Places to explore in Europe — Belgium
Browse the published guides in English by country. Open a place to read its history, sights and sources.
Belgium · 33 guides
- Binche
- Borgloon, Belgium: A Medieval County Seat in the Fruit Hills
Discover Borgloon's castle mound, St Odulphus, fruit and syrup industry, open-air art and bus access, with population figures that respect the 2025 merger.
- Bouillon
- Celles
- Chassepierre
- Chimay
- Crupet
- Damme
- De Haan
- Diest, Belgium: Orange-Nassau History and a Living Beguinage
Explore Diest's Roman traces, Orange-Nassau history, UNESCO beguinage, population, local economy and trains from Brussels and Leuven.
- Diksmuide, Belgium: A Rebuilt Yser Town with a Life Beyond the Front
Explore Diksmuide's reconstructed market, Yser war sites, villages, wetlands, working farms and practical rail access, with a clearly scoped population figure.
- Dinant
- Durbuy
- Falaën
- La Roche-en-Ardenne
- Lier
- Limbourg
- Malmedy
- Maredsous, Belgium: A Modern Abbey in the Molignée Valley
Explore Maredsous as a living Benedictine hamlet: its 1872 foundation, neo-Gothic architecture, school, food, valley walks and practical access.
- Nivelles, Belgium: An Abbey City Rebuilt Around Saint Gertrude
Discover Nivelles beyond its famous collegiate church: medieval streets, the 1940 rupture, local food, Dodaine park, rail access and dated population.
- Oudenaarde, Belgium: Tapestries, Two Riverbanks and the Flemish Hills
Explore Oudenaarde's Scheldt history, town hall, tapestries, Ename heritage and cycling landscape, with useful rail and visitor details and a scoped population.
- Poperinge, Belgium: From Medieval Cloth to Living Hop Country
Discover Poperinge's cloth history, hop farms, Talbot House, Lijssenthoek and village routes, with reliable population and practical train advice.
- Redu
- Rochefort
- Sosoye, Belgium: A Working Village Between River and Limestone Hill
Walk Sosoye's limestone streets, tithe barn, 1764 church and Ranzinelle nature reserve; learn its labour history, population scope and valley access.
- Spa
- Stavelot
- Thuin
- Tongeren, Belgium: Reading a Roman City Beyond the Ambiorix Statue
Explore Tongeren's documented Roman city, medieval basilica, museums, antiques market and rail links, with population figures that respect the 2025 merger.
- Torgny
- Veurne
- Wéris
- Ypres