346 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Dorling Kindersley would like to thank the many
people whose help and assistance contributed to the
preparation of this book.
Main Contributor
Antony Mason is the author of 70 books on travel, art,
geography and history, including DK Top 10 Travel
Guide to Brussels, Bruges, Antwerp and Ghent, Cadogan
Guide to Brussels and Cadogan Guide to Bruges. He
has taught writing at Goldsmiths College, University
of London, as a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund. His
long-standing admiration for Belgium dates from 1975.
Additional Contributors Zoë Hewetson, Philip
Lee, Zoë Ross, Sarah Wolff, Timothy Wright, Julia
Zyrianova, Emma Jones, Leigh Phillips
Fact Checker Dan Colwell
Proofreader Swati Meherishi
Indexer Cyber Media Services Ltd
Design and Editorial
Publisher Douglas Amrine
List Manager Vivien Antwi
Managing Art Editor Jane Ewart
Project Editor Alastair Laing
Project Designer Kate Leonard, Shahid Mahmood
Senior Cartographic Editor Casper Morris
Managing Art Editor (jackets) Karen Constanti
Jacket Design Tessa Bindloss
Senior DTP Designer Jason Little
Picture Researcher Ellen Root
Production Controller Rita Sinha
Editorial Assistance Fay Franklin
Additional Picture Research Rhiannon Furbear
DK Picture Library Romaine Werblow
Additional Photography Stuti Tiwari Bhatia, Gerard
Brown, Demetrio Carrasco, Anthony Cassidy, Jeoff
Davis, Paul Kenward, Mathew Kurien, David Murray,
Alessandra Santarelli, Jules Selmes, Tony Souter
Additional Illustrations Gary Cross, Richard Draper,
Paul Guest, Robbie Polley, Kevin Robinson
Additional Design and Editorial Assistance
Claire Baranowski, Amy Harrison, Sonal Modha,
Catherine Palmi, Dora Whitaker
Special Assistance
Dorling Kindersley would like to thank the following:
Rym Neffoussi at the Belgian Tourist Office; Serge
Moes at the Luxembourg Tourist Office, London; Jean-
Claude Conter and Gelz Pit at the Luxembourg
National Tourist Office, Luxembourg; Mia Prce at the
Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique; Anita
Rampall at Tourism Flanders-Brussels, UK
Photography Permission
Dorling Kindersley would like to thank the following
for their assistance and kind permission to photograph
at their establishments:
Abbaye de Maredsous; Abbaye de Stavelot; Attre
Château; Basilica St-Hubert; Bokrijk Openluchtmuseum;
Brüsel comic-book store; Brussels Tourism Office;
Castle of Jehay; Cathédrale Notre Dame; Cathédrale
St-Paul; Centraal Station, Antwerp; Château de Modave;
Château des Princes de Chimay; Château-Fort de
Bouillon; Comme Chez Soi; Design Museum Gent;
Église Ste-Catherine; Église St-Jacques; Église St-Quentin
Euro Space Centre, Transinne; Gaasbeek Castle;
Grimbergen Abbey Church; Groot Vleeshuis; Grottes
de Hotton; Grottes de Lorette; Grottes de Neptune;
Hôpital Notre Dame à la Rose; Hotel Eurostars Sablon;
Hotel Metropole; Le Falstaff; Le Méridien Hotel,
Brussels; Maison de la Metallurgie et de l’Industrie;
Memorial Breendonk; Musée d’Ansembourg; Musée de
Cire; Musée de l’Art Wallon; Musée de la Bataille des
Ardennes; Musée du Circuit de Spa Francorchamps;
Musée du Folk lore; Musée Groesbeek de Croix; Musée
Horta; Musée Provincial des Arts Anciens du Namurois;
Musée Royal de l’Armée et d’Histoire Militaire; Musée
Tchantchès; Nationaal Jenevermuseum; Noordsee-
aquarium; Parc du Cinquantenaire; Plantin-Moretus
Museum; Rochefort; Rubenshuis; St Christopher’s
Church, Charleroi; Stadhuis, Antwerp; Stadhuis, Ghent;
World War I Museum.
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right below; fbl=far bottom left; fbr=far bottom right.
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