Gaasbeek Castle

Apart from a few rooms fitted out by the marquise Visconti in the 19th century (note the marble bathroom), the interior of the castle mostly dates from the 16th century. It is an excellent place to contemplate the fine gobelin tapestries of Flanders, painstakingly carved wooden furniture, or masterly oil paintings. The castle even houses one of Maarten van Valckenborch's famous 'Tower of Babel' (the other "towers" are in museums in Vienna and Rotterdam).