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Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the south, and the North Sea to the west. Belgium covers an area of 30,689 km² (11,849 sq mi) and has a population of more than 11.8 million; its population density of 383/km² (990/sq mi) ranks 22nd in the world and sixth in Europe. The capital and largest metropolitan region is Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, Bruges, Namur, and Leuven.

Belgium is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy with a complex federal system structured on regional and linguistic grounds. The country is divided into three highly autonomous regions: the Flemish Region (Flanders) in the north, the Walloon Region (Wallonia) in the south, and the Brussels-Capital Region in the middle. Belgium is also home to two main linguistic communities: the Dutch-speaking Flemish Community, which constitutes about 60 percent of the population, and the French-speaking French Community, which constitutes about 40 percent of the population; a small German-speaking Community, comprising around one percent of the population, exists in the East Cantons. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political conflicts are reflected in its complex system of governance, made up of six different governments. Belgium is a developed country with an advanced high-income economy. It is one of the six founding members of the European Union, with its capital of Brussels serving as the de facto capital of the EU, hosting the official seats of the European Commission, the Council of the European Union, the European Council, and one of two seats of the European Parliament (the other being Strasbourg). Brussels also hosts the headquarters of many major international organizations, such as NATO.

In antiquity, present-day Belgium was dominated by the Belgae before being annexed into the Roman Empire in the mid first century BC. During the Middle Ages, Belgium's central location kept it relatively prosperous and connected both commercially and politically to its larger neighbours; it was part of the Carolingian Empire, the succeeding Holy Roman Empire, and subsequently the Burgundian Netherlands. Following rule by Habsburg Spain (1556–1714), the Austrian Habsburgs (1714–1794), and Revolutionary France (1794–1815), most of modern-day Belgium was incorporated into the United Kingdom of the Netherlands after the Congress of Vienna in 1815. Centuries of being contested and controlled by various European powers earned Belgium the moniker "the Battlefield of Europe", a reputation reinforced in the 20th century by both world wars. (Full article...)

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The Fastra II is a desktop supercomputer designed for tomography. It was built in late 2009 by the ASTRA (All Scale Tomographic Reconstruction Antwerp) group of researchers of the IBBT (Interdisciplinary institute for BroadBand Technology) VisionLab at the University of Antwerp and by Belgian computer shop Tones, in collaboration with Asus, a Taiwanese multinational computer product manufacturer, as the successor to the Fastra I (built in 2008).

The Fastra II was determined to be over three times faster than the Fastra I, which in turn was slightly faster than a 512-core cluster. However, because of the number of GPUs in the computer, the system initially suffered from several issues, including the system refusing to reboot and overheating due to a lack of space between the video cards. (Full article...)

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Averbode Abbey
Photograph: JH-man
Averbode Abbey, founded about 1134–35 by Count Arnold II of Loon, is a Premonstratensian monastery situated in the Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels in Belgium. The abbey reached its peak in the 16th and 17th centuries, though over the past hundred years it has been in a state of decline.
Image 2
Flat-four engine
Photograph: ULPower Aero Engines
The ULPower UL260i, a flat-four engine produced by ULPower Aero Engines of Belgium. Flat-four engines are flat engines with four cylinders arranged horizontally in two banks of two cylinders on each side of a central crankcase; they can be used in cars, motorcycles, or aircraft. This type of engine tends to be well-balanced and have efficient cooling, but is expensive to manufacture and considerably wider than other engines.
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SNCB Class 77
Photograph: Marc Ryckaert
The SNCB Class 77 is a class of 4-axle B'B' diesel-hydraulic locomotive designed for shunting and freight work. It was manufactured at the beginning of the 2000s by Siemens Schienenfahrzeugtechnik, and later by Vossloh at the Maschinenbau Kiel plant in Kiel, Germany, for the National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB/NMBS).
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Averbode Abbey
Photograph credit: Marc Ryckaert
Averbode Abbey is a Premonstratensian abbey in Averbode, in the municipality of Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Belgium. The abbey was founded about 1134, suppressed in 1797, and re-established in 1834. The church is a synthesis of Baroque and Gothic architecture, with Renaissance ornamental details, and dominates the monastery complex; it was built between 1664 and 1672, to a design by the Antwerp architect Jan Van den Eynde II. This view of the church's interior shows the chancel, with the choir in the foreground and the sanctuary in the background.
