#1 of 30 Things To Do in Brussels
Anderlecht
Brussels
~0.63 miles from Brussels city center
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#2 of 30 Things To Do in Brussels
Place du Jeu de Balle
Sint-Jans-Molenbeek
~0.84 miles from Brussels city center
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#3 of 30 Things To Do in Brussels
Law Courts of Brussels
Brussels
~1.09 miles from Brussels city center
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#4 of 30 Things To Do in Brussels
Horta Museum
Brussels
~1.18 miles from Brussels city center
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#5 of 30 Things To Do in Brussels
Notre Dame da la Chapelle
Brussels
~1.20 miles from Brussels city center
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#6 of 30 Things To Do in Brussels
Sablon District (Neighborhood)
Brussels
~1.32 miles from Brussels city center
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#7 of 30 Things To Do in Brussels
Astrid Park
Sint-Jans-Molenbeek
~1.32 miles from Brussels city center
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in Brussels
Place du Grand Sablon
Brussels
~1.33 miles from Brussels city center
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#9 of 30 Things To Do in Brussels
Notre Dame du Sablon
Brussels
~1.33 miles from Brussels city center
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in Brussels
Place du Petit Sablon
Brussels
~1.34 miles from Brussels city center
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#11 of 30 Things To Do in Brussels
Ixelles
Sint-Gillis
~1.36 miles from Brussels city center
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in Brussels
Jacques Brel Foundation
Sainte-Catherine
~1.38 miles from Brussels city center
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in Brussels
Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
Sint-Jans-Molenbeek
~1.41 miles from Brussels city center
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Constant Vanden Stock Stadium (French: Stade Constant Vanden Stock, Dutch: Constant Vanden Stockstadion) is a football stadium in the municipality of Anderlecht, Brussels. It is home to R.S.C. Anderlecht.
It is in 1917 that Anderlecht installed on the border of Parc du Meir / Meirpark (later Astrid Park), in a new stadium they built (with only one stand made of wood). They called it Émile Versé Stadium in the name of a generous patron. Later, concrete stands were set up. Though, in 1983, the stadium was completely rebuilt and took the name of the president Constant Vanden Stock. Its capacity was decreased to 28,063 (1,583 of which in business seats and 406 in V.I.P. boxes). There are still standup places behind the two goals but during European competitions, the stadium is all-seated (decreasing capacity).
The stadium address is Avenue Théo Verbeecklaan 2, B-1070 Anderlecht. It is located near Saint-Guidon / Sint-Guido metro station. Rival supporters must stop at Aumale for UEFA Champions League matches (due to security measures).
The stadium hosts a one-star restaurant (Le Saint-Guidon) and a cafeteria, as well as the official club fanshop.
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#14 of 30 Things To Do in Brussels
Arcade De Guimard
Brussels
~1.48 miles from Brussels city center
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#15 of 30 Things To Do in Brussels
La Grande Place (Grote Markt)
Brussels
~1.49 miles from Brussels city center
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in Brussels
Brussels City Hall (Hotel de Ville)
Sainte-Catherine
~1.50 miles from Brussels city center
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The Town Hall (French: Hôtel de Ville, Dutch: Stadhuis (help·info)) of City of Brussels is a Gothic building from the Middle Ages. It is located in the middle of the famous Grand Place in Brussels, Belgium.
The oldest part of the present Town Hall is its east wing (to the left, when facing the front). This wing, together with a small belfry, was built from 1402 to 1420 under direction of Jacob van Thienen, and future additions were not originally foreseen. However, the admission of the craft guilds into the traditionally patrician city government probably spurred interest in expanding the building. A second, shorter wing was completed within five years of Charles the Bold laying its first stone in 1444. The right wing was built by Guillaume (Willem) de Voghel who in 1452 also built the Magna Aula.
The 96 meter (310 ft) high tower in Brabantine Gothic style emerged from the plans of Jan van Ruysbroek, the court architect of Philip the Good. By 1455 this tower had replaced the older belfry. Above the roof of the Town Hall, the square tower body narrows to a lavishly pinnacled octagonal openwork. Atop the spire stands a 5-meter-high gilt metal statue of the archangel Michael, patron saint of Brussels, slaying a dragon or devil. The tower, its front archway and the main building facade are conspicuously off-center relative to one another. According to legend, the architect upon discovering this "error" leapt to his death from the tower. More likely, the asymmetry of the Town Hall was an accepted consequence of the scattered construction history and space constraints.
The facade is decorated with numerous statues representing nobles, saints, and allegorical figures. The present sculptures are reproductions; the older ones are in the city museum in the "King's House" across the Grand Place.
After the bombardment of Brussels in 1695 by a French army under the Duke of Villeroi, the resulting fire completely gutted the Town Hall, destroying the archives and the art collections. The interior was soon rebuilt, and the addition of two rear wings transformed the L-shaped building into its present configuration: a quadrilateral with an inner courtyard completed by Corneille Van Nerven in 1712. The Gothic interior was revised by Victor Jamar in 1868 in the style of his mentor Viollet-le-Duc. The halls have been replenished with tapestries, paintings, and sculptures, largely representing subjects of importance in local and regional history.
The Town Hall accommodated not only the municipal authorities of the city, but until 1795 also the States of Brabant. From 1830, a provisional government assembled here during the Belgian Revolution.
