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We’ve compiled the best of the best in Brussels - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.
It fell to the land of Tintin to create the world's first museum dedicated to the ninth art—comic strips. While comics have often struggled...Read More
This jewel box of a square is arguably Europe's most ornate and most theatrical. It's a vital part of the city—everyone passes through at some...Read More
Dating from the early 15th century, the magnificent Gothic-era Hôtel de Ville dominates the Grand'Place. It's nearly 300 years older than the...Read More
If the Grand'Place stands for old money, the Marolles neighborhood stands for old—and current—poverty; though times are changing, the area still...Read More
Despite drawing sightseers for centuries and launching a countless number of tchotchkes, the minuscule statue of the peeing boy may leave you...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesIf you've ever wanted to know what a gamelan or Tibetan temple bell sounds like, here's your chance; in addition to seeing more than 1,500...Read More
One of the big pluses of the Royal Museums' reorganizing of its collection back in 2013 has been the opening of this gallery, dedicated to the...Read More
The house where Victor Horta (1861–1947), one of the major founders of Art Nouveau, lived and worked until 1919 is the best place to see his...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesAfter years sharing display space with his contemporaries in the neighboring museum complex on rue de la Régence, Brussels's own surrealist...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesThe Belgium Royal Family vacations in the Chateau de Laeken, so it's become a tradition during the summer months (late July–early September...Read More
This marionette theater troupe has been going for eight generations, performing plays in the old Bruxellois dialect with hefty doses of local...Read More
Like a giant, shiny child's toy rising up out of a forest, the Atomium was created in 1958 as part of the World's Fair of Brussels. Unlike many...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesThe twin Gothic towers and outstanding stained-glass windows of the city's cathedral look down over the city. One namesake, Saint Michael, is...Read More
Under the place Royale lie the remains of the massive Palais de Charles V, first constructed in the 11th century and upgraded over hundreds...Read More
The European Union project brought jobs and investments to the city, but in the process entire neighborhoods were razed to make room for unbendingly...Read More
Just a short stroll from the Atomium lies this kids' favorite, which is essentially a park full of scale models of important European monuments...Read More
The museum (which shares a building with the Oldmasters and Fin-de-siecle museums) is rather stuck in limbo these days. Much of its exhibition...Read More
The highlights of the Natural Sciences Museum are the skeletons of 14 iguanodons found in 1878 in the coal mines of Bernissart—these are believed...Read More
This is one of a series of interconnected art museums, all operated under the banner of the Musées de Royaux des Beaux-arts de Belgique. The...Read More
For a chronologically and culturally wide-ranging glimpse into the past, head to the excellent Musées du Cinquantenaire in Parc du Cinquantenaire...Read More
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