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

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Attractions
in Belgium

Blue Forest

The Blue Forest

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

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Reading Between The Lines

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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Laeken Greenhouses illuminated. (luc_viatour/Flickr)

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.

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Gravensteen

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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Pink painted elephants adorn the front doors of the Délirium Café in honor of its namesake.

Brussels, Belgium

Délirium Café

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

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Brussels, Belgium

The Atomium

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

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Unique
Food & Drink
from Belgium

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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Cougnou

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Cougnou

This Christmas bread is formed in the shape of the baby Jesus.

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Stories
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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

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