The kaleidoscopic city
You know those people who combine a haircut from the fifties with a disco outfit from the seventies, and manage to pull it off? Brussels is just like that. Over just 500 meters, it mixes all styles into one amazing melting pot. Gothic, renaissance, classic, art nouveau, contemporary: they all fit neatly side by side like a colorful urban kaleidoscope…
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The Mont des Arts
Halfway between the broad avenues of Brussels' Park and the classy Sablon is the Mont des Arts (literally ‘Hill of the Arts'). Just a few hundred metres from each other, you'll find the biggest museums in town such as the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, The Musical Instruments Museum, the BOZAR and many more…
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The European contrast
No Brussels’ district has more contrasts then the European: giant glass buildings next to lovely art deco houses, postmodernism hugging old classics… You have to see it to believe it!
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Amazing Art Nouveau
Understand the place of Art Nouveau in Brussels, its origins, its technical and stylistic characteristics, and the crazy personalities of its most well-known architects. The tour travels through several districts of the city and offers the chance to visit extraordinary Art Nouveau interiors, including some not normally open to the public.
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The Grand Place
Just this once, we have to agree with the regular tourists. Every year, thousands visit the Grand Place, often referred to as one of the most beautiful town squares in Europe thanks to it’s typical Guild houses dominated by the impressive neo-gothic Town Hall. Victor Hugo fell in love with it, Baudelaire was lyrical about it, and you never know, you might even like it too…
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