15 Best Things to Do in Oudenaarde (Belgium)
In the rolling hills of the Flemish Ardennes, Oudenaarde is a lovable town on the River Scheldt that was famed until the 18th century for its high-quality tapestries. Even though …
15 Best Things to Do in Rochefort (Belgium)
The little town of Rochefort is wrapped in a loop in the Lomme River, under the eerie ruins of a Medieval castle. The region around Rochefort is the Famenne, where …
15 Best Things to Do in Eupen (Belgium)
The capital of Belgium’s German-speaking community is on the margins of the High Fens, a plateau of raised peat bogs and moorland at the highest point in the country. Eupen’s …
10 Best Things to Do in Hasselt (Netherlands)
In Medieval times Hasselt was on the Zuiderzee, a saltwater bay of the North Sea, and as a member of the Hanseatic League was a major player in northern European …
10 Best Things to Do in Breskens (Netherlands)
On the Scheldt Estuary, Breskens is a fishing town that for hundreds of years made its livelihood on the water. Since the 20th century the fishing industry has declined, but …
10 Best Things to Do in Coevorden (Netherlands)
The oldest town in the province Drenthe, Coevorden grew up around a castle on a ford on the road between Münster and Groningnen. In the 17th century Coevorden was completely …
10 Best Things to Do in Bergen aan Zee (Netherlands)
An arty and well-to-do coastal village minutes from Alkmaar, Bergen aan Zee is in the sandy folds of the North Holland dunes. From as early as the 1600s the dunes, …
11 Best Things to Do in Monnickendam (Netherlands)
The small but photogenic town of Monnickendam was a big-hitter at the turn of the 17th century, pulling in trade from across the Baltic Sea. A cosy old tangle of …
10 Best Things to Do in Marken (Netherlands)
In the space of a century a lot of things have changed for Marken. What used to be an island is now a peninsula, joined to North Holland by a …
10 Best Things to Do in Het witte stadje Thorn (Netherlands)
On the Belgian border in Limburg, the origins of the white village of Thorn go back to the last quarter of the 10th century when it was founded as a …