Tips to have a regular trip to Belgium
Belgium is a small nation regarding the landmark but playing a key role in the community of nations. It’s a country to go to if you want to know about world history and world war. It’s also a country with a million sites and even housing European Union.
Many travelers like visiting Belgium because of three things-beer, fries, and chocolate. All these three things mentioned have a wonderful taste. Breweries in Belgium are over a thousand, churning out the best of beer.
All the cities in Belgium have beautiful things that make them unique- medieval towns, recreational parks, and historical sites.
These tips will guide you through the most of your trips to Belgium.
Getting there is so easy
It’s easy to get to Belgium either by train, road or plane. Accessible by car over the channel or by rail with any of the neighboring countries.
The Grand Place, Brussels
Brussels is the capital city of Belgium, known for its’ magnificent structures, architectural theatres, glitteringly ornate and centerpiece structure of a typical European cosmopolitan city.
It’s a haven for fun seekers with so many festivals and carnivals that welcome every tourist.
Tintin and comic strips
Comic strips or Bandes dessinées as being called in French are usually in book form. Belgians are really crazy about them.
A museum is dedicated to Comic Strips in Brussels, the Centre Belge de la Bande Dessinée.and we have comic heroes featured in big murals all over the city. The creator is known as Louvain-la-Neuve
Star-spangled restaurants
Kruishoutem, near Kortrijk, is regarded as the best restaurant in the world in 2016. That fit is a testament to the fact that, Belgium has some of the best restaurants in the world; some neighboring countries don’t accept this, but it’s a fact.
Travelers troop-in here to have enough of Belgium meals with the right wine and beer to “wash” the meals down. Well, cooked – dishes such as Chicons au gratin, Croquettes aux crevettes, Carbonnades flamandes and Moules-Frites are common in almost all the cities in Belgium.
Exceptional art collections
Belgium has notable names in the world of arts such as Jan van Eyck, Rubens, Van Dyck, Jordaens, Magritte and Rogier van der Weyden. These have done so much to lift arts and culture; today Belgium is reputed to be the home of arts.
Belgium can boast of many art centers across the major cities such as Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Museum voor Schone Kunsten in Ghent, Hans Memling. Even misery-guts Ray in Bruges and many more.
Belgium, home of fashion
Belgian fashion has been on the rise, it used to be Brussels all the way, but many cities have followed the trail.
Since the emergence in the 1980s of the “Antwerp Six,” the fashion industry has been revolutionized. There are notable names in Belgium fashion industry such as Olivier Theyskens, Antoine Dansaert, Anne Demeulemeester, Dries van Noten, Raf Simons and many more.
Madcap carnivals and processions
Belgians love being in costumes attires, little wonder they have so many carnivals such as Lenten carnival and others.
Hospitable people
Belgian are known for their hospitality and always ready to help travelers. I enjoyed their warmness a lot.