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BELGIUM

• Brussels
• Monuments
• Atonium,
• Cathedral, 
• Museums
• Magritte, Painter
• Fine arts
• Musical Instrument Museum
• Specific
• Manneken-Pis
• Grande place (Great place)
• Royal theater.
• Laeken royal park

House of the King in the Great Place of Bruxelles

 

• Anvers
  • Monuments
    • Notre-Dame cathedral,
    • Charles Borromée church 
  • Museums
    • Momu : Fashion museum
  • Specific
    • Rubens house
    • Botanical garden
• Bruges
  • Monuments
    • Cathedral
    • Belfry
  • Museums
    • Choco Story, chocolat museum
    • Diamond museum
  • Specific
    • Bellewaerde Park from a few km of Bruges 
• Charleroi
  • Monument
    • Belfry
  • Museums:
    • Palace of Fine Arts
    • Glass museum
  • Specific
    • Reine Astrid park
• Gand
  • Monuments
    • Castle
    • Belfry and Town hall
  • Museums
    • Decoratif art museum
  • Specific
    • Botanical garden
• Louvain
  • Monuments
    • Saint Michel church
  • Museums
    • Van der Kelen-Mertens museum
    • Herge museum for the comics fan 
  • Specific
    • Botanical garden
• Malines
  • Monuments
    • Cathedral
    • Eglise Saints Pierre-et-Paul
  • Museums
    • Horlogeriemuseum
  • Specific
    • Animals park

COOKING

• Specialities
• fries, mussels
• Cheeses: Blue of Gand, Limburger, Nazareth, Watou Fagnar, Rubens, Vieux Chimay
• Desserts : kramik
• Pastries: waffles, Laces of Bruges…
• Beverage
  • Beers

LOGISTIC

• Transports
  • Airports
    • Anvers Deurne
    • Bruxelles National 12 km to the northwest
    • Charleroi
    • Liege Berset
    • Ostende Airport
  • Railway stations
    • Anvers, Bruxelles central, Bruxelles Luxembourg, Bruxelles midi, Bruxelles Nord, Charleroi, Liège, Louvain, Namur, Ostende.
  • Subway
    • Anvers, Bruxelles, Charleroi.
• Accomodation
  • Hotels (Four Season à Anvers)
• Restaurants
  • Regional, traditionnal, international
  • French-fries

INFO

• Communication
  • UTC: +1 in winter, +2 H in summer
  • Area code: +32
• Formalities
  • Currency: Euros (EUR)
• Regional products
  • Speculos biscuits, Dandoy store, Supplier to the royal court.
  • Pastries of Wittame shop, chocolats, Supplier to the royal court
  • Brown sugar
  • Pralines chocolats. 
• Practices
  • The tip is included in the note in general.
  • Drives on the right.
• Events
  • January: Brussels Antiques & Fine Arts Fair
  • 21 July: National day
  • 18 September: European Heritage Day
• Notes
  • 1815: Waterloo Battle
  • 1952: Euro entry