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 […]
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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 […]
Für unbegrenzten Badespaß sorgt die Bootsvermietung in Hard. Tretboote als auch Motor- oder Elektroboote können ausgeliehen werden. So kann man den See auf eine andere Weise genießen.
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 […]
Attersee, also known as Kammersee, English sometimes Lake Atter, is the largest lake of the Salzkammergut region in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. It is Austria’s third largest lake by area, surpassed only by Lake Constance and Lake Neusiedl, which, however, both extend beyond national borders. The name Atter, derived from ata meaning “water”, […]
Hallstätter See or Lake Hallstatt is a lake in the Salzkammergut, Austria. It is named after Hallstatt, a small market town famous for its salt mining since prehistoric times and for being the starting point of the world’s oldest still-working industrial pipeline, used to transport brine to Bad Ischl (since 1596) and further to Ebensee. Since about 1970/1980 the only ship-mail-line of Austria[1] crossed the lake from the railway […]
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 […]
Die besten Einkehrmöglichkeiten für Skifahrer und Skitourengeher Silbern funkelt der unberührte Schnee im Sonnenlicht. Und es herrscht Ruhe. Absolute Ruhe. Ob beim Winterwandern oder Skitouren gehen, manchmal kann es einem durchaus passieren, dass dir stundenlang keine Menschenseele begegnet. Um diese Stille zu unterbrechen und dich kulinarisch, sowie von der herzlichen Bedienung verwöhnen zu lassen, kannst du auch im Winter […]
Viel Platz auf den Pisten, fantastisches Panorama und keine Wartezeit an den Liften. Der Winter in Osttirol ist pur und authentisch, natürlich und kraftvoll, sensibel und romantisch. Die privilegierte Lage auf der Südseite der Alpen spielt dabei eine wichtige Rolle: Viele Sonnentage mit einer außergewöhnlich hohen Schneesicherheit. Osttirol bietet dir mit seinen 266 Dreitausendern – Großglockner inklusive – […]
The Mercator Museum is a museum in the East Flemish town of Sint-Niklaas . The full history of cartography is disclosed in the museum . The central figure is the Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator , an instrument maker and engraver who was considered the Ptolemy of his time during his lifetime . One learns everything about the orientation techniques, up to and including the modern methods applied by the National Geographic Institute . Part of the museum is devoted to original 16th-century globes and atlases , from […]
The Babbelfietser (your guide and driver) will take you for a tour. Every reservation of one Babbelbike is valid for 2 adults or 3 children up to 12 years old. prices Trip of 30 minutes: 30 euros / bike.Trip of 60 minutes: 50 euros / bike The Babbelfiets rides on fixed days and times Every […]
SCHLOSS BRUCK „… eines Fürsten würdig” – so charakterisierte der Tiroler Topograph Beda Weber Schloss Bruck, die ehemalige Residenz der Grafen von Görz in seinem Werk „Das Land Tirol. Ein Handbuch für Reisende” (1838). Die monumentale Burg, seit 1942 im Besitz der Stadt Lienz, zählt zu den Hauptsehenswürdigkeiten Osttirols und beherbergt heute das Museum der […]
The Nature domain Kiewit is in the hamlet Kiewit of the Belgian city of Hasselt . In the center of the domain of approximately 100 hectares are a mansion from 1857 and a farm with a core from the 17th century, which became the property of the Vroonen family in 1869. Construction of an English garden , a pond and lanes followed. On April 2, 1942, a Dutch-speaking home for children […]
Plopsa Indoor Hasselt is het allereerste deels overdekte themapark van België in Hasselt, gelegen naast de Ethias Arena en Grenslandhallen. Het park behoort tot de Plopsa-groep, de themaparkdivisie van Studio 100. Attracties en horeca Het park heeft 24 attracties verdeeld over het binnen- en buitengebied, 6 horecagelegenheden en een souvenirwinkel. Indoor Attracties K3 Disco Het Theater De Botsauto’s De K3 Zweefmolen Carrousel De Woeste […]
The National Jenever Museum Schiedam has been located since 1996 in a former malt wine distillery and distillery De Locomotief at the Lange Haven 74-76 in the South Holland city of Schiedam , the city that became known as the jenever capital of the world. The museum shows a special collection that tells about the history and background of gin and genever distilling in the Netherlands. Think of advertisements, packaging […]
The museum is housed in two connected patrician houses on the corner of Maastrichterstraat and Guido Gezellestraat. The Waerdenhof was built in 1680 and Stellingwerff (see Guillaume Stellingwerff ), built in 1857. The city and its inhabitants are highlighted in the museum from a historical, political, folklore and cultural-historical perspective. The museum includes objects from the abbey Herkenrode exhibits, such […]
The Bokrijk Provincial Domain (Dutch: Provinciaal Domein Bokrijk) is a park and museum complex near Genk, Province of Limburg in Belgium. It is known for its open-air museum which displays a large collection of historical buildings from across Flanders which presents the history of rural life in the region. The domain is 5.5 square kilometres (2.1 sq mi) in area and also hosts an important botanical garden (arboretum), […]
The Japanse Tuin is a 2.5-hectare extension of the Kapermolenpark and was laid out in the early-1990s by the landscape architect Inoue Takuyuki. You can see the bubbling creek, zigzagging bridge (Yatsuhashi), waterfall, stone lantern (Yukumi-Doro), the garden by being reflected in the pond, the Ceremonial House. Tea ceremonies are often given at the garden’s […]