Discovering Belgium
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The Discovering Belgium website is a personal collection of city trips, walks, cycle rides and day trips to castles, museums and other places of interest in Belgium .
Discovering Belgium
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Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart was a one-eyed, one-handed war hero who fought in three major conflicts and was called ‘The Unkillable Soldier’.
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Visit the Keerbergen Windmill, known in Dutch as Keerbergen Heimolen, on Saturdays when the miller lets its sails turn!
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Forty years after his death, new music has been discovered in Belgium from American soul singer Marvin Gaye.
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An overview of the influence of religion on LGBT+ rights in Belgium, and why some religious communities can be anti-LGBT.
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A pair of white-tailed eagles is breeding in De Blankaart nature reserve in Woumen: a first for Belgium
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Isala Van Diest was the first female medical doctor and the first female university graduate in Belgium.
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Belgium has played a significant role in the advancement of LGBT+ rights within the European Union.
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Seven snail species new to Belgium have been unearthed in Wallonia in the most unexpected of places – building material dumps.
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An overview of the influence of religion on women's rights, in Belgium and elsewhere, and its varied impact across faiths.
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Georges Simenon was a Belgian writer known primarily for his detective fiction and particularly the character of Inspector Maigret.
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