Our water systems are in grave danger, but not enough research has been conducted to get a comprehensive idea of the damage that humans have done to them. We are just now beginning to scratch the surface of our impact on the largest ecosystems on our planet. The Ocean Film Festival will be screening films that tackle different aspects of the current crisis.

The state of Europe’s water systems is particularly alarming, with the North atlantic garbage patch being a notable example of an ecological disaster that Europe has done little to combat. European fish stocks have been destroyed over the last years, and the highly controversial Common Fisheries Policy has done nothing to impede the unrelenting pace at which we are destroying our oceans; critics argue that it has, at best, placated the economic interests of member states, and at worst actively facilitated the current ecological disaster, providing subsidies to the most damaging vessels until very recently. One of the main controversies is the inability or lack of desire for the parliament to ban deep sea trawling, the most damaging type of fishing, until 2016, despite a controversial vote with voting irregularities in late 2013 establishing common democratic will for a ban.

The Festival covers many of the myriad of topics that affect our waterways, and the films themselves are visually stunning and rich in content.

The Ocean film festival will be opening it’s autumn tour in Woluwe at Wolubilis, the local cultural center, on the 20th and 21st of October. If you can’t make it don’t worry, the festival will show it’s acclaimed films throughout Belgium in the coming months.

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So first off a complete misunderstanding of Brussels’ history predicates the entire article

“… getting rid of a good part of the Middle Age alleys, restoring the buildings and adopting a more European and aristocratic appearance. Most of the places visited by the poet no longer exist and the city adjusted and evolved thanks to the influence of the internationals arriving…”

Is this to suggest that Brussels’ was somehow not ‘European’ or even ‘Aristocratic’ before the mid 19th century? Yes there was an investment in public works in the late 19th century by Leopold II, the same king who ran the notoriously atrocious and ironically named Congo Free State, but Brussels had a fairly rich history before then. The fact of the matter is that the Duke of Brabant had already held stewardship over the city for 900 years before Leopold. That congested little ring road around Brussels city center has represented a city wall for the better part of 700 years.

The weather

How’s the weather? Is there a more mundane way to strike up a conversation? Imagine a planet of linguistic hairless apes sitting around talking about if it’s hot/cold and wet or dry around them. Yes the weather is bad. It’s horrible. It’s capricious and an unforgiving sky hangs from the top of the cathedrals, and a darkness befalls the entire country for a span of months. Personally I don’t mind the rain. I’ve lived in lots of places, and sunshine is nice. But I noticed something when living in a desert that is best encapsulated by this quote from André Gide: “there is nothing less conducive to thought than this perpetual blue sky”.

The sun is hypnotizing, and pleasant. It slows you down and takes away any sense of urgency. Most importantly it causes pleasant daydreams, and while I love daydreams what I like more than pleasant day dreams is escapist daydreams, and nothing gives your imagination more fuel than darkness.

So yes the weather, but oh god do we have to talk about it again.

The Traffic

Ride a bike/moped or plan ahead. The line of black mercedes with a single passenger going into the Commission buildings every morning surely doesn’t help.

The Bureaucracy

Again, a topic that Belgium is roundly criticized for. Perhaps this is due to the fact that people here haven’t ever had to do bureaucracy in a non-european country. It took me a month to get my ID when I moved back to Brussels, and I’m a citizen. An American friend of mine got hers in two weeks without a visa. So be it, it’s something that happens once every couple years and it sucks. Bureaucracy sucks. A functioning government with social systems that protect people is awesome though, and our social systems are more comprehensive than most of Europe. Not to mention that Brussels has 180+ nationalities living here, and strict linguistics laws rooted in the eternal struggle between North and South, as well as a sense of transience for many people. It could be better but let’s not over do it.

Belgium is Northern

Well yes, yes it is. I’ve heard this critique a thousand times. Southern Europeans want Northern Europeans to act like Southern Europeans. You want red wine philosophy and proclamations of eternal friendship. You want masterpieces, and silk curtains, a constant ocean breeze and your skin to be dry from salt water….

