Spending time in an airport is like being locked in a secluded area that they try to cover up with luxury and tempting gods. In fact you are lock in …

If you are walking the streets of Ixelles looking for some delicious Italian food to take away or just some things to sweeten your evening at home yo…

It was just one of these days where I was too lazy to do any home cooking after work; it was also a special day because the following day was a holid…

La Maison des Crëpes is a nice and cozy lunch and light meal restaurant in the heart of Bruxelles only a stone throw from the Bourse and 200 meters …

In the neighbourhood of Chatelain you dont find that many real wine bars, but one of the best ones is The Oeno TK which is situated just behind the …

On one of the most touristic corners in the entire Belgium; the corner you walk towards the Manneken Pis on the Grand Place or Grote Mark in Brussels…

I had been out playing golf most of the morning in Brabrantse golf club and we had wonderful weather all morning and I was already looking forward to…

If you are looking for a place with ambiance and atmosphere in the original Bruxelles fashion Chez Richard is a wonderful exponent of that. The ba…

The Arrière Cuisine is a little cozy and honest lunch place which you are lucky if can find. I had the address in my hand and had to look a couple o…

This was actually the place where the restaurant Fellini had its location but this place has been undergoing a lot of renovation and revamping and it…

La Châtelaine du Liban is situated on the corner of the amazing Place Chatelain in Ixelles. This was one of the first restaurants I ever visited on …

This place didn’t open that long time ago; my guess is less than a month ago. I have been coming there a lot since then because I really enjoy the …

From the outside you would never guess that this house actually was a great place to enter. When you first enter the place you find a multipurpose pl…

Olea is yet one of many good restaurants situated in the surroundings of Chatelain in Brussels. After a back-to-the-roots year in Sardinia, Regina Pi…

In the middle of downtown Bonn you can find this very popular Brauhaus, where you both can taste their home made beers and their traditional German c…

When we visited Bonn we were driving around looking for a place to have lunch near the industrial area. The first couple of places we went for were a…

This is in general one of the more crowded bars at the St. Gery. It is a place where you can come almost any time a day; during the day it is a nice …

Nice Italian restaurant in the middle of almost no-where, well it is situated in Aubel 30 – 40 west of Liege and therefore probably not a place tha…

The place is situated inside a huge house and it covers many different functions during the day. In daytime you can have lunch there from 12.00 to 14…

One of my friends here in Brussels has lived in Ixelles the most of her life and she knows at lot of places and restaurants that I have to try before…

I was having a quick stay in Hannover and wanted a hotel situated in the city centre and the choice fell on Maritim Grand Hotel. The hotel was a quit…

This fish restaurant was once my first contact with the fabulous Belgian cuisine. The restaurant is situated near the old fish market in the middle o…

One of my friends suggested that I should visit this little restaurant and since it is situated almost what you could call around the corner I went t…

The hotel is situated in the remote and small village of Bispingen just 60 kilometres south of Hamburg. It is one of these hotels that probably live …

For me 21.40 is a key time to find a gasthaus in Germany, many places in the countryside do close at 22.00 and they are sometimes hard to get to open…

I had planned to leave early Friday morning but I had to go to the office in the morning to look at some budget issues; in general I knew that when I…

This restaurant has not been open too long time; my guess is around 3 months. It is situated close to the city centre of Leuven approximately 5 minut…

Besides having a nice and beautiful golf course Kampenhout has rebuilt their clubhouse and have therefore gotten space for a nice restaurant. The re…

I had enjoyed my short but intense stay in Mons and was still not satisfied for the day, I was driving homewards but not with goal of getting home, t…

I had not been in Mons in ages. I was there by accident literally back just before I started my studies at university. Back then we were tree young b…

I was on my way out of Mons, when I turned to my modern oracle the GPS and looked for sites in the region, one thing that came up as a surprise for m…

My friend Maxime and I had put our mind up to an attack on some wine bars in the centre of Brussels. We had met a bit earlier that evening in one of …

Not far away from the Cathedral in Brussels you can find this lunch spot which is situated in the financial area next BNP Paribas huge office complex…

This restaurant is not very visual; it can be directly difficult to find but it is worth a visit, especially if you come from the city centre. It is …

This review is yet one about one of these many interesting restaurants in the neighbourhood of Place Chatelain and this being Italian. The restaurant…

Sometimes I wonder how I can end up in places like Kalborn. I had been visiting the beautiful city of Spa and I wanted to go deeper into the country …

I was up very early and it was a grey Sunday morning in Bruxelles. I decided to get most out of the day instead of stumble around at home doing nothi…

I have been driving in this area sometimes and have always been drawn by its beauty and calm. It is truly an area that attracts any kind of people th…

I was on my way to Spa when I saw a sign of the Gileppe Dam and I decided to drive there to have a look. I had never heard about the dam but I saw th…

