In the middle of Antwerp's main square a bronze hero stands on a pile of rocks and throws a severed hand. Water pours from the wrist. Tourists climb the rocks for photos. That's the Brabo Fountain, and it tells you, in one gesture, the story Antwerp likes to tell about its own…
The Miroir d'Eau is two centimetres of water on a granite slab. That's all it is. And on a still evening at blue hour it turns the Place de la Bourse…
Most day-trippers to Bruges spend their time in the Markt, the big square under the belfry. The Burg is two minutes away and better. It's smaller…
Salamanca is built of a sandstone the locals call piedra de Villamayor, after the quarry village nearby. In daylight it's a warm cream. As the sun…
