{"id":16024,"date":"2025-12-04T23:35:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T22:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirkvanbabylon.com\/?p=16024"},"modified":"2026-03-02T11:24:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T10:24:22","slug":"patrick-and-peter-explore-mysterious-erembodegem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dirkvanbabylon.com\/en\/a-magical-realist-portrait-of-erembodegem\/patrick-and-peter-explore-mysterious-erembodegem\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick and Peter Explore Mysterious Erembodegem"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A walk with a magical realist in mysterious Erembodegem.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What makes Erembodegem so mysterious? The trees, shrubs, and winding paths in the village woods turn out to be carriers of fascinating stories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dirk van Babylon set out together with Patrick Bernauw to the village where Patrick was born and raised. Walking along forest paths, they spoke about mysteries, remarkable figures from the past, coincidence, childhood, magical-realist writing, and much more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The result is an atmospheric video filled with intriguing stories and surprising historical tidbits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(note: the video is currently only available in Dutch)<\/p>\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Een wandeling met een magisch-realist in Mysterieus Belgi\u00eb\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zbtoj81B0z8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A walk with a magical realist in mysterious Erembodegem. What makes Erembodegem so mysterious? 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