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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... |
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Nobel Peace Center |
Nobel Peace Center (Nobels Fredssenter) is a showcase for the Nobel Peace Prize and the ideals it represents. The Center is also an arena where culture and politics merge to promote involvement, debate and reflection around topics such as war, peace and conflict resolution. The Center presents the N... |
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Da Vinci Research Park |
The Da Vinci Research Park is a science park located on a former airfield in Evere nearby Brussels Airport in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium and it is being managed by the Brussels Regional Investment Company.
The research park provides a business incubator for spin-offs of universities and... |
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Karl Johans gate |
Karl Johans gate is the main street of the city of Oslo, Norway. The street was named in honor of King Charles III John, who was also King of Sweden as Charles XIV John.
Karl Johans gate is a composite of several older streets that used to be separate thoroughfares. The eastern section was part of ... |
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Law Courts of Brussels |
The Law Courts of Brussels or Brussels Palace of Justice (French: Palais de Justice, Dutch: Justitiepaleis) is the most important Court building in Belgium, and is a notable landmark of Brussels. It was built between 1866 and 1883 in the eclectic style by architect Joseph Poelaert. The total cost of... |
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Charlemagne building |
The Charlemagne building is a high-rise in the European Quarter of Brussels (Belgium), which houses the Directorate-General for Trade and the Directorate General for Enlargement of the European Commission.
The building has 3 wings and 15 floors. It is located at 170 Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat, in the ... |
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Ixelles Ponds |
The Ixelles Ponds (in French: Étangs d'Ixelles, in Dutch: Vijvers van Elsene) are two freshwater ponds in the Brussels municipality of Ixelles. The ponds we can see today are those spared by a 19th-century campaign of drying the wetlands of the Maalbeek valley between the Abbey of La Cambre and Flag... |
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National Theatre in Oslo |
The National Theatre in Oslo (Nationaltheatret) is one of Norway 's largest and most prominent venues for performance of dramatic arts.
The theatre had its first performance on 1 September 1899 but can trace its origins to Christiania Theatre, which was founded in 1829. There were three official op... |
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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 ... |
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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... |
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