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ARTISTIC CANAL CITY
The Belgian city of Ghent was a rich and powerful city in the Middle Ages. Today this creative, tolerant canal city steeped in history is filled with a wealth of Gothic and Flemish architecture.
Ghent Explored
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,…
Where in the World is Belgium?
Finding Belgium on the Map Belgium is located in Northwestern Europe between the Netherlands and France along the North Sea. This small country is divided into 3 regions: Dutch-speaking (Flemish) Flanders to the North, French-speaking (Walloon) Wallonia to the South, and the centrally-located, bilingual Brussels-Capital Region. Flanders and Wallonia are then each divided into 5…
