Excursions in Brussels

The Belgian capital impresses tourists with a harmonious combination of ancient buildings and examples of modern architecture, so you will remember a sightseeing tour of Brussels for a long time. There are 80 museums, about 2 thousand restaurants and so many attractions within the city and its environs, that few guides can name the exact number. If you take a tour with an English-speaking guide, you will see the main ones, namely:

1. the Grand Place. This is not just one of the most beautiful squares in Europe, but also the heart of Brussels. The Town Hall and the Bread House are considered the main decoration of the square, but other buildings here are real architectural pearls.
2. The Brussels Cathedral. Guides always mention during tours that the Brussels Cathedral, being the same age as the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, surpasses it in a number of indicators.
3. Royal Palace and Laeken Palace. The first of them is a magnificent building in the neoclassical style and is used exclusively for official receptions, and the second serves as the residence of the Belgian monarchs.
4. Halleport - a medieval fortified city gate that was once part of the fortress wall, and later turned into a museum.
5. Manneken Pis - the legendary statue of a pissing boy, installed in the 14th century.
6. Royal Museums of Fine Arts. This complex includes 4 Brussels museums at once, and the most visited of them is the Museum of Ancient Art with its masterpieces of Flemish painting.
7. The Palace of Justice. It strongly impresses not just with its size, but also an unusual mix of styles.
8. Mini-Europe is a miniature park where you can see exact layouts of 350 buildings - from the Eiffel Tower to the Acropolis.
9. Atomium is a symbol of the peaceful use of nuclear energy and one of the key places in Brussels.