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Looking for the ultimate Belgium travel guide beyond Brussels? Join Emmy Award-winning host Darley Newman on a journey through Dinant, Mons, the Ardennes, Bastogne and Waterloo — exploring Belgian chocolate, world-renowned beer, Michelin-starred cuisine, musical history and two of Europe's most significant battlefields, all within a few hours of the capital.
DINANT: MUSIC, HISTORY & MICHELIN-STAR DINING
0:00 📍 Dinant & the Citadel
Darley rides a cable car above the Meuse River to the Citadel for sweeping views over Dinant’s fairytale setting, marked by a 13th-century Gothic cathedral and dramatic cliffside architecture.
1:22 📍 Adolphe Sax Museum, 37 Rue Sax, Dinant
Dinant is the birthplace of Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone. Darley visits the small interactive museum honoring his legacy in the city that celebrates him at every turn.
1:50 📍 Max Vandervorst’s Music Museum, Dinant
Instrument maker Max Vandervorst built this wildly inventive museum where visitors make music from everyday objects. Guide Olivier Gobert shows Darley how to turn found objects into instruments—and perform a little improvisational jazz.
3:26 📍 L’Air du Temps
Darley dines at this two-Michelin-star restaurant helmed by Korean-born, Belgian-raised Chef Sang Hoon Degeimbre, who builds an inventive tasting menu around ingredients grown in his own 400-variety on-site garden.
MONS: ARCHITECTURE, BEER & CHOCOLATE
8:29 📍 Grand Place & City Hall, Mons
Local guide Alice Abels walks Darley through the Grand Place, where six centuries of architecture meet in one square—plus the town’s good-luck tradition of rubbing the iron monkey outside City Hall.
9:29 📍 Grand Place Beer Hall, Mons
With more than 130 beers on the menu inside one of the smallest bars on the square, Darley learns to say “santé” the Belgian way.
10:12 📍 The Belfry & Collegiate Church of St. Waudru, Mons
Belgium’s only baroque-style belfry offers sweeping views over Mons, while the nearby Collegiate Church of St. Waudru—one of the city’s 29 chapel-filled treasures—survived WWII bombing nearly untouched.
11:30 📍 Chocolate-Making Workshop with Georges Doutrelepont
Just outside Mons, award-winning chocolatier Georges Doutrelepont teaches Darley to hand-make pralines—hard chocolate shells with a soft, creamy center.
THE ARDENNES: BEER & WORLD WAR II HISTORY
12:57 📍 Brasserie d’Achouffe, Ardennes
Co-founder Chris Bauweraerts introduces Darley to La Chouffe and Houblon Chouffe at the brewery deep in the Ardennes forest, including the science behind why Belgian beer is served with a full head of foam.
15:19 📍 La Roche-en-Ardenne
Darley explores this Ardennes town, a strategic and heavily damaged site during the Battle of the Bulge, where a local museum tells the story of how the WWII battle shaped the region.
15:58 📍 Bastogne War Museum & Mardasson Memorial
Expert Martin Cugnon walks Darley through the history of the 101st Airborne and 10th Armored Divisions—the same soldiers depicted in Band of Brothers—who held Bastogne against German forces during the brutal winter of 1944.
18:52 📍 Bois Jacques Foxholes, Bastogne
Between the villages of Foy and Bizory, Darley walks among the surviving foxholes American soldiers dug into frozen ground to hold the front line during the Battle of the Bulge.
WATERLOO: NAPOLEON’S FINAL DEFEAT
20:14 📍 Lion’s Mound, Waterloo
Darley climbs the 226 steps of the Lion’s Mound with battle expert Etienne Claude to survey the preserved battlefield where Napoleon was defeated for the final time on June 18, 1815.
22:58 📍 The Waterloo Panorama
Inside a 330-foot-long, 36-foot-high panoramic painting—often called “the IMAX of the past”—Darley steps into an immersive 19th-century depiction of the battle that changed the course of European history.
Featured in this Belgium episode: Dinant • The Citadel • Adolphe Sax Museum • Max Vandervorst's Music Museum • L'Air du Temps • Chef Sang Hoon Degeimbre • Mons • Grand Place • Mons City Hall • Belfry of Mons • Collegiate Church of St. Waudru • Georges Doutrelepont Chocolatier • The Ardennes • Brasserie d'Achouffe • La Chouffe • La Roche-en-Ardenne • Battle of the Bulge • Bastogne War Museum • Mardasson Memorial • Bois Jacques Foxholes • Waterloo • Lion's Mound • Waterloo Panorama • Napoleon
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Looking for the ultimate Belgium travel guide beyond Brussels? Join Emmy Award-winning host Darley Newman on a journey through Dinant, Mons, the Ardennes, Bastogne and Waterloo — exploring Belgian chocolate, world-renowned beer, Michelin-starred cuisine, musical history and two of Europe's most significant battlefields, all within a few hours of the capital.