Just behind the beautiful Aachen Cathedral and on the Fischmarkt I found a real old fashion German Bierstube. I was on the hunt for some basic German…

I had never been in the city of Spa so i decided that this should be the time, since I was driving in the region anyway. Spa is situated in a romanti…

This is a bar that is highly recommended by many of my friends from Brussels. Some might say that this one of the coolest bars in Brussels, and it is…

At the end of a long, small and narrow alley and very close to the Grand Place you can find this little bar if you are very lucky. Most of the way in…

Near one of the coziest places to my opinion in Mechelen, the old fish market, you can with some luck find De Gouden Vis. The café is a very cozy an…

Once a year every August you can find the Fiesta Latina in Ixelles. The Fiesta brings out all the Latino's in Brussels to on giant party that last a …

In the surrounding of the Chatelain in Brussels you have an enormous amount of bars and restaurants and just to visit all of them would be a huge tas…

Approximately 1½ km south of Grand Place and at the end of Rue de Midi you can see this nice café. You have to cross the little square in order to …

Situated very close to Place Chatelain you can find this nice Italian restaurant. As many of the other restaurants in the area you will often find th…

Place Jourdan is the place to be in Brussels on a Thursday evening; the square is especially known for having good French fries and you are allowed t…

Actually I should not mention a place like this but I can’t help it. One thing that I lack in my neighborhood is a place where I can park and r…

This national day was greeted with fantastic weather; there were more than 30 degrees Celsius. Brussels Centrum was completely blocked and overcrowde…

This national day was greeted with fantastic weather; there were more than 30 degrees Celsius. I was thinking about walking in to the city but I was …

This cafe, bar occupies one of the best corners of the magnificent Place Chatelain. Situated next to the street where many of the restaurants are and…

The Duke is another more classic Brussels like café situated on one of the best corners on Place Chatelain. This is the place I usually end up meeti…

Very cozy bar situated behind the church at the end of Rue Baillie. The bar has a fair amount of different beers and drinks. Their beer selection con…

Walking the people filled streets is always a treasure; your eyes get treats everywhere. The old market was q cacophony of different sounds from gyps…

Hidden away in a covered square on the street Rue du Fosse aux Loups not far from the Muntcentrum and the Opera you can be lucky to find the Samourai…

You have to be very lucky if you find this little gem in the small streets of Antwerp; I can tell I used some times to find it. I had heard a lot of …

Vilvoorde is an industrial city just next to the Brussels Airport in Zaventem, but it also has a wonderful small town square or Grote Markt almost co…

Situated at one of many hotspots in the central part of Brussels St. Katelijnneplein, you can find a long row of excellent fish restaurants. One of t…

Just a stone's throw from the Bois de la Cambre, the Brasseries Georges is a real seafood specialist and besides that an authentic Parisian brasserie…

Situated in the centre in Mechelen you have the possibility to stay in a hotel that is a part of a brewery; and not just any brewery but probably one…

Situated next to the cathedral in Mechelen city centre you can find this beautiful and nice neoclassic restaurant which is situated in the old conser…

I was actually tired after a long week that had brought me to München in Germany and Linz in Austria and a great night out in Mechelen. I had planne…

Belgium is a wonderful and pragmatic country where rules are bended and twisted in order to make decisions fade away so the daily life can continue a…

After having walked the wet and quiet streets of Hasselt we wanted to go back towards Brussels but instead of taking the motor way I wanted to driv…

Today I wanted to visit Hasselt the capital of the Flemish province of Limburg. Hasselt is located in between the Campine and Hesbaye regions in the …

This is another good bar in Mechelen next to the huge cathedral on the side that is behind the Grand Place or Grote Markt. This place is great when t…

Just behind the cathedral and in its shadow in a tiny corner of Nieuwkerk you will find De Borrel-Babbel. The square where it is situated is enormous…

In the middle of the old city centre in Mechelen you can find a nice Greek restaurant behind the Cathedral. Zorba is situated as one of two resta…

In general airline food is a joke, unless you are flying on first class, business class or whatever they call it. The purpose of the food seems to be…

Just outside of Brussels in the village of Groot-Bijgaarden you can find the wonderful Restaurant Michel. The restaurant was this year rewarded with …

I know I have been hard on the security in Brussels airport but in general I actually like the airport. It always feels like you get your luggage fas…

Today I finally made it back to Durbuy again; it had been a while since I was there and I had hoped for better weather. I was driving there with my f…

One of the main goals of my friend Jacob on his stay here in Brussels was to visit Lille. I had been there many times over the last couple of years. …

Art in the Groot Begijnhof in Mechelen anno 2009     Every year there is organized an art exhibition in the Groot Begijnhof in …

