Globe > Europe

Belgium

Javascript is required to view this map.
The Grottoes of Folx-les-Caves in Wallonia, Belgium
Wallonia, Belgium

The Grottoes of Folx-les-Caves

Ancient man-made caves underneath small town Belgium

Underneath the small town of Folx-les-Caves in Belgium, are six hectares of manmade caves that can only be reached using a narrow staircase, 15 meter below the ground... »

Subterranean Sites | Submitted by anderl

Musée de la Médecine in Brussels, Belgium
Brussels, Belgium

Musée de la Médecine

Medical history with an amazing, if frighting, collection of wax diseases on display

Among the Museum of Cocoa and Chocolate, Museum of Musical Instruments, and Children's Museum in Brussels, sits the decidedly less kid friendly, but nonetheless fascinating Musée de la Médecine... »

Medical Museums | Submitted by Dylan

The Belgian Centre for Comic Strip Art in Belgium, Europe
Belgium, Europe

The Belgian Centre for Comic Strip Art

Museum full of Europes greatest comic art masters, from TinTin to the Smurfs

The Belgian Centre for Comic Strip Art or Centre belge de la Bande dessinée, is a kind of hall of fame of European comic book arts. Comic books are a cultural institution in French speaking countries... »

Unique Collections | Submitted by stanestane

Totem in Leuven, Belgium
Leuven, Belgium

Totem

Giant bug impled on a 23m high needle

Nothing in a quaint old town of Leuven really prepares you for a sight of a giant shiny green beetle impaled on a 23m high needle. The name of the sculpture is 'totem' and is a work by Belgian artist Jan Fabre... »

Strange Statues | Submitted by stanestane

Basilica of the Holy Blood in Arrondissement Brugge, Belgium
Arrondissement Brugge, Belgium

Basilica of the Holy Blood

Christ's blood preserved in a Belgian hamlet

The Basilica of the Holy Blood (Basiliek van het Heilig Bloed) is a 12th century chapel, in the medieval town of Bruges, Belgium, which houses a revered phial containing cloth stained with the actual blood of Christ, or so it is believed... »

Relics and Reliquaries | Submitted by Raphi Gottesman

Dr. Guislain Museum in Ghent, Belgium
Ghent, Belgium

Dr. Guislain Museum

A Museum of Pyschiatry in a still-operating mental institution

Opened in 1986, the Dr. Guislain Museum is dedicated to educating the public about psychiatric care - a bold agenda for a museum in a mental institution. Dr... »

Medical Museums | Submitted by M. Rebekah Otto

Adegem, Belgium

Tuinen van Adegem (Pending editor's review)

Gardens of Adegem, created by a family member of Lord Van Landschoot

Through the great port we visit the garden of the Family Van Landschoot... »

Intriguing Environs | Submitted by Anonymous

Caves of Remouchamps in Sougné-Remouchamps, Belgium
Sougné-Remouchamps, Belgium

Caves of Remouchamps

From hunters to the modern day tourist

Located in Belgium, the Caves of Remouchamps has among its many wonders the longest subterranean river known in the world. Opened in 1912 and originally equipped with torches, the caves are explored in two parts... »

Geological Oddities | Submitted by michelle

Labyrint Drielandenpunt in Vaals, Belgium
Vaals, Belgium

Labyrint Drielandenpunt

A beautiful maze marking where three countries meet

The Drielanden Labyrinth (or Three Country Labyrinth) is Europe's largest outdoor shrub maze. It was built by British landscape artist Adrian Fisher who used 17,000 hornbeam shrubs to constitute the maze... »

Mazes | Submitted by michelle

Vlindertuin in Knokke-Heist, Belgium
Knokke-Heist, Belgium

Vlindertuin

A garden of flying flowers

Belgium is home to hundreds of butterfly gardens, or Vlindertuin. In Knokke-Heist's Vlindertuin three hundred different butterflies from all over the world fly free for the enjoyment of visitors... »

Natural Wonders | Submitted by michelle