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Dino Nights light festival at ZOO Planckendael
After dark, more than fifty life-size dinosaurs and light installations turn the animal park in Muizen into a prehistoric evening walk.
Lights & festivities — Belgium
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Christmas Time at Pairi Daiza
The big animal park at Brugelette puts up more than a hundred light installations, video projections and an illuminated Christmas train over the holidays.
Lichtgolf light walk in Ostend
A new 3 km evening walk through Ostend past light installations, with an audio story about the city's seafaring soul.
Luminara light festival at Merksplas Colony
A one-to-one-and-a-half-hour light walk across the historic site of Merksplas Colony in the Antwerp Kempen, in late November and early December.
opens Sat 28 November, 17:00
Houdemont Christmas Light Parade
On Saturday 28 November, the village of Houdemont (Habay) opens the season with a decorated pedal-tractor contest followed by a light parade through its streets.
Kerstmagie at Laarne Castle
In a moated castle near Ghent, a Christmas theatre walk with actors and light effects tells the story of 'the Frozen Heart'.
Kerstmagie at Wijnendale Castle (Torhout)
Between Bruges and the coast, Wijnendale Castle hosts a Christmas theatre walk with actors and light effects: 'the Forbidden Marriage'.
Kerstmagie at de Merode Castle (Westerlo)
An hour-long Christmas theatre walk through de Merode Castle, with live actors, light effects and a brand-new tale, 'Kerstmagie en de Dromenvanger'.
Ondenval in Christmas Lights
From 5 December to 3 January, the people of Ondenval (Waimes) light up houses, lanes and squares and set out nativity scenes and winter decorations across the village.
Christmas at Modave Castle – 'Christmas around the World'
Thirty rooms of Modave Castle are dressed in a 'Christmas around the world' theme, open daily from 12 December to 3 January, Christmas Day included.
Falaën Festival of Lights Walk (La Balade des Lumières)
On the evening of Saturday 12 December, the Onhaye tourist office turns Falaën, one of Wallonia's Most Beautiful Villages, into a trail of lights, tales and surprises.
Laeken Festival of Light – lantern parade
Late on the afternoon of Wednesday 16 December, Laeken residents and local groups parade with lanterns and drums to celebrate the winter solstice and the return of the light.
Torchlight walk 'Count Henry and his Daughter' at Namur Citadel
On 18 and 19 December, a theatrical torchlight walk takes families along the ramparts of Namur Citadel in the company of Henry the Blind and his daughter Ermesinde.
Dinant Lumière: Santa's arrival with a parade of illuminated horses and tractors
On Saturday 19 December at 6 pm, illuminated tractors and horses escort Santa from the Rocher Bayard through Dinant's main streets.
opens Sat 19 December, 16:00
Les Fééries de Noël by Dibagri – illuminated tractor parade
On Saturday 19 December from 4 pm, tractors and farm machines draped in lights roll through the villages of Gesves and Ohey in the Condroz.
Torchlit night tours of Bouillon Castle (winter holidays)
Over the Christmas holidays, a guide in medieval dress leads you through Bouillon's fortress by torchlight alone, from the underground passages up to the Austrian Tower.
Malmedy Christmas Parade (10th edition)
On the evening of Sunday 20 December, illuminated floats, children in costume and live music wind through central Malmedy to mark the parade's tenth edition.
Winter Evenings at Bokrijk
Between Christmas and New Year, Bokrijk Open-Air Museum lights up for five evenings of storytelling, group singing and an old-fashioned funfair.
Dinant Lumière: closing light procession
On the evening of Saturday 2 January, two light processions merge into one to close the 2026 edition of Dinant Lumière in the town's streets.