Belgium and Luxembourg (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

A PORTRAIT OF BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG 19 Palatial office of the international steel giant Arcelor Mittal in Luxembourg City in th ...

Landscape and Wildlife Belgium has a misleading reputation for being a flat country. This is only true of the northwest, where p ...

A PORTRAIT OF BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG 21 FORESTED ARDENNES The Ardennes cover most of southeastern Belgium and the Oesling area o ...

22 INTRODUCING BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG Belgian Artists Belgian art rose to the fore when the region came under Burgundian rule in ...

UNDERGROUND ART Some 58 Brussels metro stations have been decorated with a combination of murals, sculptures and architecture by ...

24 INTRODUCING BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG Belgian Comic Strip Art Belgian comic strip art is as much a part of Belgian culture as ch ...

A PORTRAIT OF BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG 25 PEYO AND THE SMURFS Best known for The Smurfs, Peyo (1928–92) was also a member of the t ...

26 INTRODUCING BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG For over six centuries, Belgian tapestry and lace have been highly prized luxury crafts. O ...

A PORTRAIT OF BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG 27 Belgian lace is bought today mainly as a souvenir. Despite competition from the machine- ...

Architecture Throughout its history, Belgium’s international bonds have linked it to the changing trends of European architectur ...

A PORTRAIT OF BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG 29 Kasteel Ooidonk, built in 1595 as a grand country resi- dence in Flemish Renaissance sty ...

30 INTRODUCING BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG Castles and Châteaux Belgium has the distinction of having more castles in a given area th ...

A PORTRAIT OF BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG 31 18TH-CENTURY CHATEAUX Belgium suffered during the wars of the Spanish and Austrian empir ...

32 INTRODUCING BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG THROUGH THE YEAR SPRING There may be a chill in the air even as sno ...

BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG THROUGH THE YEAR 33 AVERAGE DAILY HOURS OF SUNSHINE FebJan Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Climat ...

34 INTRODUCING BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG AUTUMN September can be pleasantly warm, but with a hint of chill in the air. As the crisp ...

BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG THROUGH THE YEAR 35 Temperature chart This chart gives the average maximum and miminum tem- peratures for ...

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B oth a young country and a very old one, Belgium won independence for the first time in 1830, but owes its name to Gallic tribe ...

INTRODUCING BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG TIMELINE 1300 1325 1350 1375 French took their revenge with a crushing victory at the Battle ...