Tag Archives: Belgium

Tourist in my own city

Posted on October 19, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

On a beautiful Friday in October, I had the chance to spend my afternoon at the city campus of our own University of Antwerp to attend a PhD defence from a colleague. The sun was shining bright and I was eager to … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Antwerp, Architecture, Art, Belgium, Building photography, City, City trip, Historic, History, Photography, Tourism, Travel, Travelling, UAntwerpen, University | 4 Comments

Me after reading papers for too long…

Posted on August 23, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Just kidding, I love reading papers :). This is just an amazing mural I came across in one of the most famous little allies in Ghent, Belgium, where graffiti artists are free to show that graffiti indeed deserves to be called art. Zombies, … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Art, Belgium, City, Ghent, Graffiti, Must see, Painting, Paintings, Photography, Street art, Touristic attractions, Zombies | 3 Comments

Summer in the field

Posted on June 22, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Just two pictures as a friendly reminder that summer has arrived! It becomes visible everywhere, in fields and forests, through birds and insects. I love summer in the fields, it reminds me that biodiversity is not as dead as it might … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Agriculture, Belgium, Countryside, Ecology, Fields, Fieldwork, Flowers, Gardens, Nature photography, PhD, Photography, Plants, Summer | 1 Comment

Residing at the castle

Posted on June 16, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

They provide a beautiful example of a marriage between nature and culture, between history and conservation: castle parks. I realised this more than ever earlier this week, when I (almost accidentally) stumbled upon a beautiful little park with the ruins of … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Architecture, Belgium, Biodiversity, Buildings, Castle, Conservation, Ecology, Europe, Hiking, Lost place, Nature, Nature photography, Park, Photography, Ruins, Science | 3 Comments

Empowering biodiversity

Posted on May 21, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Off to beautiful Brussels today for a conference on the use of large scale datasets in ecology (the future!). I present a poster on my plans to model the distribution of mountain invaders based on our global dataset. In the … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Architecture, Belgium, Biodiversity, Brussels, City, Ecology, PhD, Photography, Science | Leave a comment

Don’t forget the roadsides!

Posted on May 15, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

In this spring seasons, flowers are sprouting everywhere, artistically colouring the whole world, as they happily do every year. It is every year a surprise to see the variety and diversity of flowers that lighten up our days. And it … Continue reading →