Restaurant Le Président is situated on Place du Général de Gaulle in Lille which is the main square in the city centre. The restaurant is one of t…

La Vieille Demure is situated in one of the most picturesque small cities in Belgium; Durbuy. We didn't feel real hunger but was just looking for…

La Roche-de-Ardennes After leaving Durbuy we drove towards Hotton because the road from Hotton to La Roche-de-Ardennes is quiet beautiful, and is fo…

One of the best restaurants in Oostende is supposed to be the Savarin which situated on the promenade with a fantastic view over the beach and the wa…

Outside of Oostende, alongside the beach between Oostende and Middelkerke is the 'Raversijde Domain'. This is the domain where Prince Karel, brother …

Sunday evening in Brussels It was one of those evenings when I came home from a long active day playing golf and driving around in the Belgian count…

Brussels is a city with extraordinarily many activities; there is almost not an evening without some kind of activity somewhere in the city centre. T…

Just next to the very busy E19 between Brussels and Antwerp you can find the Drie Eycken golf club: The course is a fairly new 9 holes course and it …

Just next to the very busy E19 between Brussels and Antwerp you can find the Drie Eycken golf club: The course is a fairly new 9 holes course and it …

Today the neighbouring streets to Place Chatelain have been blocked in order to host the flea market of Ixelles. The happening is a yearly thing wher…

Earlier I had always admired the security in Brussels airport but lately I have to say that it has become ridiculous. Having travelled the last ye…

Yet another wonderful morning and luckily my friend David had called me late in the evening the day before and asked me if I was fresh for some morni…

I was up very early in the morning in order to manage my tee off in Paal before 8am, but things didn’t go as I had planned. I took my SMART out of …

Some places are just fun to visit one them has been cafe Pushkin. I wondered why I entered and for sure it was due to the name. Cafe Pushkin used to …

Normally when you mention a market in Brussels on a Sunday, most of the people in Brussels will associate it with the huge market at Gare Medi. I on…

In the very hip quarter around Place St Géry you find an enormous amount of cosy bars and cafés. Every Friday this quarter is totally alive and ful…

Waiting for friends, family or others in an airport that are being delayed is usually pretty boring. You end up following a Tv monitor with a blinkin…

Le Lion Saint Gery is yet another bar in the very hip quarter around Place St Géry, where you can find an enormous amount of cosy bars and cafés. E…

Situated in the middle of downtown Brussels, just next to the Muntcentrum, the Mexican restaurant Chichi's is quite often full. The food is the tradi…

Grote Markt or Grand Place is the central market square of Brussels. I t is also a magnificent study in great architecture and ambiance. There are no…

On the wonderful small and cosy Oude Graanmarkt you can enjoy the real Brussels life walking by. The square is just next to the old fish market and i…

I can hardly imagine that there is a better capital than Brussels to stroll around in and just relax on a Saturday. Brussels is almost empty in the w…

Beside the unpronounceable name this is a great beer bar in the centre of Brussels. The cafe is situated on a very touristic path; it is just across …

Lunch point is a typical lunch snack where you can have your basic needs fulfilled. The people behind the counter are friendly and smiling, they seem…

When you are in Brussels and are looking for Chinese fast food or take-away make sure that you consider China Express in Ixelles. The restaurant has …

In general driving taxi in Brussels is a pleasure. The cab drivers know the city very well and if you have the ability to pronounce the name of the s…

I didn’t really know what to do this Sunday so I called my good friend Marc to hear if he was up to a walk around his hometown; Mechelen. Over…

One of the restaurants or bars with the best view over the Grote Markt in Mechelen is the De Witte Vos. I have been coming there a couple of times no…

This old bar is situated on the town square of Mechelen and just next to the impressive but unfinished St Rumoldus' Cathedral, which is a witness of …

Puro is a very modern bar, cafe and restaurant. The place is rather large and is build up in to two levels and a few more sections. The decoration is…

One of my friends and his wife invited me to Mechelen to watch their home team Mechelen play against Cercle Brugge. The weather has been nice all day…

One of my friends and his wife invited me to Mechelen to watch their home team Mechelen play against Cercle Brugge. The weather has been nice all day…

This is one of the best places in Brussels to listen to all kinds of Jazz, Cuban music or whatever. As they state on their homepage; You are not in C…

This is yet another small village in the Ardennes, where the church is the natural centre. Many of these cities seem almost dead when you drive troug…

Next little village I came to was  Strainchamps and meeting a name like that made me wonder where it came from. I decided to tease my GPS and to…

Warnach is very small village at the natural centre is the church. The St Anthony’s church, is a neo-classical building surrounded by its cemetery.…

Driving around in the Belgian countryside is often a fantastic experience; there are so many historical sites to visit and almost every place has its…

