Cheap Guest Houses in Brussels
Many people may like to stay at cheap guest houses in the Belgian city of Brussels so they can have a place to stay in the famous city. Some may want to see the culture, sports, tourist attractions and society of the famous city. Some may want access to the scenic views and to the culture of the famous Belgian city. Some may want to stay at high quality guest houses. Some may want to stay at luxury or cheap guest houses. Some may want to stay at guest houses with good parking facilities.
Guest Houses in Brussels are often required for tourists who want a place to stay in the famous Belgian city.
Brussels has grown from a 10th century fortress town founded by Charlemagne's grandson into a metropolis of more than one million inhabitants.
Although historically Dutch-speaking, Brussels has become increasingly francophone. Today most inhabitants are native French-speakers, although both languages have official status. This process has led to a longstanding conflict between the French- and Dutch-speaking community, reflecting the situation in Belgium at large. Brussels is the capital of Flanders and of the French Community of Belgium.
The architecture in Brussels is diverse, and spans from the mediaeval constructions on the Grand Place to the postmodern buildings of the EU institutions.
Main attractions include the Grand Place, since 1988 a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with the Gothic town hall in the old centre, the St. Michael and Gudula Cathedral and the Laken Castle with its large greenhouses. Another famous landmark is the Royal Palace.
The Atomium is a symbolic 103-metre tall structure that was built for the 1958 World’s Fair. It consists of nine steel spheres connected by tubes, and forms a model of an iron crystal (specifically, a unit cell. The architect A. Waterkeyn devoted the building to science. Next to the Atomium is the Mini-Europe park with 1:25 scale maquettes of famous buildings from across Europe.
The Manneken Pis, a bronze fountain of a small peeing boy is a famous tourist attraction and symbol of the city.
Other landmarks include the Cinquantenaire
park with its triumphal arch and nearby museums, the Basilica of the Sacred Heart,
Brussels Stock Exchange, the Palace of Justice and the buildings of EU institutions
in the European Quarter.
Cinquantenaire triumphal arch
Cultural facilities include the Brussels Theatre and the La Monnaie Theatre and opera house. There is a wide array of museums, from the Royal Museum of Fine Art to the Museum of the Army and the Comic Museum. Brussels also has a lively music scene, with everything from opera houses and concert halls to music bars and techno clubs.
The
city centre is notable for its Flemish town houses. Also particularly striking
are the buildings in the Art Nouveau style by the Brussels architect Victor Horta.
In the heyday of Art Nouveau new Brussels suburbs were developed, and many buildings
are in this style. The architecture of the quarter Schaerbeek, Etterbeek Ixelles,
and Saint-Gilles is particularly worth seeing. Another example of Brussels Art
Nouveau is the Stoclet Palace, by the Viennese architect Josef Hoffmann. The modern
buildings of Espace Leopold complete the picture.
The city has had a renowned artist scene for many years. The famous Belgian surrealist René Magritte, for example, studied in Brussels. The city is also a capital of the comic strip; some treasured Belgian characters are Lucky Luke, Tintin, Cubitus, Gaston Lagaffe and Marsupilami. Throughout the city walls are painted with large motifs of comic book characters, and the interiors of some Metro stations are designed by artists. The Belgian Comics Museum combines two artistic leitmotifs of Brussels, being a museum devoted to Belgian comic strips, housed in the former Waucquez department store, designed by Victor Horta in the Art Nouveau style.
Brussels is known for its local waffle, its chocolate, its french fries and its numerous types of beers . The Brussels sprout was first cultivated in Brussels, hence its name.
Serving as the centre of administration for Europe, Brussels' economy is largely service-oriented. It is dominated by regional headquarters of multinationals, by European institutions, by various administrations, and by related services, though it does have a number of notable craft industries, such as the Cantillon Brewery, a lambic brewery founded in 1900.
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