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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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In Belgium and France, the Christmas holidays end officially with Epiphany on 6th January. On this day, the tradition is to eat the so-called Galette des rois (French King Cake) which is basically a puff pastry with an almond filling containing a baked in bean. The galette is cut in as many…
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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…
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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…
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Czech Fashion and Design Weekend in Brussels
by Michaela4th edition of the Czech Fashion and Design Weekend organised by the Czech Center Brussels in cooperation with the Representation of Southern Moravian Region and Pilsen Region, took place the first weekend of March 2016 in the Pilsen House in Brussels. During the event, the inhabitants of Brussels had an opportunity to…
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