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The best places to visit in Brussels, Belgium (Belgium - Destinations)

The Royal Palace The Royal Palace
  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 houses the Belgian Federal Parliament is located across...
Manneken Pis Manneken Pis
  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 picture of it and not others.  &nb...
Horta Museum Horta Museum
  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 Europe, and especially in Brussels between 1893 and ...

The best places to visit in Bruges, Belgium (Belgium - Destinations)

Gruuthuse Museum Gruuthuse Museum
  Gruuthuse Museum is the largest complex of museums in Bruges and is located in the house which belonged to Van Gruuthuse Brugghe-van der Aa. Gruut represent a mixture of flavors from which he used to make beer. Present collections of art and antiquities have been started in 1865 by the Archaeological Society in 1955 and Burges, Bruges city council won a collection and expanded.      Sculptural art - the collection consists of objects of different materials: wood (crucifixes, altars, fragm...
Historical Centre of Bruges Historical Centre of Bruges
  Bruges City Centre is part of UNESCO heritage. Historical city center has been carefully built since the Middle Ages and is remarkably preserved today. The city can tell their own story through all the monuments, churches, historic buildings and markets. Bruges site is an example of medieval settlement, which has preserved original buildings of centuries, and Gothic buildings are part of the city identity. As one of the commercial and cultural capitals of Europe, Brugge developed cultural links site with different cities around t...
Basilica of the Holy Blood Basilica of the Holy Blood
  Church of the Holy Blood has a remnant of the holy blood of Jesus Christ. Legend says that after the crucifixion, St. Joseph of Arimathea, wiped the blood and body Savior kept his clothes. These clothes have left the Holy Land until the Second Crusade, when King of Jerusalem, Baldwin III, and gave the brother or the Count of Flanders, Diederik van de Elzas. Count Saviour brought clothes with blood on 7 April 1150 and placed her in a chapel he built a square Burg.     Holy Blood Church consists...