Talk:Binche

carnival_of_Binche

 * < http://belgiumking.com/belgium.html >:


 * 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.

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&#91;&#91; hopiakuta Please do  sign  your  signature  on your  message. %7e%7e  Thank You. -]] 16:00, 29 November 2007 (UTC)