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pieterghijsels started the discussion Accessibility guides: Bruges, Mechelen, Leuven, Flanders Fields in the forum Belgium 5 years ago
Accessibility guides: Bruges, Mechelen, Leuven, Flanders Fields
Planning a visit to the north of Belgium? “Leuven accessible for everyone” is the latest example of hands-on accessibility guides in Flanders, Belgium. Previously, the Flanders Fields region, Bruges and Mechelen already developed similar touristic publications, available in English.
Like many historical places in northern Europe, the… Read more
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pieterghijsels are now connected 5 years agopieterghijsels replied to the discussion Accessible accommodation in Flanders & Brussels, Belgium in the forum Belgium 5 years ago
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Hi Alison
Sorry for the delay, I was out for a couple of days.
There’s a list of accessibility-related publications on https://www.visitflanders.com/en/accessibility/brochures/. In”Accessible daytrips” there are a few places mentioned where you can rent a handbike (just search for ‘handbike’ in the online document).
For the moment, the… Read more
pieterghijsels replied to the discussion Accessible accommodation in Flanders & Brussels, Belgium in the forum Belgium 5 years ago
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There is some accessible building legislation in Belgium (per region), but it’s not very ambitious tbh. VisitFlanders uses more, and stricter criteria for its labeling system (https://www.visitflanders.com/en/accessibility/designation-labels/). The information in the brochures is collected by an independent agency and evaluated by experience experts.
pieterghijsels started the discussion Accessible accommodation in Flanders & Brussels, Belgium in the forum Belgium 5 years ago
Accessible accommodation in Flanders & Brussels, Belgium
Planning a visit to Belgium? Flanders and Brussels have more than 250 accessible hotels, camping areas, B&Bs, holiday houses, group accommodation and youth hostels. Two new VisitFlanders brochures available in English (https://bit.ly/2Sr1Gpw) French (https://goo.gl/oNyAJ3) and Dutch (https://lnkd.in/gDqr4dm) tell you all about it, in full detail.
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