15 Best Things to Do in Lommel (Belgium)
In the middle of the 19th century, quartz sand, a valuable mineral for glassmaking, was discovered outside Lommel. This sparked an industry that persists today, permanently altering the countryside around the town. Exhausted former quarries are now nature reserves, and combine to form the gigantic Bosland, the largest wooded area in Flanders. Lommel’s contribution to …