Rear of the castle

One of the cool things about Gaasbeek is that there was obviously a moat surrounding the castle at some point. It was allowed to dry up and is now covered in grass, making some serious hills for playing on!

More Castles around Belgium

October 7th 2007
The second or third week after we arrived in Leuven the head of the department that Jonathan is working in asked us and another family over for dinner. We had a great time and got many of their opinions and observations on traveling around Belgium. They said that the best castle in Belgium was in Bouillon and that really stuck with us. So, after our day of driving to Luxembourg yesterday we dec ... read more

Europe » Belgium

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

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