It’s hard to avoid chocolate when you’re visiting Belgium and especially so in Bruges, where there are chocolate shops galore. As if it weren’t enough to be tempted by hundreds of chocolate shops, hot chocolate drinks are also widely available on menus around the city. One tea room that we highly recommend is De Proeverie, […]
Most of my visit to Leuven was in the evening, so it was a mood-oriented experience. On a long walk through the blue Leuven dusk, the architecture stood out against the sky in an almost fantastical way. The incredible Gothic Town Hall in the Great Market Square cut an intricate silhouette against the sky, and […]
urban geometries 2 – sky corridors Brussels is the capital of Belgium and is known as a “city of diplomats”. The city is the headquarters for NATO and the European Union and its diplomatic skills are constantly tested, having to cater to the bilingual tensions between the French and Flemish-speaking residents. While Brussels does not […]
Metallica at Rock Werchter 2009 в™«в™Є Belgium is a small European country that is sandwiched to its south by the French, to the north by the Dutch, and to the east by Germany and Luxembourg. The country is divided into the Flemish-speaking north (Flanders) and the French-speaking south (Wallonia) with Brussels serving as the capital […]
We’ve sung the praises of Bruges, Belgium’s Fairytale City. But Bruges charming sister village, Ghent, should not be missed and is just a couple of train stops away. Ghent has the same medieval architecture as Bruges, and it too remains untouched by decades of wars. It also offers pristine canals, and everyone’s two favorites: beer and […]
On the way to Ostend—an hour train ride from Brussels — I was reading Jules Verne’s classic Around the World in Eighty Days. In the book, the characters are constantly hopping boats and trains and going through port cities, so it felt appropriate to step off the train at the end of the line to […]
Belgium is best known for its gorgeous chocolate and beer products, but another key culinary delight is the humble waffle. If you really want to get to know the food favourites of a country, then the best way of doing so is to try them yourself.
When you’re driving on the outskirts of Brussels, you can’t help but see the Atomium structure. A huge, futuristic design, featuring nine large silver spheres and connecting tubes, it dominates the skyline. It was originally designed and built by engineer Andre Waterkeyn to represent Belgium at the 1958 Universal Exhibition and now houses an exhibition […]