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Poeke Castle
Photo: Marc Ryckaert
Poeke Castle is a castle near Poeke, Belgium. Standing on 56 hectares of park, the castle is surrounded by water and is accessible through bridges at the front and rear of the building.
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Stained glass windows by Jean-Baptiste Capronnier
Windows: Jean-Baptiste Capronnier; photograph: Joaquim Alves Gaspar
Three scenes of the legend of the Miraculous Sacrament in stained glass windows in the Cathédrale Saints-Michel-et-Gudule of Brussels by Jean-Baptiste Capronnier (c. 1870). The contributions of Capronnier (1814–1891) helped lead to a revival in glass painting.
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Stunt performer
Photo credit: Luc Viatour
Pyrotechnics stunt exhibition by "Giant Auto Rodéo", a Belgian stunt performer group. Stunt performers typically perform stunts for films or television programs. Stunts are sometimes rigged so that they look dangerous while still having safety mechanisms, but often they are as dangerous as they appear to be.
Image 8
Ghent
Photograph: Joaquim Alves Gaspar
The Graslei harbour is a popular destination in the Belgian city of Ghent. It is found in the city centre.
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Land sailing
Photo credit: Bain News Service
An early 20th-century sail wagon, used in the sport of land sailing, in Brooklyn, New York. Land sailing is the act of moving across land in a wheeled vehicle powered by wind through the use of a sail. Although land yachts have existed since Ancient Egypt, the modern sport was born in Belgium in 1898.
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Sunrise, Inverness Copse
Drawing credit: Paul Nash
Sunrise, Inverness Copse, is a 1918 artwork by the British war artist Paul Nash. It shows a desolate Western Front landscape at Inverness Copse, near Ypres in Belgium; the sun is rising over the hills to reveal shattered trees standing among mounds of earth and an expanse of mud, pock-marked by shell-holes and devoid of vegetation. The pen-and-ink drawing, with watercolour and chalk, is held by the Imperial War Museum in London.

After a period serving in the Artists Rifles following the outbreak of the First World War, Nash was commissioned as an officer in the Hampshire Regiment. He was sent to Flanders in February 1917, but was invalided back to London in May 1917, a few days before his unit was nearly obliterated at the Battle of Messines. Nash became an official war artist and returned to the Ypres Salient, where he was shocked by the devastation caused by war. In six weeks on the Western Front, he completed what he called "fifty drawings of muddy places". He later used this drawing as the basis for his 1918 oil painting We Are Making a New World.
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Hélène Dutrieu
Photo credit: Bain News Service
Hélène Dutrieu, shown here in her aeroplane ca. 1911, was the fourth woman in the world (the first from Belgium) to earn a pilot's license and reputedly the first woman to carry passengers and to fly a seaplane. Besides being a pilot, she was a cycling world champion, stunt cyclist, stunt motorcyclist, automobile racer, wartime ambulance driver, and director of a military hospital.
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Louis-Marie Autissier
A self-portrait of Louis-Marie Autissier (1772–1830), a French-born Belgian portrait miniature painter. He is considered the founder of the Belgian school of miniature painting in the nineteenth century. Born at Vannes, in Brittany, he joined the French Revolutionary Army at Rennes in 1791. On leaving the army in 1795, Autissier went to Paris and trained his art by studying paintings at the Louvre. In 1796 he settled in Brussels, but continued to divide his time between Belgium, the Netherlands, and France. Although he enjoyed great success in his career, serving as court painter to Louis Napoleon, French King of the Netherlands, and later to Willem I, Autissier died penniless.
Image 13
Saint Nicholas' Church, Ghent
Photochrom: Detroit Publishing Co.
Restoration: Michel Vuijlsteke
A ca. 1890–1900 photochrom print of Saint Nicholas' Church in Ghent, Belgium, one of the city's oldest and most prominent landmarks, dating back to the 13th century. The church's central tower served as an observation tower and carried the town bells until the neighboring belfry of Ghent was built.
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Limburger cheese
Photo credit: Jon Sullivan/Pharaoh Hound
A plate of Limburger cheese and pumpernickel bread. Limburger originated from Limburg, Belgium, and is known for its strong odor, which is due in part to being fermented with the same bacteria partially responsible for human body odor.
