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Flanders, where heritage is alive and kicking

Castles and churches, breweries and city palaces, hospitals, chapels and much, much more. Flanders has an almost inexhaustible wealth of historical he…

Always artistic: Flanders, the land of song

Flanders is like music to your ears. Our unique heritage still resonates with people after all this time, both literally and figuratively. Operas and …

Flanders: where art and nature meet

Some have an insatiable appetite for contemporary art, while others long to experience unspoilt nature. But in Flanders you don’t have to choose, beca…

The Ghent Altarpiece

One of the world’s greatest art treasures is secreted away in the bustling city of Ghent: the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb by the van Eyck brothers, a…

Flanders’ immaterial cultural heritage: always impressive

If you say Flanders, you say heritage. Cathedrals and belfries, beguinages (a type of convent commonly found in the Low Countries) and castles. And, o…

9 incredible things that you didn’t yet know about Flanders

Flanders, although fairly modest in size, can boast an enormous wealth of art, heritage, culture, food, drink and more. So much more! But what about t…