Introduction Municipalities - Belgium → East Belgium

History and landscapes that connect

What makes East Belgium so unique? Apart from the landscape, it's the inhabitants and the authorities in the towns and villages who provide the impulse. Many events and attractions simply wouldn't take place without their commitment. And it's also the municipalities themselves which provide guests with the necessary information in the local Tourist Information Offices.

Municipality of Amel

One of the most beautiful sections of the Ravel cycle and hiking trail leads through the municipality of Amel. Anyone using this path will be rewarded with magnificent views, tranquillity, fresh air and low gradients (2-3%). There's a wooded hiking area that covers the zone between Ommerscheid and the Wolfsbusch. Here, the visitor finds himself in the unique region known as the High Fens - Eifel Nature Park.

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Municipality of Büllingen

Büllingen is the highest municipality in Belgium. It is a rural and agricultural region with religious connections, as illustrated by the many wayside crosses, churches and chapels with their architectural rarities. There's plenty of variety waiting for active holidaymakers. The crib exhibition 'Ars Krippana' in Hergersberg is one of the most important of its kind in Europe.

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Municipality of Burg-Reuland

In the very south of East Belgium, the valley of the Ulf offers multiple activities. The Ravel hiking and cycling path from Oudler to Auel is particularly popular with families and cyclists. Visitors can enjoy views on the remnants of Reuland Castle as well as the village at its foot.

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Municipality of Bütgenbach

The Warche reservoir with its area of 120 hectares (300 acres) (Bütgenbach lake) is the hub of a typical Eifel landscape, surrounded by unadulterated nature, large wooded areas, expansive green stretches of land, beautiful hedgerow landscapes and conservation areas. Right in the middle of it: the Worriken Sports Centre with its multi-active leisure amenities in the municipality of Bütgenbach.

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Municipality of Eupen

The capital of the German-speaking community of Belgium has historical monuments, beautiful nature, many events, attractive shopping and the best restaurants and cafés to offer. Anyone strolling through the relaxed shopping town of Eupen can take pleasure not only in the excellent shopping amenities, but also in the architecture of many baroque edifices which originated in the heyday of the clothmaking industry (17th and 18th centuries).

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Municipality of Kelmis

Walking through woods and meadows and enjoying the beauty of the special flora of Kelmis, discovering traces of the old zinc mining industry and former boundary stones. In Kelmis, nature-lovers and history fans can discover the curious past of the Neutral Condominium of Moresnet and the development of the zinc industry with the consequences it had for nature.

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Municipality of Lontzen

Beautiful village centres, castles, churches, railway and mining history in unique hedgerow landscapes: the municipality of Lontzen comprises the villages of Lontzen, Herbesthal and Walhorn with Astenet. The restored village centres with their beautiful buildings in harmonious architecture are well worth seeing.

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Municipality of Malmedy

A culture and nature experience between the cathedral, the monastery and the High Fens. The little town and municipality of Malmedy are marked by the cathedral with its treasure chamber and the monastery buildings with the new cultural and tourist centre 'Malmundarium'. There are lots of interesting things to be discovered there about historical and regional backgrounds. And apart from that, there are also regularly changing art exhibitions awaiting the visitor, and a leather, a paper and a carnival workshop, all of which provide information about the major traditions of the town.

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Municipality of Raeren

European cultural pottery heritage in a region with historical edifices, fortresses and many species of fauna and flora. The municipality of Raeren, with Raeren, Eynatten and Hauset, is just 10 km from the centre of Aachen. Numerous trails take you through these various places and enable the walker and the hiker alike to discover some unique meadow paths and remarkable historical buildings.

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Municipality of St. Vith

Culture and business centre, region for gourmets and those who love walking: with the opening of the 'Triangel', the town of St. Vith was awarded a new status as a culture, conference and exhibition centre. For decades, the region has appealed to its visitors with an unusually wide range of hotels and restaurants of all categories, including one of the best restaurants in Belgium.

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Municipality of Waimes

Recreation at the highest point in Belgium, a visit to the Middle Ages, cycle and mountainbike tours, hiking, and the very finest in winter sports. The heart of this crown jewel, the High Fens Nature Park, is accessed from the Naturparkzentrum Botrange. Guided natural history tours here or on the 'roof of Belgium' (Signal de Botrange) at 694 metres above sea level in the municipality of Waimes are simply unparalleled.

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