Talk:Binche

carnival_of_Binche [edit]

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The town of Binche, where some say the roots of modern day Mardi Gras originated, is also the town where the word ‘binge’ supposedly comes from. Every year starting on Shrove Tuesday half the region comes to Binche for the huge celebration that runs from Tuesday through Sunday.

About 7 miles north of Turnhout is the small village of Baarle-Hertog. I like this village because you actually leave Belgium and enter Holland and after about a mile or so, you re-enter Belgium and the village of Baarle-Hertog. Only half the village is in Belgium and the other half is in Holland and the border cuts through the center of town, so if you happen to be in a pub on one side of the street and want to call the grocery store on the other side of the street, it might be an international long-distance call. On the south side of the village is the Brouwerhuis, one of the best beer shops in Belgium that also has a restaurant and pub attached. One can expect to find upwards of 700 beers here, but many are non-Belgian beers.

Thank You,

[[ hopiakuta Please do sign your signature on your message. ~~ Thank You. -]] 16:00, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]