Alden Biesen Castle

I want to tell you about my and my daughter's travel to the Middle Ages. We visited Alden Biesen castle in June.  It's located in the small village of
 Rijkhoven in the municipality of Bielsen in the province of Limburg in Belgium.
For the first time we saw the castle in Mini Europe park.
We made a wish to go there ...
So here we are!


We were welcomed at the entrance
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 What a pity we're too big already to ride a pony
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 The knights of the Teutonic Order originally founded the Landcommanderij Alden Biesen ("commandery of Alden Biesen") in the 11 th century. 
I'm about to fall in love with one of them...




The current buildings were constructed between the 16th and 18th centuries.
So we are in another world now..



Permanent inhabitans of the castle


This is a layout of the castle


We are at the medieval Fair. We can hear laugh, music and loud voices...



A smith is working

You can buy sculptures, paintings and order your coat of arms here 


I like him

Craftsmen






This is my colleague - a writer :)


These are people who are having rest from the bustle of the fair




We opened a door of the castle, went inside and... we're in the Church!






You can see how women looked like in those old times




How do you think what's this?

Modern people



Now we're in another part of the castle



You can buy some tasty things here



Oh my God! Poor thing! But why is he smiling? Oh he is just posing for the camera!


Here is a camp of lepers









The soup is being cooked for them


They will have lunch soon



Do you want to join them? 



This is a test for the true princess





 Can you shoot well? Good luck!



It's time to have some snack. What do you think about tasty belgium medieval sausages?


We'll go through the gates in a moment... and we'll be in 21 th century again...