I came here for a wedding reception, and this was a quaint and romantic venue. There's even a small…read moremoat around the castle and a bridge crossing it. The courtyard was made of cobblestone and the green meadow in the background made for a very picturesque scene. One of the large rooms was reserved for dinner and dancing. The room was a pretty decent size holding at least 15 large round tables. There were convenient restrooms and a makeshift coat room. There were actually two wedding receptions happening on the same night, so it's good to know they can accommodate multiple parties. They had a good sound system as the music was blasting! There was also a relatively large parking lot with free parking! They conduct tours (with or without guides) until 5:30pm, but the ticket office closes at 4:30pm. Unfortunately, we arrived after the ticket office had closed. The castle looks like it would be interesting inside, and it would be a quick stopover on the way to somewhere else. Thanks for making the night a charming and memorable wedding reception!

This was a great find. I was looking for things to do in the area and came across this castle…read moreonline and so glad I did. It was wonderful because there was only a few people there and you can basically wander around the castle wherever you want with a book to kind of guide you. There were a couple cool audio rooms that explained more about the castle and lots of fun and games for kids. The castle is very well preserved and I can imagine being even more beautiful in the spring or summer with the mote around it. I had a great stroll around.

This is an old coal mine that closed in the 1980s. The area is dotted with mines and this one is…read moreone of the few you can actually tour. We would suggest that you buy a combo ticket to do everything. That's what we did. The mine tour is given in French and Dutch. You can request an audio guide in other languages. We chose the English guides. They take you down into the mine and the tour stops at various panels to explain the operation of the mine. In some areas they demonstrate the operation of the mine equipment. You will be walking down a series of steps, but there are no uphill steps. At the ending, you tour the processing area in the tower above the mine. Next, we rode through the town and countryside on a trolly train. That was followed by a visit to the museum and finally a hike around the mine grounds. It is well worth climbing the 204 steps to the top of the slag heap to see the view of the countryside. Allow yourself around 4-5 hours to do everything. We also stopped for lunch in their restaurant in the middle of our tour and the food was good. We would highly recommend spending the day here.

Blegny-Mine is definitely one of the most interesting places in the region of Limburg and Liège to…read morevisit. It's the only mine in Belgium where you can really go into the underground and the guided tour is foreseen in several languages, including English and Dutch. After visiting the mine it's nice to take a walk on the hill too, because it offers nice views for photography.

The place where World War II started for Belgium and Germany is absolutely worth the visit. The…read moreguided tour through Belgium's biggest fortress gives you a very good idea of the kind of fortress, but the individual history of the fortress makes the visit even more interesting. It's the place where the Germans used revolutionary weapons like "gliders" and the "shaped charge" for the very first time. The visit to the part of the fortress damaged by the shaped charge is one of the highlights. It's very interesting too to walk on the hill that has the fortress inside of it. The kind of day trip that deserves far more publicity than it gets for the moment!