Event - Romeinenfestival (2026)

Having this kind of historical re-enactment in Tongeren is actually the most logical event possible. Tongeren is imbued with Roman history: from the statue of Ambiorix, over the ancient walls, to the ever-expanding Roman legion during the Kroningsfeesten

Tongeren holds the distinction of being Belgium's first city, founded by the Romans as the administrative center of the Civitas Tungrorum around the first century BC After Julius Caesar's conquest of Gaul the Romans built substantial infrastructure, creating a strategic settlement that controlled the local road networks and riverways. Atuatuca Tungrorum, was the administrative hub for the region and was named after the Germanic Tungri-tribe.

 

If you want to know more about the history of the city and see the remainders with your own eyes, visit the Gallo-Roman museum and the Teseum, they're right next to one another in Tongeren, and on the other side of the Basilica church, you can get great ice-cream or wine, choose your poison.? but before you do; know that there was a mead vendor on the Roman market. and still I managed to make a few stills.

Before scrolling to the pictures:

▶️ All photos can always be found on/downloaded from my Flickr and here!
▶️ A "How to download stills from Flickr" tutorial was posted here.
▶️ Some highlights might go to Instagram, Threads or Bluesky.
▶️ A video might go to Clapper & to Tiktok
▶️ Buy Red Cathedral a whisky on Ko-Fi
▶️ Updates are on THE Facebook.
▶️ Give a follow to this young creative foundation: Deep Red Noise vzw/asbl (incl. a Tiktok account & an Instagram account)
▶️ If you want an openminded store & community hub to buy and enjoy a tabletop RPG, a wargame (yes, including Bolt Action), some card- or boardgames at one of our tables with a mead or a ramune, or to find some curated Scifi/Fantasy/Horror/Thriller novels (and comics), then support the project: House of the Red Merlin , coming to Tongeren. (Read everything on the mock-up page, check the intended genres and give us your feedback. Planned opening:  January 2027) And be the very 1st to follow us on Instagram and on Tiktok !

The full gallery 

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UPDATE: 10% of all photos have been processed + uploaded. 

This year's edition was probably double the size of last year's and that's a good thing.
Last year I had two complaints:  I would have liked the inclusion of the Roman temple into the event, but seen the distance from the city center that's impractical.  And I would have liked a marching parade of legionairs through the entire city, following part of the the old walls.. and guess what they included this year? 

It's nice to see an event listen to it's visitors.

A direct link to this article: https://tinyurl.com/Romeinen2026 (The new blog)
A direct link to this article: https://redcathedral.blogspot.com/2026/08/event-romeinenfestival-2026.html (This old blog)

Next up will be the Fully Booked Book Fair in Leuven & castle Poeke.

Namaste