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.
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 Bois-du-Luc: three centuries of mining In the 19th century, many Flemish inhabitants commuted daily by train to le Centre (the mining region around La Louvière) to descend into one of the coal mines.
Belgium Strépy-Thieu boat lift Twenty years after construction started, the Strépy-Thieu boat lift lifted the first boats. Until 2016, it was the largest ship lift in the world.
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.