Image 15
Dogcart
Image credit: Detroit Publishing Co.
A photochrom from the late 19th century showing two peddlers selling milk from a dogcart near Brussels, Belgium. Dog-drawn carts were prohibited in Great Britain in the early 1900s on animal welfare grounds, but some still exist in France and Belgium. The modern-day sport of carting involves large dogs pulling carts.

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... that the horses pulling the Disneyland Main Street Vehicles' streetcars include Belgians, Brabants, Clydesdales, Percherons, and Shires?
... that an exhibition hall for the 1939 New York World's Fair later hosted athletic events at a historically Black university in Virginia?
... that Jopie and Teun Roosenburg led an art colony at Oost Castle that helped Jewish refugees escape the Nazi-occupied Netherlands to Belgium?
... that grand claims that the ruler of Mwene Muji once had imperial status were dismissed by Belgian colonial authorities?

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Image 1Uccle (Ukkel) (from Brussels)
Image 2Ekeren vlag (from Antwerp)
Image 3Painting of steel production in Ougrée by Constantin Meunier (1885) (from History of Belgium)
Image 4Sack of Antwerp in 1576, in which about 7,000 people died (from Antwerp)
Image 5Belgian endives in a market (from Belgian cuisine)
Image 6The Gravensteen in Ghent, whose current buildings date to 1180, was the castle of the Counts of Flanders. (from History of Belgium)
Image 7Vrijdagmarkt with statue of Jacob van Artevelde (from Ghent)
Image 8Episode of the Belgian Revolution of 1830, Egide Charles Gustave Wappers (1834), in the Musée d'Art Ancien, Brussels (from History of Belgium)
Image 9Elio Di Rupo, the Prime Minister of Belgium from 2011 until 2014 (from History of Belgium)
Image 10The Palace of Justice in Ghent, c. 1895 (from Ghent)
Image 11The citadel and the Meuse (from Namur)
Image 12Map of Belgian regions and provinces. (from Geography of Belgium)
Image 13Flint knives discovered in Belgian caves (from Belgian cuisine)
Image 14View along the Brussels–Charleroi Canal in Anderlecht (from Brussels)
Image 15De Kouter in Ghent in 1763 by Engelbert van Siclers (from Ghent)
Image 16Het Steen (literally: 'The Stone') (from Antwerp)
Image 17Cuberdon: A popular local delicacy (from Ghent)
Image 18Liège, the Sunday "Batte" market (from Liège)
Image 19The Iron Worker (1890 by Constantin Meunier) (from Art of Belgium)
Image 20The "Fusilade of Mons" during the 1893 strike as the Borains are fired on by the Garde Civique during the protests for universal suffrage. (from History of Belgium)
Image 21The KHBO campus in Sint-Michiels (from Bruges)
Image 22Villo! shared bicycles in Brussels (from Brussels)
Image 23The flag of Flanders incorporating the Flemish lion, also used by the Flemish Movement. (from History of Belgium)
Image 24Population density of Europe. Brussels is located between the largest urban centres. (from Brussels)
Image 25Historical centre of Ghent – from left to right: Old post office, St. Nicholas' Church, Belfry, and St. Bavo's Cathedral (from Ghent)
Image 26Brugge railway station (from Bruges)
Image 27The Belfry of Ghent, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (from Ghent)
Image 28Belgian folk dance group at the International Folklore Festival in Plovdiv, Bulgaria (from Culture of Belgium)
Image 29The stairway of the Montagne de Bueren (from Liège)
Image 30View of Antwerp painted c.1540. (from History of Belgium)
Image 31Frites wrapped in a traditional paper cone (cornet) served with mayonnaise and curry ketchup, with a small plastic fork on top and a meat frikandel on the side (from Belgian cuisine)
Image 32Dulle Griet, a notable medieval bombard (from Ghent)
Image 33Emperor Charles V was born in Ghent in 1500 (from Ghent)
Image 34The Place Royale/Koningsplein in the late 19th century (from Brussels)
Image 35Port Authority Building (from Antwerp)
Image 36Flag of Merksem (district) (from Antwerp)