Today for many people Bastogne is mostly related to Spring Biking Classic called Liège-Bastogne-Liège, or often called La Doyenne ("the oldest"). T…

The place to be on a Wednesday evening in Brussels is the relatively small area situated around the Place Chatelain. The Wednesdays are market days a…

Avenue Louise Just 50 meters from where I live I can walk out on the wonderful street; Avenue Louise. Avenue Louise or Louizalaan is a very l…

Situated in Marollen in the shadow of the Palais de Justice and not far away from the Grand Sablon, you can easily miss this extremely nice little re…

Restaurant Drug Opera is mainly or should mainly be a lunch restaurant. It is situated in the city centre not far from Grand Place on the main walkin…

On the way back we stopped and visited the village of Hotton. Hotton is situated in beautiful surroundings; the beauty is primarily based on an allia…

After having tasted the Cuvee du Tcheste it was time to hit the road again. We followed the N40 Route de Dinant until the outskirts of Recogne and th…

The municipality of Houffalize approx. 4,800 is located in the massif of Ardennes, close to the border with the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The munici…

Every time my son is here we try to set a new objective for our visits of the different Belgian cities. This time the choice fell on Neufchâteau clo…

Next on our trip was the small town of La Roche-en-Ardenne which is lying beside a bend in the River Ourthe, which we followed. The road is really sc…

Next to the motorway to Luxembourg and on the corner of the main road to Neufchâteau I saw this beautiful stone building which looked like a place t…

While we were driving next to the motorway which were heading to Liege we came to an area that suddenly was covered in snow. This seemed pretty stran…

While we were driving next to the motorway heading to Liege we came to a crossing which probably before the introduction of motorways had been the ma…

This week I had the luck to stay at Chateau du Lac in the north-east section of Genval, which is situated 15 km or 25 min drive southeast of Brussels…

In Den Haag you can find an Espresso bar which serves a great cup of coffee in a relaxing environment. The Coffee Company is a fast growing franchise…

Before we left Den Haag and returned to Brussels I wanted to visit the coast at Scheveningen. It was not that I knew the place but coming from Denmar…

Next morning we woke up after an okay night sleep in the hotel room. The room had been a bit cold; I think we were the first users of it in a long ti…

We were looking for some Italian food not knowing where to find it. We had decided that if we couldn’t find it fast, we would just eat at the hotel…

Neither my girlfriend nor I had ever been to Den Hague, I had driven by a couple of times but had always had another destination in mind for Holland.…

The hotel was actually a very nice old hotel but I had anticipated a better hotel room than the one we got. My main reason for that was that the room…

The Grand Sablon is just a wonderful place in Brussels. It is a square with a lot of the Belgian ambiance but it is also a square in the high end of …

Can chocolate be art one can wonder but only briefly? Because finding yourself in the world centre of chocolate; Brussels, the answer is as obvious a…

Situated on one of the many wonderful squares in Brussels; the Grand Sablon, you can find a strange combination of a French and Russian restaurant. F…

Le Pain Quotidien is a chain of shops which you can find all over Belgium and they are also in other countries like England and France. The focus ar…

Since I came to this wonderful city 3 years ago I think that me morale of parking has changed dramatically. Coming from Copenhagen where hunting down…

I guess almost everybody that have a car once or more time in their life has gotten a parking ticket. I have managed to collect a few over the years …

Keiko had set up a mini Travbuddy meetup in Café Olivier and it was my first time in the city of Leiden. The café was nice and pub-cosy in a very B…

I had threaded for a long time that I would meet up with Jan but weeks and month were running fast. Jan and I have always punked each other’s pictu…

Yesterday I for the first time went to the Walvis Bar which is situated in the trendy quarter "Dansaert". The bar is a trendy Brussel bar where casua…

Every major city has at least a handful of Irish pubs and Brussels has as well, but this is not to my opinion one of the best. Situated in the middle…

In Aartselaar which is approx 13 km from Antwerp, there is a wonderful 18 holes Golf course and amongst the top 10 clubs in Belgium. The course is si…

This got to one of the more kitschy restaurants I have ever been to. We had been very late in finding a restaurant for New Year’s evening; actually…

I thought many long thoughts about leaving for the meet up in Amsterdam but I since I had obligations the following morning I came to the conclusio…

Having stayed now in Brussels for some year has given me the knowledge to stay in Brussels this day. This day is a huge shopping day in Brussels and …

1st day of Christmas was really cold and it was also a very quiet day in Brussels. My friend Jacob and I drove around in the city just to what was ha…

The day before Christmas I had planned to do all my Christmas shopping that was related to food, but before doing that I wanted to show my friend Jac…

Just next to the public observatory in Grimbergen you can find the Restaurant Het Fenikshof. The restaurant is design in a modern look but still reta…

