Brussels

Brussels (Dutch: Brussel, French: Bruxelles, German: Brüssel) is the capital of Belgium and is considered by many to be the headquarters of the European Union, as two of its four main institutions have their headquarters in the city.

See also

Places of interest

• Atomium
• La Bourse (Dutch: De Beurs)
• Grand-Place (Dutch: Grote Markt)
• Heysel
• Jeanneke Pis
• Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Koekelberg
• The Jubilee Arch (French: Les Arcades du Cinquantenaire, Dutch: Brussel-Arcades)
• Manneken Pis
• La Monnaie (Dutch: De Munt)
• Saint Michael and Saint Gudula Cathedral
• The Floral Carpet (not permanent)
• Tour et Taxis

Notable parks

• Parc de Bruxelles (Dutch: Warandepark), wrongly called Parc Royal (Dutch: Koninklijk Park)
• Bois de la Cambre (Dutch: Ter Kamerenbos)
• Cinquantenaire (Dutch: Jubelpark)
• Parc de Laeken
• Parc de Woluwe (Dutch: Park van Woluwe)
• Parc Josaphat
• Parc Roi Baudouin
• Kauberg
• Jardin botanique
• Parc Léopold
• Jardins du Maelbeek
• Parc Duden
• Parc Astrid

Notable people from Brussels

• Audrey Hepburn, actress
• Saint Gudulae of Brussels and Eibingen, Saint of the city and national saint of Belgium
• Victor Horta, Art Nouveau architect
• Jean-Claude Van Damme, actor
• Amélie Nothomb, writer
• Hergé, comics writer
• Jacques Brel, musician
• René Magritte, painter
• Marguerite Yourcenar, writer and first female member of Academie Française
• Peyo (Pierre Culliford), illustrator and creator of the Smurfs

Sports clubs

• R.S.C. Anderlecht, football
• F.C. Molenbeek Brussels Strombeek, football
• R. Union Saint-Gilloise, football
• White Star Woluwé F.C., football
• R.B.B.C. Brussels, basketball
• R. Léopold Club T.H.C., hockey
• R. Orée T.H.B., hockey
• R. Uccle Sport T.H.C., hockey
• R. Wellington T.H.C., hockey
• R. Racing Club de Bruxelles, hockey

Concert halls

• Ancienne Belgique
• Beursschouwburg
• Botanique
• Cirque Royal (Dutch: Koninklijk Circus), a dependency of Botanique
• Espace Senghor
• Flagey
• Forest National (Dutch: Vorst Nationaal)
• Halles de Schaerbeek (Dutch: Hallen van Schaarbeek)
• Vaartkapoen

Museums

• Royal Museums of Fine Arts
• Palace of Fine Arts (Paleis voor Schone Kunsten - Palais de beaux-arts )
• Film Museum
• Musical Instrument Museum (MiM)
• National Army Museum
• National Museum for Arts and History
• Comic Book Museum (Musée de la BD - Stripmuseum)
• Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
• Royal Museum for Central Africa (in Tervuren)

Other

• List of Minister-Presidents of Brussels
• Brussels sprout - the vegetable named after the city
• Art Nouveau
• List of metro stations of Brussels
• Forest of Soignes
• Memorial van Damme
• 20km of Brussels - every year there is a spectacular run with 25,000 runners running 20km