Your trip to Hasselt.

1. Morning
   Grote Markt and the cathedral

   Start at the Grote Markt and at the half-timbered house Het Sweert. A few steps away, enter the Sint-Quintinuskathedraal and continue to the Het Stadsmus to learn the city's history.

2. Afternoon
   Jenever and fashion

   Visit the Nationaal Jenevermuseum, in the former distillery on Witte Nonnenstraat. Then walk to Gasthuisstraat for the current exhibition at the Modemuseum.

3. Late afternoon
   Jardim Japonês

   In season, cross the Kapermolenpark to the Japanse Tuin and walk along the waterfall, the bridges and the carp lake before the garden closes.

4. Evening
   Dinner in the center

   Return to the Grote Markt or to the pedestrian streets around it, where cafés and restaurants are located. Try the Hasselt speculaas, the city's soft cookie.

Day 1

1. Morning
   Historic centre

   Walk through the Grote Markt, the cathedral and the Virga Jessebasiliek on Kapelstraat. Finish the morning at the Het Stadsmus.

2. Afternoon
   Two museums

   After lunch, visit the Modemuseum and then the Nationaal Jenevermuseum, with its steam distillery.

3. Late afternoon
   Jardim Japonês

   Walk to the Japanse Tuin via the city's green ring and enjoy the low light over the lake.

4. Evening
   Night in Hasselt

   Dine in the center. At the jenever festivals in October, the squares are usually full of stalls.

Day 2

1. Morning
   Train to Bokrijk

   Take the train to Bokrijk station, one stop before Genk, and enter the open-air museum right at opening.

2. Afternoon
   Bokrijk

   Explore the farms, the mills and the workshops of the three regional clusters. Have lunch in one of the museum's taverns.

3. Late afternoon
   Arboretum and return

   Before the return train, visit the Bokrijk arboretum, which is open until early evening.

4. Evening
   Last dinner

   Back in Hasselt, choose a restaurant near the cathedral to end the trip.