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Chocolate, Waffles & Fries Brussels
20 Reviews Genuine Belgians use the word PRALINES for what is called "chocolates" by tourists. If outside the touristic centres you ask for chocolate you will get a bar of chocolate. The production of pralines...
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Meir area Antwerp
21 Reviews Antwerp is known as the diamonds capital of the world. But not always it had this title. In fact, the city of Brugge was the first to discover diamonds' polish technique. Lodewyk van Bercken, native...
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City Square/ Grote Markt Brugge
27 Reviews This large square is teeming with many restaurants, pubs/bars, hotels and of course shops selling all sorts of goodies. We decided to have a great meal here at one of the many restaurants. Its also...
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Down on the Beach Oostende
20 Reviews It's not exactly the French Riviera, but the beach in Oostende is a wide and sandy place that on a sunny day, could be quite enjoyable. However, this is the North Sea, so you can expect cold water and...
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War Memorials/Military Cemeteries Ieper
6 Reviews The Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintains over a million war graves as well as hundreds of memorials honouring the 750,000 war dead who have no known grave. An important task of the CWGC is to...
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Grand' Place & guild houses Brussels
92 Reviews I use to say that this square is the most beautiful that I know. Great proportions well balanced and harmonized buildings, precious details. The only sad thing was its dark look. You may imagine my...
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Grote Markt / Big Market square Antwerp
37 Reviews Unfortunately, the GUILD HOUSES are not all original. In 1576 a large part of the Grote Markt burned down. Hans Vredeman, the town architect was instrumental in rebuilding these magnificent houses, in...
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Walk or relax around the City Brugge
39 Reviews Bruges is a very easy and compact city to navigate on foot. From the moment we left the train station we walked and explored Bruges on foot even though it was a bit cold and raining, which of course...
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Fish Market Oostende
6 Reviews Night and day the 'VISSERSKAAI' is a wonderful place to walk and let your eyes feast on what is going on there.......and believe me there is a lot to be seen. Strolling around can be so very...
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Menin Gate Ieper
6 Reviews The Menin Gate is a Memorial and record of the more than 54 000 men that lost they're lives in the Ieper Salient up to 1917 and have NO KNOWN burial location. Those that were lost after 1917 and...
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Atomium & Heyzel area Brussels
35 Reviews The Autonium close up, gives you an idea how big the structure really is. I'm not sure just how far out of the city this place is located. I went there by car with a friend who wanted me to see it....
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Groenplaats (Green square) Antwerp
15 Reviews Groenplaats, or `green square' is Antwerps city centre. The name referes to the cemetary of the cathedral that used to be there in medieval times, and was enbordered with little trees and greenery....
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Canals/Bridges . Brugge
32 Reviews The gingerbread/candy-looking houses are unique in the world. The city is like from a fairy tale. The canals - like a mini-Venice. Very good athmosphere. Good beer. The athmosphere, the nice...
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Statues / Monuments Oostende
4 Reviews On the Vissersplein (Fisherman's square), you see 'De Eeuwige Toeschouwer' (The Eternal Spectator) and are from the hand of the sculptor Bernhart Vandenberghe. The statue unveiled for public on 24...
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History of Ieper Ieper
11 Reviews From the time the Romans conquered the Belgae people, the area has been invaded by successive armies and has suffered from the ravages of war. Yet, Ypres has managed to grow and by the 13th century...
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Tours & Walks Brussels
57 Reviews Walking around Brussels you might be forgiven for thinking that you slipped and fallen into the funny pages. Larger than life size comics adorn many building walls in the central districts and...
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Along the river Schelde, right and left bank Antwerp
17 Reviews The river Schelde ... it was the first thing I saw in the mornings and the last thing I saw before I went to bed because I was so lucky to live right at the river Schelde with a terrific view over the...
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Belfry Tower/ Belfort . Brugge
25 Reviews Belgium likely has the most beautiful centers of towns of any country I have visited. While many are larger (Beijing, Mexico City) those in Belgium are beautiful. It alternated between clouds and sun...
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St Petrus & Paulus Church Oostende
3 Reviews when you arrive in oostende you can see the twin towers of this impressive church. this neogothical church was built in 1904-1905. the use of sandstone sets it apart from other churches in the...
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Manneken Pis Brussels
29 Reviews Manneken Pis is a bronze statuette of a naked peeing boy situated atop a fountain. It was built in 1619. Sometimes you can see this little boy dressed. He has a rich wardrobe you can see in the City...
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Museum: Het Steen/National Maritime Museum Antwerp
6 Reviews And here is a picture of that same castle! In front of it you can see the statue of Lange Wapper (Long John) a figure of one of Antwerp's legends It was fun how we both waited the moment the air...
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Het Minnewater /Love lake . Brugge
16 Reviews This lake has a very romantic name, but definitely not so romantic purpose. The river Reie was canalized so it could run through the city, the lake was used as a water pool to control the water level...
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Albert I Promenade Oostende
2 Reviews THE PROMENADE : In Ostende, the promenade, named after King Albert I, is the sunniest part. It would be a sin to leave Ostende without taking a walk on the traffic-free promenade. Our late King...
