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Visit the Musical Instruments Museum in Brussels

June 21, 2014 by Henk Bekker

Enjoy seeing and hearing unique and historic musical instruments from all over the world in the Muziekinstrumentenmuseum / Musée des instruments de musique. The Musical Instruments Museum (Muziekinstrumentenmuseum / Musée des instruments de musique) in Brussels has one of the largest collections of musical instruments in the world. Well over a thousand instruments from all … Read more

Top Sights in Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Germany

November 17, 2020December 7, 2009 by Henk Bekker

Weiden Oberer Markt mit dem Alten Rathaus

Top sights to see in Weiden in the Upper Palatinate, Germany include the romantic old town, the International Ceramics Museum, and a church with Art Nouveau interior.

See the Romantic Old Town with Ceramics Museum and Art Nouveau Church

Weiden in the Oberpfalz is a mostly industrial town but with an interesting historical core and an important ceramics museum. The St Joseph’s parish church is a large, neo-Romanesque church but with an interesting Art Nouveau interior. The International Ceramics Museum houses rotating exhibitions of world-class ceramics from Bavaria’s excellent Neue Sammlung.

Top UNESCO-Listed Cultural Sights to See in Belgium

February 9, 2022May 8, 2009 by Henk Bekker

Belgian Properties on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List

UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list sites in Belgium include convents, town centers of Brussels and Bruges, belfries, ancient mines, Art Nouveau, and monuments to industry.

Belgium may be a small country but it has been at the geographical heart of trade and commerce in Western Europe for centuries. Belgium is rich in cultural sights and no less than nine sites have been inscribed on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List since 1998. The Belgian sites on the list range from prehistoric mines to Art Nouveau architecture.