West Flanders Shoe and brush city par excellence For years, Izegem has been the Belgian shoe and brush city par excellence. Today, the art-deco building of shoe manufacturer Eperon d'Or hides an impressive industrial heritage site.
Ghent Textile bleaching plant in Ghent The Alsberge-Van Oost bleaching plant was founded in 1879. A century later, it collapsed and was left vacant for years.
Belgium Traces of the textile industry in Zottegem Over the course of the twentieth century, the Sanitary Underwear Company emerged as the second-largest textile factory in Zottegem, East Flanders.
East Flanders Traces of textile industry in Ronse Spinning mills, weaving mills, dyers and twisting mills: in the Belgian town of Ronse, you stumble over the remains of the textile past.
East Flanders Industrial heritage along the Dender in Aalst The Dender River takes you from an industrial landscape in Aalst full of textile mills, malthouses and silos to a green oasis dominated by drawbridges and locks.
Berlin Forgotten wastewater treatment plant On the former GDR border between West and East Berlin, you will find the forgotten remains of the wastewater treatment plant of a disappeared textile factory.
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.