This page provides a list of the main things to see in Belgium and the Netherlands (Holland). "++"
identifies the top attractions.
Belgium
Bruxelles
- +Grand Place (townhall from 1455)
- Galerie Royale
- Hotel de Ville in the Grand Place
- Maison du Roi (1873) in the Grand Place
- Klimt's Stocletfries in the Stoclet Palace in Brussels
- Galerie Royale
- Hotel Ravenstein (15th c)
- Palais de Justice (1883)
- Porte de Hal
- Rococo buildings: Old England, Hotel Metropole, Maison Saint Cyr,
- Royal Palace (1905)
- Cathedral Sts Michel et Gudule
- European Parliament
- Bruparck: Mini-Europe and Atomium
- Basilique de Sacre Coeur
- Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale
Brugge/ Bruges
- Markt
- Groeninge Museum
- Memling Museum
- ++ Belfry (15th c)
- Halles
- +City hall
- Chapel of the Holy Blood (1150)
- ++Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk/ Basilica of Our Lady (13th c)
- Hospital of St John (12th c)
- Begijnhof
- Minnewater (13th c)
- Northeast Bruges's canals
- Jerusalemkerk
- Kruispoort
Gand/ Ghent:
- +Cathedral Sint Baafs (1559)
- +Town Hall (17th c)
- +Het Gravensteen (13th c)
- House of Free Boatmen (1531)
- Abbey of St Bavon
- +Castle
- Dendermonde (20 kms from Ghent): Vleeshuis
- Graslei
- Sint Niklaaskerk
Antwerp
- +Town Hall (1561) in Grote Markt
- Onze Lieve Vrouwe kathedral (16th c)
- Handelsbeurs
- +Vleeshuis (1504)
- Sint Jacobskerk (16th c)
- Sint Pauluskerk (17th c)
- +Steen (1521)
- National Maritime Museum
- Rubenshuis
Louvain/Leuven
- Town Hall (1463)
- St Peter (16th c)
- St Michael (1656)
- Groot Begijnhof
- Bokrijk: Openluchtmuseum
Liege: St Jacques (1538)
Tournai: ++Cathedral (1213) with four-storey nave
Nivelles: St Gertrude
Oudenaarde: +Town Hall (1537)
Orval: Abbey
Veurne: Grote Markt
Ypres: +Lakenhall (1200)
Netherlands
Amsterdam:
- ++Van Gogh Museum
- +Rijksmuseum
- ++Stedelijk Museum
- Palace (17th c)
- Munttoren
- +Waag
- +Canals
- +Oude Kerk
- Piet Kramer's De Dageraad's building (1923)
- Hendrik Petrus Berlage's Stock Exchange (1903)
- Oost Indisch Huis
- Schreierstoren
- Begijnhof
- Nieuwe Kerk
- Koninklijk Palace
- Sint-Nicolaaskerk
- Canal: Bartolotti House
- Canal: Felix Meritis House
- Canal: 239 Singel, 289 Singel, 319 Keizersgracht, 365 Keizersgracht, 399 Keizersgracht, 409 Keiz., 345a Keiz., 387 Keiz., 403 Keiz.,
- Canal: 493 Herengracht, 543 Her., 493 H., 497 H., 37/39/57/59/63 Reguliersgracht, 1059/1061 Prinsengracht, etc
- American Hotel
- Warehouses of Entrepotdok
- Gemeentearchief
- De Dageraad
Den Haag (Haugue)
- Binnenhof
- Ridderzaal
- Mauritshuis
- Vredespaleis
- Berlage's Gemeentemuseum/ Municipal museum
Rotterdam
- Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen
- Euromast (185 m high)
- Cubic Houses
Maastricht
- +St Servaaskerk (11th c), oldest church in the Netherlands with Keizerzaal
- Onze Lieve Vrouwebasilick/ Church of Our Lady (11th c)
- Stadhuis
- Cemetery
- Generalshuis
- +Bonnefantenmuseum
- Helpoort
- Peter Vink tower
Delft: Oude Kerk, Stadhuis,
Gouda: St Janskerk (16th c)
Hoofddorp: Bus station at Spaarne Ziekenhuis
Gouda: Grote Kerk
Haarlem: Meat Market (1603), Grote Kerk, Vleeshal, Waterfront, Amsterdamse Poort
Hertogenbosch: +Sint Jan Kathedraal (16th c), +Binnen-Dieze, Moriaan, Stadhuis
Kampen: Town Hall (1543)
Middelburg: Town Hall (16th c), Abbey (16th c)
Roermond: Munsterkerk
Utrecht: +St Michael (1517), Domtoren
Amersfoort: Koppelpoort (15th c)
Haar: +Castle (1892)
Hilversum: Dudok's Bavink School (1921), Raadhuis/ Town Hall (1931)
Sneek Gateway of the Friesland (1613)
Venlo: Town Hall
Hoensbrock: Kasteel
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