Belgium

I guess nearly every visitor to Belgium usually goes to Bruges or Brussels, but have you ever heard of Bokrijk? Today I am happy to share with you a tip for a day trip to a very beautiful place located in Limburg, not so far from where we live now!…

As I mentioned on Instagram,  our time here is shrinking and before we leave Brussels, we are still trying to enjoy our weekends in neighborhoods we both like. Lately, we had a walk through the beautiful quarter of Saint-Gilles when I realized that there is not much about it on…

During my Erasmus in Louvain-la-Neuve, I often took the train to the airport in Charleroi. At one point, I was always enjoying a nice view of a destroyed church, a place that looked abandoned but at the same time magical and inviting for a visit. Since then, I’ve always wanted…

I don’t know how many times I visited Bruges as a day trip from Brussels, either with my friends or family. But every time we had a nice walk through this relaxed fairy tale town that took us back in time. The historic center is a great example of stunning…

This July I celebrated my 8 years of living in the European Capital and so I think it’s about time to finally share some insider tips with you! So please, if you come to the town, don’t just stay at the Grand Place eating Belgian fries but get inspired by my…

My sister visited me last week in Brussels and wanted to learn more about chocolate. Because, honestly, where else you can learn more about chocolate, then in the chocolate capital of the world, right? When I was searching for chocolate workshops, I discovered that Laurent Gerbaud, one of the best chocolatiers…

Every year at the beginning of April, the Magnolia Meadow of Arboretum Wespelaar is a truly spectacular place for the lovers of these beautiful trees. You can see different varieties of Magnolias in bloom, with white, pink or yellow blossoms of all shapes. The magnolias bloom usually during the first…

The fifth year of the Brussels Chocolate Fair known in French as Salon du Chocolat took place between 2nd – 4th March 2018 in the premises of Tour & Taxis. Just imagine a surface of 8,000 m2 devoted only to chocolate and cacao, sounds like a dream, right? This years’ edition welcomed more…

The smallest town in the world, as the locals like to call Durbuy, lies in the middle of the Belgian Ardennes in the province of Luxembourg. Durbuy was initially given the status of a city despite a very low number of inhabitants by Jean de Luxembourg in the 14th century.…

This summer it has been 7 years since I landed in Belgium right after my graduation. My initial plan was to spend holidays here and to learn French. But I had no return ticket which caused that my two months´ holidays turned into a year, a year turned into two…