{"id":231877,"date":"2024-04-23T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/?p=231877"},"modified":"2025-12-26T18:37:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T17:37:00","slug":"postel-i-belgien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2024\/04\/postel-i-belgien\/","title":{"rendered":"Postel in Belgium - Aunt Anna enters a convent"},"content":{"rendered":"

Writer: Anna Nilsson Spets<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>

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A short drive from where I live in Flanders is Postel, a monastic area I visit quite often.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t

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At present, around 20 brothers\/monks live in the monastery itself; the private part is not allowed to be visited. A number of brothers live in neighbouring homes.<\/p>

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