Liège-Guillemins station

Liège’s main railway station, rebuilt to a design by Santiago Calatrava. See Liège.

At a glance

Source	Author	Role	In one line
I Rode Germany’s Most Insane High-Speed Train	Simply Railway	journey waypoint	The architectural highlight of the high-speed ride from Brussels to Cologne.

I Rode Germany’s Most Insane High-Speed Train — Simply Railway (2026)

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We’re now arriving in Liège — eastern Belgium, not far from the German border, and home to one of the most architecturally impressive railway stations in Europe, redesigned by world-famous architect Santiago Calatrava.

• Role: journey waypoint
• In the video: The last stop in Belgium on the trip from Brussels-Midi to Cologne, singled out for Calatrava’s station before the train crosses into Germany at Aachen.
• Why it matters: A waypoint the narration pauses on for its architecture; the ride itself, not the stop, is the subject.