Image 37Sunset over the river Leie in Ghent (from Ghent)
Image 38A typical friterie or fritkot in Belgium (from Belgian cuisine)
Image 39German soldiers examine an abandoned Belgian T13 Tank, 1940 (from History of Belgium)
Image 40Making Waffles, Basile De Loose, 1853 (from Belgian cuisine)
Image 41't Zand bus station (from Bruges)
Image 42Namur in 1838 (from Namur)
Image 43The Belfry of Namur (from Namur)
Image 44Jette (from Brussels)
Image 4516th-century guildhalls at the Grote Markt (from Antwerp)
Image 46Network map of the Brussels Metro (from Brussels)
Image 47Episode of the Belgian Revolution of 1830, Gustaf Wappers, 1834 (from Brussels)
Image 48The first Belgian-produced steam locomotive, "The Belgian" ("Le Belge") built in 1835 (from History of Belgium)
Image 49Geeraard de Duivelsteen (from Ghent)
Image 50The Brussels Parliament building, housing the Brussels Regional Parliament (from Brussels)
Image 51Ghent in 1775 on the Ferraris map (from Ghent)
Image 52The Fish Market (from Bruges)
Image 53The horse Bayard carrying The Four Sons of Aymon, created by Olivier Strebelle for Expo 58 (from Namur)
Image 54Grote Markt (main square) (from Antwerp)
Image 55Vlaamse Opera (from Antwerp)
Image 56A bowl of grey shrimp as a snack (from Belgian cuisine)
Image 57View of Antwerp with the frozen Scheldt (1590) by Lucas van Valckenborch (from Antwerp)
Image 58Taking of Mechelen by the Geuzen under the command of Olivier van Tympele and John Norreys on 9 April 1580 by Nicolaas van Eyck (from Mechelen)
Image 59View of Brussels, c. 1610 (from Brussels)
Image 60Ruins of St. Bavo's Abbey (from Ghent)
Image 61The Art Deco Memorial tower of the Interallied Memorial of Cointe complex (from Liège)
Image 62Morphologically connected mountains of Ardennes and Eifel, framed by the rivers Semois, Meuse, Moselle and Rhine. The highest elevation is the Hohe Acht at 746.9 m above sea level. NHN (from Ardennes)
Image 63Flagey Building in Ixelles (from Brussels)
Image 64Surviving Roman city walls in Tongeren, the former city of Atuatuca Tongrorum (from History of Belgium)
Image 65Statue of Jacob van Artevelde on the Vrijdagmarkt (from Ghent)
Image 66Flag of Berchem, Antwerp (from Antwerp)
Image 67Vooruit Arts Center (from Ghent)
Image 68Antwerp International Airport (from Antwerp)
Image 69A Richly Laid Table with Parrots, Jan Davidsz de Heem, c. 1650. On the table one can see ham, seafood, bread, wine, and various kinds of fruit. (from Belgian cuisine)
Image 70Félicien Rops (from Namur)
Image 71Chocolate pralines (from Belgian cuisine)
Image 72A Belgian machine gunner at the front lines in 1918, firing a Chauchat machine gun. (from History of Belgium)
Image 73A statue of Our Lady of Hanswijk is carried through the city during the procession in 2013 (from Mechelen)
Image 74The Ghent Altarpiece: The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb (interior view), painted 1432 by van Eyck (from Culture of Belgium)
Image 75Flag of Berchem, Antwerp (from Antwerp)
Image 76John of Gaunt, born in Ghent in 1340 (from Ghent)
Image 77Brussels' Northern Quarter business district (from Brussels)
Image 78Concertgebouw ("Concert Building") (from Bruges)
Image 79The brewery Het Anker, home of the Gouden Carolus beer (from Mechelen)
Image 80Hollandse Synagoge (from Antwerp)
Image 81Carbonade flamande/Stoofvlees, another of Belgium's national dishes (from Belgian cuisine)
Image 82Chimay Brewery's Grand Cru cheese (from Belgian cuisine)
Image 83Brussels Summer Festival (BSF) (from Brussels)
Image 84Passenger terminal of Liège Airport (from Liège)
Image 85The Belfry of Bruges, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (from Bruges)
Image 86Jenever bottles for sale in Hasselt, including two in traditional clay bottles (from Belgian cuisine)
Image 87Portrait of Leopold I who became the first King of the Belgians in 1831 (from History of Belgium)
Image 88The 1927 Solvay Conference in Brussels was the fifth world physics conference. (from Brussels)
