Best Festivals In Belgium

Below listed are 5 most famous Festivals in Belgium.

1. Carnival de Binche

Carnival de Binche festival has been defined by the UNESCO as ‘a masterpiece of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity’. This festival takes place during the days which lead up to Ash Wednesday which is the starting time of Lent. This festival occurs usually during the month of February. The festival upholds numerous unique, rare and quirky local traditions, beliefs and cultures of the Belgium people. In this festival you are sure to have the taste of Belgium’s culture and traditions and would also enjoy it a lot.

Beselare is a Belgian town which has a pretty quiet and innocent look and appearance and you will not be able to make out that the place is popular for witchcraft and the witch parade which takes place here. The witch parade occurs once in every two years that is during the odd years. It takes place around in the month of July. The place goes wild and scary with thousands of witches, giants, pestilence, gnomes, plague victims and many other spooky and weird creatures which are quite scary to see. There is a witch hunt which culminates across the town and if you love horror then you should definitely plan to witness this festival here.

Zythos Beer Festival is by far one of the most amazing beer festivals in Belgium. It is celebrated in the country’s beer capital during the month of April. The festival comprises about five hundred varied types of beers which are absolutely delicious and refreshing to have. You can taste whichever beer sample variety you wish to in a particularly designed tasting glass of 10cl. You can taste the various beer samples and also keep the tasting glass as a token of remembrance and souvenir. If you are a beer lover then this is the best festival in Belgium which you should not miss heading to.

The historic Battle of Waterloo is re-enacted during the month of June every year, in the same place exactly where it had taken place in Belgium. Battle of Waterloo is all about the war which had taken place between the French people under Napoleon Bonaparte and the British people who were under the Duke of Wellington. The battle marked napoleon’s last stand and had put an end to a war or battle of twenty-three years. Belgium celebrates this festival every year and also completed its 200th anniversary in the year of 2015.

Tomorrowland is a festival celebrated in Belgium during the summer time. Here, various dance lovers and fanatics along with many DJs and electronic producers party and rejoice. It is regarded as the world’s biggest and largest electronic music festival. The festival comprises about fifteen music stages, large waterfalls, huge disco balls glittering away, erupting volcanoes and explosive butterflies and the people partying around these and having fun. Do visit Belgium and witness this amazing music festival in Belgium.