The superlatives

• The biggest Sunday market in Belgium: La Batte
• The biggest and oldest Christmas Village in Belgium
• The biggest and oldest still-active Belgian fair and the country’s biggest festival: The October Fair
• The country’s oldest and most expansive stretch of land: the High Fens nature reserve
• Europe’s longest subterranean navigation route in the Remouchamps Caves
• Europe’s biggest Museum of Prehistory: the Préhistomuseum in Ramioul
• The world’s most attractive circuit: Spa-Francorchamps
• The largest freefall simulator in the world: Fly-In!
• The country’s largest railway station, an architectural masterpiece: the Liège-Guillemins station
• The longest staircase in Belgium: the Montagne de Bueren (374 steps)
• The tallest building in Wallonia: the ultra-modern Paradise Tower in Liège (136 metres)
• The largest number of ski slopes in the country (30)
• The province with the highest number of outdoor swimming pools in Wallonia (11)
• Belgium’s longest bar (21.6 metres long and… 20 beer pumps!): The Elvish Brewery

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• Tourism in Liège Province represents one third of Wallonia’s entire tourism

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• Belgium’s no. 1 inland port Wallonia’s no. 1 tourist destination
• The only opera house in Wallonia
• The only coal mine in Belgium that can be visited from its original shaft: Blegny-Mine (recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site)
• The only stream in Belgium: the Ninglinspo

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• Two unique public health spas in Wallonia

3

• Europe’s 3rd-ranking river port

19

• 2017 saw the Tour de France cross Liège
  province for the 19th time since 1948.

30

• 30 recreational centres and parks

31

• 31 ski slopes: 5 alpine ski slopes and 26 cross-country skiing routes

80

• 80 heritage monuments open to visitors

84

• 84 municipalities

118

• 118 metres : (136 with antenna) La Tour Paradis, popularly known as the “Financial Tower”, located in the Liège-Guillemins railway station district, is the tallest building in Wallonia.

127

• 127 museums

181

• 181 hotels

354

• 354 guest houses

374

• 374 steps make up “The Beuren Mountain”, an immense staircase rising up right in the heart of the Historical Centre and leading to the ancient Citadel of Liège

600

• 600 kilometres of RAVeL (Réseau Autonome de Voie Lente), where motors are banished and cyclists are supreme, running through Liège province among other areas

659

• 659 gîtes

694

• 694 metres: Belgium’s highest point (Signal de Botrange) located in the Cantons de l’Est, in the east of the province

900

• 900 kilometres of cross-country skiing

3.862

• 3.862 km² : the province’s surface area

5.000

• 5.000 km of signposted walks

1.077.203

• 1.077.203: E203 inhabitants making up the
  province

2.500.000

• 2.500.000 visitors came to the Christmas Market in December 2016