Belgium Travel News Archives

Thursday, 29 October 2009 Railing on - a work of frustration I've been pondering for a while whether to make this posting as, in some ways, it plays into the hands of those who have a different view of the world.

Luxembourg: Tony Blair's prospects of leading a new-look European Union took a double hit yesterday as a serious rival became the first to declare his intentions and Italy backtracked on earlier support.

Published Monday 26 October 2009 10:01pm EST. Belgium is a funny place. A trip to Brussels will bring travelers face to face with some of the best and worst parts of Europeanism.

Visiting Bruges, Belgium Once a 13th-century cloth making center, Bruges may have become a major tourist destination, but its wealth of wandering canals and ornate houses, plus the city's medieval charm, remains... more » Once a 13th-century cloth making center, Bruges may have become a major tourist destination, but its wealth of ...

University of Illinois finance professor Don Fullerton will be the keynote speaker at a Nov.

The 20th of October saw the launch of Aaron Young's newest solo exhibition and his first in Belgium .

What a difference a door makes! "Tourists land in here, take one look at the surroundings, and know right away there's been some mistake," said Johan Creytens, owner of the Heritage Hotel in Bruges, Belgium, the city of canals that bills itself as "The Venice of the North." It's an easy mistake to make.

Santiago Calatrava's stunning Liege-Guillemins TGV station opened last month in Belgium, a glowing hump of glass and steel that's built to serve 36,000 passengers a day.

I'm going to be honest with you. I was going to skip Brussels. I was prepared to catch fleeting glances of the entire country of Belgium out of the window of the high-speed train we were planning to take from Amsterdam to Paris.

Professor John Ditch has been appointed chairman of the new mental health services board of NHS North Yorkshire and York .

Former patients are protective of each other and of their connection to the quiet, secluded peninsula that was Damien's home By Mary Adamski POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Oct 07, 2009 Eleven residents of tiny Kalaupapa village will be seated in the VIP section, along with King Albert II and Queen Paola of Belgium and other dignitaries from several ...

Visiting Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping said here on Friday that China was likely to achieve the targeted annual economic growth of 8 percent.

Yes, there is much to do in this overlooked nation October 08, 2009 Among European countries, Belgium is often overlooked as a tourist destination.

Explore a land of mystic peaks, enchanted forests and crystal fields of ice. Not so far, far away in a place called Montana.

TREMELO, Belgium - Thousands of Belgians, including the country's royal couple, converged today on this small farming town where Father Damien was born to celebrate his elevation to sainthood with some of the last remaining patients of the Hansen's disease settlement in Kalaupapa, Moloka'i, where the Sacred Hearts priest gained worldwide fame for ...

The 12,000-mile trek to Rome for Father Damien's canonization won't be easy for the 11 Hansen's disease patients making the journey.

Destination of the week: Art by Eurostar Versailles and Antwerp, both easily accessible on Eurostar , boast intriguing new exhibitions this winter.

Every year, thousands of tourists flock to see Manneken Pis, the bronze naked boy who has been making water at a street intersection in Brussels since at least 1619 AD.