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Brussels-Capital Region: a self-guided walk
Generated from Wikivoyage's See list for Brussels-Capital Region: 7 stops, about 0.4 km and 41 minutes on foot. Not a guided tour; check each place before you go.
7 stops · 446 m · about 41 min on foot · Wikivoyage source · fetched 2026-11-07 02:09:45 UTC. Not a guided tour: check each place before you go.
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Grand-Place
Surrounded by the city tower and a range of beautiful 300-year-old buildings. In the evening, lit by bright illumination, it is simply ravishing. Some evenings a music and light show is provided with the buildings serving as a canvas. Have a "gaufre de Liège-Luikse wafel" here (Belgian waffle with caramelized sugar) — the best ones are available from the little shops off the northeast corner of the Grand-Place. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
50.84667, 4.35241 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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Everard t'Serclaes monument
Sculpture from Brussels artist Julien Dillens, commemorating Everard t'Serclaes (1320-1388). t'Serclaes was a Brussels citizen who gained fame with his recovery of the city from the Flemings. After the death of John III of Brabant in 1355, his daughter Joanna and her busband Wenceslaus succeeded him as the rules of the duchy. The count of Flanders, Louis de Male, disputed the legitimacy of the succession however, and seized the city after defeating the Brabantian defenders at Scheute. Louis' legions didn't feel much for a long standing occupation of the city, and his garrison was thinly manned
50.84634, 4.35233 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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City Hall
The oldest part of the present Town Hall is its east wing (to the right when facing the front). This wing, together with a shorter belfry, was built and completed in 1420 under direction of Jacob van Thienen. Initially, future expansion of the building was not foreseen, however, the admission of the craft guilds into the traditionally patrician city government apparently spurred interest in providing more room the building. As a result, a second, somewhat longer wing was built on to the existing structure, with Charles the Bold laying its first stone in 1444. This left wing was built by Guilla
50.84651, 4.35171 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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Fashion & Lace Museum
Lace was one of the fine trades that gave Brussels as a city its fame during the 19 th century. From 1977 onwards, the city council decided to dedicate a museum to lace textile and costumes to emphasize its importance to the city's history. During the museum's 40-year history, the collection has continuously expanded. It covers the entire reange of civil fashion in Western Eurpe from the 18 th century up to the present. On display are items gifted to the museum by lace enthusiasts, and specialty items acquired by the museum. There are strict norms regarding temperature, light and humidity in t
50.84584, 4.35185 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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Tintin Mural
A 36m² mural of Tintin, one of Belgium's most famous comic book heroes, and his sidekick Captain Haddock escaping the building on an emergency ladder. The mural was painted by Georgios Oreopoulos and David Vandegeerde in 2005, and is one of over 50 comic book themed murals in Brussels. The project started in 1993, when deputy Michel Van Roye banned ugly advertising panels within the inner city, and the Comic Book Museum (Stripmuseum) suggested to fill the liberated areas on building walls with large murals after the example of Angouleme where a similar comic book wall existed, a work of Erro f
50.84535, 4.35033 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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Manneken Pis
A short walk from the Grand-Place/Grote Markt is the Manneken Pis, a small bronze statue thought to represent the "irreverent spirit" of Brussels. This is a statue of a child urinating into a pool. Belgians have created hundreds of outfits for this statue. There are many stories of the statue's origins. It is believed to have been inspired by a child who, while in a tree, found a special way to drive away invading troops. Another story goes that a father was missing his child and made a declaration to the city that when he found him he would build a statue of him, doing whatever it was that he
50.84499, 4.34998 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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Manneken Pis Wardrobe
This small museum houses the wardrobe of Manneken Pis, Brussels' most famous statue. Because Manneken Pis has nearly 1000 different costumes, of which some historic specimens are sensitive to decay resulting from variations in temperature and humidity, only about 100 costumes are shown to visitors at a time. The collection on display rotates regularly. The costumes in storage can be viewed through an interactive database.
50.84414, 4.35104 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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