Bruksela jest stolic? Belgii i nieoficjaln? stolic? Europy dzi?ki ogromnej liczbie instytucji europejskich, w tym
Parlamentu Europejskiego i NATO. B?belkowanie pod powierzchni? to nie tylko otoczenie dla odwiedzaj?cych biurokratów i odpowiednich urz?dników, ale tak?e b?yskotliwa osobowo?? i zró?nicowana wielokulturowo??, co sprawia, ?e jest to jeden z ukrytych skarbów Europy. Wspania?a dziewi?tnastowieczna architektura przemiesza eleganckie szerokie bulwary w kierunku
Wielkiego Placu. W centrum
historycznej dzielnicy miasta, ?wiatowej klasy restauracje wrzucane s? pomi?dzy zaskakuj?co t?tni?ce ?yciem nocnym a t?tni?c? ?yciem kawiarni? i kultur? piwa, podczas gdy w górnej cz??ci miasta,
Musees Royaux des Beaux Arts prezentuje wysublimowan? kolekcj? najbardziej zachwycaj?cej sztuki kraju. Od o?ywionych rynków afryka?skich po ekskluzywne butiki i kusz?ce sklepy czekoladowe - zakupy w Brukseli to prawdziwa klasa - od dziwacznych po ?mia?e i pi?kne.
Miniprzewodnik po Brukseli BRUSSELS, THE CAPITAL OF BELGIUM, THE EU AND THE NATO, IS SAID TO HAVE ITS ORIGINS IN THE 10TH CENTURY, WHEN IT WAS ERECTED AS A TYPICAL MEDIEVAL FORTRESS TOWN. NOWADAYS, SOME REMAINS OF THOSE TIMES CAN
STILL BE ADMIRED ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE OLD QUARTER HOUSES SCATTERED IN THE CITY CENTRE. BRUSSELS IS A GOURMAND’S MAIN DESTINY SUCH IS THE QUALITY OF ITS BEER, FOOD AND ABOVE ALL, CHOCOLATE. A GOOD ADVICE FOR TOURISTS WHO ARE PLANNING TO VISIT BRUSSELS FOR THE FIRST TIME IS TAKING A WALK AROUND THE GROTE MARKT OR
GRANDE PLACE (THE TOWN’S STUNNING MAIN SQUARE) AND ADMIRE THE GUILDHALLS BUILDINGS. JUST A STONE’S THROW FROM THERE ONE CAN DISCOVER BRUSSEL’S STRIKING ARCHITECTURE AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS, MANY OF WHICH GET LIT UP AT NOON WHILE AN ORCHESTRA PLAYS ROMANTIC MUSIC. OTHER FIRST-RATE SIGHTS INCLUDE
THE WORLDWIDE FAMOUS STATUE OF MANNEKEN PIS, FEATURING A YOUNG BOY PEEING, THE ICONIC BUILDING ATOMIUM, THE ROYAL PALACE, THE CINQUANTENAIRE TRIUMPHAL ARCH OR THE SLUSH SONIAN FOREST AT THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY
IN ADDITION, BRUSSELS TAKES MUCH PRIDE ON ITS OUTSTANDING ART GALLERIES, MUSEUMS AND TRENDY SQUARES IN TOWN LIKE
IXELLES- ELSENE, THE MOST CROWD-GATHERING OF THEM AND DOTTED WITH RESTAURANTS, PUBS AND BAKERIES WHERE BELGIUM’S SPECIALTY, THE MOULES MARINER, IS
SAID TO BE BEST STEAMED. THE QUARTER OF SAINT-GILLES OFFERS THE EXPERIENCE OF MULTI-CULTURAL BELGIUM, WITH ITS POLISH, MOROCCAN AND PORTUGUESE COMMUNITIES. PEOPLE IN BRUSSELS SPEAK BOTH DUTCH AND FRENCH ALTHOUGH NOWADAYS BELGIUM IS MAINLY A FRENCH-SPEAKING CAPITAL CITY EVEN WHEN BRUSSELS HOSTS THE MOST IMPORTANT FLEMISH COMMUNITY IN ALL BELGIUM
SOME
TIPS ON BELGIUM • IS
The Grand Place CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC SQUARES IN THE WORLD.
• BELGIUM IS A CONSTITUTIONAL POPULAR MONARCHY AND BRUSSELS IS COMPOSED BY 19 MUNICIPALITIES. • SINCE THE
END OF WORLD WAR II BRUSSELS HAS BEEN THE BASE FOR EUROPEAN POLITICAL AFFAIRS.
• BRUSSELS WAS BOMBARDED BY THE THE DUKE OF VILLEROIAT THE END OF THE XVIITH CENTURY, DESTROYING THE TOWN HALL IN THE GRAND PLACE
• BRUSSELS HOSTS A VERY POPULAR FLEA MARKET
IN THE MAROLLES DISTRICT ON A DAILY BASIS
