Bedside mural,Hotel Marcel.
★★★★
Bruges

An affordable boutique hotel in Europe’s best-preserved medieval city

This is the perfect base to explore this beautiful,historic Belgian city or as a rest stop on a longer European trip.

  • byShaney Hudson
Brussels Airlines,economy cabin.

Airline review:Underwhelming flight was good,until it suddenly wasn’t

A seat covered in crumbs,an overbooked,delayed flight and an unfulfilled promise of compensation undermine this European carrier’s service.

  • byFlip Byrnes
Delirium Cafe.

Delirium Cafe,Brussels:The most epic beer menu in Brussels

A world of choice awaits at Brussels'Delirium Cafe.

  • byDavid Whitley
Europe's most famous landmarks have been replicated on a 1:25 scale.

Mini-Europe model cities and gardens:Brussels'daggiest day out

Europe might have a worldwide reputation for stylish,urbane design,but this is its daggiest attraction. And it's great fun.

  • byTim Richards
Belgium.

Blooms fit for a princess

The beautiful royal gardens are about to throw open their greenhouses to the public for their yearly three-week stint,writes Kate Farrelly.

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Belgium chips

Fry and fry again

Belgian chips are the best in the world. Antony Mason goes insearch of perfection among the fritkots of Brussels.

Dinner in the sky.

Best seats on the city map

During a year-long food festival,John Brunton discovers the best of Brussels aboard a night tram.

Figurines from the comic strip Tintin are displayed in a shop at the Herge Museum in Louvain-La-Neuve,

The comic kid is king

David Whitley sets off on a Tintin walking tour.

When in room ... and from Hotel Le Continental,Bordeaux.

Keys to the cities

A Bordeaux bolthole for $120 a night? A riverside retreat in Lisbon for the same? Here's our guide to some of Europe's best-value hotels and guesthouses this season.

Belgium beer shop in Brussels.

Guide to Brussels

Sights,sounds,possibilities ... Shaney Hudson's got it covered.