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Tongeren

Tongeren is a city and municipality located in the province of Limburg in the Flemish region of Belgium. Its claim to be the "oldest town in Belgium", and its famous "Sunday antique and flea market" make the city a popular tourist attraction. Wikivoyage

Population 31,142 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Belgium

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Belgium

Getting there

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Still gathering the markets around Tongeren. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

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

  1. Crowning festival

    July

    Commemorating the coronation of Virgin Mary, this event has been taking place every seven years since 1890. There are processions by 21 different groups and performances on eight stages around town.

    Official site

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Tongeren); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

All 28 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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