The mining industry has left a unique heritage in Limburg. At the Flemish Mining Museum in Beringen, located in a unique and nearly fully protected mining area, visitors experience the story of the miners and mining operations.
Tel.: +32 11 42 15 52
Email: toerisme@beringen.be
Website: www.toerismeberingen.be
Guided tour: Exaggeration or reality? Stories of miners
Miners had a profession that sparked the imagination. Heroic stories and exaggerations are therefore not uncommon. But what was it really like? The mining companies also portrayed life in and around the mine as better than it actually was. A propaganda film shows an idealized image of miners' existence.
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