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Belgium - Not as Boring as Expected

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June 28th 2006
I didn’t know what to expect from my stop here. When I had told people that I planned to spend a few days in Brussels I was asked “why?” on more than one occasion. Yet the Lonely Planet guide starts it’s description with “it’s hard to fathom how Brussels got labelled boring”. Due to the mixed reviews, I decided that three days may be too much to spend in Brussels itself, so I stop ... 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