Every year in Belgium, Carnival is celebrated for three days on the Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday preceding Ash Wednesday.

It’s an event that’s been celebrated for centuries and it’s thought to have it’s origins in heathen times, as a ritual held to drive out the dark Winter spirits and encourage the beginning of Spring.

I’ve put together a quick list of the top ten things I like most about Belgium.

So here they are (in no particular order)…

Planning a visit to Belgium in 2012?

If so, then here’s some basic practical information for your visit…

BrusselSprout.NET has just adopted charity:water.

Like many people, I’ve tended to regard charity as something I just do “now and then” or only when cajoled into it by others.

But from now on I want to use my online presence to also help less fortunate people.

The city of Bruges (known in Dutch as Brugge) is now holding it’s annual Snow and Ice Sculpture Festival.

If you’ve just arrived in Brussels on a visit – or you’ve just moved here for work or study…

Then Welcome – to Belgium’s capital – and the capital of the European Union!

There’s plenty to see in Brussels.

So here’s a quick tour of the main sights of Brussels to help get you started…