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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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Belgium is not very big, if you travel from the Netherlands to France it takes an hour to cross it. But as said before the belgians like to enjoy the good things in life. So they drive very slowly through their country to enjoy more of it. When arriving at the France border we encountered this sign with the speed limits in France. Notice the small sign below " end of the 30km/h zone". Well at that pace it would take a while to cross the belgian zone.........
The Grote-Markt in Leuven is my favorite place in Belgium, but the fact is that all of the country attracts me. The Ardennes, the Meuse Valley and all the beautiful architecture is superb. In fact I miss a lot of things... walking through those middle-age buildings... eat mussels and fries.. taste that superb beer...
This is a Belgian group that is known behindthe belgian borders. And with reason...Ever since I've heard their song 'EDEN' , a cover , I'm sort of a fan.I went to see them.'sit down and listen to hooverphonic' wasthe name of the tour. And that was exactlywhat I did. She comes up and only by that you will be impressed. She doesn't talk tothe audience. She sings... Every album they got some new instruments.The last tour a lot of songs got a new jacketand the music was all with classical instruments.Great...Go and snoop around on theirwebsite and listen.to some breathtaking music! SometimesJackie cane EdenThe world is mineVinegar and salt
The best proof of our very individual Belgiantaste in music is the Eurosong contest. Latests year we voted the candidate out of a few douzains by smsor televoting.And even then we turn out last. Ok ok , we once finished first , a wallon girl named 'Sandra Kim' won at age14. J'aime J'aime la vie.It is the flemish parth that never does anything. In 1974 this man and woman , in real lifethey are also married , went to the songcontest and they turned last.That song is still popular in belgium.They are gay icons as well.I saw them at an open air concert in Brussels..The audience went mad hearing 'Baby baby'..'De wereld is een....'.They are quit funny and amuzing and they canreally sing. You can run in to them on a cruisebecause they are asked for that a lot... 'Nicole and Hugo'
Belgium and music - it sounds like a weird combination? I don't know. It is not that Belgiumhas a bunch or famous singers but ...I have to bring the news that we are a musical country. A lot of people here have played an instrumentat some phase in their life. Anyway , a couple of weeks ago I went to see'Guido Belcanto' , most flemish people know thatname. But do they know his music?He is weird , camp , kitch...he is a transvestiteand sings about it , but he is also facinated bywomen and has a kid son. He looks greatwith red nails and has a enchanting voice.His hair looks like a exploded mattress.His songs are dramatic and funny at the sametime. A song like his we call a 'smartlap'.He filles the stage with a barrel organ , a contrabass , a piano , an accordeon anda lot of charisma.And all that makes him a typical product of flanders.I made this little collage to introduce him. If you...
Now: a focus on the Southern area that comprehends Wallonia (Wallonie). It is inhabited by the French-speaking Walloon people. The German-speaking minority is in Wallonia area too. As for landscape, it offers of course the so-called Ardenne hills. The Ardenne is a natural tourist attraction located South, far South in the highest area of Belgium. It is the densely wooded part of Belgium. There lie towns like Durbuy, La Roche en Ardenne, Rochefort, gorgeous landscape and rich history. Still, the Ardenne is part of many Belgian provinces and yes, better known towns like Namur, Liège are also in the Ardenne. http://www.visitbelgium.com/bxart03.htm Located from south of La Sambre and La Meuse, it comprehends beautiful valleys of La Meuse and La Ourthe rivers and its numerous historical monuments. Then, Between the Vesder and the Meuse lies the Country of Herve which due to its rich clay soil...
Roughly speaking, Belgium is divided between Flanders and Wallonia. Northern area comprehends Flanders (Vlaanderen) as Southern area comprehends Wallonia (Wallonie). More precisely, it is divided so according to the peoples who inhabit it: the Dutch-speaking Flemish in the North & the French-speaking Walloon in the South. The German- speaking minority is in Wallonia.Weird enough, the country is divided as if you could draw a horizontal line (just beneath Brussels Region) to separate it in two. More surface for Wallonia (it occupies 55% of the territory) but Flanders is more dense, hence the majority of Flemish people. Also, the same imaginary line divides Brabant in two: Flemish Brabant (North) & Walloon Brabant (South). As for tourism & landscapes, Flanders may appear as only green flat areas with maize fields. No, no, there is more than that. For sure, the hills there don't exceed 100m...
This cow must be the most predictable among the whole set. She just decided to be spotted with the most famous of Brussels citizens: the Manneken pis.Soo smart! I guess she ended up as the most photographed cow in Brussels streets. When I asked her about that, she just smiled. Then told me that this is the least of her concerns. She was just happy protecting the little peeing boy. Nostalgic, romantic, she began talking about what you may see in Brussels.. You know, those classic landmarks and things to do. I was listening to her, with other persons in the audience when one of us told her that we are not tourists, that we know what she was talking about. She apologized for not having noticed it and talked about the difficulty to work under this hitting sun. Sympathy for her! To know more of Brussels, go to my Brussels page, of course. - Not a city to discover and love in one day.- The...
As I said in my intro this is a special page, made of two parts, one is ready already, and the other is comming soon to tell you all about Louvain, Leuven the city, once I get back to Belgium one day soon ;-D
This is the hall of the university, you have the special decoration with the little staris in the middle, but they are closed, it is just decoration, no access is possible from there, you get inside from the door only!
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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