Liege

Visitors to the Fiery City of Liege often comment how much it reminds them of Rome.

This is not surprising considering that the city is shaped by hills, criss-crossed by stairs and rising alleyways. Busy metropolis, prestigious arts center – Liege is full of contrasts.

On the terraces of the cafes, in the traditionally styled taverns, in the student bistros, everywhere the atmosphere is convivial and engaging. It is the center of Liege, and particularly in the neighboring streets and the district of Le Carre, that shopoholics will find everything to meet their requirements. The city center is to a large extent a pedestrian area, so you can go window shopping freely without cars. A detour via Passage Lemonnier, the first covered passage in Belgium, is a Liege must.

Night owls will appreciate its discotheques, cafes and concerts. Night life happens in Le Carre in central Liege and on an island in the center of the river called Outre Meuse. There you will find piano bars, taverns and cafes packed with feisty Liegois. Liege is also famous for its adult puppet theater and is home to the legendary Tchantches. Gourmands enjoy Liege’s culinary range from new cuisine to the classical table, not forgetting the thousand and one regional specialties that blend French refinement with local flavors. For more of what the Fiery City has to offer, see Liege Highlights below.

Liege Highlights
Prince-Bishops' Palace As early as the year 100, Notger erected the first residence of the Prince-Bishops on this site.The Palace was to be burnt and rebuilt on several occasions.Total restoration and the construction of a new frontage took place in the 18th century. In the 19th century, the neo-gothic Place Notger wing was constructed. The palace consists of two interconnecting courtyards. The first courtyard, the only one that is open to the public, is surrounded by four galleries with Gothic vaults resting in 60 columns decorated with fantastic human figures and grotesque masks.
St Paul's Cathedral St Paul's Collegiate Church, founded in the 10th century, became the new cathedral of Liege in the 19th century, replacing St Lambert's Cathedral, which was destroyed during the Liege Revolution. With 16th-century and contemporary stained-glass windows, a baroque recumbent Christ in white marble by Del Cour, and exceptional 19th-century furniture. The cathedral has one of the most beautiful Gothic cloisters in the land.
Modern and Contemporary Art Museum In this former hall of the 1905 World Fair, you can follow the evolution of modern and contemporary art thought the finest items of the City's collections (Picasso, Gauguin, Monet, Chagall, Magnelli, Tapies).
Grand Curtius Musuem This complex, currently under development, aims to combine the collections of the arms museum, the archaeology museum, the decorative arts and glass museum and the religious art and art mosan museum.
La Batte 500 vendors commandeer the wharves of the river Meuse every Sunday morning. From end to end this represents more than 4 km of stalls where the most diverse products form all over the world are on show. All these goods create a veritable festival of colors and smells that add to the markets’ folkloric character.
Liege Christmas Market During the month of December Father Christmas sets up his Christmas village at the heart of the Fiery city, in the shade of the Prince Bishop’s Palace. Illuminations, decorations, smells and music recreate the Christmas atmosphere around numerous wooden chalets. An open air Ice rink invites you to slip and slide on the Place de la Cathedrale. Numerous entertainments in the entire central area.