The best places to visit in Brussels, Belgium -> Destinations

  Royal Palace of Brussels is an official royal residence located in the center of the capital of Belgium. Although in the past was used as residence by many kings, today is rarely used by the Belgian royal family who lives in the Royal Castle of Laeken located on the outskirts of Brussels. Royal Palace is located in front of the beautiful Parc Brussels and a market very long even called the Place des Palais or Palace Paleizenplein that separates the park. Nation Palace, which house...

  On the street called Rue de l'oven / Stoofstraat the Rue du Chene / Eikstraat in the old heart is found one of the strangest sights in Brussels. It is a statue of a naked boy to pee in a fountain, known as the Manneken Pis.      Nobody knows exactly when and why this all too impressive statue became so famous. There are thousands of similar fountains and statues scattered throughout Europe, yet thousands of tourists are rushing to make a p...

  Horta Museum in Brussels is not a traditional museum, in the true sense - a building where objects exposed to attract attention. Horta Museum is a little backwards: it is the museum building itself. Horta Museum was actually the house that Victor Horta built it for himself in late 1890. It is an excellent example of architectural style that made Horta one of Belgium's most respected architects.      Art Nouveau style was very popular in Eu...

  Palais de Justice is the Supreme Court of Belgium. It is situated in a beautiful area of town, cariterul Saint Gilles, the end of the street called the Avenue Louise. Location enables some stunning panoramic views over the city in the valley. The building provides a view similar to that which can be seen from a high tower guard. This monumental palace project was not welcomed by everyone, is very controversial.      With over 20,000 square...

  "One of the most beautiful squares in Europe, if not the world." This is the sentence most often heard when the tourists who visit the city of Brussels are asked to describe the city's central square. French speakers refer to it calling it the "Grand Place", while in Dutch is called "the Grote Markt. Tourists today are not the only admire the beauty of this location in Brussels. Archduchess Isabella, daughter of Philip II of Spain wrote about this market d...

  Atomium is located near Mini-Europe Park (park which has buildings minatura of some tourist attractions across Europe at a scale of 1:25), near King Baudouin Stadium. Is a structure that represents a unit of a crystal of iron. The attractions of Brussels has nine steel spheres (originally were made of aluminum) linked together by tunnels, along the 12 edges of the cube. Intraga structure has a height of 102 meters and 18 meters in diameter spheres. Its stability is ensured by thre...

  This church is located at the boundary between Treurenberg hill town at the bottom and top. Since the early 11th century there was a church here. In 1047, Duke of Brabant, Lambert II, ordered that the relics of Saint Gudula to be moved from St Gorik in downtown Brussels to the new church on the hill Treurenberg. Since then St Michael and St Gudula acquired a greater importance than any other church, Brussels.      Due to the increasing imp...

  When you enter the Grand Place on one of the seven streets converge here, the eyes of tourists are attracted invariably Belgian capital of Brussels Hall Gothic tower that seemed to aim for the sky. Since it was built until today, "Hotel de Ville" or "Stadhuis" is considered one of the most beautiful halls in the Netherlands.      Building construction was the growing power of Brussels as capital of the Duchy of Brabant....