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More than 120,000 spectators gathered earlier this month to commemorate the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo, but not all were pleased with the re-enactment event.
In 1815 the municipality of Waterloo consisted of a burgeoning cluster of hamlets.
The capital is in party mode this weekend as the annual Iris Festival takes over city centre streets.
The BELvue Museum in Brussels (pictured), which recounts the history of Belgium, has launched a new project that will see its permanent exhibition completely altered.
There are few Americans who haven’t heard of Bastogne, the strategic border town that was snowed in and surrounded by the German army in its final large-scale offensive of the war.
How many tourists in Brussels know that the two most famous Brontë sisters, Charlotte and Emily, lived here for a time?
Italian café/bookshop Piloa.libri is open this evening (Friday) before heading off on holiday.
When people think of Belgium and World War One, they tend to overlook the south of Belgium.