DINANT: MUSIC, HISTORY & MICHELIN-STAR DINING
0:00 📍 Dinant & the Citadel
Darley rides a cable car above the Meuse River to the Citadel for sweeping views over Dinant’s fairytale setting, marked by a 13th-century Gothic cathedral and dramatic cliffside architecture.
1:22 📍 Adolphe Sax Museum, 37 Rue Sax, Dinant
Dinant is the birthplace of Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone. Darley visits the small interactive museum honoring his legacy in the city that celebrates him at every turn.
1:50 📍 Max Vandervorst’s Music Museum, Dinant
Instrument maker Max Vandervorst built this wildly inventive museum where visitors make music from everyday objects. Guide Olivier Gobert shows Darley how to turn found objects into instruments—and perform a little improvisational jazz.
3:26 📍 L’Air du Temps
Darley dines at this two-Michelin-star restaurant helmed by Korean-born, Belgian-raised Chef Sang Hoon Degeimbre, who builds an inventive tasting menu around ingredients grown in his own 400-variety on-site garden.
MONS: ARCHITECTURE, BEER & CHOCOLATE
8:29 📍 Grand Place & City Hall, Mons
Local guide Alice Abels walks Darley through the Grand Place, where six centuries of architecture meet in one square—plus the town’s good-luck tradition of rubbing the iron monkey outside City Hall.
9:29 📍 Grand Place Beer Hall, Mons
With more than 130 beers on the menu inside one of the smallest bars on the square, Darley learns to say “santé” the Belgian way.
10:12 📍 The Belfry & Collegiate Church of St. Waudru, Mons
Belgium’s only baroque-style belfry offers sweeping views over Mons, while the nearby Collegiate Church of St. Waudru—one of the city’s 29 chapel-filled treasures—survived WWII bombing nearly untouched.
11:30 📍 Chocolate-Making Workshop with Georges Doutrelepont
Just outside Mons, award-winning chocolatier Georges Doutrelepont teaches Darley to hand-make pralines—hard chocolate shells with a soft, creamy center.
THE ARDENNES: BEER & WORLD WAR II HISTORY
12:57 📍 Brasserie d’Achouffe, Ardennes
Co-founder Chris Bauweraerts introduces Darley to La Chouffe and Houblon Chouffe at the brewery deep in the Ardennes forest, including the science behind why Belgian beer is served with a full head of foam.
15:19 📍 La Roche-en-Ardenne
Darley explores this Ardennes town, a strategic and heavily damaged site during the Battle of the Bulge, where a local museum tells the story of how the WWII battle shaped the region.
15:58 📍 Bastogne War Museum & Mardasson Memorial
Expert Martin Cugnon walks Darley through the history of the 101st Airborne and 10th Armored Divisions—the same soldiers depicted in Band of Brothers—who held Bastogne against German forces during the brutal winter of 1944.
18:52 📍 Bois Jacques Foxholes, Bastogne
Between the villages of Foy and Bizory, Darley walks among the surviving foxholes American soldiers dug into frozen ground to hold the front line during the Battle of the Bulge.
WATERLOO: NAPOLEON’S FINAL DEFEAT
20:14 📍 Lion’s Mound, Waterloo
Darley climbs the 226 steps of the Lion’s Mound with battle expert Etienne Claude to survey the preserved battlefield where Napoleon was defeated for the final time on June 18, 1815.
22:58 📍 The Waterloo Panorama
Inside a 330-foot-long, 36-foot-high panoramic painting—often called “the IMAX of the past”—Darley steps into an immersive 19th-century depiction of the battle that changed the course of European history.
Featured in this Belgium episode: Dinant • The Citadel • Adolphe Sax Museum • Max Vandervorst's Music Museum • L'Air du Temps • Chef Sang Hoon Degeimbre • Mons • Grand Place • Mons City Hall • Belfry of Mons • Collegiate Church of St. Waudru • Georges Doutrelepont Chocolatier • The Ardennes • Brasserie d'Achouffe • La Chouffe • La Roche-en-Ardenne • Battle of the Bulge • Bastogne War Museum • Mardasson Memorial • Bois Jacques Foxholes • Waterloo • Lion's Mound • Waterloo Panorama • Napoleon
📺 Watch more Travels with Darley on PBS & streaming: darley-newman.com/travels-with-darley
🔔 Subscribe for more travel, food and history: darley.link/youtubesubscribe
📲 Follow Darley Newman: Instagram: instagram.com/darleynewman Facebook: facebook.com/travelswithdarley TikTok: tiktok.com/@darleynewman X: https://x.com/DarleyNewman
