99 Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Belgium - Atlas Obscura

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The Blue Forest

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor of this Belgian woods.

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Borgloon, Belgium

Reading Between The Lines

Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.

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Brussels, Belgium

Royal Greenhouses of Laeken

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

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Beveren, Belgium

The Doomed City of Doel

Ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist.

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Brussels, Belgium

Le Cercueil (The Coffin)

The Devil’s own choice when he needs a drink in Brussels.

Gravensteen

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

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Brussels, Belgium

The Atomium

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

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Délirium Café

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

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Cuberdons

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Cuberdons

The Belgian candy that sparked an epic vendor battle.

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Yule Log Cake

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Yule Log Cake

These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.

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Gruit Ale

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Gruit Ale

Brewers are replacing hops with sweet, aromatic herbs to resurrect this extinct beer.

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Chimay Beer Cheese

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Chimay Beer Cheese

Beer-brewing monks make aromatic, ale-flavored cheese in the Belgian countryside.

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Stories
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A Visit to the World's Only Sourdough Library

Step inside Karl De Smedt's singular collection of starters.

by Lizzie Philip

October 11, 2018

A contemporary Tour of Flanders rider zooms through a green landscape.

What Footage From 1980s Bike Races Can Teach Us About Climate Change

Ignore the Lycra—look at the flowers.

Unlike books, the starters need to be fed regularly.

Inside the World's Only Sourdough Library

The collection holds 105 starters and counting.

Every half hour, the fisherman and horse return to the shore to rest and sort through the catch.

The Dying Art of Fishing for Shrimp on Horseback

In Oostduinkerke, Belgium, horses plow the ocean instead of the fields.

by Natasha Frost

Omelette.

Despite Europe's Egg Scare, a Belgian Town Unites Over a Giant Omelette

Kudos, Knights of the Giant Omelette.

by Natasha Frost

August 16, 2017