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City Guide : Brussels

The city of choice for Eurocrats, Brussels is sumptuous, historic and luxuriously cosy. With artistry richer than chocolate, architecture as graceful as its cuisine and diversity frothier than the beer, Brussels is an heirloom of northern culture at its best.
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Languedoc-Roussillon to open showroom in London
Scheduled to open 18 June in Cavendish Square, La Maison du Languedoc-Roussillon will operate separately from France's national tourist offices in the UK. Half of the 70 square meter showroom, which features dedicated tasting areas, meeting and ...
BA to launch subsidiary for 'open skies' flights from Europe
British Airways (BA) announced plans Wednesday to launch its own subsidiary airline offering luxury-seat flights to the US from Paris and Brussels under the new EU-US "open skies" deal. The airline, to be called OpenSkies, will start in June with ...
Jet Airways to launch Daily flight from Chennai to Toronto and New York
India's Jet Airways launches a daily flight from Chennai to Toronto and New York via Brussels, on December 6, 2007. At Brussels, flights will be synchronized in order to provide passengers seamless transfer between Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai to ...
Eurostar now operates from London's St Pancras International
Last week, Eurostar, the high-speed train service between the UK and the Continent, said goodbye to Waterloo International after exactly 13 years of operations. Eurostar has moved to its new London home at the beautifully restored St Pancras ...
Brussels City Tour
Book this walking and coach tour incorporating all the main sights of Brussels to see the Grand Place, world famous Market Square, and the heart of medieval Brussels with its incomparable City Hall and precious Guild Houses. Discover the art-nouveau ...
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Brussels City Tour
Book this walking and coach tour incorporating all the main sights of Brussels! See the Grand Place, world famous Market Square, and the heart of medieval Brussels with its incomparable City Hall and precious Guild Houses. Discover the art-nouveau houses, Chinese Pavilion and the Parliament. Also visit a workshop to learn about the famous vintage craft of Brussels lace
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Vendome Hotel is situated in the business centre of Brussels, in a neighbourhood rich of architectural heritage. The hotel is close to many attractions including World Trade Center, Grand Place and Botanical Gardens. The onsite Brasserie Vendome serves you authentic Belgian cuisine as well as traditional French dishes..
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What makes Brussels special? Great seafood in great restaurants, the smell of hot waffles on a cold winter's day, cafes and pubs that never close, the cosmopolitan but neighbourly feel, forests practically on the doorstep, pheasant and truffles in autumn, comic strips, designer shops...

The city's character largely mirrors that of Belgium: confident but modest, and rarely striving to impress. For visitors, it's full of delights - Grand Place, mussels with chips, pralines, uncrowded museums, intimate hotels, Art Nouveau, Horta, Tintin and unbelievable beers.

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).

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 sings 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.

The same variety and contrast can also be found in the different architectural styles that can be found in Brussels, the former capital of the medieval Duchy of Brabant. 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.

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.

Orientation

Central Brussels is divided into two main areas, the Lower and Upper Towns. The Lower Town comprises the medieval city centre, built around the imposing Grand Place, a former market square. The area is easy to get around on foot, its cobbled streets leading to popular quarters such as Ilôt Sacré, Ste Catherine, St Géry and Marolles.

The Upper Town, to the southeast, has a vastly different atmosphere. The traditional base of Brussels' French-speaking elite, it's home to wide boulevards, major museums, chic shopping areas around Sablon and Ave Louise, and monumental buildings including the Belgian parliament.

Most of Brussels proper is surrounded by a motorway - the Petit Ring - but there are interesting sites beyond the centre. The glass-and-steel EU quarter is bordered by the trendy Ixelles district, known for its many Art Nouveau buildings. To the north, the Domaine Royale is the residence of Belgium's royal family.

 
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