Belgium’s schools have started a new academic year with “headscarf arrests”: Antwerp police arrested eight youngsters at the Royal Athenaeum in Hoboken a week after classes started. The arrested students violated a ban on demonstrations and worn Muslim headscarf’s which are a ligher version of well known  burkas or burqas.
While many believe the ban of [...]

The BeneluxGuide has a new loyal reader in Norway. A blogger from Norwegian University of Science and Technology has began reproducing articles about Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg from the BeneluxGuide.com site on the Blogspot.com blogging service under the same BeneluxGuide blogname. While Benelux travel gets popularized in many ways including sharing of the guiding [...]

The quality of the Belgian chocolates and famous Belgian pralines has been acknowledged worldwide. The chocolate “made in Belgium” is known as a delicacy. Belgian chocolate pralines have been the food of champions, a lure for lovers, the indulgence of the rich and later, the favorite of the masses.

Choosing hotel in Belgium
Travel in Belgium is very compact due to the close proximity of Belgian cities to each other. And, while such proximity makes it easy to book hotel in one Belgian city and use it as a base, you will certainly be able to experience much more staying in a hotel or bread&breakfast [...]

BRUSSELS: Art Brussels at Brussels Expo: 24 April – 29 April 2009.
Every year in April, ArtBrussels opens its doors and welcomes more than 30 000 art professionals, art collectors and art lovers from all over the world.

Brussels is probably the most cosmopolitan city of Europe, with liveliness and an appeal that are closely linked to its role of the Europe’s crossroads. The capital of Belgium has many spellings, Bruxelles, the French version is most frequent. Brussels is the capital of Belgian Monarchy  and the seat to the Europe’s bureaucratic institutions — [...]

Belgium culture starts with Belgian Monarchy, goes through saxophone, museums and comics and on to the enjoyment of  excellent food, chocolates and beers. In fact, there is no single Culture of Belgium. Belgium Culture is a fusion of Flemish culture, French culture and German culture.  A truly common Belgian cultural identity is friendliness and indulgence [...]

The iron symbol of once glorious steel making industry of Benelux is known today as one of the most distinct landmarks in Europe. Atomium has represented Belgian capital Brussels for half a century now. The monument was built for Expo ‘58, the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair and represented the might of the Iron and Steel [...]

Ghent Festivities. Every year the long-established, ten-day cultural event takes over the historic city center of medieval Ghent in Belgium. There is free music on all the central squares and hundreds of vibrant activities, including three international festivals. The Ghent Festivities treat visitors to 10 days of continuous free feasts on several squares in the [...]