You’re not going to find it. Things are different here. We eat herb infused cream sauces, Rabbit in kriek and plum sauce, and have a deep appreciation for bitterness in our food and in our people. We are inventive and private, this is after all where the beginnings of classical music and oil painting took root. Without Desprez or Van Ockeghem you would have never had Palestrina, and the Roman Catholic church may have never allowed two sounds to be played at the same time (great job Rome). Without Van Eyck, Van der Weyden or Bosch there would have never been Caravaggio, The Italian renaissance artists would be painting with egg yolk based temperas. The Magritte you want regaling you with stories of his greatness isn’t there either. Magritte, Delvaux, Permeke were quiet people. Magritte hated going out, and thought that city folk were obnoxious. You would have never seen him at the bar, he would have been with his wife whom he loved dearly at home.

While our beaches aren’t picturesque they do possess a mysterious sexiness. Don’t believe me? Ask Marvin Gaye, whose classic song ‘Sexual Healing’ was inspired by the waves hitting the beach in Oostende, where he lived for years and recorded his critically acclaimed comeback album.

We are Belgians, a non-urban people without the imperial ego of our neighbors. We are one of the few Western European countries that didn’t try to take over the entire world, I’m looking in your direction England, Germany, Holland, France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal.

Perhaps this environment encouraged Karl Marx to write the communist Manifesto while living in Brussels from 1845-1848.

So yes we are northerners, in the sense that no one cares what you’re doing, and that may be unpleasant and lacking warmth. But you’re here now, and you can enrich yourself with the experiences of the locals not fortunate enough to want to broaden their cultural horizons, by assimilating and observing and being open and curious, or you can sit at a bar full of expats wondering why the Belgians simply don’t care.

The last point, making friends anywhere in the world is hard. Making good friends is damn near impossible. It would be just as hard to develop deep bonds anywhere in the world where you speak a different language or see yourself as belonging to a different culture.

I apologize if I got defensive, next beer is on me.

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Winston Churchill said of the Balkans that it is an area that produces more history than it can consume, what this means for tourists such as myself is that one can delight in the ancient treasures that abound in this part of the world. Trebinje, for example, is home to Arslanagic bridge, A 500 year old Ottoman bridge commissioned by the Serbian born Grand Vizier Mehmed Pasha Sokolovic. It was designed by the same bridge builder who made the bridge in Mostar that is now recognized as a Unesco world heritage site, and dedicated it to his late son.

Hercegovina is overburdened with natural beauty as well. Only recently have the countries of the former Yugoslavia started working together to exploit these natural wonders. The non-profit Via Dinarica has developed several trails, most notably the ‘Blue Trail’, which offers hikers the opportunity to follow the ridgelines of dalmatian peaks, offering vistas of the expansive adriatic sea all the way to the Italian coast.

What I found most surprising about Trebinje was the nightlife and culture. One festival after the next take place all summer long. The Trebinje Film Festival is an appetizer to the Sarajevo Film Festival, The festival of Wine and Honey celebrates the products the region is most known for, and free music festivals attract tourists from near and far the whole summer long. The Film festival is a particularly curious affair because Trebinje has more Oscar winning actors than it does movie screens. It is a town where excellence abounds.

As for the nightlife, I came into town to check out a traditional orthodox procession which ended in a performance in the main church. The procession was all the more interesting because Hercegovinans are the tallest people on earth (average height is 1 meter 84). Imagine dozens of giants swinging ornate silver orbs in the dry evening heat of Southern Europe. After the procession the old town started bustling with music. On the upper floors of the ancient fort a dance party, in the main square some classic rock from a live band. Warm weather, big crowds, loud music, ice cream and an orthodox procession all parts of a typical night in beautiful Hercegovina.

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I met with my guide Marko, a charming native of Trebinje who seemed to know everyone, at what the Austrian’s used to call Babicplatz, the town’s central square lined with towering 150 year old platan trees. We discussed the geography of the region, Trebinje is in the region of Hercegovina in the semi-autonomous Republika Srpska. The shaded square is surrounded by bustling cafes while vendors ply their wares. Here you can find hand-picked herbs, Brandy made with wild pommegrenates, soaps and skin creams made of local beeswax, or even a locally grown tobacco known to be a personal favorite of Joseph Stalin. Trebinje being a relative unknown to it’s heavyweight neighbors makes it incredibly affordable. It takes little to live like a king in this untouched gem of a town.

