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Tourism in Belgium - Definition and Overview

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This article is about the tourism in Belgium.

Belgium is famous for his chocolate, and beer, and for its rich cultural heritage including its capital Brussels with its famous architecture, palaces, its pubs, old shopping malls and its lifestyle.

But there are some more places worth a visit.

The second largest city of Belgium, Antwerp (located to the north of Brussels), is a famous harbour town with a diamond stock exchange. It's a important cultural city.

Also Ghent and Brugge are well known for their cultural heritage.

Hasselt, the capital of the province Limburg, is well known as a shopping paradise and is famous for his jenever and speculaas.

Flanders is also well known for their painters, such as Rubens.

Belgium has a coastline (North Sea, province West Flanders) and some "mountainous" (700 meters) areas like the Ardennes.

You can also relax in Spa (the English word "spa" reminds us to this famous Belgian town), visit famous student's towns like Leuven, Ghent, Hasselt, Antwerp or Liège.

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