Planet Belgium (1) - We are Avalonians - Podcast

 

The five-part podcast Planet Belgium will be available in Dutch during 2026 and translated into French in 2027.

 

 

Production and editing: Reinout Verbeke (Institute of Natural Sciences)
Sound design and mix: Joris Van Damme
Music: Bart Couvreur
In collaboration with Eos Wetenschap and with support from the Wernaers Fund of FNRS
 

 

 



Trailer: Stijn Pardon (Institute of Natural Sciences)

 

 

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Planet Belgium (1) - We are Avalonians

The origin of Belgium – and of Central Europe – lies on a mysterious little continent called ‘Avalonia’. Half a billion years ago, it set out on an unlikely odyssey from the South Pole. Enjoy our longread!

Planet Belgium (2) - When Belgium was a tropical coral reef

Four hundred million years ago, Belgium lay just below the equator. After a violent period of collisions and mountain formation, a quieter time dawned. Our land was eroding into a plat pays  and was largely submerged underneath a tropical sea with immense coral reefs. These would ultimately petrify and form the world-famous Belgian marble. Enjoy the longread!

Planet Belgium: five posters

Order our unique posters of Belgium throught deep time!