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Belgium Travel Podcast with Lucas Peeters

Lucas Peeters

Belgium rewards the slow traveller: a journey from flat coastal plains to rolling central hills and the rugged Ardennes in the southeast. Brussels, the capital, is also the seat of the EU and NATO, while most residents live in the northern two thirds of the country. The show explores that mix of dense city life and open landscape.

Over the series he gets to know Brussels and Antwerp, the two largest cities, and then moves outward: to the Dutch-speaking Flemish towns of the north, across the rolling central hills, and into the thinly populated Ardennes Forest in the southeast. He also spends time in the Kempen, a lesser-known region of heathland and sandy soils east of Antwerp.

Across the episodes, the seasons do the pacing: winter fogs over the plains, wet springs in the Ardennes, long summer light around Antwerp, and a return to each place only after months away. The show treats travel as accumulated knowledge, not a checklist, so the same canals, station squares and market halls reappear as he learns them properly.

Lucas Peeters lives in Belgium and stays for two years, moving between cities, coastlines and smaller towns on a route that follows the seasons. Not a week-long visit — Lucas is there in every kind of weather, working out where to eat on an ordinary Tuesday, which train to take, what a festival actually feels like from the pavement.

A new episode arrives every day. Each one is short and specific: one neighbourhood, one journey, one meal, one museum worth the detour — with the practical detail that matters. What it costs. When it closes. Whether the queue is worth it. What to do when it rains. Every episode carries a full transcript and chapter markers.

Part of Paris2Tokyo — one show for each of the world's hundred most-visited countries. Made for travelers, wherever you are going next.

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  • Today · 8 min

    The Quietest Day Before the Flower Carpet

    On his last full day in Brussels before heading south, Lucas takes the quiet August city at walking pace: a slow coffee morning, the Cinquantenaire's empty galleries, a stoofvlees lunch, and a final evening ride on the Foire du Midi's Ferris wheel as the…

  • Yesterday · 8 min

    The Quietest Week in Brussels

    Lucas discovers the calm of August in Brussels, from the Foire du Midi to the Flower Carpet preparations. He navigates the city's bilingual patchwork, considers the cost of living, and plans his Ardennes escape.

  • Tuesday · 11 min

    The Marolles Flea Market and a Rainy Day in Brussels

    Lucas gets caught in an August downpour, explores the Marolles flea market with a local's eye, tastes his first frites with proper Belgian mayo, and plans his assault on the Foire du Midi and the upcoming Flower Carpet.

  • Monday · 10 min

    The Quiet Commune Tour and a Cold Lambic

    Lucas spends his first Monday in Brussels on the newcomer trail: a tram ride through the 19 communes, a flat-hunting walk through Ixelles and Saint-Gilles, and a sour, eye-opening first taste of lambic at the Cantillon brewery. Plus the cost of a day out…

  • Sunday · 9 min

    The Quiet August Paperwork Trail in Brussels

    Lucas tackles the mutualité, tries to buy a SIM card, and gets lost in the Marolles before discovering the Foire du Midi. A practical and sensory guide to settling in during Brussels' quietest month.

  • Saturday · 10 min

    Arrival in August: Paperwork, Frites, and Quiet Brussels

    Lucas Peeters lands in Brussels for the quiet month of August and gets down to the real business of starting a life: commune registration, bank accounts, metro passes, and the first proper taste of Belgian beer and frites. A practical and personal guide …