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Now that I decided to attend the Antwerp meeting, I am in the process of planning a little travelling around it. So here is the rough plan. Base 1: Liège Aug 12 - Train to Liège, arrival in the early afternoon. See a bit of Liège. Aug 13 - Day trip to Maastricht. Aug 14 - See more of Liège in the morning and early afternoon, perhaps some shopping, etc. Train to Antwerp in the afternoon. (I had considered staying in Maastricht but since the best train connections take me via Liège on both legs it's more convenient to stay there in a hotel next to the station and do a day trip without luggage.) Base 2: Antwerp Aug 15 (Assumption) - See Rubens market, see attractions in Antwerp that are not on the schedule during the meeting, stroll around and take photos, perhaps tour the port... Aug 16 - Day trip to Ghent Aug 17 - I want to keep that day open. Either spend the day in Antwerp, or a day trip to a small town. I am considering Mechelen (any other recommendations?) This will be decided on the spot. In the late afternoon/evening meet up with the VT bunch. Aug 18/19 according to meeting schedule. Aug 20 - early departure from Antwerp to Münster/Germany for a convention; this is not negotiable, unfortunately, so extending the stay is not possible. Footnote: My previous experiences of Belgium are limited to one day in Brussels and one day in Brugge. That was ages ago and I could think of reasons enough to revisit both cities, but this time I want new places. Comments are welcome, as well as company if others are also arriving in Antwerp earlier...
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Brugges is absolutely beautiful. We have also done an organised trip around the battlefields of Ypres which was very interesting.
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If you go to Liege you should go to the local tourist information centre and ask for the hiking path that takes you unto the surrounding hills of Liege and from where you have a magnificient view at the city. VT Forum temporarily unavailable there is also a nice city centre and there is a nice museum Au grand Curtius. public.fotki.com/Personeelsv... Mechelen is beautiful but you could take more then half a day. The connection by train is the best (you can go by bus but it takes too much time).The closest to the city centre is the Mechelen-Neckerspoel station, you just have to cross the "ring" around Mechelen and the canal and go straight and you are in the centre. Near the city hall where you will arrive then, you will find the tourist information centre nearby. Close Antwerp for a couple of hours (and shopping) you have Lier. There are a few small musea. Most world famous is the Zimmertower, Inside the wonderclock, once at a world expo in NY and after the world war II they didn't wanted to give it back as US had a weird rule that whatever stays there for a couple of years becomes property of US. But with a lot of diplomacy we got our wonderclock back... into pieces. The story goes the Americans tried to make a copy before turning the original back... the copy never was made and the original they never could put it back in one piece. It took Zimmer a couple of years to have it reassembled again. There is also a very beautiful beguinage you can walk through. And there are little canals. there is the bus 297 going from Rooseveltplaats in Antwerp to the centre of Lier, or more practical and faster, you can take the train. There are several passing and stopping at Lier. In the South of Belgium, the Ardennes are nice but the public transport is not to compair with the public transport in Northern part of Belgiu. The Ardens is best done by car. You have the TEC busses but there is more rural area so it is normal there are lesser roads and more greenery. I guess there is good connection from Liege to Namur and from Namur up to norht.
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If I had read this before I would of suggested you get the train to Tongeren from Liege its very easy..the Oldest town in Belgium!!!..and of course it has me in it!!!
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How far is Toringen from Liège?
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I meant Tongeren, sorry!
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its about 20 kilometers and takes about 25 minutes in a car ..its a pretty straight road The train is a direct line that takes exactly 35 minutes but this is because it stops at 6 other little places on the way ( you take the train destined for Antwerp-Centraal)
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One and a half years ago, I took the train from Maastricht to Liège (to take there another one to Namur).
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Train from Brussels Gare du Nord to Liege and then bus onwards. Belgian rail website - www.belgianrail.be and local bus... more
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