We agree. That’s why we’ve found 10 good reasons why you should stop the insanity and do something else this Saturday. After all, romance comes naturally when you’re actually having fun.

1 Amphibian walk Did you know that the Vlaktedreef in Tervuren is home to Flanders’ biggest population of amphibians? Neither did we, but this walk, dubbed “Amphibians at Large”, will introduce you to the cute, little salamanders and such, plus explain to you why today’s traffic is killing them off. The following day, Tervuren is sponsoring a “Valentine’s Walk”, but we have no comment about that. www.tervuren.be Â

2 Buzzcocks An “alternative” Valentine’s Day? Musically speaking, before “alternative” there was punk, a movement which, in Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen, had its very own Romeo and Juliet. Manchester punk pioneers Buzzcocks, meanwhile, are still going strong and will play their first two albums back-to-back this Saturday at Het Depot in Leuven. A golden opportunity to woo your significant other by singing along to “Just Lust”, “Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve)”, “Love Is Lies” and “Orgasm Addict”. www.hetdepot.be Â

3 Roee Rosen The Israeli artist comes to Extra City in Antwerp to talk about his show Justine Franck: A Retrospective, in which his Jewish, feminist, Belgian alter ego shows off a bit of her pornographic work and is the subject of a documentary that talks about Rosen’s 1997 installation on the closed-door intimacies of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun. www.extracity.be Â

4 Snowdrop Show The Kalmthout Arboretum in northern Antwerp province hosts a show of this cute, little white flower, known as sneeuwklokje in Dutch. You’ll find a dizzying array of cultivars and advice on how to grow them in your own garden – plus you can buy them on the spot from local farmers. www.arboretumkalmthout.be Â

5 Matrimonio all’italiana The newly re-opened cinema museum in Brussels screens this Vittorio De Sica film, in which Sophia Loren plays prostitute-turned-mistress to the philandering Marcello Mastroianni. She eventually tricks him into marrying her by pretending to be dying and then reveals that she’s had three children in secret – one is his, but she won’t tell him which one. Happy Valentine’s Day! www.cinematek.be Â

6 Day of the DKO This fantastic organisation, Deeltijds Kunstonderwijs (Part-time Arts Education), or simply the DKO, offers music, dance, theatre and visual arts classes to kids across Flanders. On Saturday, it opens its doors to the public for a variety of performances by children. www.deeltijdskunstonderwijs.be Â

7 Rare Vogels The town of Herentals in Antwerp province stages theatre acts good for the whole family in public places on Saturday. Called Rare Vogels (Rare Birds), it includes “Artistic Housewives”, in which a housewife proves she does not have to leave her kitchen to create art. www.herentals.be Â

8 Frank Lalou and Tina Bosi This artist and dancer offer a performance in Brussels’ Hallepoort, wherein they create love poems in calligraphy in more than 100 languages. Okay, this might be a little too Valentine-y, but it sounds cool nonetheless. We probably shouldn’t even mention this, but it’s part of a programme with the very un-alternative name Brussels in Love, which also includes a free tour of the Heart Museum at the Royal Museum of Art and History. Whatever. www.kmkg.beÂ

9 Saint-Amour You never need a reason to enjoy a good lit evening, and this is one of the best Flanders has to offer. Combining prose, poetry and music, it boasts some of the finest names in word-art today. Hosted by Behoud de Begeerte (Sustain the Desire), a literary organisation that celebrates 25 years of existence on 14 February, the event in both Antwerp and Brussels features Benelux-based authors, plus American/German Irene Dische, French author Claire Castillon and the prestigious Huelgas Ensemble. www.toneelhuis.be Â

10 Whisper Music This concert of ultra-cool, minimalist music presented by the Netherlands’ Nieuw Ensemble is part of the Bruges Concertgebouw’s intriguing Shhht!!! Festival. Classical music has always flirted with silence, and the attraction has never been greater than in the last few decades, when Salvatore Sciarrino and Helmut Lachenmann, to name but two, have produced works of stupendous depth and beauty that often verge on the inaudible. Both composers are featured here, alongside others. If the titles on the programme are anything to go by (“Motionless Water”, “Luminescenza”, “Unsounds for Ensemble”), you’re in for an evening of extraordinarily quiet seduction. www.concertgebouw.be