Ghent (Gent) is a beautiful historic city in Belgium that lies between Bruges, Antwerp and Brussels. Ghent was the ancient capital of the County of Flanders, and, in the Middle Ages, between the 11th and 13th centuries, it was one of the largest and richest cities in northern Europe, Ghent’s fortune was the processing of […]
Located in the center of the Belgian coast, Ostend is a very popular seaside resort for Belgians. The ancient city was destroyed during the Second World War and later rebuilt with anonymous buildings. For those who are fond of military architecture of the Second World War, the so-called Atlantic Wall (Atlantikwall) is interesting, a system […]
During the period of Christmas the city of Brussels organizes the event “Plaisirs d’Hiver” that in addition to the famous Christmas market attracts tourists for the many related events that are organized, you will find between these events musical events and concerts, street performers, a long track rink, processions and parades. The Christmas market in Brussels […]
Bruges is probably together with Ghent the most beautiful city in Belgium, also called the “Venice of the North”, it has a beautiful historical center, rich in valuable buildings of medieval origin and which was included in 2000 within the World Heritage Site of UNESCO. Bruges was an important market town since the twelfth century, in […]
Located near the border with France, Ypres (Ieper) was, during the Middle Ages, one of the main centers for the textile trade of Belgium, at the time Ypres rivaled in splendor and power with the nearby cities of Ghent and Bruges. Largely destroyed in the First World War, Ypres was faithfully rebuilt and restored and […]
Travel by car. Itinerary in Holland and Belgium. August 3 Itinerary in Holland and Belgium: ITALY – LUCERNE – STRASBOURG 800 km Today our car itinerary begins that will take us to visit Holland, part of Belgium, Paris and Provence. We will cross Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, Belgium again, and again France. We […]
The museums of Bruges are numerous and interesting, in particular the group of historical museums called Bruggemuseum. These are six museums in six different locations in historic residences and buildings in the city center. THE BRUGGEMUSEUM The first is the Bruggemuseum-Archeologie, the city’s archaeological museum. The second is the Bruggemuseum-Belfort. This museum allows us to […]
The city of Bruges is a wonderful concentrate of tourist attractions and an example of a perfectly preserved medieval old town to the present day. Thanks to this, in 2000 the medieval historic center of Bruges was proclaimed a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Furthermore, the Belfort of Brugge, between the Beffrois of Belgium and France, […]
Dinant is a small Belgian town of about fifteen thousand inhabitants located in Wallonia in the province of Namur. The city is located 15 km from the French border and 30 km south of Namur, on the right bank of the Meuse (Meuse) river. The first historical document that mentions Dinant dates back to the […]
Tournai is a Belgian city in Wallonia with about seventy thousand inhabitants. The city is located in the province of Hinault, 10 km from the French border, on the two banks of the Scheldt river. The origins of Tournai are traced back to the Roman military camp of Tornacum founded in the mid-1st century AD. […]
The climate of Bruges is continental Atlantic with frequent and widespread rainfall, with rather harsh winters due to the cold winds of the Baltic, the summers are cool and rainfall is distributed evenly throughout the year, the average annual precipitation is about 820 mm. The city of Bruges is dominated by a kind of mainly […]
Bruges (Brugge) is the capital of West Flanders in Belgium. This city with a little over one hundred thousand inhabitants is located 13 km from the North Sea. The city is connected by some artificial canals with its port, Zeebrugge. In the city there are textile, mechanical, electrotechnical, shipbuilding, metallurgical, chemical, food, textile, crystal, wood […]
The climate of Brussels is like that of most of Belgium, a kind of climate temperate-oceanic. The climate is influenced by the Atlantic Ocean, but also from the influence of the continental climate coming from inside the European continent. Rainfall is well distributed throughout the year with monthly negligible differences. In average annually fall just […]
In addition to being the capital of Belgium, the city of Brussels (Bruxelles/Brussel) is also the seat of numerous institutions of the European Union. In fact, the European Commission, the European Council, the Council of the European Union, and one of the two seats of the European Parliament are located in this city. This presence […]
AIRPORTS AND FLIGHTS TO BELGIUM The most important airport in Belgium is that of the capital Brussels. The Brussels International Airport is located 13 km north-east of the city center. All intercontinental flights that land in Belgium arrive at Brussels International Airport. This airport is the best connected with European cities if you want to […]