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Best Traditional Belgian Antwerp Diamond Capital 80% World's Rough Diamonds Cathedral of Our Lady 1352-1521 123 m Rubens House MAS 2011 Bruges UNESCO 2000 Belfry 83 m Beguinage 1998 Ghent Belfry 91 m UNESCO 1999 Saint Bavo's Cathedral Van Eyck Altarpiece 1432 Tournai Cathedral UNESCO 2000 Mons Belfry UNESCO 1999 ECC 2015 Doudou Festival UNESCO 2005 Bastogne Battle of the Bulge 1944-1945 80,000 Casualties Mardasson Memorial 1950 Stoclet House UNESCO 2009 32 Belfries UNESCO 1999 2005 and Belgium Deep Heritage Tour Destinations

Browse more guides: Belgium travel | Europe destinations Best Traditional Belgian Antwerp Cathedral 1521 123 m Bruges UNESCO 2000 Ghent Belfry UNESCO 1999 Tournai Cathedral UNESCO 2000 Mons UNESCO 1999 Bastogne 1944 and Belgium Deep Heritage Tour Destinations TL;DR Belgian - Western Europe's Belgium + 11.7 million population - preserves the most-significant Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent, Tournai, Mons, and Bastogne deeper heritage and the renowned 32 Belfries UNESCO. Major destinations: Antwerp diamond capital + 80% world's rough diamonds and Cathedral of Our Lady 1352-1521 + 123 m, Rubens House, and MAS Museum 2011 , Bruges Historic Centre UNESCO 2000 + Markt and Belfry 83 m 1240-1486 + Beguinage UNESCO 1998 + 50 km canals and Venice of the North + 5 million visitors/year , Ghent Belfry 91 m 1313-1380 UNESCO 1999 + Saint Bavo's Cathedral and Ghent Altarpiece van Eyck brothers 1432 , Tournai Cathedral 1140-1325 UNESCO 2000 + 5-tower silhouette , Mons Belfry UNESCO 1999 + ECC...

Best Traditional Belarusian Minsk Independence Avenue Mir Castle UNESCO 2000 Late Gothic Nesvizh UNESCO 2005 Radziwiłł 12 Generations Brest Fortress Hero 1965 Białowieża UNESCO 1979 European Bison and Belarus Heritage Tour Destinations

Browse more guides: Belarus travel | Europe destinations Best Traditional Belarusian Minsk Independence Avenue Mir Castle UNESCO 2000 Late Gothic Nesvizh UNESCO 2005 Radziwiłł 12 Generations Brest Fortress Hero 1965 Białowieża UNESCO 1979 European Bison and Belarus Heritage Tour Destinations TL;DR Belarusian - 207,600 km² and roughly 9 million people, landlocked between Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia, and Ukraine, with 4 UNESCO World Heritage Sites and a flat, lake-laced landscape that retains Europe's last fragments of primeval lowland forest. Major destinations: Minsk capital - Independence Avenue Stalinist ensemble running 15 km through the rebuilt postwar core, KGB Headquarters on the avenue, and the Belarusian State Museum of the Great Patriotic War tracing the 1941-1944 occupation that killed roughly a quarter of the population , Mir Castle UNESCO 2000 - late 15th-century late Gothic stronghold of the Ilinich family expanded with a Renaissance palace addition under t...