Things to do in Belgium

A monument erected at the end of the twentieth century to pay tribute to the city's wool industry proves that Verviers was once the focal point of the Belgian wool industry.

The first steam locomotive built in Belgium left the workshops of John Cockerill in Seraing at the end of December 1835.

A three-arched brick viaduct stretches over the River Haine at Maurage.

In 1941, the National Local Railway Company (NMVB) built a bridge over the Gete for tram traffic between Sint-Truiden and Tienen.

A metal railway bridge over the Canal du Centre commemorates the passage of railway line 107 between Écaussinnes and Haine-Saint-Pierre in the province of Hainaut.

Slender columns with Corinthian capitals support a canopy in glass and iron above the platforms of Pepinster station.

On 24 November 1897, the entire municipality of Hamme was in a celebration mood. That day, the foundation stone was to be laid for a new bridge over the Durme. But it ended in tragedy.

A monumental memorial was erected in 1938 on the bank of the Yser in Nieuwpoort in honour of Belgian King Albert I.

The ring road R8 around the Belgian town of Kortrijk has been awaiting completion for decades. Construction of this ring road around the city began more than 50 years ago, in 1973. 

Verviers, the Belgian capital of the wool industry, had dozens of spinning mills, weaving mills, bleaching mills, cloth manufacturers and so-called conditioning buildings, the first stop for the wool delivered to the city.