The pinnacle of Belgium: Travel guide to 500 exceptional places

The loneliest church, the oldest pharmacy, the deepest coal mine, the largest menhir, the southernmost village, the highest tower, the largest market square. For more than forty years Julien van Remoortere has been wandering across the thirty thousand square kilometres of land that are called Belgium. From Meerle to Durbuy, from Wakkerzeel to Vladslo, from Arendonk to Bouillon. He is an avid collector of everything that is superlative about our country: he stops at the highest, thickest, oldest, most remarkable, lowest, deepest, largest, only, most special, first, last, most, most beautiful, narrowest, northernmost or southernmost, rarest, smallest and shortest things along his endless path. Let's call them peaks, although there are also many low points, because that's just how Belgium is. This book is a cabinet of curiosities, not a dry list of buildings and monuments, it invites you on a journey of discovery along known and unknown roads. Each pinnacle has a special piece of history, an anecdote, a story. A wonderful gadget to always have at hand.