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

This former guildhall with a bacon-like exterior is now home to a museum covering 600 years of Antwerp's musical history.

A pilgrimage site where people ask Saint Dymphna to watch over those who are not of sound mind.

The legendary giant's severed hand sits on Antwerp's popular shopping street.

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.

A collection of weird and wonderful art fills a former houseplant nursery.

This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.

What was once a bustling mining installation is now a bustling hub of contemporary art.

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.

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

A once-magnificent collegiate church is falling into ruin.

This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.

Somewhere there is a giant who can no longer poop, but now travelers can stay inside his anus.

When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.

This Greek temple, open only an hour a day, was the site of a war of tastes between an architect and an artist.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

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

A marble Lucifer hides behind the pulpit of this Gothic cathedral.

A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.

Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

The Devil’s own choice when he needs a drink in Brussels.