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Four Historic Boat Lifts and Strepy Thieu (Wallonia - Belgium)
Pic Courtesy: Francois_Xavier Allard of Visit HainautSo, you saw the fabulous pre-historic site of Neolithic Flint Mines of Spiennes. Another UNESCO site in the surrounding of Mons is a collective of 4...
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Grand Hornu (Wallonia - Belgium)
As I mentioned in the last post, during industrial revolution, Belgium was a big time supplier of coal to all industries across Europe. There are 4 major coal mining sites in Belgium that are today...
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Bois du Luc (Wallonia - Belgium)
The 2nd of the 4 Coal Mining Sites under UNESCO is the Bois Du Luc (read about the 1st site Grand Hornu). This is quite different from the concept of Grand Hornu. While that was by the very forward...
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UNESCO Sites & Events of Mons (Wallonia - Belgium)
As I mentioned earlier, Mons surprised me like no other place had! Its a cultural hub! Its a cultural capital. Its the place with the most number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Belgium! Its just...
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Musings at Magical Mons! (Wallonia - Belgium)
I was in Mons for 3 days and all I could do was to just finish what I had originally planned and didn't have even half a day to stroll around... Mons is a tiny little gem that totally took me aback and...
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Hotel Neuvice, Liège - A Review (Wallonia - Belgium)
Is it a heritage hotel? Is it an Airbnb accommodation? Well, its kinda a crossover between the two. Hotel Neuvice in Liège is housed in a 18th C building, well, actually three 18th C buildings....
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Blegny Mine (Wallonia - Belgium)
After visiting two of the four coal mines listed under UNESCO in Mons (Grand Hornu& Bois du Luc), my next stop was Liège, close to which is the next site - Blegny Mine. Just like the other 2 mines...
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Prehisto Museum (Wallonia - Belgium)
This is the best ever place to go with kids in Belgium. For kids above 5 yrs onwards, this is perhaps the best place to introduce evolution, geography, physics, anthropology, archaeology and more, in a...
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Val Saint Lambert Cristal Discovery (Wallonia - Belgium)
When you're an expat or visitor in a country from another, you can often find yourself looking for places that are connected somehow to your roots. I often find myself doing it like Ambedkar House or...
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Mysterious trek of Roopkund
You may already know that I love trekking, if you’re a regular reader of my blog. Since the birth of Atyudarini, I’ve been on just my first one recently, at Spa, Belgium. More about it is coming up...
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Top 5 of Liège City (Wallonia - Belgium)
To begin with, I didn't know much about Liège. The only thing I knew was, its railway station in an architectural marvel and I had do some photography here and the UNESCO site of Blegny Mine. Like my...
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Flower Carpet 2018 (Brussels - Belgium)
Remember my earlier post on Flower Carpet 2016. Yes, its a biennial (once in 2 years). It was totally by chance that I attended the last one, as I was in London with a Schengen visa in hand. Well, fact...
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Hotel Corsendonk Sol Cress, Spa - A Review (Wallonia - Belgium)
There are times when you travel to a place to explore the place and be active and then, there are times when you go somewhere to just be lazy! Spa, is one such location (seriously, that's actually the...
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Hiking in Spa, Ardennes (Wallonia - Belgium)
As I mentioned in the last post, my visit to Spa was a lazy one. The only thing I did was a small, mild hiking in the woods close to the resort. There are several way marked trails in this region and...
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Indians in Ypres during World War I (Flanders - Belgium)
Let me give you a rough outline of how a million (almost 1.3 million) Indian soldiers ended up in Ypres (Ieper) during World War I1. The heir to Austria's throne, Archduke Ferdinand, was killed by...
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Heritage in Goa
When you think of Goa, what comes to your mind - beaches? booze? Yeah, its the Las Vegas of India. What happens in Goa, stays in Goa. But then did you know Goa has a UNESCO World Heritage Site too?...
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Ypres Salient (Flanders - Belgium)
As I mentioned in the earlier post, in 1914, the neutral Belgium began to be occupied by Germany to protect itself from France. Soon 95% of Belgium was under Germany. France understood the gravity of...
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Temple Tour of Goa (India)
That title could be a confusing one for many Indians. Does Goa, a city considered Las Vegas of India, even have any visit worthy temples? That explanation might be even more confusing for foreigners….....
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Ypres Belfry & In Flanders Fields Museum (Flanders - Belgium)
As you may have figured out in the last 2 posts, Ypres was completely damaged and destroyed during the first World War. Whatever we see today in Ieper is a reconstruction made after 1918. One of the...
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Ypres City & Ramparts (Flanders - Belgium)
After the Cloth Hall & Belfry, our first stop in the afternoon was the St.Martin's Church. This is an episcopal Neo Gothic construction, as the rest of the city constructed after the First World...
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