
The Brussels House of Neel Doff
Neel Doff was a writer of Dutch descent living and working in Belgium. Her life reads like an adventure book.
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High Road to Culture in Flanders and the Netherlands
You think you know Flanders and the Netherlands. But take it from us, you haven’t seen anything yet. British journalist Derek Blyth takes you on microadventures to L-Spots, hidden and exciting places in the Low Countries.
Neel Doff was a writer of Dutch descent living and working in Belgium. Her life reads like an adventure book.
Hiking enthusiasts in Europe’s flattest country have created the Dutch Mountain Trail.
With its 500 kilometres of coast, the Netherlands is suitable for every holiday season. Thanks to the many beach bars, you do not have to compromise on comfort.
Men from Leuven with the same year of birth unite at 40 to prepare for their 50th anniversary.
The former headquarters of the Holland America Line in Rotterdam brings together residents, businessmen and tourists in the grandeur of the turn of the century.
The Dutch are riding their bikes everywhere, always and in any weather. Even when they have to battle against gale-force winds.
‘In God we trust,’ it says on every United States dollar bill. ‘In Flemish flax we also trust,’ it might add.
The company that "bought" Manhattan was based in a handsome classical building that is still standing on the Herenmarkt in the heart of Amsterdam.
The Dutch artist and cycle activist Mapije de Wit encourages her fellow cyclists to sing while cycling.
What was once Belgium's finest cinema is today a vibrant cultural centre and performance venue in the heart of a multicultural neighbourhood.
The people of Groningen would like one of their city gates to be handed back.
People all over the world crave a Flemish speculoos biscuit based on wheat flour and candy syrup or caramelised sugar.
The most famous dictionary of the Dutch language is named after its creator, a nineteenth-century teacher from the Dutch border town of Sluis.
Few people know that the British Grenadier Guards got their start in Bruges.
Perhaps the most bizarre bridges ever built in the Netherlands can be seen in Spijkenisse.
In Bruges, Derek Blyth dwells on a brilliant sixteenth-century mathematician who was also known as 'the Belgian Archimedes' or 'the Leonardo Da Vinci of the Low Countries'.
A dusty plaque on the wall of a Brussels sandwich shop marks the site where Multatuli wrote his classic novel Max Havelaar.
Get to know Amsterdam and its inhabitants through its carved façade stones decorating the canalside houses.