The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainaut)
A feat of hydraulic engineering from the Industrial Revolution, used to move vessels between very differing water levels.
Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons)
A site dating to thousands of years ago where flint was mined to create axes and other tools.
La Grand-Place, Brussels
The central plaza in Brussels, surrounded by beautiful old guild houses, a Gothic city hall and other impressive historical architecture.
Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai
A 12th-century cathedral with a mix of Romanesque and Gothic elements.
Flemish Béguinages
Centuries-old architectural ensembles in Flanders that once housed religious communities of women.
The Great Spa Towns of Europe
Towns in seven countries where an early tourism industry thrived around natural hot springs.
Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels)
Four pioneering works of architecture in Art Nouveau style.
Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex
300 years of printing history and domestic life, with art by Rubens.
Historic Centre of Brugge
A completely intact, mostly Gothic, core of a medieval trading city.
Colonies of Benevolence
A utopian experiment in reducing urban poverty by building planned agrarian communities.