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Brussels Travel Guide: 5,566 reviews and 11,827 photos
The heart of Brussels and the place to start getting to know the city is the Grand'Place (Grote Markt). This historic market square with its splendid guild houses and the impressive Gothic beauty of the Town Hall, is widely considered to be one of the most beautiful town squares in Europe.
A city of great architecture. Gothic cathedrals and churches are next to - and sometimes in stark contrast with - gracious classical facades like the buildings around the Royal Square (Place Royale - Koningsplein), or beautiful art nouveau and art deco houses.
Brussels is the bilingual capital of Belgium. This means that both French and Dutch are the official languages of the city. Street names and traffic signs are always in these two languages. Furthermore, it is a cosmopolitan city where many different cultures live together and where different languages can be heard on each street. This liveliness and international flair is, of course, intimately related to its role as a crossroads for all of Europe
Brussels is more than a 1000 years old. Today the name Brussels stands for an agglomeration of 19 communes forming one of the three Regions of the federal Belgian state; the capital of the Kingdom of Belgium; the headquarters of the French and Flemish Communities. Brussels also has an important international vocation : as the European capital the city is home to the European Commission and to the Council of ministers of the European Union (EU).
- Pros:Great architecture, good beer :)
- Cons:a quiet city.. if you want to consider that as a con :)
- In a nutshell:Has a hard time competing with Amsterdam or paris etc but a great city to visit
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Comments (7)
Agreed that the City Hall shot is excellent! Was lucky enough to spend an evening there around a year and a half ago and would love to go back!
Irisbe and Norali are right - This X-mas city hall picture is super.Greets from Belgium.
yes and the picture of the Xmas city hall came out soooo beautiful! Mine are not that sharp.
Lovely! Hope you'll be adding more!
just checking . . . love these night shots!
was longing for a pic of the City hall in Xmas period.. and a guy thousand miles away has it... :))
dum dee dum dum deee...............