diff --git a/test/triqs/gf/block.cpp b/test/triqs/gf/block.cpp
index a5f2b2dd..9ac6643a 100644
--- a/test/triqs/gf/block.cpp
+++ b/test/triqs/gf/block.cpp
@@ -75,4 +75,7 @@ int main() {
  //TEST( g0("3.2") ) ;
  //TEST( GF(0)(0) ) ;
 
+ // try the loop over the block.
+ for (auto g : GF) { g.on_mesh(0) = 20;}
+
 }
diff --git a/triqs/gf/block.hpp b/triqs/gf/block.hpp
index 16c0040b..2889bf23 100644
--- a/triqs/gf/block.hpp
+++ b/triqs/gf/block.hpp
@@ -131,6 +131,34 @@ namespace triqs { namespace gf {
  template<typename Target,  typename ... U>
   gf<block_index, gf<Target>> make_block_gf(U && ...u) { return gf_implementation::factories<block_index,gf<Target>,void>::make_gf(std::forward<U>(u)...);}
 
+ // also experimental
+ // an iterator over the block
+  template<typename Target, typename Opt>
+  class block_gf_iterator : 
+   public boost::iterator_facade< block_gf_iterator<Target,Opt>, typename Target::view_type , boost::forward_traversal_tag, typename Target::view_type  > {
+    friend class boost::iterator_core_access;
+    typedef gf_view<block_index,Target,Opt> big_gf_t;
+    typedef typename big_gf_t::mesh_t::iterator mesh_iterator_t;
+    big_gf_t big_gf;
+    mesh_iterator_t mesh_it;
+
+    typename Target::view_type const & dereference() const { return big_gf(*mesh_it);}
+    bool equal(block_gf_iterator const & other) const { return ((mesh_it == other.mesh_it));}
+    public:
+    block_gf_iterator(gf_view<block_index,Target,Opt> bgf, bool at_end = false): big_gf(std::move(bgf)), mesh_it(&big_gf.mesh(),at_end) {}
+    void increment() { ++mesh_it; }
+    bool at_end() const { return mesh_it.at_end();}
+   };
+ 
+  template<typename Target, typename Opt, bool B>
+  block_gf_iterator<Target,Opt> begin(gf_impl<block_index,Target,Opt,B> const & bgf) { return {bgf,false};}
+  
+  template<typename Target, typename Opt, bool B>
+  block_gf_iterator<Target,Opt> end(gf_impl<block_index,Target,Opt,B> const & bgf) { return {bgf,true};}
+
+
+
+
 }}
 #endif
 
diff --git a/triqs/gf/meshes/mesh_tools.hpp b/triqs/gf/meshes/mesh_tools.hpp
index 2a9cabaf..995c0c29 100644
--- a/triqs/gf/meshes/mesh_tools.hpp
+++ b/triqs/gf/meshes/mesh_tools.hpp
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ namespace triqs { namespace gf {
     size_t u;
     typename MeshType::mesh_point_t pt;
     typename MeshType::mesh_point_t const & dereference() const { return pt;}
-    bool equal(mesh_pt_generator const & other) const { return ((mesh == other.mesh) && (other.u==u) );}
+    bool equal(mesh_pt_generator const & other) const { return ((other.u==u) );}
+    // do NOT check = of mesh, otherwise e.g. block iterator does not work (infinite loop...)
+    //bool equal(mesh_pt_generator const & other) const { return ((mesh == other.mesh) && (other.u==u) );}
     public:
     mesh_pt_generator( MeshType const * m=NULL, bool atEnd = false): mesh(m), u(atEnd ? m->size(): 0), pt((*m)[typename MeshType::index_t()]) {}
     void increment() { ++u; pt.advance(); }