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A summer family trip to Heide, Kalmthout with "Brij, pap en banket" (porridge, gruel, and pastries). Travel back in time!

A summer family trip to Heide, Kalmthout with "Brij, pap en banket" (porridge, gruel, and pastries). Travel back in time!

Summer vacation? That means it’s ice cream time! Does this sound familiar: a family outing on a sunny summer day, ending with two scoops in a cone? Or would you rather have it in a cup? We can enjoy it, but of course they didn’t have this culinary treat back in the day. And all that licking and slurping…

Discover the water mills of Bosbeek and Itterbeek with the ErfgoedApp

Discover the water mills of Bosbeek and Itterbeek with the ErfgoedApp

In northern Limburg, on the border with Dutch Limburg, lies a beautifully diverse nature reserve between Maaseik and Weert in the Netherlands. It’s a region that isn’t very well known and doesn’t immediately make it onto people’s lists of favorite domestic vacation destinations. And that’s a shame—and unfair.

A playful and educational outing through Poperinge

A playful and educational outing through Poperinge

Old-style handwriting lessons for teens, cooking with recipes from World War I, “Domino Day” with archive boxes, geocaches, and escape rooms. Through activities like these, the Poperinge-Vleteren Intermunicipal Archive builds a bridge between children, young people, and local heritage. As a result, many school groups and summer camps visit the reading room every year.

The English landscape style

The English landscape style

A winding common thread running through West Flemish provincial estates ... What do several of our West Flemish provincial estates have in common? Not only do they feature grand castles, but some estates also boast meandering parks in the English landscape style that surround the castles. This stylistic movement emerged over the course of

Everyone to the sea! Cycling past the holiday camps on the West Coast

Everyone to the sea! Cycling past the holiday camps on the West Coast

"Getting some fresh air by the sea"—who doesn't love that? For us, 21st-century people, the coast is almost a natural vacation destination, within reach for just about everyone. For many of our ancestors from the 19th and early 20th centuries, the sea was much farther away: they

The 'Russian castle' through the eyes of Maurice Maeterlinck

The 'Russian castle' through the eyes of Maurice Maeterlinck

The history of Esen Castle, located on the outskirts of Diksmuide, dates back to 1775. Over time, the castle has taken on various appearances. Today, from Esen Castle, provincial staff work together with local partners on the development of the Westhoek region. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maurice Maeterlinck Maurice MaeterlinckThe Ghent-based playwright Maurice Maeterlinck

Leuven Collective Against Poverty launches walk in ErfgoedApp

Leuven Collective Against Poverty launches walk in ErfgoedApp

October 17 was declared International Day for the Eradication of Poverty and Social Exclusion by the United Nations in 1992. On this symbolic date, the Leuven Collective Against Poverty annually highlights a number of actions to give people living in poverty a voice. This year, this was done with the support of