Carnaval de Binche 2022, Belgium
Eerie, identical wax masks, colossal ostrich plume hats, confetti in churches and orange throwing: the medieval Carnaval de Binche (or Carnival of Binche) is like no other in the world….
Bruges Beer Festival 2022 Belgium
Since its first edition in 2007 the Bruges Beer Festival (“Brugs Bierfestival” in Flemish) has earned itself a reputation as one of Belgium’s best beer festivals, and that is saying something …
Light Festival Ghent, Belgium
Every three years the city of Ghent in Belgium lights up with a series of spectacular and imaginative light installations from international artists. The next Light Festival Ghent will be…
Brussels Beer Festival: BXL Beer Fest 2021
At the Brussels beer festival “BXL Beer Fest”, over 60 independent brewers from a dozen countries show off their artisanal beers. With strictly no room for industrial products at the…
Pukkelpop 2021 Music Festival in Belgium
From roaring rock, pumping house and blazing metal to low-fi singer-songwriters, indie and pure pop, young and old will love the Pukkelpop music festival in August featuring one of the…
Brussels Summer Festival 2021, Belgium
The Brussels Summer Festival in August has grown to one of Europe’s not-to-be-missed music festivals. The five-day event will turn the royal quarter of Brussels…
Zythos Bierfestival 2021 in Leuven, Belgium
The Belgian university town of Leuven turns into a mecca of beer when the country’s largest beer festival, the Zythos Bierfestival (ZBF), returns for its 17th edition on 24 and…
Brussels Christmas Market 2020
The Brussels Christmas Market is no doubt one of the best in Europe for food and atmosphere. Winter Wonders – as the market is dubbed – runs over two kilometres…
Top 10 Nudist Beaches in Europe
For many of us the current year has been one of lockdown. With our collective travel wings clipped, many of us are looking for new places and new ways to…
Belgium Removed from UK Travel Corridor List
Andorra, Belgium and the Bahamas have been taken off the UK travel corridor list, as the UK Government altered its advice to “all but essential travel” to the three countries,…
The Ghent Altarpiece on Display at Ghent Cathedral
Reputed to be one of the foremost pieces of art in the world – and the most stolen (just watch The Monuments Men) – the Ghent Altarpiece or the Adoration…
Virtual Tour of Van Eyck: An Optical Revolution
For many art affionados, the closure of Ghent’s ‘Van Eyck: An Optical Revolution’ was devastating. The acclaimed exhibition was almost half way through its duration…
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