This beautiful hotel is situated in the outskirt of Grimbergen; Kerkeblokstraat 5, which is again 10 km from Brussels. The hotel is small and kep…

Together with some colleagues I visited the Mira Public Observatory in Grimbergen just outside Brussels. Grimbergen is mostly famous for its great be…

Just around the corner from where I live the Ethnic Lounge Bar is situated. It is a place which you walk by most of the days and evening without noti…

Just next to where I work in the Place De Brouckère you can find "Café Les Postiers", which is one of the places I like to visit after work on a Fr…

Very close to the old Beurs or stock exchange you can find a blues bar named The Bizon. The Bizon is a small and narrow bar which has a blues atm…

One of the joys of staying in Belgium is their fantastic beers which are something special. The number of beers and the magnitude of differences are …

This bar is situated in the Chatelain area and at Rue du Bailli. The bar is situated on a corner which hosts 4 bars and it is a great place to sit ou…

I was happy that I drove back from Basel yesterday evening because the weather looks a lot worse today; well for driving - not if you are a boy a lik…

My brother called me and said that the pata negra had arrived and was just outside Basel in one of his friends house in France just on the other side…

Café De l’Opera is situated on the Place de la Monnaie or Muntcentrum in Dutch and next to the city Opera. The cafe is a very nice and cosy, it is…

Just another crazy impulse; I had just driven my son to the airport so he could get back to Copenhagen and I kept on thinking about Rudolph’s pictu…

Just next to the Kölner Dome where all tourist at some point walk by when visiting Köln you can find Chicago Steakhouse. The restaurant is a regula…

Every time my son visits me here in Brussels, we try to visit some new places outside Brussels and this day we decided to go to Köln which is 1½ ho…

I always wanted to visit Tongeren for two reasons; mainly because it the birth town of one of my Belgian friends Mark and secondly for being the olde…

After having made acquaintance with the oldest city in Belgium I needed to see something else. I headed out of Tongeren without any goals and just …

The Carolus hotel in Mechelen is a nice little hotel that has a great ratio of quality and price. The hotel is situated 5 min walk from the city cent…

My girlfriend had her sister and her best friend visiting us in Brussels and every time her sister is here we try to bring her in to a new country. T…

I had the good fortune to stay at the very nice hotel Grand Hotel Belle Vue in De Haan in the beginning of October 2008. One of my friends and his wi…

I had the good fortune to get invited out for dinner at the restaurant Rabelais and I must say that it is one of the best dinners I had in a very lon…

Being able to bike at Place Stéphanie, is amazing. This place is wellknown for traffic and shopping. When you pass Place Stéphanie, you…

It was a wonderful day and my friend Christian had promised Kaija that he would join her for a canoe ride on the rivers close to Dinant. The basic ro…

Nestled in the hollow of a smallish valley surrounded by 4 hills, Celles has very ancient origins and was at the height of its renown in 669 with the…

It was a wonderful day and my friend Christian had promised Kaija that he would join her for a canoe ride on the rivers close to Dinant. The basic ro…

Here is another of these small stories from the Belgiean country side at; Église Notre-Dame-de-Foy Rue des Claviats 4, 5504 Foy-Notre-Dame In 1…

I don’t think I have been in a country where there is so much happening all the time. If it isn’t a music festival, brocante, city market; yes yo…

Not far away from Millennium Golf club in Paal you can find the restaurant Brasserie Paal 26 next to the motorway exit. The restaurant is one of two …

I went to visit my friend Marc in Mechelen because we wanted to eat at Het Anker where they serve the fantastic carolus beer. I went to his house and…

In the centre of Brussels; on one the side of Place Monnais and next to the opera you can find Café de L’Opéra. The bar has both indoor and outdo…

Every Friday during the summer periode you can join the Roller Parade in Bruxelles. It is a 3 hours ride around Bruxelles on roller blades. I guess t…

Every second year there is a flower carpet established at the Grand Place in Bruxelles. I missed it last time but this year I managed to be…

One of my favourite bars in Brussels in the Gecko cocktail bar situated at Place Saint-Gery 16, which is not far from the Beurs. This bar was one…

15 km from Brussels I was having a BBQ at a place called ‘T Krekelhof. The restaurant was very large and could easily host up to 300 persons which …

The hotel is a 3 star hotel situated 100 meter from the beach of Oostende. It was a hotel that had been built as pure speculation; there was not one …

Almost next door to where I live I have walked by the Indian restaurant of Palais des Indes. From outside this looks like everything you imagine from…

Very close to my work there is a great Italian restaurant; Ricotta & Parmesan. It is one of the oldest armouries of the capital, which was converted …

On Avenu Anspach you can find the Le Food Factory which is the same concept as The Cheesecake which I earlier have written about. Le Food Factory is …

