Belgium is a small nation with a big role to play in
European and world. If you are excited about the World War I, Belgium has a
million sites to keep you busy during your holiday. People mostly come here for
is the chocolate, fries, and beer. There are over 1,000 breweries in this small
country. Belgium’s chocolate is very famous in the world, and the frites will
make you look at french fries differently for the rest of your life. This
country usually just gets glossed over as travelers visit Brussels before going
to others, however it has a lot of great old towns, historical places, and
breweries worth sticking around for. This travel guide to Belgium will help
point the way.
Top
Things to See and Do in Belgium
Brussels –The capital of Belgium is also the
administrative center of the EU. Visit the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, you
can see a large collection of paintings, drawings, sculptures, and luxury
square, Grand Place where is very great to drink a cup of coffee, buy
chocolate, and the view the Town Hall. It’s easy to find and enjoy delicious
chocolates (I did!)
Ghent – The Ghent city is often ignored by visitors,
but this town of university is very beautiful and peace. You should go in July
to discover its craziness when the “Gentse Feesten” - the largest cultural
outdoors festival in Europe with food, music, and street entertainment is took
place.
Flanders Fields – Flanders was the place where has
around half a million deaths in the terrible trenches in the World War I. There
are many military cemeteries in the region that commemorate people falling in the
war. In Ypres, visitors can discover soldiers in the trenches at the Flanders
Fields museum.
Eat and drink – Despite a small country, Belgium has
so much famous food that is known by all of world. You can buy easily waffles,
chocolate, and frites at every street, and beer is very well-known and produced
so much. There are over 1000 breweries are operated. If you are especially excited,
you can join in a tour to breweries. Belgium is the place to eat and drink beer.
Bruges – With special architecture and tasty food,
it is place that is very attractive. Key attractions of this city are the
14th-century town hall, the Belfry Tower, the Cathedral of the Holy Saviour,
squares, and canals. In the movie “In Bruges”, Colin Farrell said this city was
hell, but he was wrong- it’s so wonderful.
Castles –with over 3000 castles, Belgium has more
castles per square mile than anywhere else in the Earth, and it’s difficult to
know where to start. Bouillon castle in the Ardennes is one of the greatest
ones, others are Beersel and Gravensteen.
Antwerp – The second biggest city of Belgium,
Antwerp is heaven for the shopaholic. This location also offers variety of
local food and beer for guests. For visitors who care about the art, the Royal
Fine Arts Museum is wonderful to be viewed the world’s best collection of the
Flemish Masters’ works.
by Jillur Rahman
Jillur Rahman is a Web designers. He enjoys to make blogger templates. He always try to make modern and 3D looking Templates. You can by his templates from Themeforest.
Follow him @ Twitter | Facebook | Google Plus
No Comment