"Brussels - Capital of Europe" a Brussels Travel Page by SnoopySue

Bruxelles is a multi-cultural and multi-lingual city at the very heart of Europe. Indeed, it claims with some justification to be the ‘Capital of Europe’. It as also the Belgium's largest urban agglomeration. It consists of 19 communes, or municipalities, each with a large measure of administrative autonomy. Officially, as the Belgian capital, the city is strictly bilingual, and in all spheres of public life Dutch and French are used side by side. It is the administrative, commercial, and financial heart of Belgium, and all services and institutions of national importance are based in the city. Brussels is, in addition, a major European tourist and cultural attraction, functioning simultaneously as regional metropolis, national capital, and international centre.