Aalst Things to Do

Scared or forgotten how to ski? Or don't know how to do it and would you like to practice before you go to the mountains? Feel free to do so. Anderlecht has a real ski piste where you can practice to your heart's content or whe... more

In 1862 priest Theofiel Verbiest founded the missionary congregation of the Sacred Heart of the Holy Virgin. The ambitious task of this congregation was to convert China. Many hundreds of priests, commonly known as the missiona... more

The great Dutch scholar and humanist Desiderius Erasmus ("Praise of Folly") lived in Brussels for about five months in 1521. Almost by miracle, his house was not torn down and is now a museum. Erasmus was born in Rotterdam in 1... more