Places

Welcome to the Places exhibition. Explore the towns, cities and villages behind the collection, and discover some of the places that helped shape Belgium's beer culture.

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Wallonia

Achouffe

Achouffe is a tiny hamlet in Wibrin, tucked into the Belgian Ardennes and now known far beyond its size as the home of…

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Flanders

Affligem

Affligem is a municipality in Flanders, best known for Affligem Abbey, a Benedictine monastery with a brewing tradition…

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Flanders

Alken

Alken is a municipality in Belgian Limburg. Its connection with beer is unusually direct: the brewery is a prominent pr…

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Flanders

Antwerp

Antwerp is Belgium’s largest city and one of Europe’s great ports, standing on the River Scheldt in the north of Flande…

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Wallonia

Battice

Battice is a small town in the Pays de Herve, in the province of Liège, Wallonia. Historically a separate municipality,…

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Flanders

Bavikhove

Bavikhove is a village in West Flanders and the home of Brouwerij De Brabandere. Founded here in 1894 as a small farm b…

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Flanders

Beersel

Beersel is a municipality in Flemish Brabant, immediately south of Brussels, combining several villages including Beers…

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Flanders

Bellegem

Bellegem is a village in West Flanders, just south of Kortrijk. It has been home to Brouwerij Omer Vander Ghinste since…

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Flanders

Bocholt

Bocholt is a municipality in Belgian Limburg with a particularly strong brewing identity. Brouwerij Martens was founded…

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Flanders

Boortmeerbeek

Boortmeerbeek is a municipality in Flemish Brabant and home to Brouwerij Haacht. Brewing began at the former Haecht dai…

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Wallonia

Brugelette (Cambron-Casteau)

Brugelette is a municipality in Hainaut, Wallonia. Its village of Cambron-Casteau is home to Pairi Daiza and the remain…

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Flanders

Brugge (Bruges)

Brugge is the capital of West Flanders and one of Belgium’s best-preserved historic cities. Its canals, medieval street…

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Brussels

Brussels

Brussels is the capital of Belgium and the heart of the Brussels-Capital Region. French and Dutch are the official lang…

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Flanders

Buggenhout

Buggenhout is a town in East Flanders, best known as the home of Brouwerij Bosteels. The brewery has been producing Bel…

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Wallonia

Charleroi

Charleroi is one of Wallonia’s principal cities and the historic centre of the surrounding Pays Noir. Its rapid expansi…

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Wallonia

Chimay

Chimay is a small historic town in the province of Hainaut, close to the French border, but its famous Trappist name re…

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Wallonia

Courtil

Courtil is a small village in the municipality of Gouvy, in the Belgian province of Luxembourg and the landscape of the…

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Wallonia

Couthuin

Couthuin is a village in the municipality of Héron, in the province of Liège, Wallonia. It lies in the Hesbaye area, be…

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Flanders

Deerlijk

Deerlijk is a municipality in West Flanders, near Kortrijk and Waregem. It is not among Belgium’s better-known brewing…

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Flanders

Dikkele

Dikkele is a small village in the municipality of Zwalm, East Flanders, set among the rolling countryside of the Flemis…

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Flanders

Diksmuide

Diksmuide is a small West Flemish town on the River Yser, with an attractive historic centre of cobbled streets, waterw…

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Wallonia

Dinant

Dinant is a small Walloon city in the province of Namur, dramatically situated between the River Meuse and steep limest…

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Flanders

Ertvelde

Ertvelde is a village in the municipality of Evergem, north of Ghent in East Flanders. One of Evergem’s main village ce…

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Flanders

Esen

Esen is a small village in West Flanders, now part of the municipality of Diksmuide. Predominantly residential and agri…

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Wallonia

Eupen

Eupen lies in eastern Belgium, close to the German border. Although administratively part of Wallonia, it is the seat o…

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Wallonia

Gembloux

Gembloux is a town and municipality in Namur province, in Wallonia. Its main connection to the Museum is Brasserie de B…

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Wallonia

Genval

Genval is a village in Wallonia, best known for the attractive Lac de Genval and its elegant residential setting on the…

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Flanders

Ghent

Ghent (Gent) stands at the confluence of the rivers Lys and Scheldt and is the capital of East Flanders. Between the el…

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Flanders

Grimbergen

Grimbergen is a town in Flemish Brabant, just north of Brussels. It is best known for Grimbergen Abbey, a Norbertine mo…

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Flanders

Gullegem

Gullegem is a village in West Flanders, now part of the municipality of Wevelgem, just north of Kortrijk. It has been p…

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Wallonia

Habay

Habay is a municipality in the province of Luxembourg, in southern Belgium, close to the border with the Grand Duchy of…

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Wallonia

Hainaut

Hainaut is the westernmost province of Wallonia, extending from the French border to the centre of Belgium. It includes…

