Things to do in Belgium

The Trench of Death on the Yser Front in Dixmuide is the only preserved Belgian trench complex from the First World War.

The Joseph Lemaire sanatorium in the Belgian town of Overijse is one of the most famous modernist sanatoriums in the world.

The polder village of Doel is located on the left bank of the river Scheldt and is surrounded by the Doel nuclear power plant and the Deurganck container dock that was put into use in 2005.

In 1954, the Belgian army built a bunker at the foot of the Kemmelberg. The top secret command center would house the army headquarters in the event of a crisis or conflict during the Cold War.

After the Second World War, the acrobats and horses in the Ghent Winter Circus made way for the out-of-control classic car collection of the Mahy car garage. After more than 20 years of vacancy, the Ghent circus was renovated.

The Alsberge-Van Oost bleaching plant was founded in 1879. A century later, it collapsed and was left vacant for years.

Houthalen is the last mine that opend its doors in the Kempen coal basin. Only the main building and the two steel headframes were preserved.

The "Céramique et briquetteries méchaniques du Littoral" brickworks flanks the Kortrijk-Bossuit canal since 1924.