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The south-eastern sides of the Place de Brouckère were razed in 1967–1971, at the same time as the two blocks delimited by the Place de la Monnaie/Muntplein, the Rue de l'Évêque / Bisschopsstraat, the Rue de Laeken / Lakensestraat, the Rue des Augustins / Augustijnenstraat and the Rue du Fossé aux Loups / Wolvengracht, to make room for the modernist Monnaie Center by the architects ...
Below the Royal District is the Central Station and the Mont des Arts/Kunstberg, [13] home to the Royal Library of Belgium (KBR), [14] the Royal Belgian Film Archive , the Brussels Centre for Fine Arts, [15] the Museum of Cinema, the Musical Instruments Museum (MIM), [16] the BELvue Museum, and the Oldmasters Museum. [17]
15 November Ostbelgien Dag van de Duitstalige Gemeenschap Fête de la Communauté germanophone Tag der Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft King's Feast: National Koningsdag Fête du Roi Festtag des Königs Saint Verhaegen: 20 November Brussels-Capital Region Sint-Verhaegen Saint-Verhaegen Sankt Verhaegen Saint Nicholas Day: 6 December National ...
The largest and most populous of the municipalities is the City of Brussels, covering 32.6 km 2 (12.6 sq mi) with 176,545 inhabitants. The least populous is Koekelberg with 21,609 inhabitants, and the smallest in area is Saint-Josse-ten-Noode , which is only 1.1 km 2 (0.4 sq mi) and also has the highest population density , at 24,650/km 2 ...
The square was completely redeveloped between 2010 and 2012 by the architect Benoît Moritz. The plan was to make the urban space more pleasant by freeing it from the elements that encumbered it; to highlight the monuments flanking it, in particular the Royal Theatre of La Monnaie; as well as to promote its use for entertainment, festivities, or daily use.
The area comprising the Place Eugène Flagey was covered by the Ixelles Ponds until 1860 when one of the original ponds was drained as part of a new urban design. The square was originally known as the Place Sainte-Croix / Heilig-Kruisplein ("Holy Cross' Square") after the Hospice de la Sainte-Croix, a hospice located at the bottom of the current Rue de Vergnies / De Vergniesstraat. [3]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Farmers set fire to piles of tyres in Brussels on Monday in a protest to demand EU action on issues ranging from cheap supermarket prices to free trade deals, as agricultural ...
The Belgian railway line 25 is a railway line in Belgium connecting Brussels to Antwerp. The section between Brussels and Mechelen was completed on 5 May 1835 and was the first railway in Belgium and the first public passenger steam railway in continental Europe. On 3 May 1836, the second section, between Mechelen and Antwerp, was opened.