Design and diamonds, Rubens and techno, art nouveau and high fashion: in all its thrilling contradictions, the dynamic port city of Antwerp dominates northeastern Belgium. But it is by no means the only historic townscape that demands attention here.
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- amble around the super-quaint historic city Lier, which once chose sheep over learning and has never lived it down
- get beyond the antiques in Tongeren, Belgium’s ‘oldest town’
Coverage includes: Antwerp (Antwerpen) & Around, Westmalle, Turnhout, Lier, Mechelen, Leuven, Hageland, Diest, Hasselt, Haspengouw, Tienen, Zoutleeuw, Sint-Truiden, Tongeren.