Flanders

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Image of Genk Sundial Park located in Flanders, Belgium | a
Flanders, Belgium

Genk Sundial Park

This collection of solar timekeepers includes the world's first digital sundial

Opened in 2000 by the Flemish Sundial Society, the Genk Sundial Park includes over-sized models of many of history's most incredible mechanisms for reading time off of shadows. Located in the... »

Astounding Timepieces | Edited by Josh and Dylan

Image of Plantin-Moretus Museum of Printing located in Flanders, Belgium
Flanders, Belgium

Plantin-Moretus Museum of Printing

Most prolific publishing house in the 1600s open to the public

As print is slowly killed (or at least deeply altered) by the advent of the Internet, relics of the early era of print become even more novel. In the early 1500s, the printing press was less than... »

Unique Collections, Retro-Tech | Edited by M Rebekah Otto, Dylan and others

Image of Totem located in Flanders, Belgium
Flanders, Belgium

Totem

Giant bug impaled 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... »

Strange Statues | Edited by stanestane and A Facebook user

Image of Basilica of the Holy Blood located in Flanders, Belgium
Flanders, Belgium

Basilica of the Holy Blood

Christ's blood preserved in a Belgian town

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... »

Relics and Reliquaries, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by Raphi Gottesman and A Facebook user