Image 89R.S.C. Anderlecht fans at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium (from Brussels)
Image 90Palace of Justice (from Antwerp)
Image 9120 km of Brussels (from Brussels)
Image 92Woluwe-Saint-Pierre (Sint-Pieters-Woluwe) (from Brussels)
Image 93Charles of Lorraine, traditionally considered the founder of what would become Brussels, c. 979 (from Brussels)
Image 94Statue Lieven Bauwens (from Ghent)
Image 95A 2020 satellite image of the Greater Brussels area (from Brussels)
Image 96European route E40 (from Bruges)
Image 97Scaldis ("the Scheldt") and Antverpia ("Antwerp"), Abraham Janssens, 1609, oil on panel, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp (from Antwerp)
Image 98Moules-frites or mosselen met friet is a representative dish of Belgium. (from Culture of Belgium)
Image 99Jan Breydel Stadium (from Bruges)
Image 100Bevrijdingsdok terminal at the Port of Antwerp (from Antwerp)
Image 101The Kruispoort (from Bruges)
Image 102An assortment of sauces (from Belgian cuisine)
Image 103Charles Michel, the Prime Minister of Belgium from 2014 until 2019 (from History of Belgium)
Image 104The Place du Luxembourg/Luxemburgplein with the European Parliament in the background (from Brussels)
Image 105The Burg in Bruges, painted c. 1691–1700 by Meunincxhove (from Bruges)
Image 106Mechelen on the Ferraris map (around 1775) (from Mechelen)
Image 107Planetarium of the Royal Observatory of Belgium (from Brussels)
Image 108Antwerp population pyramid in 2022 (from Antwerp)
Image 109The well-known Ghent Altarpiece, a 15th-century painting by Hubert and Jan Van Eyck in St. Bavo's Cathedral. (from Ghent)
Image 110Gruuthusemuseum (from Bruges)
Image 111St. Rumbold's Cathedral on the Grote Markt (from Mechelen)
Image 112Korenlei (from Ghent)
Image 113The flag of the francophone pro-Nazi Rexist party (from History of Belgium)
Image 114Equestrian Statue of Leopold II, Place du Trône/Troonplein, Brussels (from History of Belgium)
Image 115An altarpiece by the Brabantian painter Rogier van der Weyden (1399-1464) who was at the forefront of the Northern Renaissance (from History of Belgium)
Image 116Varieties of coiled boudin/pens (blood sausage) for sale at a Belgian Christmas market (from Belgian cuisine)
Image 117Bilingual French and Dutch street signs in Brussels (from Brussels)
Image 118Brussels is known for its local waffles. (from Brussels)
Image 119City of Brussels (from Brussels)
Image 120Part of the Markt (market square) (from Bruges)
Image 121Bayard Rock, Dinant, on the right bank of the Meuse. According to a legend, a magic horse jumped from the top of this rock to the left bank of the river, carrying the Four Sons of Aymon fleeing Charlemagne. (from Ardennes)
Image 122Blason ville be Borgerhout (from Antwerp)
Image 123French soldiers fight at Fleurus in Belgium during the Revolutionary Wars, 1794 (from History of Belgium)
Image 124The Bourse Palace, the former Brussels Stock Exchange (BSE) building (from Brussels)
Image 125Postcard showing the Cranenburg House (from Bruges)
Image 126Liège in 1650 (from Liège)
Image 127A10 road (Belgium) (from Bruges)
Image 128Municipality of Bruges (from Bruges)
Image 129Ganshoren (from Brussels)
Image 130Belfry (from Ghent)
Image 131The Graslei, in the old city centre (from Ghent)
Image 132Royal Library of Belgium (KBR) (from Brussels)
Image 133De Lingtworm en Krocht (from Ghent)
Image 134Communities of Belgium:
  Flemish Community / Dutch language area
  Flemish & French Community / bilingual language area
  French Community / French language area
  German-speaking Community / German language area
(from Brussels)
Image 135Old Post Office on the Korenmarkt (from Ghent)
Image 136The Grand-Place of Brussels, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (from Brussels)
Image 137Manneken Pis, a well-known public sculpture (from Brussels)
Image 138GDP per capita development of Belgium (from Economy of Belgium)
Image 139Liège at night, photography taken from the ISS in December 2012 (from Liège)
