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Belgium Travel Podcast with Lucas Peeters

Belgium Travel Podcast with Lucas Peeters

By: Lucas Peeters
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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.

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Episodes
  • Bouillon Semois Valley Autumn and Tobacco Legacy

    Bouillon Semois Valley Autumn and Tobacco Legacy
    10 Oct 2026

    Lucas explores the golden autumn of the Semois valley, visits the Rochehaut viewpoint, and dives into Bouillon's forgotten tobacco history while navigating residency logistics.

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    Episode 71 of Belgium Travel Podcast with Lucas Peeters. Lucas Peeters is in Bouillon, Belgium.

    Places in this episode: Quartier du Rempart, Quartier de Bretagne, Le Parchemin, Château-fort de Bouillon, Archéoscope Godefroid de Bouillon, Grand Rue, Administration communale de Bouillon, Pont de Cordemois.

    Covered: Residency Logistics, Local Economy & Costs, Historical Heritage, Daily Life Routine, Semois River Activities.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Quartier de Bretagne
    01:58 Château-fort de Bouillon
    04:39 Pont de Cordemois
    08:38 Shop

    A full transcript of this episode is available in supported apps.

    #Bouillon #ArdennesBelgium #SemoisRiver #BelgiumTravel #ExpatLife #ResidencyJourney #GodfreyOfBouillon #AutumnInBelgium #WalloniaTourism #CastleHopping #LocalHistory #FoodieTravel #SlowTravel #OutdoorAdventures #BelgianBeer #TobaccoHeritage #TransitTips #BudgetTravel

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    10 min
  • Rochehaut Views and Semois Tobacco History

    Rochehaut Views and Semois Tobacco History
    9 Oct 2026

    Lucas drives to the Rochehaut viewpoint for the best horseshoe bend of the Semois, then explores the forgotten tobacco heritage of the valley and the local printing history.

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    Episode 70 of Belgium Travel Podcast with Lucas Peeters. Lucas Peeters is in Bouillon, Belgium.

    Places in this episode: Rochehaut, Parc Animalier de Rochehaut, Frahan Panorama, Brasserie de Rochehaut, Quartier du Rempart, Musée Ducal, Grand Rue, La Brasserie Des Remparts.

    Covered: Rochehaut Viewpoint, Musée Ducal Printing History, Local Tobacco Artisan, Residency Logistics, Dining Costs.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Rochehaut
    01:40 Brasserie de Rochehaut
    03:25 La Brasserie Des Remparts
    05:57 Église Saints-Pierre-et-Paul
    08:24 Tombeau du Géant

    A full transcript of this episode is available in supported apps.

    #Bouillon #Rochehaut #SemoisRiver #ArdennesBelgium #WalloonTravel #MedievalCastles #BelgiumAutumn #HiddenGemsBelgium #HistoryPodcast #TravelBelgium #SemoisValley #ResidencyInBelgium #ArdennesHiking #BouillonCastle #FrenchSpeakingBelgium #WeekendGetawayBelgium #OffTheBeatenPath #EuropeanTravel

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    9 min
  • Bouillon Semois Kayak and Tobacco History

    Bouillon Semois Kayak and Tobacco History
    8 Oct 2026

    Lucas takes to the Semois river by kayak, explores the forgotten tobacco-growing heritage of Bouillon, and reflects on the quiet rhythm of life in the Ardennes.

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    Episode 69 of Belgium Travel Podcast with Lucas Peeters. Lucas Peeters is in Bouillon, Belgium.

    Places in this episode: Pont de Cordemois, Quai du Rempart, Quartier de Bretagne, Rochehaut, Parc Animalier de Rochehaut, Faubourg de France, Grand Rue, Le Parchemin.

    Covered: Semois River Activities, Local Economy & Costs, Residency Logistics, Historical Heritage, Daily Life Routine.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Quai du Rempart
    02:18 Parc Animalier de Rochehaut
    04:02 Le Parchemin
    06:49 Libramont

    A full transcript of this episode is available in supported apps.

    #Bouillon #SemoisRiver #ArdennesBelgium #KayakingBelgium #BelgianHistory #TravelBelgium #LivingInBelgium #ResidencyJourney #WalloniaTourism #GodfreyOfBouillon #AutumnInBelgium #SlowTravel #RiverLife #BelgianFood #OutdoorAdventure #EuropeanTravel #PodcastTravel #LucasPeeters

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    11 min
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