Cathedrale

Brussels

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July 27th 2013
Last year we made a last minute decision to head to Antwerp for chocolate and waffles as our last stop of our trip, so when we were trying to decide what would be the last stop on this trip we chose to hit up Belgium again! We were a little surprised when we left the Nord station that we had to walk through a red light district and past a couple of abandoned boarded-up buildings but our hotel i ... read more

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Belgium became independent from the Netherlands in 1830 and was occupied by Germany during World Wars I and II. It has prospered in the past half century as a modern, technologically advanced European state and member of NATO and the EU. Tensions bet... ... read more