I took part in the Arenberg Festival that is taking place in the region of Leuven, Belgium. The Arenberg nobility came from a small village named after a hill in the German Eiffel region. In 1547, Jan of Ligne inherited…
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Every April, there is an amazing beer festival taking place in Leuven, Belgium. This event is relatively unknown on the international scene, but certainly things are changing as interest is picking up from all corners of the world for quality…
Mechelen is a tiny up and coming city in the Dutch-speaking Brabant province of Belgium. Until 1795 it was a city-state on its own, and was the royal capital of the Low Countries in the 15th and 16th centuries. With…
Hapje-Tapje is Leuven’s annual major gastronomic event, the other being its famous Zythos Beer Festival. Leuven is the most prestigious university town in Belgium, also home to the Benelux’s best preserved beguinage. All the…
The Groot Begijnhof of Leuven is one of the best kept secrets of Belgium. A ‘Begijnhof’ was an enclosed women’s refuge that provided them a quiet and religious existance. This particular one dates from the early 13th century and is…
Keizersberg is one of my favourite places in the world. It is a small hill in Leuven, on which there is a small park and a Benedictine monastery. When it is good weather, regardless of the season, it is…
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