Here is the center of Brussels: the Grand Place ("Großer Platz", also "Grote Markt" in Flemish) captivates with its magnificent architecture. Because around the Grande Place are lined up splendidly …
Typical of Brussels is this beautiful gallery, many small and pretty shops, but mostly geared towards tourists, such as the inevitable Belgian chocolate.
It's not uncommon for there to be a selfie row here. The fountain figure is the brand symbol of Brussels and accordingly almost every shop has a more or valuable tasteful version of it in the range.
Impossible to miss this emblematic monument which stands on your right: the Atomium. Erected on the occasion of the 1958 Universal Exhibition organized on the Heysel Plateau, the Atomium consists …
The first architect of the town hall was Jacob van Tienen. He was a pupil of Jan van Osy, who was the founder of the Brabant Gothic style. The construction …