St. Rumbold’s Cathedral (Dutch: Sint-Romboutskathedraal) is the Belgian metropolitan archiepiscopalcathedral in Mechelen, dedicated to Saint Rumbold, Christian missionary and martyr who had founded an abbey nearby. His remains are rumoured to be buried inside the cathedral. Standing tall in the Grote Market, but visible throughout the entire city, the St-Romboutskathedraal stands just shy of 100 metres tall. Summiting the tower involves climbing 500 steps and can take […]
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La Fonderie, Brussels Museum of Industry and Labour is a museum of industrial history in Brussels, Belgium. It collects objects, documents and oral history on the city’s industrial past and visualises the working history of Brussels. The museum is located at 27, rue Ransfort/Ransfortstraat in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, on the site of the former foundry of La Compagnie des Bronzes. Exhibits The museum presents four key […]
Museum François Duesberg was opened on 21 September 1994 and is devoted to decorative arts from the period 1775 to 1825. The museum is located in Mons (Hainaut) opposite the collegiate Saint Waltrude Church in the former buildings of the National Bank of Belgium. It houses a large collection of objects in perfect condition: it has a prestigious collection of clocks and mantel clocks, exceptional gilded […]
Havré Castle (French: Château d’Havré) is a ruined castle in the village of Havré in the town of Mons, province of Hainaut, Belgium. History The origins of the castle can be only traced back to the year 1226, even the counts of Flanders and Hainaut have had control over Havré since the 11th century. In 1255 Ida of Mons was married to […]
The Neolithic flint mines of Spiennes are among the largest and earliest Neolithicflint mines which survive in north-western Europe, located close to the Walloon village of Spiennes, southeast of Mons, Belgium. The mines were active during the mid and late Neolithic between 4,300 and 2,200 BC. Declared to be „remarkable for the diversity of technological solutions used for extraction“ the site and its surroundings were […]
The Mundaneum was an institution which aimed to gather together all the world’s knowledge and classify it according to a system developed called the Universal Decimal Classification. It was developed at the turn of the 20th century by Belgian lawyers Paul Otlet and Henri La Fontaine. The Mundaneum has been identified as a milestone in the history of data collection and management, and (somewhat […]
A multifunctional museum centre! Right at the heart of the Pôle Muséal, Artothèque is a venue dedicated to preserving, researching, restoring and studying our heritage, bringing together all the municipality’s collections in one place! As well as its commitment to conservation, the Artothèque plays also a significant role in the promotion of Mons’ heritage by […]
Saint Waltrude Collegiate Church is a Catholic church, named in honour of Saint Waltrude of Mons. This old church is a protected monument. The exterior of the church is a fine example of Brabant Gothic architecture, parts are built by Matheus de Layens. However in the 17th century the works stopped and the building was never completely finished. The interior […]
Maison Van Gogh (or Van Gogh House) is a museum in the village of Cuesmes, near Mons in Belgium. Vincent Van Gogh lived here from 1879 to 1880. His paintings, drawings and letters inspire people of all ages. His work can be admired in numerous museums around the world. Many places wherethe artist lived and worked can be visited, from the Netherlands to the South […]
The Hortus Botanicus Lovaniensis (Dutch: Kruidtuin) is a botanical garden in Leuven, Belgium, dating from 1738. It is situated in the city centre and has an extent of 2.2 hectares. A first botanical garden was established in Leuven in 1738 by Henri-Joseph Rega, Professor of Medicine at the University of Leuven. Its first aim was to provide herbs for medical use. Later, the […]
The Groot Begijnhof of Leuven is a well preserved beguinage and completely restored historical quarter containing a dozen streets in the south of downtown Leuven. About 3 hectares (7.5 acres) in size, with some 300 apartments in almost 100 houses, it is one of the largest remaining beguinages in the Low Countries. It stretches on both sides of the river Dijle, which […]
Stella Artois is a Belgian pilsner of between 4.6 and 5.2 per cent ABV which was first brewed by Brouwerij Artois (the Artois Brewery) in Leuven, Belgium, in 1926. Since 2008, a 4.8 per cent ABV version has also been sold in Britain, Ireland, Canada and Australia. You can visit the brewery on Saturday. Take part in the new […]
M – Museum Leuven or simply M is an art museum in the inner city of Leuven, Belgium, which was officially opened in 2009. The museum has a collection of some 46,000 works, which range from late-Gothic paintings and sculptures to 16th century local artists such as Jan Rombouts the Elder and Josse van der Baren to 19th-century paintings and sculptures by various Flemish masters including Constantin […]