Image 140Dried Ardenne sausage (from Belgian cuisine)
Image 141Traditional Liègian puppets (from Liège)
Image 142N49 road (Belgium) (from Bruges)
Image 143Liège-Guillemins railway station (from Liège)
Image 144Schaerbeek (Schaarbeek) (from Brussels)
Image 145Antwerp from the left bank of the Scheldt, c. 1890–1900 (from Antwerp)
Image 146Saint Servatius, bishop of Tongeren and one of the first known Christian figures in the region. 16th century reliquary. (from History of Belgium)
Image 147Flag of Deurne (from Antwerp)
Image 148Gaufres/Wafels (from Belgian cuisine)
Image 149British tanks arrive in Brussels on 4 September 1944, ending the German occupation (from Brussels)
Image 150Anderlecht (from Brussels)
Image 151Paul-Henri Spaak, three-times Prime Minister and author of the Spaak Report, was a staunch believer in international bodies, including the ECSC and EEC (from History of Belgium)
Image 152Berchem-Sainte-Agathe (Sint-Agatha-Berchem) (from Brussels)
Image 153Jacques Brel (from Culture of Belgium)
Image 154Two Force Publique soldiers in 1943 (from History of Belgium)
Image 155Main Hall of the Oldmasters Museum, part of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts in Brussels (from Art of Belgium)
Image 156St Aubin's Cathedral is the only academic Late Baroque cathedral in Belgium. (from Namur)
Image 157Joust on stilts in Namur. The stiltwalkers fights dates back to 1411. (from Namur)
Image 158Poster for the 1920 Summer Olympics, held at Antwerp (from History of Belgium)
Image 159St. Nicholas Church (from Ghent)
Image 16015th-century Ghent miniature of Joseph, showing daily life there (from Ghent)
Image 161't Groen Waterke (from Mechelen)
Image 162European route E40 (from Bruges)
Image 163A re-creation of Mixtura cum Caseo (soft cheese with a herb purée) and Hapalos Artos (soft bread), served with olives, grapes and wine (from Belgian cuisine)
Image 164The Elly Mærsk, one of the world's largest container ships, at Zeebrugge (from Bruges)
Image 165Flea market on the Place du Jeu de Balle/Vossenplein (from Brussels)
Image 166The Royal Dutch Theatre (from Ghent)
Image 167The Ardennes in Belgium (from Ardennes)
Image 168A 1906 British Punch cartoon depicting Leopold II as a rubber vine entangling a Congolese man (from History of Belgium)
Image 169University of Antwerp (from Antwerp)
Image 170Forest (Vorst) (from Brussels)
Image 171Pêches au thon/Perziken met tonijn (from Belgian cuisine)
Image 172Watermael-Boitsfort (Watermaal-Bosvoorde) (from Brussels)
Image 173Rabot Gate (from Ghent)
Image 174The Markt (market square) (from Bruges)
Image 175Basilica of Our Lady of Hanswijk (from Mechelen)
Image 176Interior of the Hôtel Tassel in Brussels, by Victor Horta (1892–93) (from Culture of Belgium)
Image 177The gallows at Breendonk Concentration Camp, near Mechelen (from History of Belgium)
Image 178Stations of the Cross within the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp (from Culture of Belgium)
Image 179Namur, the Meuse, the Walloon Parliament and the citadel (from Namur)
Image 180Herve cheese (from Belgian cuisine)
Image 181Policeman in Brussels (from Brussels)
Image 182Inauguration of the statue of Charlemagne, 26 July 1868 (from Liège)
Image 183The Provinciaal Hof (from Bruges)
Image 184Old town (from Namur)
Image 185European route E34 (from Bruges)
Image 186Chicons au gratin/Gegratineerd witloof (from Belgian cuisine)
Image 187Population timeline of Antwerp (from Antwerp)
Image 188The German bombardment of Antwerp, October 1914, by Willy Stöwer (from Antwerp)
Image 189Merchants in Bruges, first half of the 16th century (from Bruges)
Image 190Chimay Tripel, a Trappist beer with its own glass (from Belgian cuisine)
Image 191The Battle of Beverhoutsveld (1382) in Froissart's Chronicles, with Bruges as setting (from Bruges)
Image 192Curtius Museum, museum of archaeology and decorative arts, located on the bank of the Meuse (from Liège)
Image 193The R4 ringroad (from Ghent)
