Wallonie, Belgium’s French-speaking south, occupies about 55 percent of the country’s land area yet is home to only around 3.7 million people—less than a third of the national population. Consisting of five provinces, it has been long sha
Read more…Tucked into the heartland of Flanders, an easy hourlong ride from Brussels by car or train, this extraordinary living relic of the Middle Ages has been seducing visitors for centuries. Bruges (as we know it in English and French, though it´s Brugge
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If there's one city that can sweeten any trip, it's the capital of Belgium (and Europe). A feast of crispy waffles, irresistible chocolates, and other delicacies awaits you here, which will make your cravings grow just by thinking about it
Today is a momentous Armistice Day, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the end of the horrific “Great War” that embroiled dozens of countries, kingdoms, empires, and colonies, and scarred and shaped all of world history for the past centur
Yet another European city tracing its roots back to a settlement of the Roman Empire, the Flanders (Dutch Belgium) city of Antwerpen (Anvers in French) started coming into its own in the late 15th century, and by the 16th had come to be