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Flanders

Halen

Halen is a municipality in the Belgian province of Limburg. The town and surrounding area are part of the wider Haspeng…

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Flanders

Heule

Heule is a town in West Flanders and forms part of the city of Kortrijk. Although its history stretches back many centu…

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Flanders

Hoegaarden

Hoegaarden is a village in Flemish Brabant whose name has become synonymous with Belgian witbier. Brewing has been reco…

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Flanders

Ingelmunster

Ingelmunster is a municipality in West Flanders with an important place in the history of the Van Honsebrouck brewing f…

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Flanders

Ingooigem

Ingooigem is a rural village in West Flanders, part of the municipality of Anzegem. It lies in the rolling countryside…

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Wallonia

Irchonwelz

Irchonwelz is a village within the municipality of Ath in Hainaut. Its significance for the Museum comes from Brasserie…

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Flanders

Izegem

Izegem is a city in West Flanders. Emelgem, now part of the city, is home to Kasteel Brouwerij Vanhonsebrouck’s Bierkas…

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Wallonia

Jodoigne

Jodoigne is a small city in Walloon Brabant, surrounded by the agricultural landscape of the Brabant Hesbaye. Its princ…

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Wallonia

Jumet

Jumet is a district of Charleroi, in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia. Once an independent municipality, it became par…

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Flanders

Kobbegem

Kobbegem is a small village in Flemish Brabant on the edge of the Pajottenland, the unique region where the wild yeasts…

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Flanders

Koksijde / Sint-Idesbald

Koksijde is a coastal municipality in West Flanders comprising Koksijde, Oostduinkerke, Sint-Idesbald and Wulpen. Koksi…

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Flanders

Kortrijk

Kortrijk is a historic city on the River Leie in West Flanders, close to the French border. Long associated with the te…

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Flanders

Krombeke

Krombeke is a small rural village in West Flanders, now part of the municipality of Poperinge. It lies in the Westhoek,…

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Wallonia

Lacs de l’Eau d’Heure

The Lacs de l’Eau d’Heure are a complex of five artificial lakes extending across parts of the provinces of Namur and H…

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Wallonia

Lasne (Aywiers)

Lasne is a municipality in Walloon Brabant. At Aywiers, near Couture-Saint-Germain, the surviving buildings and gardens…

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Wallonia

Le Roeulx

Le Roeulx is a small town in Hainaut, between Mons and La Louvière. Its place in the Museum rests above all on its clos…

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Flanders

Lembeek

Lembeek is a village on the River Senne, just south of Brussels, now part of the city of Halle in Flemish Brabant. Its…

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Flanders

Leuven

Leuven is the capital of Flemish Brabant and one of Belgium’s most important university cities. KU Leuven was founded i…

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Wallonia

Leuze-en-Hainaut

Leuze-en-Hainaut is a town and municipality in western Hainaut. Its villages include Pipaix and Tourpes, giving the mun…

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Wallonia

Libramont-Chevigny

Libramont-Chevigny, in Luxembourg province, is a largely rural municipality in the Belgian Ardennes, best known nationa…

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Wallonia

Liège

Liège (Luik in Dutch, Lüttich in German) is the largest city in Wallonia and the principal city of the Province of Lièg…

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Wallonia

Malonne

Malonne is a village on the outskirts of Namur, surrounded by wooded hills and quiet country lanes. Its former abbey, c…

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Wallonia

Maredsous

Maredsous sits in the Molignée Valley in Wallonia and is home to one of Belgium’s best-known Benedictine abbeys. Founde…

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Wallonia

Mariembourg

Mariembourg is a small town in the municipality of Couvin, in the province of Namur, Wallonia. It lies close to the Fre…

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Flanders

Melle

Melle is a village in East Flanders and the home of Brouwerij Huyghe. Brewing activity at the site can be traced to 165…

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Wallonia

Mont Saint Guibert

Mont-Saint-Guibert is a municipality in the province of Walloon Brabant, situated south of Brussels. Although today it…

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Wallonia

Namur

Namur is the capital of Wallonia, sitting at the confluence of the Meuse and Sambre rivers beneath its imposing Citadel…

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Flanders

Oostkamp

Oostkamp is a municipality in West Flanders, just south of Brugge.

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Wallonia

Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve

Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve in Walloon Brabant combines the older town of Ottignies with the purpose-built university ci…

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Flanders

Oud-Turnhout

Oud-Turnhout is a village in the Kempen region of Flanders with both an old and a surprisingly modern brewing story.

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Flanders

Oudenaarde

Oudenaarde is a small historic city on the River Scheldt in East Flanders, best known for its striking Gothic Town Hall…

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Flanders

Overijse

Overijse lies southeast of Brussels in Flemish Brabant, in the valley of the River IJse and on the edge of the Sonian F…

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Flanders

Peizegem

Peizegem is a village in the municipality of Merchtem, in Flemish Brabant, northwest of Brussels.

