The town hall of Roeselare, with the most important administrative functions for Roeselare , Rumbeke , Beveren and Oekene , has great historical value. It combines history with modern architecture. The town hall can be divided into two parts. On the one hand there is the ‘old’ part and on the other hand there is the newer wing. The older part was built in three years, between 1769 and 1771, […]
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Saint Michael’s Church (Dutch: Sint-Michielskerk) is a Roman Catholic church in Ghent, Belgium built in a late Gothic style. It is known for its rich interior decoration. There are numerous silver and gold artifacts in the silver collection. An important item is the relic of St Dorothea, in silver. Very famous is the relic of the sacred “Doorn” brought to the church by Mary, Queen […]
Rodenbach is a brewery in Roeselare, Belgium, now owned by Palm Breweries. It is noted for its barrel-aged sour beers in the Flemish red style. As it is now, the brewery complex dates to the 1860s and 70s, and a visitor centre opened for tours in 2001. These take two hours and are available Saturday to Thursday, walking you through Rodenbach’s idiosyncratic brewing process, and letting […]
RACE , formerly WieMu , is a museum in the Belgian city of Roeselare . The museum’s baseline is ‘Museum van de Wielersport’ and is dedicated to the history of cycling and cycling . The museum offers an overview of the historical evolution of cycling in all its facets. The core collection consists of the bicycle collection. The history of the bicycle, of the balance bike and the first velocipede over the high biand pedal bicycles […]
“Millésime Chocolat” has just started production in the heart of the Cité du fer. A real asset for the redeployment of the city center. A craft start-up which employs 10 people and which thanks to this new establishment will be able to increase its production. The installation of Millésime Chocolat in the heart of Seraing is also a […]
The Fort de Boncelles is one of twelve forts built as part of the Fortifications of Liège in the late 19th century in Belgium. The Fort de Boncelles is located about 8.3 kilometres (5.2 mi) south of the center of Liège. The fort forms an isosceles triangle whose base is 300 metres (980 ft) long and whose sides measure 235 metres (771 ft). A 6-metre (20 ft) […]
Jemeppe Castle, also known as Hargimont Castle (French: Château Jemeppe or Château d’Hargimont), is a castle in Hargimont, now part of the municipality of Marche-en-Famenne, province of Luxembourg, Belgium. It is known that during the Roman era a fortified villa was established in the region. The present castle is however of medieval origin. In the Middle Ages the manor of Jemeppe consisted of only […]
Val-Saint-Lambert Abbey (French: Abbaye du Val-Saint-Lambert) was a Cistercianabbey in the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. It is situated in the Walloonmunicipality of Seraing on the right bank of the Meuse, in Belgium, about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) southwest of Liege. Founded in 1202, the abbey’s monks were expelled during the French Revolution. In the 19th century, the building ruins were converted into the Val Saint Lambertcrystal factory. The structure is considered to be […]
Fietsen Door Het Water, literally “cycling through the water”, is on a massive paved cycling network connected by “knooppunten”, or “nodes”. These are essentially junctions that help you plot your route through the countryside more easily. The cycle path is 212 meters long and 3 meters wide, with the water on both sides at eye […]
The Europlanetarium Genk is a people’s observatory and planetarium in Genk, Belgium. A scientific image of 570 million years geological history is reproduced here in an utmost pleasant style and this in such a way that it can captivate and appeal to both the specialist, the student or the passer-by. Seven monitors provided a planetarium show with various themes. Schools especially appreciated this because […]
Karting Genk is a Kart racing track, located in Genk, a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg, near Hasselt. It was founded in 1983. In 2005, it was completely restyled, in order to get a new FIA homologation. In 2011 it hosted the Karting World Championship. It will host this competition again in 2018. The track is a regular on the European karting scene, featuring technical corners […]
The Emile Van Doren Museum in Genk houses amid the original interior of Villa Le Coin Perdu a large collection of landscape paintings by the Brussels artist Emile Van Doren (1865-1949) and other landscape painters of the so-called Genk School are counted. The Muesum The story of the Emile Van Doren Museum begins in 1913, when Emile Van Doren and his wife Cidonie […]
Hoge Kempen National Park (Nationaal Park Hoge Kempen) is the first National Park in Flanders, Belgium. It is located in the East of the Province of Limburg, between Genk and the Meuse River (Dutch: Maas) Valley. It includes the elevated ground that defines the watershed between that river and the low ground of the drainage basin of the Demer river that covers most of Belgian Limburg. The habitat is mostly coniferous trees and heath […]
