Brussels - information about the city
– in the European Union ( brown & light brown ) – in Belgium ( brown )
Brussels - tourist attractions
![]() |
Belgian Comic Strip Center | The Belgian Comic Strip Center (Dutch: Belgisch Centrum voor het Beeldverhaal; French: Centre belge de la Bande dessinée ) chronicles the history of Belgian comics. Housed in a former department store in Brussels ' business district, it exhibits examples of comic strips in French, Dutch and English.... |
![]() |
![]() |
Hôtel Tassel | The Hotel Tassel (French: Hôtel Tassel; Dutch: Hotel Tassel) is a townhouse built by Victor Horta in Brussels for the Belgian scientist and professor Emile Tassel in 1893-1894. It is generally considered as the first ever truely Art Nouveau building, because of its highly innovative plan and its gro... |
![]() |
![]() |
Horta Museum | The Horta Museum (French: Musée Horta; Dutch: Hortamuseum) is a museum dedicated to the life and work of the Belgian Art Nouveau architect Victor Horta and his time. The museum is housed in Horta's former house and atelier, Maison & Atelier Horta (1898), in the Brussels municipality of Saint-Gilles.... |
![]() |
![]() |
Stoclet Palace | The Stoclet Palace (French: Palais Stoclet; Dutch: Stocletpaleis) is a private mansion built by architect Josef Hoffmann between 1905 and 1911 in Brussels, Belgium, for a banker and art lover Adolphe Stoclet. Considered Hoffmann's masterpiece, the Stoclet's house is one of the most refined and luxur... |
![]() |
![]() |
Royal Castle of Laeken | The Royal Castle of Laeken (French: Château de Laeken; Dutch: Kasteel van Laken) is the official residence of the King of the Belgians. The castle was built at Laeken between 1782-1784 after the plans of the French architect Charles de Wailly under supervision of Louis Montoyer as a summer residenc... |
![]() |
![]() |
Leopold Park | Parc Léopold (French) or Leopoldspark (Dutch) is a public park located within the Leopold Quarter (European Quarter) of Brussels, adjacent to the Paul-Henri Spaak building, the seat of the European Parliament. The 10-hectare (25 acre) park was opened to the public in 1880 after the unpopular Royal ... |
![]() |
![]() |
Cinquantenaire | Parc du Cinquantenaire (French for "Park of the Fiftieth Anniversary") or Jubelpark (Dutch for "Jubilee Park") is a large public, urban park (30 hectares) in the easternmost part of the European Quarter in Brussels, Belgium. Most buildings of the U-shaped complex which dominate the park were commis... |
![]() |
![]() |
Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and of Military History | The Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History (French: Musée Royal de l’Armée et d’Histoire Militaire; Flemish: Koninklijk Museum van het Leger en de Krijgsgeschiedenis) is a museum that occupies the two northernmost halls of the historic complex in Cinquantenaire Park in Brussels, Belgi... |
![]() |
![]() |
Halle Gate | The Halle Gate (French: Porte de Hal; Dutch: Hallepoort) is a medieval fortified city gate of the second walls of Brussels. Built in 1381, Halle Gate is a 14th century city gate from the second set of defensive walls that enclosed Brussels. The gate was named for the city of Halle (French: Hal) in ... |
![]() |
![]() |
Atomium | The Atomium is a monument in Brussels, originally built for Expo '58, the 1958 Brussels World's Fair. Designed by André Waterkeyn, it stands 102 metres (335 ft) tall. It has nine steel spheres connected so that the whole forms the shape of a unit cell of an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times.... |
![]() |
Relevant data
Geographical coordinates:
50.8333, 4.3333
Approximate population: 1,125,728
Approximate population: 1,125,728
The oldest constructions
- Halle Gate (? - 1381, ?)
- Manneken Pis (1388 - 1619, ?)
- Royal Castle of Laeken (1782 - ?, ?)
- Royal Palace of Brussels (1783 - 1934, ?)
- De Munt / La Monnaie (1818 - ?, ?)
The highest points
- Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Brussels (89 m.)
- Manneken Pis (0.61 m.)
The longest objects
- Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Brussels (164.5 m.)
Most active architects
- Victor Horta (4)
- Alphonse Balat (2)
- Louis Montoyer (1)
- Helmut Jahn (1)
- Charles-Louis Girault (1)
Famous architects born in the city
Famous architects who died in the city
- Victor Horta (6)