Tournai in Wallonia

12 February 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  5 minutes

Town Hall © Grentidez

Town Hall © Grentidez

Tournai is a Walloon city and municipality of Belgium located 85 kilometres southwest of Brussels, on the river Scheldt, in the province of Hainaut. Along with TongerenTongeren, Tournai is the oldest city in Belgium and it has played an important role in the country’s cultural history.   read more…

Waterloo and Napoleon

5 October 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

Battle of Waterloo- 18. June 1815 by Clément-Auguste Andrieux in 1852 © Musée national du Château de Versailles - Frank Schulenburg

Battle of Waterloo- 18. June 1815 by Clément-Auguste Andrieux in 1852 © Musée national du Château de Versailles – Frank Schulenburg

Waterloo is a Walloon municipality located in the province of Walloon Brabant. On 30 September 2011, Waterloo had a total population of 29,706. The total area is 21.03 km² which gives a population density of 1,413 inhabitants per km². Nearly one fifth of the current registered population (5,640 inhabitants) are non-Belgian, many of whom work for institutions or companies in Brussels, a political centre of the European Union.   read more…

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