The center of town has a Dalmatian feel to it. Large marble slabs, vaguely turkic architecture, dry mediterranean heat and an almost cosmic calmness. But just as I was getting used to it Marko brought me through a causeway to a classic Austro-Hungarian former army barracks. Those familiar with Bosnia might be able to identify the polarizing experience of leaving one hemisphere for another in a span of metres. The barracks house the Museum of Hercegovina Trebinje which is spread over three floors and combines information about the ancient history of Trebinje with artefacts. It describes perfectly how it was first connected to trading routes due to it’s proximity to Dubrovnik (20 minutes by car, give or a take one border crossing), and then it’s direct connection with Vienna via steam engine in the early 20th century. 

By that point I was developing that typical mediterranean early afternoon thirst for wine, and the Tvrdos Monastery was the perfect surprise to quench that thirst. You can be forgiven for having never heard of this 4th century monastery established by the Roman Emperor Constantine, or the 15th century wine cellar adjacent to the monastery itself. Despite having won numerous awards from New York to Japan for their wine, the monks choose to stay at around half their capacity in order to maintain quality, and the distribution is generally organized by orthodox churches since the profits go to repairing churches that were damaged and never repaired.

Happy and light headed I insisted we returned to our hotel for lunch. The Hotel Stara Hercegovina was known for years in the region as the best restaurant for miles around. Word of mouth has made this a can’t miss dining experience for those familiar with the region. The parking lot is guaranteed to have license plates from at least 4 countries, which is no surprise with it’s proximity to Croatia, Montenegro and Mostar. They just recently added luxurious apartments, and so I had the benefit of staying there (By this I mean I was able to amble off to take a nap with relative ease minutes after finishing my gargantuan plate). Lunch was as farm to table as you can imagine. The table literally overlooks the farm, the farm being a delicate mountain valley separated by circuitous stone walls winding out of site. This isn’t so much back to the basic as it is a culinary craft that has been perfected and unchaged over years.

On the eve of my departure I’m listening to birds singing out my window with the windows wide open. Every few seconds a waft of incense hovers across the room. I lay dreaming, picking out the origin of every restorative note in the air, a citrus orchard clinging to the banks of the Trebjisnica river, a field of wild lavender growing among the marble scree on the gentle slopes of a nearby Dalmatian peak, and the effervescent aroma of pine needles toasted in the adriatic sun, and wonder If I’ll ever have to wake up.

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Brussels Express offers you its personal guide on the world of Belgian chocolate. For the sake of time we’ll take more of a cursory glance than a deep dive, identifying some of our favorite chocolatiers in Belgium’s three biggest cities.

Brussels

Pierre Marcolini

The stand out in Brussels is Pierre Marcolini. Their flagship on the Sablon is a mix of 19th century exterieurs and sleek modern intereurs. The pralines are on the second floor next to a couple tables with a spectacular view of the church of the Sablon. Marcolini sources cocoas from around the world and makes the chocolates in house, unlike most chocolatier who buy the chocolate already made and take it from there. Two  things really make this chocolate standout, the first is that all the praline look the same, this gives the whole affair a minimal feel to it, and it fits perfectly in a gift boxes. The second is that the flavors are what you could consider to be experimental. Chilis from texas, safran etc. Marcolini is a perfect place to take a couple friends in town.

Chocolatier Mary

Mary is the official chocolatier of the Belgian royal family. These are the chocolates we give to visiting dignitaries. That means that these presumably were the chocolate Donald Trump was eating “a lot of” on his recent trip to Brussels. Mary makes a more traditional praline, they’ve been around since 1919, and have been a fancy of local dikkeneks for nearly a century now. The interieurs are reminiscient of a different era. These are the chocolates you give to the in-laws.

Antwerp

Chocolate Line

The most well-known chocolatier in Antwerp is ‘The Chocolate Line’ by Dominique Persoone, a native of Bruges. This is known as a more experimental chocolatier, although what they have in originality they lack in overall quality. The Chocolate Line is overpriced, overly sweet, and pretty tasteless. The staff there are students who don’t care about chocolate, the interior is thoughtlessly asymmetric. This is just a tourist trap disguised as a chocolatier where you can find bacon and weed flavor praline… cool story bro. This is a classic case of instagram gourmandise.

