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Trésor du Prieuré dOignies
Dont miss the Trésor du Prieuré dOignies. This one-room treasury is housed in a modern convent and is guarded by the Sisters of Our Lady. Ring the bell to be taken on a guided tour of the exquisite hoard of Gothic religious treasure (chalices, crosses and reliquaries), much of whic
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Palais de Justice
Larger than St Peter’s in Rome, this 2.6-hectare complex of law courts was the world’s biggest building when it was constructed (1866–83). While the labyrinthine complex is undoubtedly forbidding, it is not easy to secure. Indeed, in several high-profile cases criminals have abscon
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Erasmus House Museum
Anderlecht was still a country village when world-famous humanist Erasmus came to ‘play at farming’ in 1521. The lovely brick home where he stayed for five months is now an appealing something-of-everything museum tucked behind the nearby 16th-century Gothic Church of St-Pierre and
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Musée Magritte
A completely anonymous, suburban yellow-brick house: thats the façade of the Musée Magritte, and the façade that René Magritte, Belgiums most famous surrealist artist, showed the outside world. This museum in Jette occupies the house where Magritte and his wife Georgette lived from
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Musées Royaux des Beaux
This prestigious museum incorporates the Musée d’Art Ancien (ancient art); the Musée d’Art Moderne (modern art), with works by surrealist Paul Delvaux and fauvist Rik Wouters; and the purpose-built Musée Magritte . The 15th-century Flemish Primitives are wonderfully represented in
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Musée dHistoire de la Ville de Luxembourg
This remarkably engrossing and interactive museum hides within a series of 17th-century houses, including a former ‘holiday home’ of the Bishop of Orval. A lovely garden and open terrace offers great views.
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Stedelijk Museum
This well-endowed provincial art gallery is always appealing, but its a must-see while it hosts a long-term one-room Brueghel exhibition, taken in part from the collection of KMSKA during that Antwerp gallerys reconstruction.
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Liège
Around 2km south of central Liège, the citys main train station is an incredible 2009 icon designed by Santiago Calatrava (no, it didnt come in on time or under budget). Its bold white sweeping curves create a unique modernist structure that looks like a vast glass-and-concrete man
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Antwerpen
With its neo-Gothic facade, vast main hall and splendidly proportioned dome, the 1905 Antwerpen-Centraal train station is one of the citys premier landmarks. It was rated by Newsweek as one of the world’s five most beautiful stations. Its also very practical, the multilevel platfor
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Mudam
Groundbreaking exhibitions of modern, installation and experiential art are hosted in this airy architectural icon designed by IM Pei. The collection includes everything from photography to fashion, design and multimedia. The glass-roofed cafe makes a decent lunch/snack spot.To rea
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Rochehaut
The scenery west of Bouillon reaches a memorable climax at Rochehaut where a long balcony surveys a glorious view down across a perfect river curl enfolded in deep green forests. On the pastoral peninsula deep below is the attractive little hamlet of Frahan-sur-Semois, accessed by
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Chemin de la Corniche
This pedestrian promenade has been hailed as Europes most beautiful balcony. It winds along the course of the 17th-century city ramparts with views across the river canyon towards the hefty fortifications of the Wenzelsmauer (Wenceslas Wall). The rampart-top walk continues along Bl
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Patershol
Dotted with half-hidden restaurants, enchanting Patershol is a web of twisting cobbled lanes whose old-world houses were once home to leather tradesmen and to the Carmelite Fathers (Paters), hence the name. An aimless wander here is one of the citys great pleasures; the low key res
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In Flanders Fields
No museum gives a more balanced yet moving and user-friendly introduction to WWI history. It’s a multi-sensory experience combining soundscapes, videos, well-chosen exhibits and interactive learning stations at which you ‘become’ a character and follow his/her progress through the
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De Ultieme Hallucinatie
This café is a classic town house refitted with art-nouveau interiors in 1904. The front salon is truly marvellous, with original lamps, brass radiator covers and stained glass. The brasserie area (behind) that’s publicly accessible is much less interesting, but buying a drink (bee
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Lier Begijnhof
Originally founded in 1258, this Unesco site is one of Belgium’s prettiest street begijnhoven , a small but picture-perfect grid of cobbled, gated lanes lined with archetypal houses and featuring the baroque-fronted 1671 St-Margaretakerk. The Wenzenstraat entrance is two short bloc
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Family of Man Exhibition
The Clervaux castles primary attraction is Edward Steichens world-famous photography exhibition, Family of Man. Gifted to Clervaux in 1964, the collection comprises 273 black-and-white, mid-20th-century photos from 68 countries interspersed with wise sayings and quotations. It was
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Église St
Baudelaire reputedly described this remarkable baroque church as a ‘sinister and gallant marvel’. From the purple marble columns, black stone arches, elaborately carved confessionals and complex ceiling tracery sculptured in white tufa, its a curious and imposing sight. At time of
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US Military Cemetery
In a beautifully-maintained graveyard near Hamm lie over 5000 US WWII war dead, including George Patton, the audacious general of the US Third Army who played a large part in Luxembourgs 1944 liberation. Its a humbling sight, with its long rows of white crosses (and the odd Star of
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Bock Casemates
Beneath the Montée de Clausen, the cliff-top site of Count Sigefroi’s once-mighty fort, the Bock Casemates are a picturesque, atmospheric honeycomb of rock galleries and passages – yes, kids will love it – initially carved by the Spaniards between 1737 and 1746. Over the years the
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