In Catholic Belgium there are many monasteries that are well worth visiting. Here we say abbey, and how to explain the difference between that and a monastery would take far too long. Most of our abbeys welcome visitors, have guided tours and beautiful hiking trails around them.
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Soon, very soon, the lemming train to the Blue Forest will start, although here in Belgium we have no lemmings.
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The shrimp fisherman sits on a tonne of horse, pulling a trawl, back and forth in the shallows off the Belgian coastal town of Koksijde. It's shrimp trawling and I've travelled almost two and a half hours to see this old-fashioned way of fishing, which is actually a UNESCO heritage site.
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Antwerp is my closest city here in Belgium and is for me associated with architecture and culture. An hour's train ride and I get off at the central station, which is a work of art in itself.
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If you want to do something completely different in Belgium, head to the community of Doel, just outside Antwerp.
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Yep, I live here, not in Brussels but about an hour away. Fourteen years ago I followed my heart and left everything and Sweden, that was on 1 April, that says it all.
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This is the time of year when it's time for a royal spanking, not that I'm remotely interested in any royal family, but a visit to the Royal Greenhouses in Laeken is an extraordinary experience. I've been working with plants for 32 years and it takes a lot to impress me, but here I'm amazed.
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Today we present facts about Belgium! Belgium is a flat country (the highest peak is 694 metres above sea level) called Botrange signal) that not everyone knows much about. Belgium has perhaps the most castles in the world per square kilometre and many cities feel like medieval worlds with spires and towers. Both the EU and NATO are located in Brussels, Belgians love waffles and chocolate, and the beer is bad... Here we go!
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Have you seen any of the Unesco World Heritage Sites in Belgium? There are currently 13, and many of them are very interesting. We have visited five of the Belgian World Heritage Sites so far, but hope to see a few more. Which ones have you visited? Which ones are you curious about?
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Belgian beer is exciting, and visiting breweries in Belgium is an adventure. You'll find everything from wheat beer and Trappist beer to cherry beer and spontaneously fermented beer, made in the same way as a hundred years ago. Belgium has sometimes been called the 'Disneyland of beer' and it's easy to see why - tasting Belgian beer is like embarking on an unusually surprising roller coaster ride.
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