Belgium Replica headframe Eisden The Eisden coal mine extracted coal from the Limburg subsurface from 1923 onwards.
Belgium The last mine in the Benelux On September 30, 1992, the Limburg 'Charbonnages d'Helchteren-Zolder' dug up the last lump of coal in the Benelux.
Belgium The youngest mine in the Limburg mining basin 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.
Belgium Crachet-Picquer in Frameries The former Crachet-Picquer coal mine in Frameries closed its gates in December 1960 and has been converted into the scientific adventure park SPARKOH!
Hainaut Le Grand-Hornu: social utopia in the Borinage In 1810, industrialist Henri De Gorge bought the Grand-Hornu coal mine in the Borinage, a famous mining region in Belgium.
Limburg Art deco coal mine The "Charbonnages André Dumont-sous Asch" is the full name of the Waterschei mine—a tribute to Professor Dumont, the geologist who discovered the coal layers in As.
Belgium Marcinelle mining disaster On August 8, 1956, disaster struck the Bois du Cazier mine in Charleroi, Belgium. A fire broke out hundreds of meters underground, killing 262 miners.
Liège Blegny mine. Black gold in Liège The Argenteau-Trembleur mine in Blegny is the last bastion of the Liège coal industry. In 1980, It closed its gates for the third time permanently.
Belgium An almost fully preserved coal mine in Limburg With its two headframes, water towers, bathing rooms, coal washeries and unloading floors, the Beringen coal mine is the most complete mining site in the Belgian coal region Limburg.
Belgium The director's residence in Beringen When Limburg became the El Dorado of Belgium at the beginning of the 20th century, coal mines sprang up like mushrooms. In their wake, garden suburbs and engineers' and directors' homes were built.
6 remnants of the Battle of Berlin The fierce Battle of Berlin was the final fight at the end of World War II. The bloody confrontation, from mid-April to early May 1945, brought the Nazi regime to its knees and ended World War II.