Bruges is a truly enchanting city, especially if you have a soft spot for waterways, and it’s truly difficult to select only four things to see (but I had to: they were two in Ghent, three in Antwerp… it’s all about the progression). There are a couple of spots everyone visits and I won’t be […]
Standing at the centre of the most populated municipality in Belgium, Antwerp is the second-largest city in the Country after Bruxelles, and it’s a charming harbour city sitting on the Westerschelde estuary. Its name is said to come from the Dutch handwerpen, “hand throwing“, because a giant called Antigoon used to live on the nearby […]
Ghent is a charming and underrated city in the upper region of Belgium, halfway between Bruxelles and the much more famous Bruges. Now, if you go to Bruges first you’ll understand why Ghent is not so famous, and that’s why I recommend you to visit it before you get there. It’s unfair to compare it: […]