Burie

Burie on the other hand is the real Antwerp chocolatier, despite the family being from Oostende. The store is less impressive, and less centrally located, but the chocolate is simply superior. They are known for their quality, history and hand-made chocolate statues that change every couple weeks. They have little chocolate hands and diamonds, two emblems of Antwerp, that serve as excellent toursity snacks.

Gent

Yuzu

Yuzu in Gent is a « best of both worlds » sort of chocolatier. They’re young and experimental, but delicious. The one thing that’s great about Yuzu -that these other chocolatiers don’t have- is the typically Gent characteristic of a complete lack of pomp. My first time there I didn’t realize it was the same yuzu I had been reading about all those years. The chocolate is incredible though. At this point I can’t visit Gent without stopping by Yuzu. It’s Belgian chocolate with a Japanese twist.

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Brussels Express spoke with CEO Bram Vandeperre to discuss the green initiative that has already moved tens of thousands of Brussels residents to get an idea for the future of green mobility in Belgium and the world. Vandeperre, an intrepid young man with experience in every corner of the globe, saw an opportunity in the perennial traffic problem after re-settling in Brussels several years ago. Where policy and infrastructure are failing to provide solutions to issues of mobility and clean air in the city center, electric scooters are succeeding.

Scooty launched amid much anticipation in october of 2016, and after overcoming initial challenges, not least of which a Belgian winter, they drummed up enough user traffic to attract Europcar as a partner. Since the beginning of the summer they’ve been adding bikes to the streets and seeing an enormous rise in usage, from 80-100 rides a day at the beginning of the summer with a fleet that was half its current size.

Vandeperre’s data is also showing that scooty’s customers are getting to their destinations faster and more affordably than with public transit, and with a critical mass of bikes on the streets users are going to the app as a primary option.

The next steps are crystal clear for Scooty, get more bikes on the road, improve user experience, and raise awareness. Further down the line remains to be seen. With Europcar as an institutional partner, and a city with Europe’s worst traffic as a stomping ground one would think that the rise of Scooty is an inevitability but the fact of the matter is that for Scooty to provide a lasting and patch to the mobility disaster that is Belgium much more investment will be needed.

We at Brussels Express tested the app ourselves, and were amazed to see just how many bikes were in our neighborhood.

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But that’s not even scratching the surface. Belgium’s provinces have radically different histories, and the country itself did not pursue the romantic 19th century ideal of a monolingual nation-state as aggressively as just about every other country in Europe, and this has led to a linguistic diversity that few European countries can claim. In fact it wasn’t until the late 19th century that the Flemish region united around one language, and even this contentious act took nearly a decade before an agreement was reached. They eventually settled on officially calling their language Dutch, foregoing other names like ‘Diets’ and ‘Flemish’.

So expats know it as Dutch, when the reality is that, although a General Dutch (Algemeen Nederlands or AN) exists, Flemish dialects differ tremendously. So much so that some dialects are subtitled when spoken on television… for other Flemish speakers. The differences are so pronounced that Flemish speakers can generally identify which province their interlocutor comes from within seconds of speaking with them. While you may be thinking that every country has dialects, I can assure you that Flemish takes it to an extreme. To illustrate this I’ll go down the list.

West Flemish or West-Vlaams: the subtitled ones

West Flanders, the province of Brugge and Kortrijk is like another planet linguistically speaking. It goes beyond a few odd words and pronunciations here and there, no, West-Flemish has a host of syntactic phenomena that are unique to west-Flemish and west Flemish alone. Syntactic clitics used for agreement, and negation make use of hyper complex linguistic rules. This arose largely in the same way a town like Brugge did. When the canals around brugge became too hard for boats to pass through the region became isolated from the world, creating a linguistic time capsule around an area sitting firmly between germanic and latin languages, that had had access to the entire world in the form of trade for hundreds of years. The resultant dialect is a perfect storm of multiple influences and nuances being compounded in an echo-chamber for 30 generations. This is the reason these people must be subtitled.

