Liège
Liège is the largest city of Wallonia. This industrial city is actually quite green, with wide boulevards, an interesting, if a bit disorderly, mix of architecture from different periods, much greenery and picturesque riverbanks and hillsides. Wikivoyage
Population 195,278 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Belgium
Getting there
Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Église Saint-Jacques Church · 490 m
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Église Saint-Christophe Church · 750 m
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St. Paul's Cathedral Church · 840 m -
Église de l'abbaye de la Paix Notre-Dame Church · 550 m
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Attaque du 29 mai 2018 Memorial · 260 m
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Monument Walthère Frère-Orban Memorial · 450 m - Trésor de Liège Museum · 800 m
- Maison de la Métallurgie MMIL Museum · 980 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Festival Anima
February – March
The Brussels International Animation Film Festival, commonly known as Anima Festival, is an annual animation film festival held in Brussels, Belgium.
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Liège–Bastogne–Liège
April
Late April. The oldest and most arduous of the pro-cycling spring classics, this race draws the best in the world to compete.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Liège); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Eating nearby
All 17 places to eatSomewhere to run
Getting around
- Taxis Bleus Liège 160 m
- Charlemagne 260 m
- Blonden 430 m
- Pont d'Avroy 670 m
- Guillemins / Boverie 690 m
- Petit Paradis 750 m
Train stations: Liège-Carré 870 m, Liège-Guillemins 950 m, Liège-Saint-Lambert 1.5 km, Sclessin 2.6 km, Angleur 3.2 km, Bressoux 3.5 km, Ougrée 3.7 km, Pont-de-Seraing 4.3 km, Chênée 4.6 km, Seraing 4.7 km, Herstal 5.0 km, Jemeppe-sur-Meuse 5.1 km, Ans 5.1 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.