Belgium is not a large country in size, so a visit to Brussels should be combined with excursions to other locations in the country and maybe also to important and nice cities nearby, but still outside the borders of Belgium. If you have limited time the most important cities in Belgium to visit besides Brussels are Ghent, Bruges and Antwerpen, with Bruges ranked number one among the three cities.
If you dream of visiting some other city outside the borders of Belgium we give more information about how to visit cities such as London, Amsterdam and Luxembourg, all three easily available from Brussels.
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Excursions inside and outside Belgium from Brussels
Amsterdam
It is not at all hard to get on a train and travel from Brussels to Amsterdam. In kilometres it is much closer than for example London, but the trip lasts one hour more due to the slower train. But, the advantage with Amsterdam is that the city is much easier to digest and it...
Antwerpen
Antwerpen is known for its harbour (even though it is quite far away from the sea) and for its diamonds. So if you are in love with diamonds and like to sing about how “diamonds are a girls best friend”, then you might want to sing about how “Antwerpen is a girls best friend” as...
Bruges
Bruges, or Brugge, is the most beautiful city in Belgium, at least according to a large amount of locals and tourists. Because of that many people would rather recommend Bruges over Brussels. The historical center of the city is on the World Heritage Site list of UNESCO, and the historical center on the list covers...
Ghent
Just between Brussels and Bruges you will find magical Ghent. The city is a pearl worth visiting with some magnificent architecture, lots of people in the streets, some amazing churches, good waffles, interesting festivals and more. The most important festival of the city is the Ghent-festival. Every year the city with a population of 250,000...
London
When you visit Brussels London is probably not the first city you think of visiting while in the capital of Belgium. But, since the arrival of the Eurostar trains between Brussels and London this is like a piece of cake to do. If you travel with one of the Eurostar trains from Brussels Midi to...
Luxembourg
Luxembourg is a place people most skip as they travel. It is to small and unimportant to simply travel to Luxembourg, and therefore they go somewhere else instead. The ideal way to visit Luxembourg is though to take a day trip while in for example Brussels. Luxembourg (the city) is about 3 hours distance with...
Waterloo
About 15 kilometers south of Brussel Waterloo can be found. This is the place where the army of Napoleon suffered defeat in 1815. Since then Waterloo has been an attraction worth visiting in Belgium, and several thousand tourists come here every year to visit this historical location. At the spot where the battle took place...