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#17 of 30 Things To Do in Brussels
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Brussels
~1.51 miles from Brussels city center
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#18 of 30 Things To Do in Brussels
Mont des Arts
Brussels
~1.51 miles from Brussels city center
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#19 of 30 Things To Do in Brussels
Bourse
Sainte-Catherine
~1.52 miles from Brussels city center
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The Brussels Stock Exchange (BSE) (French: Bourse de Bruxelles, Dutch: Beurs van Brussel) was founded in Brussels, Belgium by Napoleonic decree in 1801. On September 22, 2000, the BSE merged with Paris Bourse, Lisbon Stock Exchange and the stock exchanges of Amsterdam, to form Euronext N.V., the first pan-European exchange for equities and derivatives, with common trading and clearing of all products, and was renamed Euronext Brussels. The most well known index on the Brussels Stock Exchange is the BEL20.
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#20 of 30 Things To Do in Brussels
Museum of Musical Instruments Old England Building
Brussels
~1.54 miles from Brussels city center
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#21 of 30 Things To Do in Brussels
Palais des Congres
Brussels
~1.54 miles from Brussels city center
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in Brussels
Place Royale
Brussels
~1.54 miles from Brussels city center
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#23 of 30 Things To Do in Brussels
Galeries St. Hubert
Sainte-Catherine
~1.58 miles from Brussels city center
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#24 of 30 Things To Do in Brussels
City Centre Brussels
Brussels
~1.61 miles from Brussels city center
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in Brussels
Bellevue Museum
Brussels
~1.62 miles from Brussels city center
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The BELvue Museum in Brussels, Belgium, is a museum about the national history of Belgium. Exhibitions divided over twelve rooms explore the major periods in Belgium's history, such as the Belgian Revolution, the country in World War I and in World War II. Exhibitions in the hallways discuss the various monarchs of Belgium.
The museum is located in the Bellevue Hotel, a luxury hotel built in the 18th century. It is on top of the Coudenberg and offers an entrance to the archaeological excavations beneath.
In 1977, the hotel became a museum and was totally transformed for this new function. The Royal Museums of Art and History shows some of the collections of furniture and porcelain of 1700. The "Dynasty's Museum" will be installed at the second floor, in 1992.
After the Royal Museums of Art and History's departure in the 1998, the Hotel allows the "King Baudouin Memorial" and an atrium and a big glass window, with view on the royal palace’s park, were constructed.
In 2000 the access for the underground, and so to the archaeological vestiges of the old Coudenberg Palace, are realized after different archaeological excavation realized in different steps; the last one of these was in meantime of the survey by Royal Archeological Society of Brussels in collaboration with the Université libre de Bruxelles. The "Dynasty's Museum" and "King Baudouin Memorial" are lodged until December 2004.
For the 175 anniversary of independence, the King Baudouin Foundation decide to take care about the transformation of the hotel, in a new museum dedicated to history of Belgium.
After a totally reorganization, the "BELvue Museum" opened its doors in July 2005. Twelve room are dedicated to the most important period of the Belgium's history. These one are documented by different originals historical documents, and audiovisual testimonials.
In this way any visitor can discover the country's history through the different documents. There are three levels of reading, that can help to go from a general context, to the most important moments necessary to understand the Belgium's reality of today, as the fight for Universal Suffrage, the World Wars, and the royal case the "golden sixties" or the recent State reforms.
In the meantime of this exhibition, a continual trail will show the reign of each of Belgium's Kings, through different Royal family's artistic opera.
The Bellevue Museum is managed by the "Fonds BELvue", created by the King Baudouin Foundation.
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#26 of 30 Things To Do in Brussels
Mannekin Pis
Brussels
~1.64 miles from Brussels city center
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http://www.manneken-pis.com/intro.html
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#27 of 30 Things To Do in Brussels
Metro Station
Brussels
~1.66 miles from Brussels city center
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#28 of 30 Things To Do in Brussels
Tenbosch
Ukkel
~1.67 miles from Brussels city center
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#29 of 30 Things To Do in Brussels
Royal Palace of Brussels
Brussels
~1.70 miles from Brussels city center
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#30 of 30 Things To Do in Brussels
Cathedrale St. Michel
Sainte-Catherine
~1.77 miles from Brussels city center
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The St. Michael and Gudula Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Michel or Sint-Michiels Kathedraal) in Brussels is named for the patron saints of Belgium and is the primary church of the country.
History
After the Cathedral of St. Michael was completed circa 1047, the Duke of Brabant transferred the relics of Saint Gudula here. Very little is known about this daughter of a 7th-century Carolingian nobleman, but her relics are still sheltered in the cathedral.
In the 13th century, the cathedral was renovated in the Gothic style. The choir was constructed between 1226 and 1276. The facade was completed in the mid 15th century.
Today, the Cathedral of St. Michael and Gudula is the episcopal see of the Archbishop of Mechlin-Brussels and therefore the leading Catholic church in Belgium. All royal weddings and christenings take place here.
What to See
Perhaps the most outstanding feature of the interior are the stained glass windows, designed by various artists. Those by Bernard van Orley, a 16th-century court painter, are the most spectacular.
The window of The Last Judgment, at the bottom of the nave, is illuminated from within in the evening.
The remains of an earlier, 11th-century Romanesque church that was on the site can be glimpsed through glass apertures set into the floor.
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