Belgium

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…

Belgium has many gorgeous cities other than the famous Brugge that are worth a visit. Antwerp is one of them It is one of my favorite cities in Belgium and actually, the first city I visited in this country (if not counting Louvain-la-Neuve where I stayed as an Erasmus student…

Last weekend, Brussels hosted the 4th edition of the biggest food truck festival of the world. Each year during three days in May, people have a unique occasion to meet different food trucks gathered at one place in Brussels and to taste some of their specialties. This year, the food…

Belgium is a country where you eat well – not really in terms of healthy food, but in terms of pleasure. You can realize this during your first few minutes in Belgium – waffles smell all around the town, fries can be found on every corner, Belgian beer is being…

If you plan to visit Brussels, one thing that you should do besides tasting the local beer, famous Belgian (French) fries, waffles and chocolate pralines, is to try some typical Belgian dish. Forget about the restaurants in rue des Bouchers that seem like serving typical seafood as many of those are…

Few kilometers’ drive from Brussels, close to the village Halle, you will find a mystic forest called Bois de Hal in French and Hallerbos in Flemish. Bois de Hal becomes a mystic place by the end of April when thousands of bloom bluebells create a blue flower carpet in the…

This year it has been 7 years since I did my study exchange in Louvain-la-Neuve and I thought that I could write some useful information based on 6 months spent there. So if you are deciding where to do your study exchange or already considering LLN, you need to read this…