In amongst all of Tournai’s art and history there’s an attraction just for kids. A couple of kilometres north of Grand Place, Jungle City is for children up to the age of 13 and has more than 2,500 square metres of amusements and animal enclosures. Activities INDOOR PLAYGROUND OUTDOOR ATTRACTIONS JUNGLE GOOLFY ANIMALS SHOW TIKI […]
The Museum of Tapestry and Fabric Arts is a museum in Tournai , Belgium . The museum, which evokes an activity that flourished in Tournai the xv th to the xviii th century, is an institution whose inauguration dates back to 1990 . The place hosts permanent collections as well as temporary exhibitions. It outlines tapestries xv th – the golden age of Tournai productions – and the xvi th . These are remarkable as much for their […]
The bridge Tournai holes is an ancient bridge of Gothic style, built in the xiii th century, flanked by two towers and spanning the river Scheldt at Tournai in Belgium . The central arch was blown up at the start of World War II . During the reconstruction after the war, the two intact arches were dismantled then the whole was rebuilt to new proportions – partly with the materials of the […]
The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Tournai, Belgium, is an art museum. The inception of the museum was in the beginning of the 20th century when Henri Van Cutsem, a Belgian art collector, offered his collection to the city of Tournai in 1905. The collection contained important works of important 19th century French painters like Manet, Monet, Seurat and others. The Musée des Beaux-Arts has a considerable collection […]
The Folklore Museum or House Tournai held since 1930 a typical building of the xvii th century , located in a lane adjacent to the main square of Tournai in Belgium . Scenes of everyday life in town and in the countryside are reconstructed. Folklore, the atmosphere of a past and yet close time shines through a craftsman at work, a choir in a chapel , carnival costumes or even a cabaret. In the many rooms, which cover a total […]
The Tournai Natural History Museum is a Belgian museum created in 1828 by the Regency Council of the city of Tournai. Collections Stuffed animals Since its creation, the Tournai museum has owned hundreds of animal species from all over the world. The gallery exhibits many impressive pieces such as the giant Aldabra tortoise or the Asiatic lion . Live animals The vivarium is a space specially designed […]
The belfry (French: beffroi) of Tournai, Belgium, is a freestanding bell tower of medieval origin, 72 metres in height with a 256-step stairway. This landmark building is one of a set of belfries of Belgium and France registered on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Construction of the belfry began around 1188 when King Philip Augustus of France granted Tournai its town charter, conferring among other privileges the […]
The Tournai Cathedral, or Cathedral of Our Lady (French: Notre-Dame de Tournai, Dutch: Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Doornik), is a Roman Catholicchurch, see of the Diocese of Tournai in Tournai, Belgium. It has been classified both as a Wallonia‘s major heritage since 1936 and as a World Heritage Site since 2000. Its impressive dimensions (134 m long and 66 m wide), its harmonious combination of Romanesque and Gothic styles and its architectural audacity make […]
Sint-Petrus-en-Pauluskerk (Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul), the main church of Ostend, Belgium, is a Roman Catholic Neo-Gothic church. It is built on the ashes of a previous church that occupied the site. King Leopold II enthusiastically supported a plan to build a new and more magnificent church. Construction started in 1899 and was completed and consecrated by Bishop Waffelaert on August 31, 1908. Its stained glass windows were […]
The Mu.ZEE is a museum in Ostend, Belgium, specializing in Belgian art from 1830 onwards. It was created in 2008 by the fusion of the former Provinciaal Museum voor Moderne Kunst (PMMK, the museum for modern art of the Province of West-Flanders) and the Museum voor Schone Kunsten Oostende (Museum of Fine Arts Ostend), both located in Ostend. […]
The Hippodrome Wellington (also Wellingtonrenbaan) is a horse racing track in Ostend in the Flemish Region of Belgium built in 1883, renovated in 2011 and named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. The facility hosts both harness and flat racing events. Starting at the end of June, there’s a race day every Monday (until September). Notable among its flat races for Thoroughbred horses was the Grand Prix Prince Rose held annually in July on the Nationale […]
Challenging escape rooms with attention to detail. Timescape’s first escape room is called the Quarantine but soon it will be adding a second one, called ‘Battle Royale: Bunker Break-in’. These two rooms each have a floor area of 65 sq.m., meaning they are perfect for large groups. Opening period:01/09/2018 to 31/12/2021 Tuesday from 1:00 pm […]
The Thorntonbank Wind Farm is an offshore wind farm, 30 km (19 mi) off the Belgian coast, in water ranging from 12 to 27 metres (39 to 89 ft) deep. It is possible to take a trip to the Wind fram. During the trip a guide immerses you in coastal shipping and port signaling, various buoys and beacons to the exploration of marine […]
Hangtime is a new recreation center in the buildings of the former Explorado in Ostend. 1,000 square metres of trampolines, a huge ball bath, and a challenging play area for the little ones, all connected by an inspiring coffee bar.
