Major Highlights of Brussels
Visit:
The pedestrian circuit through the oldest part of the city.
The Grand-Place, described by Victor Hugo as "the most beautiful place in the world".
The famous Manneken-Pis. It is a landmark 61 cm bronze fountain sculpture in central Brussels, depicting a naked little boy urinating into the fountain's basin.
The Royal Galleries. They are an ensemble of glazed shopping arcades in central Brussels.
The Rue des Bouchers, also called the Street of Butchers.
The Cathedral of Saint Michel and Gudule. It is a medieval Roman Catholic church in central Brussels.
Place Sainte-Catherine and the Halls of Saint-Gery.
The historical centre with the Royal Place and Royal Palace.
The Church of Our Lady of Sablon. It is a 15th-century Roman Catholic church located in the Sablon/Zavel district in the historic centre of Brussels.
The Justice Palace and European headquarters.
The Cinquantenaire, with Autoworld, the Military Museum, and the Air Force Museum, as well as the Royal Residence.
The Atomium. It is located on the Heysel Plateau in Laeken, where the exhibition took place. It is now a museum.
Some estaminets (typical Belgian bars), such as the Greenwitch or Cirio, and the Royal Greenhouses, if open.
