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Belgium Travel Podcast with Lucas Peeters episodes
- 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 city gears up for the Flower Carpet.
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Episode 6 of Belgium Travel Podcast with Lucas Peeters. Lucas Peeters is in Brussels, Belgium.
Places in this episode: My Little Cup, Sablon, Parvis de Saint-Gilles, Rue Américaine, Horta Museum, Parc du Cinquantenaire, Art and History Museum, Fin de Siècle.
Covered: Brussels August atmosphere, Cinquantenaire and Art & History Museum, Canal walk, Foire du Midi night visit, Flower Carpet preparation, Cost of living recap, Farewell to Brussels for now.
Chapters:
00:00 My Little Cup
00:52 Parvis de Saint-Gilles
01:59 Parc du Cinquantenaire
02:54 Fin de Siècle
04:01 Beco bridge
05:09 Foire du Midi
06:06 Place du Jeu de BalleA full transcript of this episode is available in supported apps.
#Brussels #BrusselsTravel #FlowerCarpet2026 #FoireDuMidi #BrusselsInAugust #Cinquantenaire #BrusselsMuseums #BelgianBeer #Stoofvlees #Frites #CostOfLivingBrussels #BrusselsRealEstate #ArdennesTrip #BelgiumTravel #MarollesBrussels #ArtNouveau
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9 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.
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Episode 5 of Belgium Travel Podcast with Lucas Peeters. Lucas Peeters is in Brussels, Belgium.
Places in this episode: My Little Cup, Grand-Place, Marolles flea market, Ixelles commune office, Fin de Siècle, Sablon, Parc du Cinquantenaire, Boulevard du Midi.
Covered: Brussels in August, mutualité health insurance, Flower Carpet, Foire du Midi, cost of living, planning Ardennes trip.
Chapters:
00:00 My Little Cup
00:48 Grand-Place
01:53 Ixelles commune office
03:38 Sablon
04:41 Boulevard du Midi
06:25 Ixelles PondsA full transcript of this episode is available in supported apps.
#BelgiumTravel #BrusselsAugust #FoireDuMidi #FlowerCarpet #GrandPlace #BrusselsLife #MovingToBelgium #HealthInsuranceBelgium #Mutualite #BelgianBeer #FritesNation #Sablon #Ixelles #EuropeanQuarter #ArtNouveau #QuietCity #BrusselsTrams #ArdennesAdventure
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9 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.
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Episode 4 of Belgium Travel Podcast with Lucas Peeters. Lucas Peeters is in Brussels, Belgium.
Places in this episode: Rue Haute, Place du Jeu de Balle, Palais de Justice, Boulevard du Midi, The Unusual, Ixelles Ponds, Parvis de Saint-Gilles.
Covered: Marolles flea market browsing, Brussels street food frites, Foire du Midi funfair visit planning, Flat hunting follow-up in Saint-Gilles, Rainy day activities in Brussels.
Chapters:
00:00 Rue Haute
01:45 Place du Jeu de Balle
03:27 Palais de Justice
06:33 Boulevard du Midi
09:02 Ixelles PondsA full transcript of this episode is available in supported apps.
#Brussels #Marolles #BrusselsFleaMarket #Frites #BelgianFood #FoireDuMidi #FlowerCarpet #BrusselsLife #ExpatLife #BelgiumTravel #Ixelles #BrusselsRain #TravelVlog #CityBreak #MovingToBelgium
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12 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 in the capital.
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Episode 3 of Belgium Travel Podcast with Lucas Peeters. Lucas Peeters is in Brussels, Belgium.
Places in this episode: Avenue Louise, Porte de Namur, Ixelles (Elsene), Parvis de Saint-Gilles, Rue Américaine, Horta Museum, Palais de Justice, Marolles.
Covered: flat hunting in the 19 communes, getting around by STIB tram, neighborhood character of Saint-Gilles, Brasserie Cantillon lambic tasting, Foire du Midi visit planning, cost of a day in Brussels.
Chapters:
00:00 Avenue Louise
01:10 Porte de Namur
02:46 Palais de Justice
04:13 Bruxelles-Midi station
05:39 Grand-Place
07:07 Brasserie Cantillon
08:04 AnderlechtA full transcript of this episode is available in supported apps.
#LucasPeeters #Brussels #BelgiumTravel #BrusselsLife #MoveToBrussels #ExpatLife #CantillonBrewery #Lambic #Gueuze #FoireDuMidi #SaintGilles #Marolles #Brussels19Communes #STIB #Brupass #FlatHunting #ArtNouveau #SummerInBrussels
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11 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.
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Episode 2 of Belgium Travel Podcast with Lucas Peeters. Lucas Peeters is in Brussels, Belgium.
Places in this episode: Ixelles, Parc de Bruxelles, My Little Cup, Damn Good Café, Saint-Gilles, De Brouckère, Fin de Siècle, Place du Jeu de Balle.
Covered: Health insurance registration, Local SIM card acquisition, Marolles flea market, Foire du Midi funfair, Brussels food and drink, Cost of living in Brussels.
Chapters:
00:00 Ixelles
01:14 Saint-Gilles
02:23 De Brouckère
03:46 Fin de Siècle
05:03 Place du Jeu de Balle
06:18 Boulevard du Midi
07:31 The UsualA full transcript of this episode is available in supported apps.
#BrusselsLife #BelgiumMove #ExpatBrussels #Mutualite #BrusselsAdmin #FoireduMidi #Marolles #BelgianBeer #Frites #BrusselsTravel #MovingToBelgium #SaintGilles #BrusselsSummer #Ixelles #BelgiumExpat #Bancontact #BrusselsFood
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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 to the newcomer trail in the capital.
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Episode 1 of Belgium Travel Podcast with Lucas Peeters. Lucas Peeters is in Brussels, Belgium.
Places in this episode: Brussels Airport (Zaventem), Vintage Hotel Brussels, Ixelles, Place Flagey, BNP Paribas Fortis, Brussels Canal, Fin de Siècle, Boulevard du Midi.
Covered: commune registration, bank account and Bancontact, neighbourhood orientation, flea market, Belgian food, public transport.
Chapters:
00:00 Vintage Hotel Brussels
01:54 Ixelles
04:14 Brussels Canal
05:44 Fin de Siècle
07:24 Arts-Loi station
08:55 Marolles
09:46 SablonA full transcript of this episode is available in supported apps.
#Brussels #BrusselsTravel #BrusselsExpat #Ixelles #SaintGilles #Marolles #GrandPlace #Sablon #BelgiumMove #ExpatLife #AdministrativeLife #Frites #AbbeyBeer #TravelBelgium #BrusselsCapital #Molenbeek #Tintin
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12 min
About Belgium Travel Podcast with Lucas Peeters
From the publisher's feed
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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#Belgium #BelgiumTravel #WesternEurope #Brussels #TravelPodcast #Travel #Paris2Tokyo
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