Liège
For more than half a century, this lime factory's four kilns produced 180 tons of lime per day, but today, the complex stands alone in a forest near Aachen, Germany.
Things to do in Belgium
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Antwerp
Setting up a sawmill seemed the furthest thing from his mind. Yet that was precisely what miller Alfons Beyens ventured into in 1902.
Limburg
The Kempen mining basin in the Belgian province of Limburg had not six, but seven coal mines. However, the Zwartberg mine is the only one that has completely disappeared from the map.
Antwerp
The Belgian Rupel region has over fifty brickmakers' tunnels running under streets and railway lines. They are the best-hidden reminder of the brick industry of yesteryear.
East Flanders
The Liedtspark in Oudenaarde, East Flanders, not only has a whole series of follies in store, but on the edge of the park, you will also find a transformer house that has been given the contours of a medieval castle tower.
Hainaut
Two dilapidated watchman's pavilions, built in the early nineteenth century, are at the edge of a vast forest in Wallonia.
Ghent
Two hundred years ago, in 1823, the Ghent city architect Louis Roelandt started establishing the first gas factory on the Waalse Krook, specifically on the site where the Ghent city library now stands.
Antwerp
A monumental bonded warehouse was built in 1902 at the Essen border station along railway line 12 between Antwerp (Belgium) and Roosendaal in the Netherlands.
West Flanders
The single-track line between Waregem and Anzegem was opened to traffic at the end of 1868, but did not last long. Passenger traffic on railway line 66A was partly stopped as early as 1934, and the route between Waregem and Ingelmunster was also closed in 1950.
Flemish Brabant
A new concrete water tower was erected in 1984 in a Flemish Brabant village near Halle.
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