The Town Hall of Leuven, Belgium, is a landmark building on that city’s Grote Markt (Main Market) square, across from the monumental St. Peter’s Church. Built in a Brabantine Late Gothic style between 1448 and 1469, it is famous for its ornate architecture, crafted in lace-like detail. The Town Hall has three main stories, lined with pointed Gothic windows on the three sides visible […]
Brasserie-Brouwerij Cantillon („Brewery Cantillon“) is a small Belgian traditional family brewery based in Anderlecht, Brussels. Cantillon was founded in 1900 and brews exclusively lambic beers. he brewery also houses the Gueuze Museum. Patricia Schultz listed the brewery and its museum in 1,000 Places to See Before You Die. Beers In the traditional lambic style, beers, with a mash bill of 2/3 malted barley and 1/3 unmalted wheat, are spontaneously fermented in open topped attic […]
The National Museum of the Resistance (Dutch: Nationaal Museum van de Weerstand, French: Musée National de la Résistance) is a museum located in the municipality of Anderlecht in Brussels, Belgium. The museum traces the history of the Belgian resistance and German occupation of Belgium during World War II. It is served by Clemenceau metro station on lines 2 and 6 of the Brussels metro. The museum seeks to raise awareness of the role of the Belgian resistance during both […]
The Beguinage of Anderlecht is located near (and to the north) of the Collegiate Church of Saints-Pierre-et-Guidon in Anderlecht , in Brussels ( Belgium ). Founded in 1252 , and never very important, it was suppressed during the French Revolution . The Anderlecht Beguinage , one of the smallest in the southern Netherlands , was founded in 1252 . Statutes of 1611 recall that only 8 women (of respectable age) can occupy it. The surviving buildings (2014) date from 1634. In […]
The Place de la Vaillance (Dutch: Dapperheidsplein) is the main square located in the historic centre of the Brussels municipality of Anderlecht (Belgium). It is served by Saint Guidon/Sint Guido metro station on line 5 of the Brussels metro. The square was originally known as the Place de la Plaine. In the 1910s, it was considerably enlarged. As early as 1912, historicist style houses fitted with Baroque and Flemish Renaissance Revival gables were erected. A second […]
The Collegiate Church of St. Peter and St. Guido is a Roman Catholic collegiate church located in the centre of Anderlecht, a municipality of Brussels (Belgium). It is dedicated to Saint Guy, the patron saint of the Anderlecht, and was built between the 14th and 16th centuries in Brabantine Gothic style. Its neo-Gothic spire dates from the 19th century. History The Gothic building that we know today was erected in stages from […]
St Aubin’s Cathedral, Namur, Wallonia, the only cathedral in Belgium in academic Late Baroque style. It was the only church built in the Low Countries as a cathedral after 1559, when most of the dioceses of the Netherlands were reorganized. It is classified as part of Wallonia’s Major Heritage by the Walloon Region. In the interior, there is an ornamented frieze, carved with swags of fruit […]
The Halle al’Chair , located in the Belgian city of Namur , is a historic building style Renaissance Mosan built in the xvi th century. Originally built for the corporation of butchers, it now houses the archaeological museum of Namur . The building, rectangular in plan, is built on a limestone base. The elevation is in bricks, placed in a cross structure. The building is divided into four levels: […]
The Citadel or Castle of Namur is a fortress in the Walloon capital city of Namur, at the confluence of the Sambre and Meuse rivers. It is originally from the Roman era, but has been rebuilt several times. Its current form was designed by Menno van Coehoorn, and improved upon by Vauban after the siege of 1692. It has been classified as a Wallonia Major Heritage site. Its highest point sits at […]
The Fresque des Wallons is a monumental trompe-l’oeil located in the Jardins du Maïeur in Namur ( Belgium ). Wall painting with a surface area of 330 m 2 , it refers to some 250 illustrious Walloons and to the old and recent history of Wallonia . Characters and themes The fresco presents some 250 famous Walloons and references to the history of Wallonia. However, it is impossible to draw 250 characters on this surface. In […]
Founded in 1912, the African Museum of Namur (MusAfrica) constitutes a rich and astonishing cultural institution of the Belgian museum landscape. The Museum thus sees itself as a place of memory, but also as a place of meeting, debate, training, research, awareness raising and social contact. The primary mission is to be a place of living culture. Collections The African […]
Large playgrounds (castles, swings, cable cars, suspension bridge, balancing beams, 11-meter high sliding tower, etc.), with a reserved area for 3 to 6-year-olds and a “Galaxy” area for 6 to 12-year-olds. • Rock-climbing tour: “Jungle Tour”, from 8 years old • Mini-golf (18 holes) • Electric cars, pedal go-karts, trampolines, giant chess set, bouncy castles… […]
