Where to stay in Liège, Belgium?
We stayed at Appart-Hotel Léopold Liège Centre in the historic heart of Liège surrounded by lovely bars. It’s next to the Liège’s old City Hall which you can admire from your window at night when it’s gloriously lit up by red spotlights. Our room was tidy, with clean bedding, towels and a comfortable double-bed. It also contains a kitchen with basic kitchen utensils, nice bathroom with a great shower, towels, soaps and shampoo. There is free Wi-Fi and a flat screen TV but unfortunately with mainly French channels. Although we could still enjoy the nature documentary on BBC.
Marvel at the Liege-Guillemins Station
First things to see in Liège is futuristic and iconic central station. The breath-taking building was designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava and is made of steel. The modern building completed in 2009 might remind you of a sci-fi movie and it’s an ideal spot for photography.
Best of Liège: Learn About Art at the beautiful Grand Curtius
The Grand Curtius Museum is an archeology and art museum from the 17th century. The impressive red building belonged to a wealthy entrepreneur from the city and it was his personal idea to bring together four different museum collections in order to form the large collection.
Places to visit in Liège: Montagne de Bueren
With a steep 30 degree slope and a good amount of 374 steps Montagne de Bueren has been nominated as the most extreme stairway in the world. Climb the stairs, take amazing pictures and enjoy the panoramic view of the city.
Visit the Collegiate Church of St. Bartholomew
Founded in the 11th century, this gorgeous church was built in the Mosan style. Mosan describes a medieval style of architecture and metalwork centered mainly around Liège and is characterized by a mix of styles popular in neighboring countries: France and the Netherlands.
Popular drink of Liège, peket
The alcoholic drink peket is made from juniper berries so it’s basically gin. It can be drunk straight as a shot but is typically mixed with fruit flavors, usually lemon. There are various flavors and you can taste them in the La Maison du Peket.
Where to eat in Liège?
Yes, of course you can try the traditional Belgian food à la my grandmother can cook it at home. I would suggest to taste burgers from a new and hip place The Huggy’s Bar. The great fact about this place is that all ingredients are produced in Belgium, the majority in Liège. The philosophy of the company is to keep close attention to a positive environmental attitude.
The Huggy’s Bar offers a casual and laid-back atmosphere with a friendly service. There are 40 various burger combinations paired together with Huggy’s 8 self-brewed beers. We ordered the Avocado Burger with beef and bacon, cheddar, guacamole, tomato & red onions and Huggy’s secret sauce and the Chimay Burger with double bacon, beef, red onions, rucola and chummy cheese of course. Our order came with an unlimited amount of coleslaw and tasty Belgian fries. The burgers were very juicy and sumptuous with fresh products. If I have to give one point to criticism it would be only that the buns were too soft and fell apart. A grilled version of them could make it the best burger. Nevertheless we enjoyed it. Definitely try the Trinity beer if you prefer a bit more character in your glass. My personal highlight was a Galler Chocolate Milkshake which left me speechless for a moment.
Loved it!
If you are planning to visit some other cities in Belgium you can find more information about trips to other wonderful cities in Belgium.
So let me get this straight. First I go to Huggy’s bar stuff up on some delectable food and then climb the 374 stairs to burn all the calories. An eco-friendly post this.
Oh wow how amazing! I really want to visit Belgium, not just for the chocolate milkshake either, haha! It looks fantastic!
It tastes divine too!
Well I think my first stop would be the patisserie because it looks delicious. Then I would have to follow it with a couple of trips up and down the 374 steps hehe
– Jackie (Organised Mum Life)
haha Jackie, it’s an awesome idea, sweets always first!
Belgium looks so fun! And I always appreciate recommendations on where to eat and drink. The buildings are always so pretty in Europe, too! 🙂
That’s truw, especial there are plenty of beautiful historical building in the whole Belgium!
I would love to visit Liège when I visit Belgium. Would love to visit all these places, one must climb 374 stairs to get an awesome view of the city. Loved the post.
Thank you! It’s really a lovely town!
That train station looks really impressive, especially in a place that I have never heard of. I’m keen to go back to Belgium as it’s so close to home for me x
I love finding “mosts” items when traveling and I’d love to do a timed run up the most extreme staircase in the world as a challenge. I bet that would be a lot of fun!
My daughter is moving to Brussels next month so I’ll visit in October – and will go to Liege if only for the burger!
Then you should definitely read my post about Brussels and some other lovely towns in Belgium! 🙂
When I was younger I used to read a lot about Europe and I was always intrigued with Belgium. I wanna try that Peket and of course shop for a lot of Belgian chocolates. Belgium is beautiful!
I guess that stairs are famous for many instagrammers 🙂
Such a stunning city to visit! Worth it to visit Belgium soon.
well there’s a very complete guide of Lierge. What a lovely city, it could be a great destination in belgium besides brussel
I was in Belgium this February and saw most of Brussels and Bruges only. Reading this post, it seems like I missed out on the wonderful Liege. Maybe next time I should try and check out Liege at least for the Montagne de Bueren
I’ve always wanted to go to Belgium. Hopefully one day I will be able to experience the place like you did! Great info!
This looks like such a wonderful place to visit! I haven’t visited Belgium whatsoever and want to tick it off my bucket list, will definitly consider Liege.
Ami xxx
I’ve always wanted to visit Belgium and your pictures look amazing! So much to see and do!
Wow. Totally seeing Belgium in a different light after reading this. Amazing photos. Thanks for sharing this.
I’ve only been to Belgium once and I didn’t travel here. I went to Ghent and Brugge. I had never heard of this town before. It sounds awesome!
I visited Belgium this past May, and I managed to miss this beautiful town. It is really too bad, because your post really highlights what a wonderful place this really is.
Thanks for this article!I was just in Lièges myself and followed some of your great recommendations. Nice city for sure!