Belgium Vacation

**Alexanderofmacedon** · 12-28-2008, 22:48

Hello all,

I'm going to Europe this summer around June 17 and I am staying in Belgium for two weeks. I'll be staying in Aalst for some of the trip and Ertvelde for some of the trip as well (just as bases for sleeping).

I also wondered if there were specific sites anyone knew of that would be interesting to see? I want to see a lot of World War II sites, but other sites would be nice too. Medieval times, under Spanish rule, castles etc. would be great.

Thanks for the tips!

**PanzerJaeger** · 12-29-2008, 04:47

The Ardennes sites are of course a must see and you could probably spend your entire vacation exploring them, but I'd also suggest Fortress Eben-Emael. A great site for the WW2 buff.

**Ice** · 12-29-2008, 05:12

Originally Posted by Alexanderofmacedon

Hello all,

I'm going to Europe this summer around June 17 and I am staying in Belgium for two weeks. I'll be staying in Aalst for some of the trip and Ertvelde for some of the trip as well (just as bases for sleeping).

I also wondered if there were specific sites anyone knew of that would be interesting to see? I want to see a lot of World War II sites, but other sites would be nice too. Medieval times, under Spanish rule, castles etc. would be great.

Thanks for the tips!

I'd recommend Bruge, a city in the northern part of the country, for a couple of reasons:

1) It has some killer medieval architecture

2) It's a short train ride away from the beach (I forget the town... starts with a B)

Also, check out the war museum in Brussels. I was blown away by how much awesome stuff they have.

**Moros** · 12-29-2008, 13:39

Well you should check out Brussels as it's not far fram Aalst, and the war museum is indeed quite something. Than some other classics are Brugges (medievalstyle town), Antwerps is also quite nice, Ghent, and you can always drop by in Leuven of course. Now if it's WWI you want to see you've got to go to Ieper and surroundings. For WWII it's the Ardennes, but that's quite far from Aalst. (wel not that anything is ever really far away in Belgium).

And if you have questions about belgium, you can always ask me. (Being Belgium I think I should be able to help. :))

**Fragony** · 12-29-2008, 16:37

Brugge could just be europe's prettiest town it is an absolute must see. Deal for castle is go by the way you are welcome to stay, if you survive you will have plenty to talk about when back in the big boring.