Places jesadair Wants to Go

A jazz band formed by African water animals in the heart of Flemish Brabant.

A fascinating and enormous collection of natural history exhibits stained by a dark colonial legacy.

Stocking up on the world's best beer requires a pilgrimage to a monastery drive-through.

A shining memorial to a Belgian hero is said to bring luck to anyone who touches it.

Petting this mysterious iron monkey supposedly brings good luck.

The spectacular and eerie moss-covered grave site of 19th-century Belgian merchant.

The former home of a trailblazing surrealist is still filled with haunting dolls and grim paintings.

Tintin's creator is celebrated in an immersive museum that's an astounding work of modern art.

According to this bar, God gave an “11th commandment” to Antwerp: Thou shalt drink beer.

A giant bug impaled on a 75-foot-tall needle.

This old, abandoned hotel offers magnificent views.

A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.

This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.

Explore 400,000 years of humans' "battle against darkness" in this offbeat but thorough lamp museum.

Housing the groundbreaking maps and globes of Gerard Mercator.

The Belgian library displays burned books that were salvaged from the fires of both world wars.

This charming, hidden guild museum holds some 700 years of crossbow history.

Most prolific publishing house in the 1600s open to the public.

To enter this cluttered-yet-cozy sanctum of Belgian brews, ring the bell and tell the gatekeepers you've come “to taste beer.”

Only museum in the world devoted to bookbinding and book arts holds a permanent collection representing five centuries.

The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.

This small corner bar is home to a rare 1930s dance organ that still plays tunes for one Euro.

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

In an area where the remnants of WWI are discovered on a regular basis this preserved frontline trench may be the most amazing.