What are the 5 best new Flemish restaurants? Where would you find the 5 best antiques shops? Who are the 5 most innovative designers working in the city? Where are the 5 most unique and individual houses located? And if you wanted to find the most mysterious places in the Citadelpark, where are they? The 500 Hidden Secrets of Ghent is a wonderfully eclectic guide to this multifaceted city. An insider's view of Ghent featuring little known facts and snippets of useful information, presenting t...

New updated edition September 2022

The 500 Hidden Secrets of Brussels reveals 500 off-the-beaten-track places and interesting details for anyone who’s keen to explore Brussels’ best-kept secrets, e.g.

• the 5 best restaurants to eat like a Belgian

• 5 tempting shops for graphic art and paper

• the 5 strangest urban details

• the 5 best places to see art in the metro

• the 5 best cafe terraces for sitting in the sun ... and much more.

The 500 Hidden Secrets is a series of essent...

Fully updated edition January 2023

The 500 Hidden Secrets of Antwerp reveals 500 off-the-beaten-track places and interesting details for anyone who’s keen to explore Antwerp’s best-kept secrets, e.g.

• the 5 best places for Belgian frites

• the 5 best bars to drink with the locals

• 5 cool fashion shops

• the 5 most inspiring art galleries

• the 5 strangest waterfront locations ... and much more.

The 500 Hidden Secrets is a series of essential city guides. Every guide is writte...

New fully updated edition - March 2022 -

Journalist DEREK BLYTH has lived in Belgium for more than 30 years. He has written countless articles and a number of books about Belgian cities, including the bestselling city guides The 500 Hidden Secrets of Bruges, Brussels, Antwerp and Ghent.

This new alternative guidebook is his personal ode to what he likes to call ‘the world’s strangest country’. It takes you off the beaten track to more than 300 curious and unexpected places. The aim is...