Top tennis players revere Flemish racquet strings
The world’s top players resolutely choose this family company from Wijnegem in Flanders to string their rackets. Gustavo Kuerten, Roger
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Belgian chocolate heaven in Antwerp
Belgian chocolate has long been known as the tastiest in the world. So it was high time for an innovative
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A walk in the Flemish countryside: Visiting the House of Herman Teirlinck
After the rain the Flemish soil shimmers with fragments of light, myriads of tiny droplets being breathed in by the
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Tongerlo Abbey houses a remarkable treasure
Since 1545, Tongerlo Abbey has been home to a replica of “The Last Supper” by Leonardo Da Vinci. According to
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Tired of the rat race? Look no further than Maasmechelen
Spring has sprung so, with the changing of the seasons, what better reason to “reconnect” with nature? That is exactly
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Bokrijk’s “Wildeman” beer offers true taste of the past
It’s renowned as Belgium’s best open air museum but now Bokrijk could soon be known for something else: its very
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2018 was a top year for Flemish films and TV series abroad
Flemish films and TV series enjoyed fantastic success abroad in 2018. A total of 71 Flemish titles were selected 104
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SNCB announces additional trains bound for the coast over the Easter weekend
The SNCB has decided to increase the number of trains to the sea from Friday until next Monday. “Thirty additional
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On a day like this in 1943 an 11-year-old boy jumped from a train in Belgium and escaped deportation to Auschwitz
In the autumn of 1928 George Gershwin began writing Embraceable You, a popular jazz song that would become part of
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Bart Moeyaert wins the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2019
Bart Moeyaert, the Flemish author and translator of youth literature, poet and novel writer, has won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial
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