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The Man in the Hat

The Man in the Hat

A bronze sculpture of a sitting man wearing a hat is placed on a breakwater at Knokke beach. As the tide comes in, this sad, solitary ...

Derek Blyth

Bestselling author Derek Blyth picks out one of his favourite hidden secrets of Belgium every day

La Maison du Monsieur Sax

The inventor of the saxophone, Adolphe Sax, came from the modest river town of Dinant in the Ardennes. The town proudly celebrates its most ...

The romantic beach town

Every Belgian has a favourite beach town. Some like Ostend for its urban buzz. Others go for Knokke for its chic art galleries and ...

Einstein at the beach

The little beach town of De Haan is dotted with reminders of its most famous visitor. In 1933, the German scientist Albert Einstein stepped ...

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