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Villa Empain, Brussels

The Villa Empain holds a very special place on the cultural map of Brussels. Louis Empain, the son of influential Belgian businessman Edouard Empain...

La Monnaie, Brussels

The National Opera of Belgium - Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie - impressed with its enthusiasm for innovation during the 'golden decade'...

Minieurope, Brussels

The concept of the Bruparck theme park, popular among tourists, is showing the most prominent cultural and architectural landmarks of the European Union...

Museum of Natural Sciences / Le Muséum des Sciences naturelles, Brussels

The Museum of the Belgian Royal Institute of Natural Sciences offers a fascinating insight into the history of nature...

Belgian Brewers Museum / Musée des Brasseurs belges, Brussels

Beer is one of the traditional national passions in Belgium; Belgian beer is highly appreciated by experts worldwide...

The Belgian Centre for Comic Strip Art / Centre Belge de la Bande Dessinée, Brussels

The Belgian Centre for Comic Strip Art is definitely among the most interesting museums in Brussels. Firstly, it is housed in an extremely fascinating...

Museum of Modern Architecture / Archives d'Architecture Moderne, Brussels

The historical building that has been home to the Museum of Modern Architecture since the early noughties was designed...

Museum van Buuren / Musée Van Buuren, Brussels

A tour of Museum van Buuren essentially means paying a visit to people with good taste, a passion for collecting art and ample means to satisfy it...

Les Musées royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels

The museum's interesting collection of art objects traces the history of humanity, from prehistoric times to the present day...

Antoine Wiertz Museum/ Musée Wiertz, Brussels

Antoine Wiertz (1806-1865) was a somewhat controversial, yet undeniably impressive figure in the Belgian romantic art scene...

Museum of Ancient Art/ Musée d'Art Ancien, Brussels

The permanent exhibition of ancient art offers a brilliant overview of the South Nederlandish or Flemish art of the 15th-18th centuries...

Musée fin-de-siècle, Brussels

This new museum, which opened its doors in Brussels less than half a year ago, is devoted to the 50-year period that spanned the late 19th and early 20th...

Churches, Brussels

While Brussels is not a city famous for extremely impressive sacred architecture, a number of churches and cathedrals...

Coudenberg, Ancien Palais de Bruxelles, Brussels

The Coudenberg Hill in Brussels was home to a small fortress from the 12th century; over the centuries the structure was transformed ...

Museum of Cocoa and Chocolate, Brussels

The small privately-owned museum off the Brussels Grand Place is dedicated to the world-famous Belgian chocolate, the universally recognised Belgian...

COSTUME AND LACE MUSEUM/ MUSÉE DU COSTUME ET DE LA DENTELLE, Brussels

There was a time when Brussels supplied its exquisitely sophisticated lace to royal courts and nobility throughout Europe...

Wiels Centre for Contemporary Art , Brussels

The Brussels Centre for Contemporary Art is housed in the Blomme building, one of the rare examples of Modernist industrial architecture in the city...

Horta Museum / Musee Horta, Brussels

In this case, it is the building itself, not a collection of objects, that is the subject of the museum. In the late 1890s the house...

Musée de la ville de Bruxelles, Brussels

The Neo-Gothic Maison du Roi or King's House is located in the place that used to be the residence of the Dukes of Barbant...

Constantin Meunier Museum/ Musée Constantin Meunier, Brussels

An internationally recognised Belgian artist, Constantin Meunier (1831-1905) built himself a house-studio at Bois de la Cambre in the late 1800s...

Museum of Modern Art/ Mrbab – Musée d'art Moderne, Brussels

The most famous work of art exhibited at the museum is, of course, The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David; however, this 19th-20th century art...

Musee royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels

The Royal Museums of Fine Arts are by all means the best known and wealthiest group of museums in Belgium. The entrance...