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Room 11 tiny stain glass window

Bruges, Belgium

Smallest Gothic Window in Bruges

You can spot this teeny tiny stained-glass window from the Bonifacius bridge.

Smedenpoort Skull

Bruges, Belgium

Smedenpoort Skull

The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.

Duffelcoat Statue

Duffel, Belgium

Duffelcoat Statue

The birthplace of the titular coat and related products celebrates its claim to fame with a statue of a coat.

‘Arc Majeur’ by Bernard Venet

Rochefort, Belgium

‘Arc Majeur’ by Bernard Venet

This work of art, which took 35 years to complete, has a motorway running through it.

Kemmel's Top Secret Command Bunker

Heuvelland, Belgium

Kemmel's Top Secret Command Bunker

A Cold War command center is hidden under an idyllic countryside.

Burcht van Leiden

Leiden, Netherlands

Burcht van Leiden

This 11th-century castle sits so low you can't see it behind the surrounding buildings.

The holiday market at Leiden.

Leiden, Netherlands

Leiden's Floating Christmas Market

A market built atop boats is one of the few floating holiday markets in Europe.

Rhenish foot and rod

Leiden, Netherlands

Rijnlandse Roede (Rhenish Rod)

An unassuming rod in the Netherlands was once the old standard unit of length for the entire Dutch empire.

Vrouwekerk

Leiden, Netherlands

Vrouwekerk

Only a few walls remain of the last church the Pilgrims used before they sailed to North America.

Einstein Equation.

Leiden, Netherlands

Leiden’s Wall Formulae

Science meets wall art to highlight the beauty of famous mathematical equations.

Herman the Bull

Leiden, Netherlands

De stal van Stier Herman

The world's first transgenic bovine has been preserved at the museum where he spent his final years—though his old stable is now a cafe.

Homunculus Loxodontus

Leiden, Netherlands

'Zhdun' (Homunculus Loxodontus)

This Dutch art piece became a Russian icon.

Temple of Taffeh.

Leiden, Netherlands

Temple of Taffeh

An ancient Egyptian temple sits within a modern European museum.

A runny-yolked egg is the crowing glory to a ham-and-cheese pancake.

Leiden, Netherlands

Oudt Leyden

This institution has been serving up some of the best pancakes in the Netherlands for over a century.

Kiekmonument

Leiden, Netherlands

Israël Kiek Memorial

A memorial commemorating the man whose name became synonymous with taking a picture in the Netherlands.

The John Frost Bridge

Arnhem, Netherlands

John Frost Bridge

The largest airborne operation in history was launched to capture this bridge.

‘Celestial Teapot’

Utrecht, Netherlands

‘Celestial Teapot’

A gigantic teapot sitting on top of a parking garage in the center of Utrecht.

View of the city center from the sluice

Utrecht, Netherlands

Fish Doorbell at Weerdsluis Lock

The world's first fish doorbell monitors this water passageway.

The pyramid as it stands today.

Woudenberg, Netherlands

Pyramid of Austerlitz

A grassy pyramid named after a French battle.

The Three-Country Point with the border post dating back to 1926.

La Calamine, Belgium

Neutral Moresnet

This little patch of Europe remained neutral for more than a century because of a mine.

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza

Brussels, Belgium

‘Don Quixote and Sancho Panza’

A largely overlooked statue that may commemorate the first publication of 'Don Quixote' outside of Spain.

Gabrielle Petit was executed at the age of just 23.

Brussels, Belgium

Gabrielle Petit Statue

Belgium's national heroine turned spy sacrificed her life to combat German occupation.

‘The Container’

Brussels, Belgium

‘The Container’

In the middle of a Brussels roundabout, a cargo container balancing on its edge.

Crypt of Father Damien

Leuven, Belgium

Crypt of Father Damien

A chapel quietly preserves the remains of Father Damien, who devoted his life to caring for leprosy patients.

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