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Moulin de la Strument
The meticulously restored original workings of this three-storey, 19th-century watermill are worth a visit; its free for guests at the lovely attached hotel.
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Mercator
This fully rigged, three-masted 1932 sailing ship was once used for Belgian navy training purposes and is now a nautical museum that hosts changing exhibitions.
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Statue of Lange Wapper
Outside Het Steen castle is a humorous statue of Lange Wapper, a tall folkloric ‘peeping Tom’ figure showing off his codpiece to two diminutive onlookers.
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Botanical Gardens
These pretty gardens glasshouses contain an impressive collection of tropical plants and offer shivering winter travellers what’s effectively a free sauna.
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Château de Durbuy
At the heart of Durbuy is this fairly modest riverside castle that dates from 1756, the medieval original having been destroyed under Louis XIV of France.
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Mont des Arts
On weekends, a single pass (available at museums; €11 for either Saturday or Sunday) covers the entire area of Mont des Arts , getting you into 15 different sights.
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Halles de Schaerbeek
This 1901 former food market is a great example of glass and wrought-iron industrial architecture that’s been restored as a cultural centre and performance space.
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Fourneau St
Around 10km north of St-Hubert towards Nassonge, Fourneau St-Michel is an open-air museum of Walloon life, with rustic old buildings stretching across 200 acres.
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Paul Delvaux Museum
In St Idesbald on the Belgian coast, this superb museum occupies the house and studio of Paul Delvaux (1897–1994), one of Belgiums most famous surrealist artists.
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Le Cygne
The lovely butchers guildhall, featuring a carved swan above the door, hosted Karl Marx in 1847. Ironically, it’s now home to the square’s finest upmarket restaurant .
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Tuinen van Hoegaarden
These delightful 16th-century formal gardens lead down from a lovely wisteria-fronted café-terrace called Kapittelhuys to a more contemporary little Garden of Eden.
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Statue of Everard t Serclaes
A 1902 statue of city hero Everard ‘t Serclaes depicts his reclining corpse. A fairly contemporary ‘tradition’ claims that rubbing the statue will bring you good luck.
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Het Zotte Kunstkabinet
This small and suitably eccentric museum has some fun with the crazy hell scenes and frolicking odd folk of 16th-century paintings by artists like Bruegel and Bosch.
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Apotheek
Next to the Museum St Janshospitaal is a restored 17th-century Apotheek, which originally belonged to the hospital. Youre free to wander in after visiting the museum.
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Witte Paleizen
The areas focal point is the small roundabout on Cogels-Osylei, which is flanked by the Witte Paleizen, grand façades resembling chateaux in Frances Loire Valley.
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Seafront
Zeebrugges play for the tourist euro is Seafront, whose main attractions are a parked Russian submarine and a lightship (sister to the one youll see in Antwerp).
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Halle al’Chair
Formerly the meat market, this 16th-century riverside building is one of few venerable structures to have survived Namur’s history of continual wartime pummellings.
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Brussels City Museum
Old maps, architectural relics and paintings give a historical overview of the city. Don’t miss Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s 1567 Cortège de Noces (Wedding Procession).
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Halle
Tournais former cloth hall is the Grand Places finest building, with an elegant gilt-detailed facade and a brick-vaulted interior that opens for occasional exhibitions.
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De Wit Royal Manufacturers
This long-established workshop is one of the few places in Belgium where you can see contemporary tapestries being woven and antique ones from all over the world being repaired.
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