Backpacking Belgium: 10 best places to visit
The most rewarding stops for backpackers in Belgium, ranked and mapped — and real routes through them, written by travellers who went.
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Brussels
Brussels-Capital
Grand-Place, waffles, EU.
2
Bruges
Flanders
Canals and medieval lanes.
3
Ghent
Flanders
Youthful canal city.
4
Antwerp
Flanders
Fashion, diamonds, station.
5
Dinant
Wallonia
Cliffside on the Meuse.
6
Leuven
Flanders
Historic university town.
7
Namur
Wallonia
Citadel above two rivers.
8
Mechelen
Flanders
Tower views, easy day trip.
9
Durbuy
Wallonia
Tiny Ardennes town.
10
Ostend
Flanders
North Sea beach resort.
Backpacking routes through Belgium
Real trips through Belgium, drawn on maps by the people who took them.
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