Image 194The Great Mosque of Brussels, former seat of the Islamic and Cultural Centre of Belgium (from Brussels)
Image 195The Sambre (from Namur)
Image 196Pont de Fragnée (from Liège)
Image 197Aerial view of Brussels' European Quarter, hosting most of the European Union (EU)'s institutions (from Brussels)
Image 198Arduenna silva between Maas und Rhein (from Ardennes)
Image 199Belgian soldier taking cover by the corpses of dead hostages, November 1964 in Stanleyville during Operation Dragon Rouge (from History of Belgium)
Image 200Moules-frites/Mosselen met friet, one of Belgium's national dishes (from Belgian cuisine)
Image 201St. Bavo's Cathedral (from Ghent)
Image 202Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (Sint-Joost-ten-Node) (from Brussels)
Image 203Tintin and Snowy (Hergé), on the roof of the former headquarters of Le Lombard near Brussels-South railway station (from Culture of Belgium)
Image 204Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark memorial arcade and museums (from Brussels)
Image 205N31 road (Belgium) (from Bruges)
Image 206Boerentoren (from Antwerp)
Image 207Aerial view of the Boudewijnkanaal canal linking Zeebrugge (top) with Bruges (middle) (from Bruges)
Image 208Flag of Antwerp (district) (from Antwerp)
Image 209A17 road (Belgium) (from Bruges)
Image 210A typical scene of peasant life, Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap (1565) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (from Art of Belgium)
Image 211Statue of Charlemagne in the centre of Liège (from Liège)
Image 212Exterior of the Boudewijn Seapark dolphinarium (from Bruges)
Image 213Prince-Bishops' Palace, residence of former Prince-Bishops of Liège (from Liège)
Image 214Jacques Rogge, 2014 (from Ghent)
Image 215Ixelles (Elsene) (from Brussels)
Image 216Main hall of Brussels-South railway station, home to the Eurostar train service to London (from Brussels)
Image 217Brussels Metro carriage at Erasme/Erasmus metro station (from Brussels)
Image 218European route E403 (from Bruges)
Image 219De Singel (from Antwerp)
Image 220Languages spoken at home in the Brussels-Capital Region (2013)
  French
  French and Dutch
  Dutch
  French and other language
  Neither French nor Dutch
(from Brussels)
Image 221The Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark memorial arcade, built in 1905 (from History of Belgium)
Image 222Jambon d'Ardenne/Ardeense ham hanging from a rack (from Belgian cuisine)
Image 223Extreme points of Belgium (from Geography of Belgium)
Image 224Provincial Government Building (from Antwerp)
Image 225Map showing the division of Brabant into Flemish Brabant (yellow), Walloon Brabant (red) and the Brussels-Capital Region (orange) in 1995 (from History of Belgium)
Image 226Saint-Gilles (Sint-Gillis) (from Brussels)
Image 227View on the city of Ghent in 1540 by Lucas de Heere (from Ghent)
Image 228Erasmus Hospital in Anderlecht (from Brussels)
Image 229Molenbeek-Saint-Jean (Sint-Jans-Molenbeek) (from Brussels)
Image 230Map showing the area of West Germany occupied by Belgian forces after the Second World War, known as FBA-BSD (from History of Belgium)
Image 231European route E403 (from Bruges)
Image 232Auderghem (Oudergem) (from Brussels)
Image 233Bruges on the Ferraris map, c. 1775 (from Bruges)
Image 2341944: Soldiers of the US Army 4185th Quartermaster Service Company loading a Red Ball Express truck at Liège. (from Liège)
Image 235The Gravensteen (from Ghent)
Image 236The Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat is one of the city's main streets. (from Brussels)
Image 237Antwerp City Hall at the Grote Markt (from Antwerp)
Image 238The Grand-Place after the 1695 bombardment by the French army (from Brussels)
Image 239Site of the massacre of Belgian UN personnel in Kigali, Rwanda. (from History of Belgium)
Image 240A HermeLijn low-floor tram in Ghent (from Ghent)
Image 241The Royal Palace of Brussels, the official palace of the King and Queen of the Belgians (from Brussels)
Image 242The natural regions of Belgium. (from Geography of Belgium)
