hidden europe 23

Simenon in Liège

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Summary

Fact and fiction blur in modern Liège. One city square has been renamed after Georges Simenon's fictional detective Inspector Maigret.

From Vianden, it is no more than a short hop over the Belgian border to unloved Liège. But why so unloved? The city that produces luscious jam (called sirop de Liège) and was home to Georges Simenon deserves more. Gritty Liège, one-time steel capital of Belgium, is known as a rough tough place that most tourists avoid. But it is changing.

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