Belgium's cultural experiences are richer than most visitors expect from a country best known internationally for chocolate and beer. Guided tours of the Van Eyck altarpiece in Ghent's St. Bavo Cathedral, the Royal Museums of Fine Arts in Brussels, and the Magritte Museum place Belgium at the centre of Western art history. Artisan chocolate-making workshops, Belgian beer brewery tours with historical context, and Bruges lace-making demonstrations add the famous craft heritage. A Brussels street art walking tour, guided by a street art specialist, reveals a tradition of Belgian comic strip murals that has covered the city's walls since Tintin. Tours by local guides make it feel closer, sharper, more real.