The Clockarium is a museum in Schaerbeek, in the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium, devoted to the Art Deco ceramic clock. The Clockarium houses a collection of 3000 clocks, 1300 of which are exhibited in a beautiful Art Deco mansion from the 1930s. It specializes into the faience mantel clocks, which were the first timepiece affordable to everyone and proudly decorating many homes in Belgium and Northern France […]
Saint Mary’s Royal Church (French: Église Royale Sainte-Marie, Dutch: Koninklijke Sint-Mariakerk) is a Roman Catholic parish church located on the Place de la Reine/Koninginneplein in the Brussels municipality of Schaerbeek (Belgium). Officially dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption, it is popularly associated with Queen Louise-Marie, first Queen of the Belgians, as is the square where it is located, which earned it the title of „Royal“. This site is served by the Botanique/Kruidtuin […]
Josaphat Park is a public park of 20 hectares (49 acres) located in the municipality of Schaerbeek in Brussels, Belgium. The football stadium that was formerly used by the K.V.V. Crossing Elewijt lies on the north-west corner of the park. There is also an elementary school (Chazal school), a tennis club (R.T.C. Lambermont), the communal greenhouses, animals (horses, donkeys, hen, ducks), two playgrounds, a minigolf course, […]
The Musée schaerbeekois de la bière (English: Schaerbeek Museum of Beer) in the commune of Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium is a museum dedicated to Belgian beers. The museum, which is a not-for-profit association (in Belgium, an asbl), was founded in 1993 and officially opened in March, 1994. The museum houses a collection of more than 1000 bottles of Belgian beer and their respective beer glasses. Also […]
The Autrique House (French: Maison Autrique, Dutch: Autrique Huis) was the first town house built by Victor Horta in the Art Nouveau style. This house, built in 1893, represents an essential step in the evolution of the Belgian architect. In many ways, it was an innovative dwelling, although it does not feature the novel spatial composition of the almost contemporary Hôtel Tassel. The house is […]
The Avenue Louis Bertrand (in Dutch : Louis Bertrandlaan ) is an avenue Brussels the town of Schaerbeek that starts at the foot of the Saint-Servais church on Haachtsesteenweg and down to the park Josaphat by opening fork, one branch ending at boulevard Lambermont and the other at avenue Paul Deschanel . Notable addresses n o 1-2: Houses classified by royal decree on July 23 , 1992 n os 33-35: Schaerbeek Museum of Beer n o 43: Maison Verhaeghe classified by royal decree on July 13 , 2006(architect: Gustave Strauven ) n os 53-61: Houses classified by royal decree on May 8 , 2008(architect: Gustave Strauven ) n os 98-104: Residence Brusilia
The Halles de Schaerbeek is a cultural centre located 22 rue Royale Sainte-Marie in Schaerbeek, Brussels, in the former Sainte-Marie covered market built in 1865and destroyed by a fire in 1898. Building The building was constructed in 1865 under the leadership of the architect Gustave Hansotte, to serve as covered market (covered market Sainte Marie) for peasants from countryside to sell their […]
The Saint-Salvator Cathedral is the cathedral of Bruges, Flanders, in present-day Belgium. The cathedral is dedicated to the Verrezen Zaligmaker and Saint-Donatius of Reims. The Sint-Salvator Cathedral’s 101-meter-long interior contains some noteworthy furnishings. It currently houses many works of art that were originally stored in its destroyed predecessor, the Sint-Donaaskathedraal. The wall-carpets that can be seen when entering the church were manufactured in Brussels by Jasper van der […]
The Sint-Janshuis Mill in the Belgian city of Bruges is located on Kruisvest , on the edge of the city center. The windmill that stands today was built in 1770 and functions as a flour mill . It is already the third mill on that site. It owes its name to the hospital of St. John . The guesthouse may never have owned the mill, but interest was charged on it for its benefit. Windmills […]
The Musical Instruments Museum (MIM) is a music museum in central Brussels, Belgium. It is part of the Royal Museums for Art and History (RMAH) and internationally renowned for its collection of over 8,000 instruments. Exhibits The museum’s collection presents Belgian musical history (including Brussels‘ importance in the making of recorders and various obscure proto-synthesizers (Ondes Martenot, Theremin, etc.) in the 18th and 19th centuries and as […]
The Belgian Comic Strip Center is a museum in Brussels dedicated to Belgian comics. It is located at 20, rue des Sables/Zandstraat, and is served by the Brussels-Congress railway station. The ground floor of the museum holds a restaurant, a room dedicated to Victor Horta, a comics‘ store named „Slumberland“ after Little Nemo in Slumberland, a library with a reading room and a study centre. […]