Image 243A10 road (Belgium) (from Bruges)
Image 244Cartoon of "The Rape of Belgium" showing giant hairy fist with Prussian eagle grasping maiden in flowing robes. (from History of Belgium)
Image 245Buildings along the river Leie in Ghent (from Ghent)
Image 246Jain temple in Wilrijk (from Antwerp)
Image 247Regions of Belgium:
  Flemish Region
  Brussels-Capital Region
  Walloon Region
(from Brussels)
Image 248Woluwe-Saint-Lambert (Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe) (from Brussels)
Image 249Official poster of the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp (from Antwerp)
Image 250Evere (from Brussels)
Image 251Flint knives discovered in Belgian caves (from History of Belgium)
Image 252Sirop de Liège/Luikse siroop on a slice of bread (from Belgian cuisine)
Image 253The National Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Koekelberg (from Brussels)
Image 254Stade Maurice Dufrasne, home to football club Standard Liège. (from Liège)
Image 255The City Hall (from Bruges)
Image 256Panorama of the city of Liège. Photo taken from the heights of the Citadel (left bank of the Meuse). (from Liège)
Image 257Map of Antwerp (1624) (from Antwerp)
Image 258Solbosch/Solbos campus of the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) (from Brussels)
Image 259An Art Nouveau doorway in Ixelles, designed by Ernest Delune and built in 1902. (from Art of Belgium)
Image 260Etterbeek (from Brussels)
Image 261A historic street in Belgium (from History of Belgium)
Image 262Royal Theatre of La Monnaie (from Brussels)
Image 263The municipalities with language facilities (in red) near Brussels (from Brussels)
Image 264View of Antwerp by Jan Wildens (from Antwerp)
Image 265Self Portrait (1623) by Peter Paul Rubens (from Art of Belgium)
Image 266Hoboken vlag (from Antwerp)
Image 267Hotel d'Hane-Steenhuyse (from Ghent)
Image 268Walloon workers demonstration in Brussels in the winter of 1960 (from History of Belgium)
Image 269The Sack of Antwerp in 1576, in which 17,000 people died. (from History of Belgium)
Image 270Municipalities (from Ghent)
Image 271Wilrijk vlag (from Antwerp)
Image 272Southern part of the Low Countries with bishopry towns and abbeys c. 7th century. Abbeys were the onset to larger villages and even some towns to reshape the landscape. (from History of Belgium)
Image 273Brussels Airlines Airbus A319 landing at Brussels Airport in Zaventem (from Brussels)
Image 274The Roman province of Gallia Belgica in around 120 AD (from History of Belgium)
Image 27514th-century illustration of the Battle of the Golden Spurs in 1302 where forces from the County of Flanders defeated their nominal overlords of the Kingdom of France. (from History of Belgium)
Image 276Flags of NATO member states wave at the entrance of NATO's headquarters in Haren (from Brussels)
Image 277A18 road (Belgium) (from Bruges)
Image 278Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station, Ghent (from Ghent)
Image 279Belgian F-16 conducts a combat patrol over Afghanistan, 2008 (from History of Belgium)
Image 280Flag of Borsbeek (from Antwerp)
Image 281Fowl roasting on a spit. A shallow basin collects the drippings to use in sauces or for basting; The Decameron, Flanders, 1432 (from Belgian cuisine)
Image 282Heathland at the Hoge Kempen National Park (from List of protected areas of Belgium)
Image 283Graslei (from Ghent)
Image 284Koekelberg (from Brussels)
Image 285Entrance gate of Oude Vismijn ("Old Fish Market") (from Ghent)
Image 286The Atomium (from Brussels)
Image 287A Van Hool articulated bus in Ghent (from Ghent)
Image 288Liège in 1627 (from Liège)
Image 289Meyboom giants in Brussels, a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage (from Brussels)
Image 290The Gilles of Binche, in costume, wearing wax masks (from Culture of Belgium)
Image 291Saint Bavo, patron saint of Ghent (from Ghent)
Image 292Planet Group Arena (from Ghent)

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