26 – 27 October 2024
When: 26 – 27 October 2024
Where: Poperinge, Belgium
Venue: Maeke Blyde event hall, Doornstraat 45, 8970 Poperinge
Official Website: poperingebierfestival.be
Hotels: Hotels in Poperinge
The town of Poperinge in Belgium organizes an annual beer festival.
Held over the two days of the last weekend in October.
It’s often called “Belgium’s cosiest beer festival”.
This small town has an international reputation when it comes to beer.
Poperinge is the nation’s “hops city” in the Flemish part of Belgium.
Surrounded by hop fields, the town is also home to the National Hops Museum.
The Maeke Blyde event hall is transformed into a cosy beer village for the festival’s duration.
There will be 25 brewers showcasing their finest beers, of which there will be 125 to try.
New beers are revealed by the brewers, who are best placed to tell you about their beers each year.
Craft beers and ‘special’ beers are also featured at the festival.
There will also be plenty of food and music available.
Poperinge in West Flanders, about 12 km west of Ypres and approximately 150 kilometres from Brussels.
Trains run from Brussels directly to Station Poperinge, which takes approximately two hours.
Calais, Dunkirk, and Oostende are all nearby if travelling by car/ferry from the UK.
As well as being the international headquarters of the European Union and NATO, Belgium’s capital, Brussels, is a centre of style, art and design.
The ornate and opulent Grand Place (Grote Markt) is one of Europe’s most beautiful and impressive squares.
It’s a small country, and towns are easily accessible, so it’s an excellent opportunity to visit the medieval old villages with their Flemish Renaissance architecture.
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