January 16, 2012
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Charleroi with a belfry included in the World Heritage Sites List | Belgium Updated: January 16, 2020 | By Claire | More Belgian city of Charleroi is situated at the banks of the river Sambre in the province of Hainaut, the westernmost part of Wallonia, located about 50 kilometers south of the capital city of […]
Tags: archaeological-museum, banks-of-the-river, belfry, belgium, bell-tower, charleroi, charles-ii, city-of-brussels, curious-tourists, geographical-position, glass-museum, heavy-industry, museum-of-fine-arts, museum-of-photography, northern-france, river-sambre, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, wallonia, world-heritage-sites
Categories: Belgium, Sights
December 31, 2011
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Seafront Zeebrugge – a maritime amusement park in Belgium Updated: December 31, 2020 | By Claire | More Seafront Zeebrugge is a marine amusement park in the town of Zeebrugge. It is located on the Belgian North Sea coast, about 110 km northwest of the capital city of Brussels. Amusement park is situated close to […]
Tags: amusement-park, belgium, bruges, city-of-brussels, closer-look, closing-time, crew-members, exhibition, fish-market, fishermen, further-information-visit, maritime-theme-park, nieuwpoort, north-sea-coast, northwest, pirate, russian-submarine, seafront-zeebrugge, submarines, theme-park, tram, zeebrugge-port
Categories: Amusement and Theme Parks, Belgium
December 22, 2011
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Hautes Fagnes National Park – the largest nature reserve in Belgium Updated: December 22, 2020 | By Claire | More At the eastern part of Belgium you can find Hautes Fagnes National Park, whose name could be literally translated as “high marsh”. It is a plateau with marshy landscape, which is also a place of […]
Tags: animal-species, belgian-province, belgium, cross-country-skiers, easter-eggs, german-lander, heaths, highest-mountain, hohes-venn, humid-climate, kempe, marked-trails, national-park, nature, nature-lovers, north-rhine-westphalia, plant-species, rare-animal, rhineland-palatinate, roe-deer, wild-boars, wild-cats, yellow-daffodil
Categories: Belgium, Nature
August 30, 2011
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The city of Antwerp with one of the largest seaports in Europe | Belgium Updated: August 30, 2020 | By Claire | More Renowned for being the diamond capital of the world, Antwerp is the second largest city and municipality in Belgium. It’s also the capital of the province of Flanders. But more than anything […]
Tags: antique-shops, antwerp, art-galleries, backstreets, belgium, best-food, city, city-fashion, city-of-antwerp, club-culture, cosmopolitan-place, delicious-meals, designer-boutiques, diamond-capital-of-the-world, dispositions, docklands, fashion-designers, flanders, happiest-people-on-earth, historical-buildings, largest-seaport-in-europe, municipality, seaports
Categories: Belgium, Sights
July 24, 2011
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Bruges – Venice of the North | Belgium Updated: July 25, 2020 | By Claire | More Belgian city of Bruges is often called “Venice of the North“. A number of canals cross the city and can even connect to other cities. Sailing boats on the canals of the river Reya has become a very […]
Tags: 11th-century, administrative-center, art-painters, belgium, bruges, bruggy, chocolate-sculptures, city, enemy-troops, fifteenth-century, hans-memling, international-exchange, jan-van-eyck, massive-walls, merchant-family, political-geography, pralines, reya, sailing-boats, town, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, venice-of-north, venice-of-the-north, west-flanders
Categories: Belgium, Sights
February 7, 2011
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Mechelen – first railway on the European continent | Belgium Updated: May 15, 2020 | By Claire | More Mechelen (Malines in French) is a charming historic city which became in the 16th century the capital of the Netherlands for some time. It is located on the banks of the river Dijle in the northern […]
Tags: banks-of-the-river, beguines, belgium, capital-brussels, capital-of-the-netherlands, cities-in-belgium, city, city-of-antwerp, de-groote, diamond-area, dijle, first-railway-on-the-european-continent, fish-market, flanders-prominent-art-city, flemish-region, gothic-cathedral, grote-markt, high-tower, hot-chocolate, irish-missionaries, iron-age, louvain, malines, mechelen, renaissance-buildings, tourist-place, town, two-bells, typical-atmosphere, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, world-heritage-site
Categories: Belgium, Sights
January 20, 2011
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Euro Space Center – one of the major theme parks devoted to space and astronautics in Europe | Belgium Updated: May 15, 2020 | By Claire | More Euro Space Center is a fun-educational park in Belgium, located in the village of Transinne, near Redu, where are the headquarters of the European Space Agency. Euro […]
Tags: adults, astronautics, astronauts, belgium, buses, countries-of-the-european-union, day-camps, educational-park, english-german, euro-space-center, europe, europe-belgium, european-space-agency, flemish, flights, french-english, moon, redu, space, space-flight, spacecraft-simulator, theme-park, theme-parks-in-europe
Categories: Amusement and Theme Parks, Belgium
January 11, 2011
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Walibi Belgium – famous and biggest theme park in Belgium Updated: May 15, 2020 | By Claire | More Walibi Belgium is a famous amusement park in Belgium. It is located in the central part of the country, southeast of Brussels, in the city of Wavre. Walibi Belgium was opened on 26th July 1975. It […]
Tags: accommodation, amusement, amusement-park, belgium, brussels, campsite, cinema, dalton, early-november, famous-and-biggest-theme-park, food-stalls, interent, map, roller-coaster, roller-coasters, severity, souvenir-shops, terror, vampire, vicinity, walibi-belgium, wavre
Categories: Amusement and Theme Parks, Belgium
November 12, 2010
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Mini Europe park – the most popular tourist destination in Brussels, Belgium Updated: May 15, 2020 | By Claire | More The Mini Europe park is located in the capital of European Union – Brussels, Belgium. Thanks to the Mini Europe park you can walk all over European Union within a few hours. There are […]
Tags: admission-fee, animation, animations, atomium, belgium, brussels, brussels-belgium, desk, earthquake, european-cities, european-union, high-quality, mini-europe, mini-europe-park, models, monuments, night-mini, openning-hours, tourist-destination, turnover, vesuvius
Categories: Amusement and Theme Parks, Belgium
October 27, 2010
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Gent – one of the largest and richest cities of northern Europe | Belgium Updated: May 15, 2020 | By Claire | More Gent is one of the most beautiful cities in wealthy Flanders and it is also one of the largest and richest cities of northern Europe. This nice city is situated at the […]
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