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Antwerp, Belgium
The Whisperer
This interactive sculpture allows visitors to leave a message in case a friend passes by.
51.2279, 4.4060
Bruges, Belgium
Torture Museum Bruges
Inside this former medieval prison is a collection of objects designed to inflict unbelievable pain and suffering on the human body and mind.
51.2076, 3.2263
Genk, Belgium
Cycling Through Water
This bike path was sunk below water level for maximum wonder.
50.9592, 5.3971
Antwerp, Belgium
Brabo Fountain
A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.
51.2212, 4.3997
Ypres, Belgium
In Flanders Fields Museum
This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.
50.8512, 2.8857
Kemzeke, Belgium
Verbeke Foundation
A collection of weird and wonderful art fills a former houseplant nursery.
51.2275, 4.0543
Bruges, Belgium
Frietmuseum
Potato-peeling mannequins, Inca art, and a dangling tuber mobile help trace the history of fries at this Belgian museum.
51.2110, 3.2240
Antwerp, Belgium
St. Anna's Tunnel
Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.
51.2197, 4.3921
Neerpelt, Belgium
Klankenbos Sound Forest
Artwork tucked within the trees greets visitors with surreal sonic experiences.
51.2309, 5.4222
Tielt-Winge, Belgium
Vlooybergtoren
The "stairway to heaven" lookout tower was built to resist weather, arson, and the laws of physics.
50.9266, 4.9167
Genk, Belgium
C-Mine
What was once a bustling mining installation is now a bustling hub of contemporary art.
50.9825, 5.4906
Borgloon, Belgium
Reading Between The Lines
Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.
50.7942, 5.3518
Ghent, Belgium
Gravensteen
This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.
51.0575, 3.7207
Halle, Belgium
The Blue Forest
Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.
50.7053, 4.2903
Antwerp, Belgium
Antwerp Ruien
An open-air sewer system that was covered piece-by-piece over 300 years.
51.2191, 4.4029
Lier, Belgium
The Zimmer Clock Tower and Museum
A 14th-century fortified keep showcases the masterpieces of an ingenious 20th-century clockmaker.
51.1291, 4.5705
Antwerp, Belgium
Plantin-Moretus Museum of Printing
Most prolific publishing house in the 1600s open to the public.
51.2184, 4.3990
Bruges, Belgium
Basilica of the Holy Blood
Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.
51.2081, 3.2266
Beveren, Belgium
The Doomed City of Doel
This ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist.
51.3116, 4.2629
Ghent, Belgium
Dr. Guislain Museum
A Museum of Psychiatry in a still-operating mental institution.
51.0666, 3.7024
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