Mysterious reminders of the forts that made Antwerp into one of the most strongly defended cities in history can still be seen today via a cycle route.
Brussels used to love the massive viaducts that channelled cars across the city and above the people at street level.
Half of the world’s population will vote this year, but in Belgium, people will go twice, to elect four different governments.
The Flemish government has come up with a list of 60 cultural and historical topics that have shaped Belgium’s Dutch-speaking region.
Some 200 historians, guides and arms experts were involved. There were Vikings and mammoths, dukes and peasants, steam trains and trenches.
Now you find branches of Pain Quotidien in cities across the world from London to New York. But it all started in this little shop at Rue Dansaert 16.
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