The O.129 Amandine is a large medium-range trawler (class of fishing vessels). The ship is now moored in Ostend as an interactive museum ship in a dry dock on the renewed Visserskaai. On board you can learn everything about Icelandic navigation and sea fishing . The Amandine was the last Ostend Iceland vessel. The Amandine turned out to be very successful. In the summer she fished the lands around South Iceland and in […]
The barquentine Mercator was built as a training ship for the Belgian merchant fleet. She was named after Gerardus Mercator (1512–1594), a Belgian cartographer. Besides being a training a ship, she was also used, mainly before World War II, for scientific observations, or as ambassador for Belgium on world fairs and in sailing events. In 1961, she became a floating museum, first in Antwerp and, from […]
France had occupied the Austrian Netherlands (a territory roughly corresponding to the borders of modern Belgium) during 1792 and 1793 in the Flanders Campaign of the French Revolutionary Wars. During the War of the Fifth Coalition, Napoleon Bonaparte expected a British assault from the sea on the port of Ostend, and the fort was constructed in the sand dunes close to the mouth of the harbour in 1811. […]
The Fondatie van Boudelo is a nature reserve in the Belgian municipalities of Sint-Niklaas (sub-municipality of Sinaai ) and Stekene . The nature reserve was established in 1996. An eight-meter-high watchtower was opened in the area in 2019 . A year later, a collection was made to expand the area by five hectares of land. The intention was to cross the symbolic 100 hectare border. There are pools, coppice forests, mixed deciduous […]
This museum houses a very extensive collection about the culture of smoking through the ages. A unique and educational collection shows the development of the clay pipe from 1492 to the present day. Cigar making and tobacco cultivation in Belgium are also well covered.
SteM Zwijgershoek , fully written Stedelijk Museum Zwijgershoek , is a museum in the East Flemish city of Sint-Niklaas . It is one of three museums that fall under the heading of Municipal Museums and are therefore managed by the city itself. The other two are the Mercator Museum and the Fine Arts Salons . There are three themes in the museum, namely “Man and Matter”, “Man and Machine” and “Man and […]
De Ster is a nature and recreation area in the Belgian town of Sint-Niklaas . The domain is located east of the city center in the hamlet of Ster and is about 100 hectares in size. The domain has a swimming and boating pond with an area of about 20 ha and a maximum depth of 11 meters and a fishing pond of about 8 ha. In addition, De Ster has a playground, petting […]
The Janssens House is a mansion and museum in the Belgian town of Sint-Niklaas . It is owned by the City of SInt-Niklaas. The eclectic building was commissioned in 1878 by Alfons Janssens , a textile manufacturer and later a politician of the Catholic Party . Pieter Van Kerckhove, who had also drawn up the design for the new town hall of Sint-Niklaas , was the architect. At the beginning of the 20th century, the building was […]
The Salons voor Schone Kunsten is a museum located in a mansion in the Stationsstraat in Sint-Niklaas . Collection The visitor is given an overview of art history from the 16th to the 20th century. The first salon contains several works from the Renaissance and Baroque which, except for the painting Nero by Peter Paul Rubens , belong to the L. Verstraeten bequest. These include a still life by Willem Heda , a self-portrait by Lambert Lombard , work by Sebastiaen Vrancx and Joos […]