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LIEGE
Liège, daughter of the Meuse
river. Liège is called 'La cité ardente' (the fiery city). A city at the
crossroads of Northern and Southern European culture. Liège is an old
industrial center which faces the challenge of adapting to the 21st
century.Nowadays Liége is a rapidly changing city where old meets new.
Take a walk through the old city center and discover the typical
traffic-free alleys and shopping streets where terraces abound. Visit
the central St. Lambert square where a new modern Liège is growing. Take
a walk alongside the banks of the majestically flowing Meuse river and
see Liège from a distance.
Liège is also the city of GEORGE SIMENON (1903 - 1989), the creator of
police detective MAIGRET. Simenon was a very prolific writer. His
enormous literary production has been translated everywhere in the
world. He wrote hundreds of novels and stories, both under his own name
or under a pseudonym. In 1931 he
started the series of Maigret stories.
Of humble beginnings, he has become one of the most popular novelists of
the 20th century.
If you like local specialties you cannot leave the city without having
tasted a sweet 'Gaufre de Liège' (Waffle of Liège). You will find this
delicacy at every bakery and even at stands in the street.