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Estaminets & Beers Brussels
23 Reviews We found several nice bars in the vicinity of the Grand Place and for so touristy an area didn’t think the prices were over-inflated. One we particularly liked was La Faucon to the east of the...
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Cathedral/Kathedraal Antwerp
16 Reviews This is something you can do in most churches and cathedrals, all right. But I usually never do it, and I don't know why, I felt so good inside this magnificent temple that I decided to light one....
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These are a few interesting official web pages to help you while planning your visit to Belgium:www.toerismevlaanderen.be: the site of the Flemish tourist authority, info available in F, NL, E, Dwww.toerismelimburg.be: hey, I have to promote my own province as well, right? in F, NL, E, Dwww.b-rail.be: the site of the Belgian railway company, plan and book ahead (if you are a resident of Belgium)
Because of its canals Bruges is often called 'The Venice of the North'. But Bruges lies in deeper inland. In the Middle-Ages the waterways to Bruges had regularly adapted and enlarged to allow large trade ships to reach the city. The canals are exclusively used for tourist boats.
Waffles are an important part of the Belgian diet and are unique because of the special waffle irons used to bake them. Waffles can be served with a variety of toppings such as powdered sugar, whipped cream, ice cream, strawberries and chocolate.
No doubt, Belgium is the country of beer. It offers more than 450 varieties of beer with many different flavours and tastes.Here a little introduction:BLANCHE or white beer: that's wheat beer, light, smooth and a little sweet. It has only low alcohol content (try HOEGAARDEN).LAMBIC: is a non malted wheat beer.GUEUZE: it's made out of two or more Lambics.KRIEK: is a lambic beer additionned with raspberries or cherries. It's very refreshing and perfect in summer.RED BEERS: these beers are fruity, sweet and sour at once.
Altough this picture wasn't taken in Belgium but In Valkenburg (Netherlands), we still want to put it here to boast the moral of our Belgian readers. (Valkenburg is very close to Belgium)This is picture taken in the Fluweelengrot, a marlstone cave. It is one of the many pictures painted on the walls there. But this one has a [ very unlikely ;-) ] story.On the left you see a Dutch man on the right it is a neighbour for Belgium. The Belgian has a club, but the Dutch has a sword swinging above his head. The question is who is going to win?The answer is fairly simple: the Belgian knight, because the Dutch sword is going to hit the rock above his head.[ We still think the story should be the other way around....... but this is what the sign said ]
This picture is made in Durbuy, the smallest city in Belgium. We would think it is easy to find a housenumber in the smallest city........... but not here! This house has actually two numbers next to the door (16 and 100).For more detail see the other picture.
Another strange belgian thing. Paying your parking fee you can choose: pay with coins or not.In the case of this parkingmeter in Lier the tariff is as follows:Tariff 1: pay with coins- 0,20 Euro per 24 minutes or- 2,00 Euro per 4 hoursif you don't pay with coins you automatically choose tariff 2.Tariff 2: half day ticket- 9,00 Euro from 9:00-14:00 or 14:00 to 19:00Do some calculating and make your choice...... 2 Euro per 4 hours or 9 Euro for 5 hours, tough, tough.Really, we will never understand the belgian method.
Jews traveling to Belgium: Kosherdelight website.Budget Antwerp: use-it site.
Belgium is a Federation of 3 main entities. The Flemish-speaking community of Flanders in the north, the French-speaking community of Wallonia in the south and the neutral capital region of Brussels (whereby both Flemish & French are official languages).Each community is represented by a flag and which is why when you are travelling through Belgium, there are so many flags fluttering around. There is the EU flag, the National flag, the regional flag, the provincial flag and in some cases, the city flag. Made for great photography with all those colours but confusing for folks..if they ever wanted to know what flag represents what. I think even the Belgians are themselves stumped at times. The flag of Wallonia is yellow with a red rooster. The rooster lifts one of his legs, and faces the hoist. It shows the kinship of the Walloons to the French (Gallic) rooster, which is singing, head up...
Belgium is a Federation of 3 main entities. The Flemish-speaking community of Flanders in the north, the French-speaking community of Wallonia in the south and the neutral capital region of Brussels (whereby both Flemish & French are official languages).Each community is represented by a flag and which is why when you are travelling through Belgium, there are so many flags fluttering around. There is the EU flag, the National flag, the regional flag, the provincial flag and in some cases, the city flag. Made for great photography with all those colours but confusing for folks..if they ever wanted to know what flag represents what. I think even the Belgians are themselves stumped at times. The official flag of Flanders is yellow with a black lion outlined in white and with red claws and tongue.To know more about the origin of the lion, please access this link:FLAGS OF THE WORLD
Conrad Brussels Brussels
11 Reviews and 322 Opinions Location, Building
Relais Bourgondisch Cruyce Brugge
4 Reviews and 299 Opinions The Relais Bourgondisch Cruyce is definitely the most romantic hotels in Brugges. Stunning location,...
Hilton Antwerp Antwerp
17 Reviews and 256 Opinions OK we´d been wanting to stay here for years, but was always too pricey. We managed to get a decent...
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