Belgium Archives | World Heritage Travel https://worldheritagesites.net/category/europe/western-europe/belgium/ Your one-stop shop for World Heritage tourism information! Wed, 24 Dec 2025 15:15:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://worldheritagesites.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cropped-WHS-logo-transparent-background-32x32.png Belgium Archives | World Heritage Travel https://worldheritagesites.net/category/europe/western-europe/belgium/ 32 32 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe https://worldheritagesites.net/beech-forests-of-europe/ https://worldheritagesites.net/beech-forests-of-europe/#respond Tue, 08 Apr 2025 17:10:21 +0000 https://worldheritagesites.net/?p=36663 Primeval forests of European beech trees that survived the last Ice Age and then spread across Europe, now protected in 93 locations across 18 countries.

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]]> https://worldheritagesites.net/beech-forests-of-europe/feed/ 0 The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainaut) https://worldheritagesites.net/four-lifts-on-the-canal-du-centre/ https://worldheritagesites.net/four-lifts-on-the-canal-du-centre/#respond Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:10:23 +0000 https://worldheritagesites.net/?p=35283 A feat of hydraulic engineering from the Industrial Revolution, used to move vessels between very differing water levels.

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]]> https://worldheritagesites.net/four-lifts-on-the-canal-du-centre/feed/ 0 Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons) https://worldheritagesites.net/neolithic-flint-mines-at-spiennes-mons/ https://worldheritagesites.net/neolithic-flint-mines-at-spiennes-mons/#respond Sun, 17 Nov 2024 14:37:02 +0000 https://worldheritagesites.net/?p=35243 A site dating to thousands of years ago where flint was mined to create axes and other tools.

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]]> https://worldheritagesites.net/neolithic-flint-mines-at-spiennes-mons/feed/ 0 La Grand-Place, Brussels https://worldheritagesites.net/la-grand-place-brussels/ https://worldheritagesites.net/la-grand-place-brussels/#respond Mon, 12 Aug 2024 15:42:06 +0000 https://worldheritagesites.net/?p=34663 The central plaza in Brussels, surrounded by beautiful old guild houses, a Gothic city hall and other impressive historical architecture.

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]]> https://worldheritagesites.net/flemish-beguinages/feed/ 2 The Great Spa Towns of Europe https://worldheritagesites.net/great-spa-towns-of-europe/ https://worldheritagesites.net/great-spa-towns-of-europe/#respond Mon, 27 Feb 2023 13:51:43 +0000 https://worldheritagesites.net/?p=30040 Towns in seven countries where an early tourism industry thrived around natural hot springs.

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]]> https://worldheritagesites.net/great-spa-towns-of-europe/feed/ 0 Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels) https://worldheritagesites.net/town-houses-of-victor-horta-brussels/ https://worldheritagesites.net/town-houses-of-victor-horta-brussels/#respond Sat, 24 Dec 2022 12:13:13 +0000 https://worldheritagesites.net/?p=29563 Four pioneering works of architecture in Art Nouveau style.

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]]> https://worldheritagesites.net/town-houses-of-victor-horta-brussels/feed/ 0 Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex https://worldheritagesites.net/plantin-moretus-museum/ https://worldheritagesites.net/plantin-moretus-museum/#respond Thu, 03 Mar 2022 12:39:42 +0000 https://worldheritagesites.net/?p=6450 300 years of printing history and domestic life, with art by Rubens.

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]]> https://worldheritagesites.net/plantin-moretus-museum/feed/ 0 Historic Centre of Brugge https://worldheritagesites.net/brugge-belgium/ https://worldheritagesites.net/brugge-belgium/#respond Fri, 25 Feb 2022 17:26:27 +0000 https://worldheritagesites.net/?p=5817 A completely intact, mostly Gothic, core of a medieval trading city.

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