Autoworld

Autoworld opens its doors and invites you to discover the automotive history through a unique and outstanding collection : more than 300 vehicles, of all origins.

Horse-drawn coaches, two-doors sport sedan from back in the Fifties, dream limos, popular cars… And let us not forget the Motorcycles and the Commercial vehicles!

A must for people who love old-timers. Open from 10am until 5pm (closed on Mondays) (November -March) From 10am until 6pm (closed on Mondays) (April - October)

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address:	Jubelpark/ Parc du Cinquantenaire 11
tel:	02 736 41 65
url:	www.autoworld.be
openings:	until 5pm (closed on Mondays) (November -March) From 10am until 6pm (closed on Mondays) (April - October)

Zavel District

This antiques district of Brussels, with the Gothic Zavelkerk and leading to the Kapellekerk, where Pieter Bruegel is buried. The painter lived and worked in the Marolles, the Brussel working-class district par excellence, with the Vossenplein at its heart, where a daily bric-a-brac, antique and flea market takes place. The Marolles district is dominated by the imposing Palace of Justice, which is also the largest public building in Europe. In the centre of this excellent antique district, you’ll find Brussels most fashionable neighbourhood, the Grand Sablon Square.

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Royal Museum of the Army and Military History

Open from 9am till 12am and from 1pm till 4:30pm (closed on Mondays). Entrance to the huge exhibition of military airplanes is free.

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address:	Jubelpark/ Parc du Cinquantenaire 3
tel:	02 737 79 07

Musical Instrument Museum

The Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) exhibits a large collection of musical instruments. It also offers a large diversity of activities and a hands on approach for children visiting the museum. The MIM is in the Old England Building, one of the nicest Art Nouveau buildings in Brussels. The nice cafeteria has a panoramic view over Brussels and is open for the public without entrance fee.

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email:	info@mim.fgov.be
address:	Rue Montagne de la Cour 2, 1000 Brussels
openings:	Tuesday to Thursday 9h30 à 17h; Saturday and Sunday 10h à 17h
tel:	+32 / (0)2 / 545.01.30
url:	www.mim.fgov.be

Palais Royal

type:	Historical Buidlings
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address:	Place des Palais
tel:	+322 551 2020

Grand Place

Grote markt-Grand place
photo by: Dr.Murali Mohan Gurram

The most famous and finest square in the Lower Town area. After a bombardment in 1695, the city hall was the only building that remained standing. The guild houses have their own specific frontage but they are all in complete harmony with each other.

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The Belgian Centre for Comic Strip Art

The history of comic strip art presented in a marvellous building. Nearby, in the Zandstraat, you will find the National Comic Strip Centre, better known as the Strip Museum. In this typical Art Nouveau house, you can see the work of over a hundred Belgian cartoon strip artists. Opening hours from 10am to 6pm.

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address:	Zandstraat / Rue des Sables 20
tel:	02 219 19 80

Grote Markt District (Lower Area)

At the heart of the city, this is where you’ll find the finest square and some of the finest buildings in Brussels. On the square is the 16th-century Maison du Roi (Broodhuis) now known as the Manneken-Pis Museum named for the country’s small 17th-century bronze statue of a boy relieving himself in the classic fountain pose. The Manneken-Pis Fountain itself is regarded by the Belgians with the reverence usually reserved for religious icons—there are some 100 outfits for the statue on display at the museum and there is considerable ceremony attached to changing the boy’s more..

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Cinquantenaire and European district

The headquarters of the European Commission and the European Council of Ministers is near the Schuman roundabout. The European Parliament is in the Leopoldwijk area.

The Triumphal Arch dominates the Cinquantenaire Park with the Royal Museum of Art and History, the Army Museum and Autoworld, the largest museum of old cars in the world. For the Museum of Natural Sciences, the most modern of its kind, you should go to the Waversesteenweg.

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City Museum

The Museum of the City of Brussel is housed in the Broodhuis. You can admire early paintings by Breugel, as well as the entire wardrobe of Manneken Pis, Brussels' most famous citizen. In the Stoofstraat behind the city hall, you will find the statue of the little rascal, who has been pissing here since 1691. Open Monday to Thursday (April to October) from 10am till 12.30pm and from 1.30pm till 5pm. Monday to Thursday (Nov. to March ) till 4pm. Weekends from 10am till 1pm.

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address:	Grote Markt/ Grand'Place
tel:	02 279 43 50

Museum of Modern Art

This section houses works of art from the end of the 18th century up to the modern period: paintings, sculptures and drawings. It represents the logical continuation of the artistic evolution which starts in the Museum of Ancient Art. This particularity of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium contributes to their originality.

The collections from the 19th century are exhibited in the neoclassical building overlooking the place Royale (entrance to the Museum of Modern Art). The paintings and sculptures on display are arranged on a thematic and chronological basis and are more..

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address:	Koningsplein/ Place Royale 1-2
tel:	02 508 32 11
email:	info@fine-arts-museum.be
url:	www.fine-arts-museum.be
openings:	from 10h00 to 17h00

The Museum of Art and History

Open from 9.30 am until 17 pm (closed on Mondays) From 10 am until 17 pm on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.

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address:	Jubelpark/ Parc du Cinquantenaire 10
tel:	02 534 15 18

Museum of Ancient Art

Together with the Museum of Modern Art, this museum makes the nearly all comprising Museum of Fine Arts.

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address:	Regentschapsstraat/ Rue de la Régence 3

The Horta Museum

Open from 2pm to 5.30pm (closed on Mondays and holidays).

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address:	Amerikaanse Straat/ Rue Américaine 23-25
tel:	02 537 16 92

City Hall

The City Hall is probably the finest building in Brussels. You can visit several exhibitions on Brussels glorious past in the sumptuous rooms.

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address:	Oude Markt

Notre Dame du Sablon

type:	Religious Buildings
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address:	Rue de la Regence

The Martelaarsplein

The Martelaarsplein dates from the 18th century. A number of symmetrical buildings, recently restored, give this square a unique appearance. Behind one of the fine facades is the headquarters of the Flemish government.

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Manneken Pis

Manneken Pis is Brussels' answer to the Statue of Liberty. The statue is smaller than you might expect.

A legend says that a man had lost his little son. He found the child after two days near the place where now the fountain of manneken-pis can be seen. When the father spotted his child, the latter was peeing. As a token of gratitude the father had the fountain with a statue of a peeing boy constructed.

Location: On the corner of Stoofstraat/Rue de L'Etuve and the Eikstraat/Rue du Chêne (At the Grand-Place follow the street on the left side of the town hall)

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Marché St Géry

The former meat hall (that now houses several shops)

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address:	place St Géry

The Town Hall

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address:	Grand Place