Laeken or Laken is a residential suburb in the north-western part of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. It belongs to the municipality of the City of Brussels and is mostly identified by the Belgian postal code: 1020.
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The Royal Crypt lies underneath the Church of Our Lady in Laeken, Brussels (Belgium). It is the official burial place of the Belgian royal family.
View on Google Maps Book this experienceLaeken or Laken is a residential suburb in north-west Brussels in Belgium. It belongs to the municipality of the City of Brussels and is mostly identified by the Belgian postal code: 1020. Prior to 1921 it was a separate municipality.
Learn moreThis handy walking tour app comes ready-loaded with 15 key points of interests across the city, with high-quality visuals, in-depth descriptions, and audio commentary from local experts. Simply download the app and activate your Brussels guide using this ticket. After that, all you need to do is plug in your own headphones and start exploring. The app will feed you real-time cultural content straight into your ears as you approach the city's top landmarks like the Manneken Pis statue, the Grand Place, the Atomium, and more. It works offline too, so you don't need to have an active internet connection – just be sure to download the interactive maps before you set out.
Learn moreThe 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 King's House or Breadhouse building containing the Brussels City Museum.
Learn more Book this experienceManneken Pis is a landmark 61 cm bronze fountain sculpture in the centre of Brussels, depicting a naked little boy urinating into the fountain's basin. It was designed by Jérôme Duquesnoy the Elder and put in place in 1618 or 1619. The current statue is a replica which dates from 1965. The original is kept in the Brussels City Museum. Manneken Pis is the best-known symbol of the people of Brussels. It also embodies their sense of humour and their independence of mind.
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Learn moreThe Black Tower is a medieval tower in Brussels, Belgium. It is one of the best conserved remains of the first fortifications of Brussels, built at the start of the 13th century. It is located behind St. Catherine's Church on Rue de la Vierge Noire/Zwarte Maagdstraat.
View on Google Maps Book this experienceThe Town Hall of the City of Brussels is a Gothic building from the Middle Ages. It is located on the famous Grand Place in Brussels, Belgium, opposite the Brussels City Museum.
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Learn moreAncienne Belgique is a concert hall for contemporary music in Brussels, Belgium. Located in the historic heart of Brussels, it is one of the leading concert venues in Belgium, hosting a wide variety of international and local acts.
Learn more Book this experienceThe Castle of Laeken, is the official residence of the King of the Belgians and the royal family. It lies in the Brussels region, 5 km north of the city centre in the municipality of Laeken.
View on Google Maps Book this experienceJette is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. In common with all the Brussels municipalities, it is legally bilingual.
Learn moreThe Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium are a group of art museums in Brussels, Belgium. The Royal Museums contains over 20,000 drawings, sculptures, and paintings, which date from the early 15th century to the present.
Learn more Book this experienceThe Atomium is a landmark building in Brussels, originally constructed for the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair. It is located on the Heysel Plateau, where the exhibition took place. It is now a museum.
Learn more Book this experienceThe Palace of Justice of Brussels or Law Courts of Brussels is the most important court building in Belgium. It is located on Place Poelaert/Poelaertplein in the Marolles/Marollen district of Brussels.
Learn more Book this experienceThe Museums of the Far East is a complex of three museums in Laeken, City of Brussels, dedicated to Oriental art and culture, specifically that of China and Japan. It is part of the Royal Museums of Art and History. The three museums have been closed since 2013 because of structural weaknesses. Some items from their collections are on public display at the Art & History Museum.
View on Google Maps Book this experienceThe Church of Our Lady of the Chapel, or the Chapel Church is a Roman Catholic church located on the Place de la Chapelle/Kapelleplein in the Marolles/Marollen district of Brussels, Belgium. This site is served by Brussels-Chapel railway station.
View on Google Maps Book this experienceThe Royal Palace of Brussels is the official palace of the King and Queen of the Belgians in the centre of the nation's capital Brussels.
Learn more Book this experienceThe Magritte Museum is a museum in Brussels, Belgium, dedicated to the work of the Belgian surrealist artist, René Magritte. It is one of the constituent museums of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.
View on Google Maps Book this experienceThe Parc de Bruxelles or Warandepark, is the largest urban public park in the centre of Brussels, Belgium. The area of the rectangular park is 13.1 ha. The main entrance is on the north side, opposite the Belgian House of Parliament.
Learn more Book this experienceThe Mont des Arts or Kunstberg, meaning "hill/mount of the arts", is an urban complex and historic site in the centre of Brussels, Belgium, including the Royal Library of Belgium, the National Archives of Belgium, the Square – Brussels Meeting Centre, and a public garden.
Learn more Book this experienceMini-Europe is a miniature park located in Bruparck, at the foot of the Atomium, in Brussels, Belgium. Mini-Europe has reproductions of monuments in the European Union on display, at a scale of 1:25. Roughly 80 cities and 350 buildings are represented.
View on Google Maps Book this experienceThe Coudenberg or Koudenberg is a small hill in Brussels where the Palace of Coudenberg was built. For nearly 700 years, the Castle and then Palace of Coudenberg was the seat of government of the counts, dukes, archdukes, kings, emperors and governors, who from the 11th century until its destruction in 1731, exerted their sovereignty over the area of the Duchy of Brabant, now in the southern Netherlands and northern Belgium.
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