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Photos: Belgians holiday in trees as COVID-19 prompts staycations

At $79 a night, the tents sleep two people and include access to a bathroom & barbecue

Published: July 09, 2020 13:59 Reuters and compiled by Balaram Menon, Digital Content Editor

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Copy of 2020-07-08T084145Z_1585034736_RC2WOH9PZLC8_RTRMADP_3_BELGIUM-HOLIDAY-TREE-TENT-1594288821373 — Rather than take a summer holiday abroad during the coronavirus pandemic, some Belgians are trying a novel camping experience at home, spending a night in a tear drop-shaped tent hanging from a tree. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-07-08T083907Z_12787768_RC2WOH9EQQN5_RTRMADP_3_BELGIUM-HOLIDAY-TREE-TENT-1594288824653 — The idea of Dutch artist Dre Wapenaar (above), the tree tents double as an art installation and are considered sculpture, rather than a commercially-produced tent. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-07-08T084701Z_362654569_RC2WOH9BBPG8_RTRMADP_3_BELGIUM-HOLIDAY-TREE-TENT-1594288840541 — "The tents are fully booked every summer, but this year, the bookings went much faster. If we had more tents, they would also be taken every day of July and August," said Katrien Houbey, head of tourism for the eastern town of Borgloon, which has hosted four tents along a tree-lined field since 2011. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-07-08T084702Z_2076238834_RC2WOH9HLHC1_RTRMADP_3_BELGIUM-HOLIDAY-TREE-TENT-1594288836062 — "I believe it's because of the government's guidelines to travel in your own country. So people started searching for alternatives to stay somewhere," she said. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-07-08T084426Z_1868453432_RC2WOH9XNJAQ_RTRMADP_3_BELGIUM-HOLIDAY-TREE-TENT-1594288802855 — At 70 euros ($79) a night, the tents sleep two people and include access to a bathroom and barbecue. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-07-08T084657Z_257301535_RC2WOH93RGJ3_RTRMADP_3_BELGIUM-HOLIDAY-TREE-TENT-1594288846910 — Designed in the 1990s to support environmental activists who sought to stop trees being felled, the tree tents have been exhibited in New York and across Europe. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-07-08T084700Z_73614235_RC2WOH9XPYW2_RTRMADP_3_BELGIUM-HOLIDAY-TREE-TENT-1594288843999 — "My tents are too expensive to produce (commercially)," Wapenaar told Reuters. "I should have designed it in a different way if I wanted to sell many of them ... I am not a good product designer, I am an artist." Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-07-08T084147Z_690240946_RC2WOH9T27JI_RTRMADP_3_BELGIUM-HOLIDAY-TREE-TENT-1594288817992 — Wapenaar has another four tents in the Belgian town of Bornem, near Antwerp, one in a sculpture park in the United States, another at a bed-and-breakfast in France and three at a camp site in the Netherlands. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-07-08T084420Z_2003080855_RC2WOH9D517J_RTRMADP_3_BELGIUM-HOLIDAY-TREE-TENT-1594288814394 — A guest climbs on a ladder to enter a tear drop-shaped tent hanging from a tree created by Dutch artist Dre Wapenaar, offering an unusual accommodation for tourists in the Belgian countryside, near Borgloon. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-07-08T084423Z_1485665261_RC2WOH9K3FOO_RTRMADP_3_BELGIUM-HOLIDAY-TREE-TENT-1594288811845 — Guests sit inside a tear drop-shaped tent hanging from a tree. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-07-08T084146Z_1625850365_RC2WOH9K8IHF_RTRMADP_3_BELGIUM-HOLIDAY-TREE-TENT [1]-1594288828239 — Guests pose a they sit inside a tear drop-shaped tent hanging from a tree. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-07-08T084808Z_244354149_RC2WOH9HQTFH_RTRMADP_3_BELGIUM-HOLIDAY-TREE-TENT-1594288831729 — A guest is seen inside a tear drop-shaped tent hanging from a tree. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-07-08T084423Z_901574236_RC2WOH9HJ2JI_RTRMADP_3_BELGIUM-HOLIDAY-TREE-TENT-1594288807493 — Guests pose a they sit inside a tear drop-shaped tent hanging from a tree Image Credit: REUTERS

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