Europe's other top historical canal cities of Venice and Amsterdam have both taken steps to bar cruise ships calling. Venice received a wake-up call in July when UNESCO recommended the city be put ...

A city in Belgium has told tourists to stop stealing cobblestones from its historic centre after losing up to 70 each month ...

Belgium’s picturesque city of Bruges has issued a request that tourists stop stealing cobblestones from its UNESCO-recognized medieval streets. Local politician Franky Demon says an estimated 50 ...

When Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, who ruled over Belgium, raised taxes to fund military action abroad, the city refused to pay out. They’d already given a fair share, locals argued, and surely ...

The romantic city is filled with medieval buildings repurposed into eateries and bars, with winding canal-side paths to wander down. Being one of Belgium’s largest cities, Ghent’s historic ...

I extended my trash-grabber and snatched it. Over the years, I keep returning to Belgium’s second city. Once I made a pilgrimage to see a world-famous masterpiece, Van Eyck’s “Adoration of ...