If you are in the need for fast take away sushi of good quality you can visit the Sushi Factory on Avenu Louise. It is often possible to park just in…

I had the fortune of having lunch with some colleagues from work today at a restaurant called Babeko, which was situated at Place St. Catherine very …

My friend Christian and I (yes Christian and Christian and both from Denmark) drove to Maastricht to visit the city for the first time for both of us…

In the Cleydael golf club which has a fabulous club house they have a very cosy restaurant called Taffel 19. The interior is held in a very clean sty…

Just on the flipside of Place Brouckere towards the old fish market you can find a restaurant called Le Greco Romain, which I have visited a couple o…

We followed the advice from our new friends in the British Custom service and ended after 30 minutes in Whitstable. Whitstable turned out to be a lit…

Arriving at Calais and seeing all the roads that leads to the ferries towards England is like entering a dish of spaghetti straight with your head. I…

Sometimes it is very strange how I end up in a giving place or a situation. My friend Christian and I; well we Danes have all the same name, no true …

Sometimes it is very strange how you end up in a terrific restaurant but I think that this one was one of the more peculiar. On our way to Dover …

One of my Belgian friends had invited me to Nivelle to show me his hometown and the pleasure of being invited to a barbeque with his family. I had ne…

I had never heard about Lier until last week when I was in the Begijnhof in Mechelen visiting my friend who was serving beer in their yearly artist e…

After walking the streets of Lier I felt for something light for lunch. I was arriving at Grote Markt and I was walking along the different restauran…

Besides being a fantastic Sunday with great weather it was the day of the market in Ixelles.  The police had been out since Monday setting up si…

I have now had the fortune to visit this fabulous restaurant a couple of times and every time it has been a pure pleasure. The restaurant is mainly o…

Situated not far from Place Chatelain you can find this very nice little restaurant specialized in Spanish, Mediterranean, Tapas food. The restaurant…

Who could imagine that you could find a really good restaurant in the most touristic area of Brussels – yes even on the town square? If you are in …

If you are walking the streets of Brussels and you get a sudden urge for Tapas at an affordable price, you could visit LE BAR A TAPAS that is located…

Situated on the everlasting building site of Place Flagey you can find one of the most popular bars in Brussels. Café Belga is a must for students a…

Kortrijk lies in the Belgian Province of West Flanders, on the river Leie. Kortrijk dates from Roman times, when it was called Cortoriacum. The city …

Restaurant Cesar is situated on the Grote Markt in Kortrijk. The restaurant is a nice and clean in style. We chose it because of its nice white chair…

Going to the village Brocante or street market in Bassilly was an impuls. My friend and I was the day before having a BBQ on my balcony when he said …

Ypres was one of the most important cloth producing and cloth trading cities of the county of Flanders in the high Middle-Ages. Bruges is known all o…

Durbuy One of my favourite small villages or I should probably say cities in Belgium is Durbuy; it is not a village but the smallest city in Belgium…

When I entered Genk the first thing that struck me was that this must be a very young city compared to a lot of the other cities I had visited. The c…

One of my favourite bars in my home area is the bar Le Chatelain situated at Place Chatelain. The bar or bistro is an enormously cosy place. It is us…

Just next to the Canals in Ghent you can find a great bar, called; Waterhuis aan de Bierkant. It has one of the finest terraces in Ghent and it stre…

One of the main attractions of the many in Gent is the Castle of the Counts or GRAVENSTEEN in Dutch. The counts of Flanders had castles built in th…

Gent is to me one of the best cities in Belgium and therefore I keep on coming back.   Ghent (in Dutch: Gent) is the fourth largest city of…

Mechelen is a Dutch-speaking city and municipality in the province of Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium. The municipality comprises the city of Mechelen pro…

Well the day had to come when I had to visit yet another football stadium in Belgium. I had the fortune to be invited to watch a game with KV Mechele…

If you are looking for an Irish pub where the atmosphere is great and you can mingle with open hearted people I recommend that you visit the Michael …

I was walking together with some friends of mine around in the centre of Brussels looking for a restaurant without any reservation on a Friday night.…

It is not a mission but living close to Place Chatelain gives you the possibility to frequently go out and eat. It also the Belgian way of living, in…

Sunday marked at Gare Medi is something special in Brussels. It is a market for people who live in Brussels. I don’t think that there are too many …

The city of Leuven is the capital of the province of Flemish-Brabant, and perhaps best known throughout the world for its magnificent architecture, i…

I had the fortune to be invited to football in Gent. It was my second game in Belgium and also this time it was a semi final of the Belgian Cup. The …

After having visited Rochefort I decided to drive to Jemelle which was only 3 kilometres further down the road. I guess the only reason for visiting …

I arrived in the very quiet city of Ciney which I had not been to before. Ciney is a small town in the middle of Condoz region. It is not really to…