Do Say: “ ‘k Zy joe ghèèrn” – I love You

Don’t Say: “ ’k Verstoa je nie” – I don’t understand you

Brabantian or Brabants

These are the dialects from the east side of the Schelde. The river that separated Gaul from the Germanic empires. This area did not become economically relevant until several hundred years after the rise of Flemish provinces (East and West Flanders). These are the dialects from which General Dutch are based on, this is a testament to the consolidation of cultural power in the Brabantian city of Antwerp, and for this reason a city many outside of it see as having a seemingly endless appetite and ego to match.

Among the Brabantian dialects is Brusseleir, a Brussels hybrid that is on the brink of extinction. Below is a video of Eddy Merckx reciting a famous fable in Brusseleir.

Merckx speaking Brusseleir

Limburger or Limburgs: They Came from the East

Limburg is an interesting example because it is a region split into two provinces between two countries. Limburgs is the most germanic of the Flemish dialects. Limburgs has deep rhotic  R sounds, they use words like the german ‘Ich’ for ‘I’ instead of the standard Dutch ‘Ik’, and it is thought to be spoken a bit slower. This last point forms the most telltale stereotype of people from De Limburg.

To make this even more complex, the dialectical divisions within these provinces are often so pronounced that Flemish speakers are able to identify the village or town of their interlocutor, with some towns speaking dialects that are so peculiar they become known to all of Flanders, the town of Aalst aka Oilsjt being a classic example. While people may speak some version of a standard language at work or in mixed company traces of these dialects are visible in most people’s accents.

Yes it is a bit convoluted and complex, but it’s just one of the many things that makes Belgium unique and interesting. It is an aspect of the local culture that often goes overlooked by expats in Brussels, and yet it is one of Belgium’s most remarkable traits.

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I am protesting President Trump because I am a proud American citizen, and I feel that his presidency poses an immediate threat to fabric of American constitutional democracy. His presidency comes at a difficult time in US history. The powers of the executive branch have grown under Presidents Bush and Obama, thus gifting the truly incompetent President Trump the power to single-handedly make decisions that affect people all over the world.

I am protesting President Trump because I am Bruxellois and he will totally mess up traffic in Brussels.

I am protesting President Trump because I am a proud Belgian citizen and President Trump has pressured European leaders to increase military spending. This dovetails with Belgium’s imminent purchase of 15 billion Euros worth of F-35 fighter planes, which I am totally against. I want my leaders in Belgium to know that they will be scrutinized for every single decision they make in cooperation with the President Trump’s government.

I am protesting  President Trump because his bigoted rhetoric has lead to an increase in violent crimes against the LGBTQ, Muslim, Jewish, Black, Hispanic, and Immigrant communities. His raw brand of dog-whistle racism has emboldened people to normalize hate.

I am protesting President Trump because I am the son of an Iranian who was once a refugee, and I am a proud Iranian. That despite her numerous diplomas, decades of experience in international development with organizations like the World Bank and the UN, and the 3 languages that she speaks fluently, my mother cannot risk visiting me in Belgium for fear that she might be denied re-entry into the US despite being a Belgian citizen and an American green card holder.

I am protesting President Trump because I am an entrepreneur, and his policies have no intention of levelling any playing field for me and my company.

I am protesting President Trump because I know that climate change is real. It is not a question of belief, it is established scientific fact. The repercussions of his policies, especially at such a time as this, are reason enough to go yell in the street.

I am protesting President Trump because protesting works. It’s not about convincing politicians, it’s about showing others who think like you that they are not alone, and that political action is needed and acceptable. Protesting exists to raise awareness about our political movements, and though I may not agree with every point of view being expressed tomorrow, I will at least find others who agree to a wholesale rejection of President Trump’s values. Protesting is how you change things in a democracy, protesting is how you make your voice heard. I implore you to ignore the sceptics in your world who think it’s a waste of time. Their fear does not have to be yours. I hope you join us.

The march begins at 5pm on the 24th at Gare du Nord – Noordstation

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Over a period of four days, April 28th to May 1st, top chefs, local hot spots, and artisanal producers ply their edible wares. Experts conduct food workshops, and this year a children’s area and book market have been added to this all around festival of good flavors. The organisers are expecting 30,000 visitors over these four days, so there is never a dull moment.

