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At dawn on 17 July, 1831, King Leopold I arrived at the Belgian coast and first set foot in his new kingdom.
The castle where Flemish baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens spent the last years of his life has been bought by the regional government.
Five years after it closed for architectural renovations, the Gruuthuse Museum in Bruges has reopened with a completely new museum installation that includes more exhibition space, extensive
British sandwich chain Prêt à Manger had no idea what it was in for when it announced last month that it was planning to remove the oddball plastic sculpture known as ‘Sam’ from a seat outside its
A Brussels-built replica of a 17th-century French warship has made its maiden voyage along the city's canal - after 15 months of construction work by young people in Anderlecht.
Flemish minister-president Geert Bourgeois has announced funding in the amount of €1.5 million for events commemorating the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
Regular readers of The Low Countries will notice a big change today: Not just a new website, but three new websites.
While comic strips are an indispensable part of Flanders’ heritage, its related valuable archives are often hidden away or lost.
The streets of Antwerp, Ghent and Bruges will give up their history, thanks to an innovative new research project that will digitally match maps, archives and other sources of historical inf