On my way to Rochefort another beer city I passed through Havrenne which was a very small village with an enormous town square. Nothing happened here…

When I arrived to Rochefort it had stated to rain and like every other city it was not showing its full beauty under these conditions. Rochefort …

On the wall outside the village church there was a metal plaque telling the story of Milo Huempfner, a soldier who served as a private in the 551st…

This Sunday I decided that I wanted to visit more of the area around Namur going beyond the city. When I left it was pretty dull weather in Brussels.…

Driving along the Meuse is wonderful. The river is not crowded with house and the villages are scarce. Sometimes I was making a short cut of the loop…

I didn’t know Rocroi and I had never heard about it. It turned out that Rocroi was an ancient fortress town, Ardennes département, Champagne-…

Situated in the wonderful square of Rue Saint Boniface you find many different great restaurants - one of them being the Le 2éme Element. The retaur…

I was talking to one of my colleagues about taking a daytrip to the coast of Normandy. I had been there some times but I had still a lot of places …

Vattetot-sur-Mer is a very small village on the coastal route from Etretat to Fecamp. The route is also a wonderful bicycle if you are in these regio…

The next stop was Fecamp; just over halfway from Dieppe to Le Havre, this city is a serious fishing port with an attractive seafront promenade and a …

The city of Yport was another stop on my route along the coast. The village Halfway between Etretat and Fecamp is a bit larger than the others but st…

The next stop on my trip was the village of Vaucottes situated a couple of km further down the road. The city is mostly known for its surf. This is y…

Next stop today was the city of Dinant which I had decided to be the goal of my trip until I changed my mind. The commune of Dinant has today aprox…

When I started my trip in Belgium today I had actually no goal. I just wanted to get out of a rainy Brussels, and I had an idea that I should go sout…

One my drive around in Belgium I found yet another little nice city Wépion. The city is located only 8 km south of Namur along the Meuse. The driv…

Turning point for my road trip today was the little French city of Givet. Givet is a town and commune in the Ardennes département of France just on …

Along the lakes of Ixelles you will find a very relaxing area of Brussels. This area can be described as a residential neighbourhood and is to be fou…

Not very far from the amazing Gross Markt or Grand Place in Brussels you can find this nice restaurant. It is situated in one of these traditiona…

Please be honest to yourself, if you are a person who loves chocolate - would you drive 8,5 km outside of Brussels if you could make a bargain on Cho…

This Sunday my son and I wanted to take another Belgian city into a close look. The choise fell on Tournai a city I had briefly visited before but …

I keep coming back to Gent, I must say that so far it is one of the most wonderful cities in this country of so many of them. No other cities in Belg…

I had the good fortune to dine in a great restaurant where they serve very traditional Belgian and fantastic food. Viva M'Boma - meaning ‘vive la g…

On the Fish Market in Brussels you can find a lot of restaurants but one of the better ones is the "Bij den Boer" which is a restaurant specialized i…

Kaija’s sister had only one day in Brussels when she visited us and she wanted to see as much as possible in this day. Unfortunately it was somewha…

This is one of the things that you just have to do, and some times again and again. I had been there before a couple of times but I still like to go …

Kaija’s sister came down for a very quick visit here in Brussels and we wanted to make the most it being her first visit in this area of Europe. Be…

Situated in a house from 1878 la Brasserie Vagenende welcomes you in the most charming way. The interior is from 1904 and is cosy, full of bras and d…

I went in to this place in order to get a lunch with my girlfriend and her sister. The restaurant has a great location just off St. Germain, very clo…

Zot is today the only beer that is actually brewed and lagered inside of the city walls of Brugge (Bruges), the fierce medieval town in Flanders, the…

Brugge is a very nice small city situated only 100 km from Brussels. The city is as many others known as the Venice of the North, Brugge is one of th…

Restaurant “O Peres au Quai” is situated along the canal not far from the city centre of Tournai. The restaurant is concentrating on grilled food…

Sunday my friend Christian and I decided that it was time to go for a walk down to Marollen which is one of my favourite places in Brussels on a Sund…

Very close to Place Chatelain in the Chatelain-Bailli area of Ixelles where I am so fotunate to live there is this sweet little thaï restaurant name…

Today I visited one the other outlets in the surrounding of Brussels - if you by that can accept that it will take you around one hour to get there f…

I had been walking by this restaurant many times because there almost always have been a long queue outside. When I looked inside, one of the first t…

I had only heard possitive about Lille and it should be a town to be enjoyed. Lille is the 10th largest city in France with its 220.000 inhabitants i…

Dunkerque is a small very town in the northernmost tip of France. It is very close to the border with Belgium and is actually located on the shores o…

I had the fortune to have dinner with one of my friends at restaurant Le Fellini situated on Place du Chatelain. The restaurant is situated in the mi…

