Artistic Canal City
Flemish-specking (Dutch dialect) Ghent was a rich and powerful city in the Middle Ages. Located in Flanders the northern region of Belgium, Ghent is more specifically the provincial capital of East Flanders. Today, this creative, tolerant canal city steeped in history is filled with a wealth of Gothic and Flemish architecture.
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All About Belgium
Belgium: The Country That Contains Two Countries
Belgium is the size of Maryland and contains within it two countries that do not particularly like each other. To the north, Flanders: Dutch-speaking, economically dominant, architecturally Flemish — which is to say Gothic spires and market squares and the particular civic pride of cities that were, in the 15th century, among the wealthiest in…
Brussels: More Than Meets the Eye
Discovering a City—Beyond Just a Hub in Belgium It wasn’t love-at-first-sight when we first arrived in Belgium, and particularly not with Brussels. But ultimately our affection for the city grew, as did our appreciation for this underrated, picturesque country. The city unveiled itself to us gradually. Our perspective of this place, whose allure we didn’t initially recognize,…