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BRUSSEL – Pope FranciscusFrancis (Latin: Franciscus) born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936, is the 266th and current pope of the Catholic Church, a position also holding the roles of Sovereign of Vatican City and the Bishop of Rome.Born in Buenos Aires as the s [...]
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BRUSSEL – Atomium – EuropeIn the 1950s, faith in scientific progress was great, and a structure depicting atoms was chosen to embody this. The Atomium depicts nine iron atoms in the shape of the body-centred cubic unit cell of an iron crystal, magnified 165 billion tim [...]
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BRUSSEL – Atomium 3DRenovated as a major national event between 2004 and 2006, the Atomium - which was not intended to survive Expo 58 for which it was the flagship construction - is today, with over 600,000 visitors per year, the most popular tourist attraction [...]
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BRUSSEL – Atomium 3D2018 is a year of celebrations for the Atomium. One of Brussels' most iconic attractions has celebrated its sixtieth anniversary this year. As part of the festivities, visitors could take in the three-part exhibit Galaxy 58. The programme of f [...]
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BRUSSEL – Basilica KoekelbergThe National Basilica of the Sacred Heart is a Roman Catholic Minor Basilica and parish church in Brussels. The church was dedicated to the Sacred Heart, inspired by the Basilique du Sacré-Coeur in Paris. Symbolically King Leopold II laid the [...]
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BRUSSEL – Beurs – BourseThe Brussels Stock Exchange, abbreviated to BSE, was founded in Brussels, Belgium, by decree of Napoleon in 1801. On 22 September 2000, the BSE merged with Paris Bourse, Lisbon Stock Exchange and the stock exchanges of Amsterdam, to form Euron [...]
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BRUSSEL – Beurs – Grote MarktThe Grand Place or Grote Markt is the most famous and most photographed place in Brussels. The Gothic town hall and Baroque guildhalls are the top attractions of Grand Place (Grote Markt) market square in the historic old town center of Brusse [...]
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BRUSSEL – Beurs – Manneken PisManneken Pis is a landmark small bronze sculpture (61 cm) in Brussels, depicting a naked little boy urinating into a fountain’s basin. It was designed by Hiëronymus Duquesnoy the Elder and put in place in 1618 or 1619. The current statue is a [...]
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BRUSSEL – Beurs – The Belgian Beer World.Belgium, the land of beer. Everybody in the world heard about Belgian beer. Belgian beer is included in a World Heritage property. There are around 1500 different beers produced in the country using different fermentation methods: from Pils, A [...]
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BRUSSEL – EXPO DINOWORLDThey come from a period when humans did not exist yet. They are huge. They are sometimes ferocious and they are ... alive ! From June 29 to September 29 2013, Brussels Expo resuscitates Triceratops, Velociraptor and Tyrannosaurus rex during Ex [...]
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BRUSSEL – EXPO DINOWORLDThis new blockbuster exhibition is just about twice the size of the 2013 edition, with over 60 animated lifelike dinosaurs. It takes you 65 million years back into time, to a world where the most incredible creatures ever ruled the planet. Tak [...]
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BRUSSEL – Giants of the EarthGiants of the Earth is an exciting and educational exhibition for both children and adults. This unique adventure takes you on a journey through time: during your visit you will meet the biggest animals from the Dinosaur Era, the Ice Age and t [...]
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BRUSSEL – Grote MarktThe Grand Place or Grote Markt is the central square of Brussels. It is surrounded by opulent guildhalls and two larger edifices, the city's Town Hall, and the Breadhouse building containing the Museum of the City of Brussels. The square is th [...]
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BRUSSEL – Grote Markt 3DThe Grand Place or Grote Markt is the most famous and most photographed place in Brussels. The Gothic town hall and Baroque guildhalls are the top attractions of Grand Place (Grote Markt) market square in the historic old town center of Brusse [...]
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BRUSSEL – Jubileumpark Museum – Musée du CinquantenaireThe Cinquantenaire Museum (French: Musée du Cinquantenaire, Dutch: Jubelpark museum) is located in the Cinquantenaire park in Brussels, Belgium. It is part of the Royal Museums for Art and History, which is a Belgian federal institute of the B [...]
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BRUSSEL – KMKG – KekiKeki is a mummie of a child investigated by a radiologist Etienne Danse for the exhibition 'Sarcophagi' in a Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussel. It was chosen as a character to make the exhibition interactive and interesting for child [...]
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BRUSSEL – KMKG – Sarcophagus of Tashayt – Egypt 950 BCUnlike the biggest European museums, which commenced at a fairly early stage in their histories to assemble relics from the pharaonic past, the Cinquantenaire Museum began only recently, relatively speaking, to put an Egyptian collection toget [...]
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BRUSSEL – Manneken PisNot far from Brussel Grote Markt there is a major tourist attraction - the statue of a little boy in a somewhat compromising position that exists since several centuries in Brussels. Nobody actually knows why the manneken is there. He is belie [...]
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BRUSSEL – Manneken Pis – 3DManneken Pis is a landmark small bronze sculpture (61 cm) in Brussels, depicting a naked little boy urinating into a fountain's basin. It was designed by Hiëronymus Duquesnoy the Elder and put in place in 1618 or 1619. The current statue is a [...]
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BRUSSEL – Panorama Belgium ( the Lion of Waterloo)It may be a small country in size but Belgium plays large in international scenes and consistently ranks among the top places to visit in Europe. Situated between France and The Netherlands, the Kingdom of Belgium is often called the Essence o [...]
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