Grand-Place also known in Dutch as Grote Markt is a square in Brussels.  Grote Markt is one of the biggest tourist attractions in Belgium, the s…

In Roermond, Holland you will find one of the nearest outlets to Brussels and to me it is also the best. The outlet is of a mayor magnitude compared …

When I stayed in Ieper I went to Ieper Open Golf. It was not for playing but just to hit some balls at the driving range. The golfcourse is a small v…

Today I went for a walk in my neighbourhood. Living just next to Loizelaan or Avenu Louise is a luxury in a town like Brussels because I am close to …

Dona Flor is a Brazilian restaurant in Ixelles in Brussel very close to where I live. It is a very cosy restaurant with nice waiters but also wit…

Close to my work at Place de Brouckere 8 - 10 in the centre of Brussels there is a good and fast cafe that is very used for lunch. The café have no …

No other city in Belgium has so many listed building as Gent. The whole inner city should be declared an area of outstanding natural beauty. Man…

When I walked the streets of Gent together with my son we stopped at the broodjes@hotspot for sandwich and salad. The café was situated perfectly at…

My girlfriend Kaija had never been to Luxembourg so we decided to drive down there. Luxembourg is not that far away from Brussels, it is only a two h…

Two of my friends were down from Denmark which always nice because it gives me a reason for rediscovering the city. Being a host in your new country …

This café is an institution in the Marolles district and the Jeu-de-Balle plaza. The café has been open for more than 20 years; the café opens its…

When in Brussels you ever get the urge for some fantastic Tartes or Quiches dont waste too much time - you should do as many of the restarants also d…

Restaurant Monya is a nice Maroccan lunch and evening restaurant in the middle of Brussels. The interior is very Maroccan and many of the customers w…

Today I went to Liége. Liége is situated 90 km east of Brussels. The city i fairly large and the second largest  french speaking city in Belgi…

I had the fortune to get invited to this very nice and tasty restaurant. When I entered it was like coming into someones apartment The fireplace was …

The last 1½ year I have been living every week Monday to Friday in my aparthotel on Jozef II on Kunst Wet or Art Lois and it have been a nice time e…

This is a beautiful classic restaurant in the centre of Mechelen, with a one star Michelin rating and it is supposed to be one of the best restaurant…

Yet another month have almost gone in this wonderful city. April and May has just been amazing seen from a Danish expat. The weather has been so much…

The first time I arrived in Brussels many years ago I had the pleasure of running into Belgian beer for the first time. After walking around in the c…

One of the things I do in Belgium during the week is to play golf with colleges or business friends at the Millennium Golf Club in Paal, Limbourg. It…

Almost every Friday every week I am ending up in Zeventem Brussels airport having run from a meeting and being stressed by the stunning and none movi…

Yet again I was out having lunch with one of my collegues who lives in Brussels and besides living there he is in to the food as well. He adores the …

In the beginning of May I had the fortune to be invited to Liege to see the second leg of the semifinal to the Belgian cup between Standard Liege and…

In Mechelen I have had the fortune to visit a very nice brewery called Het Anker. In the brewery you have a very good restaurant and there is also a …

I had the pleasure to visit a genuine Belgian restaurant and one of those I have to return to. This was the real heavy Belgian cooking with…

Every Tuesday and Thursday evening I have the possibility to visit my favorit café where I can sit and read, listen to french music in a very relaxi…

It has happen in this last year that I in the evenings have taken my car for a drive around in the inner city. I did this a lot just after I arr…

I resently had a need for accommodation near to Gent and in stead of using a hotel - one of my friends recommended this bed n' breakfast place and I …

Walking around in a dressed up Brussels, dressed up for Christmas is very nice. Especially in the area of the old fish market and Grand Place. At the…

If you are comming to Brussels and are looking for a good meal in some very fashionable surroundings you just have to visit Belga Queen. Belga Queen&…

If you are in the historic centre of Brussels, walking arround in the area close to the Grand’ Place and you feel hungry, it is possible that y…

One of the most visual points of Brussels is the Atomium - which is situated neer the Expo areal. The Atomium was rebuild last year after been standi…

I work in the Centre Monnaie - Muntcentrum which in the middle of town and very close to Grand Place. Centre Monnaie - Muntcentrum is situated at the…

In the city there are some must see's and one of them is the Atomium - that was built for the world fair in 1958 - and it was designed by A…

When your stroll around in the beautiful Brussels in the surroundings of Ixelles which by the way is a really great place and you feel for a quick pi…

This week I had to great luck visit a restaurant that had specialized in "Cuisine francaise de terroir" or the traditional french cuisine. The resta…

Since March 2006 I have travelled back and forth to Brussels every Monday and Friday. I have come to really enjoy the city and the people in the more…