Belgium Archives - Rachel's Ruminations

A large plaza with ornate buildings on all three visible sides. On the left, a tower, straight ahead a row of buildings, and on the right some larger buildings, perhaps government buildings or a palace.

Is Brussels in Belgium safe to visit in 2024?

Considering a visit to Brussels? Here’s the lowdown on safety in this beautiful and historic city, with plenty of tips to keep yourself safe.

A view across a beach to the water, but what is in focus is in the foreground: a twist of barbed wire

The Liberation Route Europe: WWII battlefields and more

The Liberation Route Europe, its WWII battlefields and museums: it’s important to stop and acknowledge the world-changing events of WWII.

War graves in Belgium: Living among the dead

With so many Belgium war graves, memorials, monuments, trenches and museums in the Ypres Salient, it’s as if the locals live among the dead.

How NOT to design a bathroom!

We ate lunch yesterday at a café in Gent. Afterwards, I went inside to use the toilet, followed the signs upstairs, came around a corner, and saw this.

In Flanders Fields Museum: A review

The In Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres, Belgium, is one of the most effective museums I’ve ever been to. It focuses on WWI in the Ypres Salient. Read my review here.