Finding the world’s best beer is a religious experience – literally

Finding the world’s best beer is a religious experience – literally

Beer is a seriously complicated business in Belgium,especially when it comes to abbey beers,Trappist beers and,for that matter,beer beers.

  • byKeith Austin

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Sixth school set alight after protests against Belgian sex ed program

Sixth school set alight after protests against Belgian sex ed program

The Belgian prime minister said he will seek the help of government experts on extremism after a series of arsons targeting schools.

  • bySamuel Petrequin
Why Belgian beer tastes different (and better) in Belgium

Why Belgian beer tastes different (and better) in Belgium

It’s no secret that Belgium is a dream destination for beer lovers,but what’s the secret to its great beers?

  • byDaniel Fallon
Don Farrell dashes to Brussels to break EU trade deal deadlock
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Don Farrell dashes to Brussels to break EU trade deal deadlock

The trade minister will ditch his holiday for two days of talks as he tries to get the Europeans to budge on their offer for Australian agricultural products.

  • byAnthony Galloway
This athlete has 12 shot put and hammer throw titles. So why was she running the hurdles?

This athlete has 12 shot put and hammer throw titles. So why was she running the hurdles?

Jolien Maliga Boumkwo stepped over each hurdle rather than jumping,as she managed to clock in a time of 32.81 seconds.

‘Forgotten holocaust’:City confronts the ghost of its brutal Builder King

‘Forgotten holocaust’:City confronts the ghost of its brutal Builder King

Brussels is intent on confronting its colonial history as the government embarks on a world-first program to make the city more inclusive and aware of its past.

  • byRob Harris
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How a former slaughterhouse district became Rome’s hottest foodie destination

How a former slaughterhouse district became Rome’s hottest foodie destination

Roman feasting,Albania’s road less travelled,Oxford’s weird and wonderful… European travel hits from Good Weekend’s 2023 Dream Destinations issue.

  • byHelen Goh,Tim Elliott,Barry Divola,Fenella Souter,Jill Dupleix,Terry Durack,Ute Junker,David Leser,Ben Groundwater,Brian Johnston andPaul Connolly
Jack Fahey cycled 3000km to sign up for World War I. In Belgium,he was sent underground

Jack Fahey cycled 3000km to sign up for World War I. In Belgium,he was sent underground

Adventurer and poet Fahey was in love with wide,empty land. But as a tunneller on the Western Front,where “the individual man has not a stray dog’s chance”,he languished in darkness.

  • byTony Wright
Key suspect in ‘Qatargate’,ex-MEP,cuts deal with prosecutors

Key suspect in ‘Qatargate’,ex-MEP,cuts deal with prosecutors

Pier Antonio Panzeri “is suspected of intervening politically with members working at the European Parliament for the benefit of Qatar and Morocco” in exchange for payment.

  • byLorne Cook
Belgium to test wastewater on planes from COVID-hit China

Belgium to test wastewater on planes from COVID-hit China

The new measure is “not meant to track people but to track independently what is happening in China”,health officials say.

What is moules frites? Belgium's national dish of mussels and chips shouldn't work,but it does

What is moules frites? Belgium's national dish of mussels and chips shouldn't work,but it does

There's no good reason why mussels and chips should go so well together. But they do.

  • byBen Groundwater