One writer, nine years in Brussels, no AI slop.
10min•Belgium is the ten-minute, English-language shortcut to Belgium. Run by Margaux from her kitchen in Saint-Gilles. Funded by the occasional tour booking — never by sponsorship.
What we do.
Most Belgium travel coverage online is either (a) a tourism-board press release, (b) a listicle of twelve “hidden gems” that stopped being hidden in 2006, or (c) a machine-generated summary of the two.
We do a fourth thing: short, direct, opinionated guides written after actually turning up — sometimes in the wrong season, so you don't have to. Every article answers one question in under ten minutes of reading. Everything we recommend, we've either done or would do.
We say skip itout loud when something is overpriced. We tell you which city pass pays off and which one doesn't. We name the bad weeks to avoid.
Who writes this.
Margaux Dupont
Half-French, half-Flemish, fully obsessed with Belgium. I've lived in Brussels for 9 years, worked 3 seasons as a licensed tour guide in Bruges, and visited every town on this blog at least twice — often in the wrong season, so you don't have to.
- — Licensed Bruges tour guide, 2019–2021 (Flemish + English).
- — 154 articles on Belgium since 2021.
- — Speaks: French (native), Dutch (fluent), English (C2).
- — Currently based: Saint-Gilles, Brussels.
How we test things.
- Show up.
Every tour we recommend has been taken by Margaux or by a trusted Brussels-based second reader. If neither of us has done it, it doesn't appear.
- Price the alternative.
Before we endorse a city pass or a guided tour, we compute the cost of doing the same thing à la carte. If the pass loses, we say so.
- Check the calendar.
Ticket availability, opening hours, last train times — verified against the official source (SNCB, visit.brussels, museabrugge.be) within six weeks of publication.
- Update, don't rewrite.
Articles carry a visible "updated on" date. When a price or a timetable changes, we edit in place and bump that date — we don't republish as a new post for SEO.
How we make money.
When you book a tour through one of our links, GetYourGuidepays us a small commission. You pay exactly the same price. That's the whole business model.
What we don'tdo: sponsored posts, paid placements, press-trip puff pieces, “in partnership with” content, ranked lists influenced by advertiser priority. If we're ever paid by a brand in any form, it will be disclosed at the top of the article in a coloured box — not in a footer footnote.
We drop tours from our lists when they get bad. We keep tours in our lists when they stay good — even when a competitor pays better commission.
Corrections land within 24 hours. Press-trip invites politely get a no. Tip-offs about new tours or closed museums are always welcome.