Belgium and Luxembourg 4th Revised edition

Features some of the best planning tools & focuses on Belgium's best attributes: beer & chocolate. This title offers local voices that help readers get to the heart of what makes Belgium special.

Experience the best of Belgium and Luxembourg with Lonely Planet. Seek out the perfect mussels and twice-crisped frites, explore a gallery of surrealist art, cycle and hike in the Ardennes and undertake a systematic evaluation of Belgian chocolate.
Lonely Planet guides are written by experts who get to the heart of every destination they visit. This fully updated edition is packed with accurate, practical and honest advice, designed to give you the information you need to make the most of your trip.
In this Guide:
The best drinking spots, rated and reviewed for any mood or time of day
Top Sleeps include a royal castle, a former church and a fiberglass copy of a human body part
Immerse yourself in a local party with our Events Calendar

On the Road		4	(1)
Traveller Highlights		5	(6)
Destination Belgium & Luxembourg		11	(2)
Getting Started		13	(3)
Events Calendar		16	(4)
Itineraries		20	(4)
History		24	(12)
The Culture		36	(11)
Food & Drink		47	(12)
Environment		59	(3)
Brussels		62	(53)
History		63	(1)
Orientation		64	(1)
Information		65	(11)
Sights		76	(16)
Activities		92	(1)
Tours		92	(1)
Festivals & Events		93	(1)
Sleeping		93	(3)
Eating		96	(6)
Drinking		102	(4)
Entertainment		106	(3)
Shopping		109	(1)
Getting There & Away		110	(1)
Getting Around		111	(2)
Around Brussels		113	(1)
South of Brussels		113	(1)
Southwest of Brussels		113	(1)
North of Brussels		113	(2)
Western Flanders		115	(53)
Ghent (Gent)		117	(12)
Around Ghent		129	(1)
Bruges (Brugge)		129	(17)
Around Bruges		146	(1)
The Coast		146	(8)
Veurne		154	(1)
Around Veurne		155	(1)
Poperinge		156	(1)
Ypres (leper)		157	(3)
Around Ypres		160	(3)
Kortrijk		163	(3)
Oudenaarde		166	(1)
Geraardsbergen		167	(1)
Eastern Flanders		168	(40)
Antwerp (Antwerpen)		169	(20)
Around Antwerp		189	(2)
Turnhout		191	(1)
Lier		192	(1)
Mechelen		193	(5)
Around Mechelen		198	(1)
Leuven		199	(3)
Leuven to Hasselt		202	(2)
Leuven to Tongeren		204	(2)
Tongeren		206	(2)
Hainaut & Brabant Wallon		208	(18)
Tournai		209	(3)
Tournai to Mons		212	(1)
Ath		213	(1)
Lessines		213	(1)
Around Lessines		213	(1)
Enghien		213	(1)
Mons		214	(1)
Around Mons		215	(2)
Waterloo Battlefield		217	(2)
Nivelles		219	(1)
Wavre-Ottignies-Gembloux		220	(2)
Charleroi		222	(1)
Around Charleroi		222	(2)
Botte du Hainaut		224	(2)
The Ardennes		226	(37)
Namur		228	(5)
Namur to Liege		233	(1)
Namur to Dinant		234	(1)
Lesse Valley		235	(3)
St-Hubert		238	(1)
Bouillon		238	(2)
Around Bouillon		240	(1)
Arlon		241	(1)
Bastogne		242	(1)
Ourthe Valley		243	(5)
Liege		248	(6)
Around Liege		254	(1)
Ambleve Valley		254	(3)
Spa		257	(1)
Around Spa		258	(1)
Verviers		259	(1)
Around Verviers		260	(1)
The Eastern Cantons		260	(3)
Luxembourg		263	(21)
Luxembourg City		264	(10)
Around the Grand Duchy		274	(1)
Southwest Luxembourg		274	(1)
Moselle Valley		274	(2)
Mullerthal		276	(3)
Northern Luxembourg		279	(4)
Western Luxembourg		283	(1)
Directory		284	(12)
Accommodation		284	(3)
Activities		287	(1)
Health Care		288	(1)
Business Hours		289	(1)
Children		289	(1)
Climate Charts		289	(1)
Customs		290	(1)
Dangers & Annoyances		290	(1)
Discounts		290	(1)
Embassies & Consulates		290	(1)
Festivals & Events		291	(1)
Food		291	(1)
Gay & Lesbian Travellers		291	(1)
Holidays		291	(1)
Insurance		291	(1)
Internet Access		291	(1)
Legal Matters		292	(1)
Maps		292	(1)
Money		292	(1)
Photography & Video		293	(1)
Post		293	(1)
Shopping		293	(1)
Telephone & Fax		293	(1)
Time		294	(1)
Toilets		294	(1)
Tourist Information		294	(1)
Travellers with Disabilities		294	(1)
Visas		295	(1)
Women Travellers		295	(1)
Transport		296	(12)
Getting There & Away		296	(1)
Air		296	(2)
Land		298	(3)
Getting Around		301	(1)
Bicycle		301	(1)
Boat		301	(1)
Bus		301	(1)
Car & Motorcycle		301	(4)
Hitching		305	(1)
Local Transport		305	(1)
Train		305	(3)
Language		308	(9)
Glossary		317	(2)
Behind the Scenes		319	(3)
Index		322	(6)
Map Legend		328