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Liege Travel Guide

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Liège is the main regional city in the province of Liège. It is also Belgium's third largest city, and is the largest centre in Wallonia.

Contents

Understand

Get in

By plane

Aéroport de Liège-Bierset

By train

By car

Get around

Public transport

By bus

By train

  • La Société Nationale des Chemins de fer belges (S.N.C.B.) [2]

By bike

See

  • Place St. Lambert (Saint Lambert's square)

Do

Learn

Work

Buy

  • Sunday morning market at la rive gauche

Eat

Drink

  • The Pot au lait is a café popular with exchange students living in the region.

Sleep

Get out

  • World War II Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial - Highway N-63 from Liege to Marche passes the entrance to the Memorial about 19 kilometers (12 miles) southwest of Liege. Open daily except December 25 and January 1; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. This memorial commemorates the American soldiers who died in Northern Europe during WWII. The chapel contains maps and relief scupltures depicting the campaigns in the region. Free.
  • World War II Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial[3]: 29 kilometers (18 miles) from the city near Henri-Chapelle, Belgium. From Liege, take N3 northeast toward Aachen, Germany. Turn left onto Rue du Mémorial Améreicain. Open daily except for December 25 and January 1; 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The cemetery is the final resting place for 7,992 American military dead lost during the drive into Germany the Battle of the Bulge. A monument is inscribed with the names of 450 Americans whose remains were never found or identified. A museum and a chapel are located on the grounds. Free.

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