
The Beguinages, Bruges / photo: Tourist Office for Flanders, Belgium
Don’t let Belgium’s relatively small size fool you — this country
probably has more to do per square mile than most other places on earth.
And best of all for the traveler, it’s a comparatively easy place to
get around and English is widely spoken.
The country is divided into two ethnic regions, Dutch-speaking
Flanders to the north and French-speaking Wallonia to the south.
Dividing them is an imaginary east-west line that bisects the country at
Brussels, which is claimed by both. Although this is a major political
conundrum for the Belgians, for the traveler it’s inconsequential.
Forget the politics and focus instead on the cornucopia of culture,
historic places...