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Wallonia

Peruwelz

Péruwelz is a town in the province of Hainaut, close to the French border.

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Wallonia

Ploegsteert

Ploegsteert is a village in the municipality of Comines-Warneton, in the province of Hainaut. It is the westernmost set…

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Flanders

Poperinge

Poperinge is a town in the province of West Flanders, close to the French border. Long associated with hop growing, it…

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Wallonia

Purnode

Purnode is a small village in the municipality of Yvoir, in the province of Namur, Wallonia. It sits in the Bocq valley…

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Wallonia

Quenast

Quenast is a village in Wallonia, best known for its famous porphyry quarries, which have shaped both the landscape and…

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Wallonia

Rebecq

Rebecq, in Walloon Brabant, sits in the Senne valley on the Walloon side of the traditional lambic region. Its beer sig…

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Wallonia

Rochefort

Rochefort is a small town in Wallonia, surrounded by the wooded landscapes of the Famenne and Ardennes. It is best know…

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Wallonia

Rochehaut

Rochehaut is a village in the Belgian Ardennes, close to Bouillon in the province of Luxembourg. Its dramatic position…

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Flanders

Roeselare

Roeselare is a town in the province of West Flanders and is internationally recognised as the home of Brouwerij Rodenba…

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Wallonia

Rongy

Rongy is a village in the municipality of Brunehaut, in western Hainaut close to Tournai and the French border. The sur…

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Wallonia

Saint-Hubert

Saint-Hubert is a small city and municipality in the province of Luxembourg, in the Belgian Ardennes. It grew around th…

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Wallonia

Signal de Botrange

Signal de Botrange is Belgium’s highest natural point, standing 694 metres above sea level on the High Fens plateau in…

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Flanders

Sint-Truiden

Sint-Truiden is a historic town in the Haspengouw region of Limburg, surrounded by the orchards that have made this par…

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Flanders

Steenhuffel

Steenhuffel is a village in the municipality of Londerzeel, in Flemish Brabant, Flanders. Although small, it occupies a…

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Wallonia

Thuin

Thuin is a small historic town in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia, overlooking the River Sambre. Its upper town, with…

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Flanders

Tongeren

Tongeren, in the Belgian province of Limburg, is widely regarded as Belgium’s oldest city. Its history reaches back to…

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Wallonia

Tourpes

Tourpes is a village in Hainaut, part of the municipality of Leuze-en-Hainaut. Its place in the Museum rests primarily…

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Wallonia

Val-Dieu

Val-Dieu lies in the rolling countryside of the Pays de Herve, near Aubel in eastern Belgium. Its focal point is the Ab…

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Flanders

Vichte

Vichte is a village in West Flanders, best known as the home of Brouwerij Verhaeghe, an independent family brewery reno…

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Wallonia

Vielsalm

Vielsalm is a small town in the province of Luxembourg, in the Belgian Ardennes. It sits in the Salm valley and is surr…

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Wallonia

Villers-devant-Orval

Villers-devant-Orval is a small village in Wallonia, close to the French border, and home to the Abbey of Notre-Dame d'…

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Wallonia

Villers-la-Ville

Villers-la-Ville is a town in Wallonia, best known for the ruins of the former Cistercian Abbey of Villers. Founded in…

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Flanders

Vlezenbeek

Vlezenbeek is a village in the municipality of Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, on the western edge of Brussels in the Pajottenland…

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Flanders

Wakken

Wakken is a village in the municipality of Dentergem in West Flanders.

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Wallonia

Waterloo

Waterloo is a town in Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, best known for the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. While the battlefield i…

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Flanders

Watou

Watou is a small village in the West Flanders countryside, close to the French border. Although the village itself is q…

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Wallonia

Wépion

Wépion lies just south of Namur along the Meuse and is best known in Belgium for its strawberries, a local speciality c…

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Flanders

Westmalle

Westmalle is a quiet village in the Antwerp Campine whose name has become synonymous with Trappist beer. The abbey lies…

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Flanders

Westvleteren

Westvleteren is a small village in West Flanders, close to the French border. Although quiet and largely rural, it has…

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Flanders

Wieze

Wieze is a village in East Flanders, best known today for its annual beer festival and its place in Belgium's brewing h…

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Flanders

Woesten

Woesten is a small rural village in the municipality of Vleteren, West Flanders, on the road between Ypres and Veurne a…

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Flanders

Ypres (Ieper)

Ypres (officially Ieper) is a historic city in West Flanders. It became one of medieval Flanders’ great cloth-making ce…

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Flanders

Zottegem

Zottegem is a town in East Flanders at the northern edge of the Flemish Ardennes. The town describes itself as the “Gat…

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