerie, a newlywed couple, meet the mysterious Countess Báthory and Ilona, her secretary.

Cécile teaches English at the Collegium in Bruges. She has a boyfriend, Thomas, a student at the Beaux-Arts. Cécile lives with Mrs. Hanka, who reads horoscopes and surrounds herself with natal charts. She says she's known a lot about people for 30 years.

The story of Paul who one day meets a young dancer who is the double of the dead wife he worships. Their meeting triggers a nightmare that takes him on a midnight journey through dark canals, memories, to a theater performance in a graveyard where he learns darker truths. Filmed on location in historic Bruges.