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Wondering along the Izerenleen you cannot mistake the beautiful buildings lining both sides of the street. Yet, there is one shop which you cannot miss and that the Schockaert Kass Winkel. The Kass Winkel (Cheese Shop) is a must visit […]
What is the Sotscop or Opsinjoorke you may ask? The Opsinjoorke portrays the eternal drunk, the bad husband who drinks far too much, the unfaithful husband always returning home late whilst not caring about the money he spends. The […]
St Rumbold’s (Sint-Romboutskathedraal) had it’s first stone of the present day St Rumbold’s Tower laid in 1452 and was undertaken by the Keldermans family of Architects. The plan was to build a tower some 167 metres high, though during the mid […]