The participant list ranges in everything from Top Chef Jeroen Meus’ hot dog stand in Leuven, Michelin starred restaurants doing Fritkot classics, to The Jane, Antwerp’s finest haute cuisine experience. Restaurants from all over Belgium and the Netherlands will be serving their personal creations. Plates average between 5 to 7.50€, and entrance is 7 euros for a one day pass and comes with a complimentary welcome drink. A host of artisanal producers will be there as well, showing off the latest in culinary innovation and culinary technology.

Belgium’s gorgeous second city is 35 minutes from Brussels by train or car, and this weekend is peak time to come on down for a visit.

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Now there’s good news, and then there’s great news. The good news is that it’s all true, the better news is that every 2 years the artisanal Geuzerijen/Geuzeries that make Lambic beers open their doors to the public, thereby creating a scavenger hunt of Belgian craft beers, and the great news is that this biennial celebration of Geuze is taking place on May 6th and 7th of this year.

Lambic is an ale that ferments spontaneously due to the yeast in the air in the Pajottenland, the region around Brussels on the Senne. This Sour base ale is then mixed with other beers to make some of Belgium’s most famous beers. If you’ve ever ordered a Kriek you can rest assured that it was made in the Senne valley. Other Lambic beers include Faro, and Geuze.

Geuze is a non-carbonated sour ale. Its rich and complex flavor profile can be off-putting to some, but it has lead many to covet Geuze beers. Simply put, the flavor of Geuze is like nothing else in the world.

The Toer De Gueze

The Toer takes place the weekend of May 6th. People from all over the world descend on this little region, and brewery hop in the Pajottenland. You can navigate the breweries yourself, or opt to take a guided bus tour. I personally like to bike to each location. The breweries offer tours, little tasting cups and sell fresh food. Two years ago some of the breweries roasted a whole pig on a spit, and that really steps up the feeling of being a pirate in the 17th century, which is why I primarily do anything really.

It may be hard to choose which breweries to visit so I’ll give you the four I visited two years ago.

Oud Beersel

This Geuzerij is in… Beersel. Their beers tend to the traditional but they also experiment with some fruits you don’t see so often. The location is Prachtig as they say in Flemish, and the room with the barrels feels like a scene from a Disney movie. The journey began with a tinge of nervousness that disappeared within seconds of entering their cave and sipping on a sour ale.

Hanssens Artisanaal

Hanssens is as traditional as they come, in the sense that they make very little effort to cater to the more mainstream flavors. A Hanssens Geuze is complex, and leaves an almost sulfuric mineral aftertaste. The brewery is housed in an old wood lodge. There are two large rooms and a dirt courtyard with a decent handful of food options. It was raining pretty hard at this point, and the rooms smelled like crowds of wet people… but I was okay with it, it really added to the atmosphere.

Drie Fonteinen

Drie Fonteinen is generally regarded as the best tasting geuze. I can’t say I remember that much about the brewery, but that is very likely due to the fact that I had been drinking since 10 in the morning by the time I got there. I will say that Drie Fonteinen does, in my opinion, perfect the geuze. I bought some bottles and drank them later, so I can say with confidence that it was delicious. They also have a nice restaurant, or so I’m told.

Boon

Boon makes excellent Kriek. It’s my favorite because their new Kriek is not too sweet like a Bellevue or a Lindemans. I’ll be completely honest, by the time we got here I was just happy to be standing upright. I drink Kriek Boon if I see it on a menu. As for the brewery, I have no opinion either way. I remember having a great time, but I probably couldn’t have tied my shoes by that point.

Honorable Mention: Lindemans

For those less adventurous among us there is always Lindemans. Where other Geuze beers challenge the palate, Lindemans gives you what you want. The tour at Lindemans was amazing. They are a major brewery and they have the resources to put on a show. They get the machines going and show you the process step by step. You can literally stick your head in a 100,000 litre vat of yeast and water. Lindemans is big, there is a lot of really good food, activities for the whole family and everybody gets a free beer at the end.

The Toer de geuze is a quintessential Belgian experience. It gives you the opportunity to experience Belgian quality and craft in that typically unassuming manner. I don’t doubt that wherever you end up, and however you choose to get there you’ll have a good time, just make sure you get back safe. Lastly, The big Geuzerijen get together and mix their unique yeasts every two years and make a “Mega Blend” to mark the occasion of the Tour De geuze. Last editions megablend received a 99 out of 100.

Info about the bus tour.

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