Antwerp, Belgium
Ruckersplaats Hands Monument
Hidden along this old street in Antwerp is a surreal monument of a bronze arm sprouting four hands.
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Antwerp, Belgium
Hidden along this old street in Antwerp is a surreal monument of a bronze arm sprouting four hands.
Antwerp, Belgium
A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.
Antwerp, Belgium
A beautifully preserved and hidden 16th-century alleyway, tucked behind an unassuming door.
Brussels, Belgium
Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.
Brussels, Belgium
Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.
Brussels, Belgium
This conceptual artwork might be the most disappointing attraction in Brussels.
Brussels, Belgium
The original shop where the iconic Belgian praline was invented.
Brussels, Belgium
A shining memorial to a Belgian hero is said to bring luck to anyone who touches it.
Brussels, Belgium
Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.
Namur, Belgium
Where a cross marks the spot King Albert I’s body was found on 17 February 1934.
Court-Saint-Étienne, Belgium
Freemasonry’s universal creed etched in limestone.
Krakow, Poland
Krakow's own version of the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Krakow, Poland
Seven dragon statues—including one that breathes real fire—are scattered throughout the streets of Krakow.
Krakow, Poland
In the midst of a living monument to Soviet social engineering, Polish Catholics built this church by hand.
Krakow, Poland
This sprawling concrete suburb of Kraków was designed by the Soviet Union as the model proletarian city.
Wieliczka, Poland
An underground city of salt.
Gdańsk, Poland
Modern art commemorates one of the first military actions of World War II.
Gdańsk, Poland
Memorial to the lost dead of Gdansk, whose resting places were destroyed during World War II.
Gdańsk, Poland
A relic of Poland's shipbuilding past, reborn as a sky-high lookout.
Sopot, Poland
This fairytale inspired, warped building houses restaurants, shops, and a radio station.
Gdańsk, Poland
One of the world's largest amber altarpieces is housed within this reconstructed medieval church.
Gdańsk, Poland
This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.
Gdańsk, Poland
A merchant court dedicated to the fictitious King Arthur is heavily adorned with bizarre Renaissance art.
Gdańsk, Poland
These rare statues are one of the few remaining material witnesses to Old Prussian culture.