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Grand Place

The Grand-Place or Grote Markt is the central of , Belgium. It is surrounded by opulent Baroque guildhalls of the former Guilds of Brussels and two larger edifices; the city's Flamboyant , and the neo-Gothic King's House or Bread House building, containing the .
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  • Type: Square
  • Description: main square in Brussels, Belgium
  • Also known as: “Grand Place Brussels”, “Grand-Place”, “Grand-Place - Grote Markt”, “Grote Markt”, and “Nedermerckt”
  • Wheelchair access: yes
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Brussels Town Hall and Brussels City Museum.

Town hall
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The Town Hall of the is a landmark building and the seat of that municipality of , Belgium. It is located on the south side of the Grand-Place/Grote Markt, opposite the neo-Gothic King's House or Bread House building, housing the .

Museum
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The is a municipal museum on the Grand-Place/Grote Markt of , Belgium. Conceived in 1860 and inaugurated in 1887, it is dedicated to the history and folklore of the from its foundation into modern times, which…

Historic building
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The Brussels City Museum is a municipal museum on the Grand-Place/Grote Markt of , Belgium. Conceived in 1860 and inaugurated in 1887, it is dedicated to the history and folklore of the from its foundation into modern times, which…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pentagon and Brussels.

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The is the historical center of . It derives its name from the pentagonal shape of the inner beltway that surrounds the area. The of Brussels encompasses many charming and beautiful attractions, with deeply ornate buildings on the Grand-Place/Grote Markt, and a fish-and-crustacean overdose of St.

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is the capital of and one of the three administrative regions within the country, together with and . Apart from its role within its country, it is also an internationally important city, hosting numerous international institutions, and in particular the headquarters of NATO and the core institutions of the European Union.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Grand Place

Latitude
50.84673° or 50° 50′ 48″ north
Longitude
4.35255° or 4° 21′ 9″ east
Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)
Open location code
9F26R9W3+M2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 3517898
Open­Street­Map feature
highway=­pedestrian
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­square
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
2797215
Wiki­data ID
Q215429
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Grand Place” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Groot Markplein van Brussel”
  • Afrikaans: “Grote Markt”
  • Albanian: “Sheshi i Madh në Bruksel”
  • Arabic: “السوق الكبير”
  • Arabic: “الميدان الكبير”
  • Armenian: “Գրան Պլաս”
  • Basque: “Grand-Place”
  • Belarusian: “Гран-Плас”
  • Belarusian: “Гран-Пляс”
  • Bulgarian: “Гран Плас”
  • Bulgarian: “Гран-Плас”
  • Catalan: “Grand-Place”
  • Cebuano: “Grand-Place Brussels”
  • Chinese: “布魯塞爾大廣場”
  • Chinese: “布鲁塞尔大广场”
  • Croatian: “Grand Place u Bruxellesu”
  • Croatian: “Grand Place”
  • Croatian: “Grand-Place u Bruxellesu”
  • Croatian: “Veliki trg u Bruxellesu”
  • Czech: “Bruselské náměstí”
  • Czech: “Grand Place v Bruselu”
  • Czech: “Grand-Place v Bruselu”
  • Czech: “Grande-Place v Bruselu”
  • Czech: “Grote Markt”
  • Czech: “Náměstí v Bruselu”
  • Czech: “Nedermerckt”
  • Czech: “Velký Trh”
  • Danish: “Grand Place”
  • Danish: “Grand-Place”
  • Dutch: “Brusselse Grote Markt”
  • Dutch: “Grand-Place”
  • Dutch: “Grote Markt van Brussel”
  • Dutch: “Grote Markt”
  • Dutch: “Nedermerckt”
  • Esperanto: “Granda Placo de Bruselo”
  • Esperanto: “Granda Placo”
  • Estonian: “Grand Place”
  • Estonian: “Grand-Place”
  • Estonian: “Grote Markt”
  • Estonian: “La Grand–Place”
  • Finnish: “Grand-Place”
  • Finnish: “Grote Markt”
  • Finnish: “Raatihuoneentori Brysselissä”
  • French: “Grand Place de Bruxelles”
  • French: “Grand Place”
  • French: “Grand-Place de Bruxelles”
  • French: “Grand-Place”
  • French: “Grand’place de bruxelles”
  • French: “Grote Markt”
  • French: “Nedermerckt”
  • Galician: “Grand-Place”
  • Georgian: “გრან-პლასი”
  • German: “Grand-Place / Grote Markt”
  • German: “Grand-Place”
  • German: “Grand-Place/Grote Markt”
  • German: “Großer Markt Brüssel”
  • German: “Großer Markt”
  • German: “Grote Markt”
  • Greek: “Γκραν-Πλας”
  • Hebrew: “גראן פלאס”
  • Hebrew: “הכיכר הגדולה בבריסל”
  • Hindi: “ग्रैंड प्लेस”
  • Hungarian: “Grand-Place”
  • Indonesian: “Grand-Place”
  • Irish: “Grand-Place”
  • Italian: “Grand Place di Bruxelles”
  • Italian: “Grand Place”
  • Italian: “Grand-Place”
  • Italian: “Grote Markt”
  • Japanese: “グラン＝プラス”
  • Japanese: “グランプラス”
  • Korean: “그랑플라스”
  • Latin: “Forum Maximum”
  • Latvian: “Lielais laukums”
  • Lithuanian: “Gran Plasas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Grand-Place”
  • Maltese: “Grand Place”
  • Maltese: “Grand-Place, Brussell”
  • Maltese: “Grand-Place”
  • Maltese: “Grote Markt”
  • Mongolian: “Гран-Плас талбай”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Grand Place”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Grand-Place”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Grote Markt”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grand-Place”
  • Norwegian: “Grand-Place”
  • Persian: “گراند پلاس”
  • Persian: “گراندپلیس”
  • Polish: “Grand Place”
  • Polish: “La Grand-Place w Brukseli”
  • Polish: “Wielki Plac w Brukseli”
  • Portuguese: “Grand Place de Bruxelas”
  • Portuguese: “Grand-Place de Bruxelas”
  • Romanian: “Grand Place”
  • Romanian: “Piața Centrală din Bruxelles”
  • Romanian: “Piața Mare din Bruxelles”
  • Russian: “Большой рынок”
  • Russian: “Гран-плас”
  • Russian: “Гран-Плас”
  • Russian: “Гран-пляс / Гроте Маркт”
  • Russian: “Гранд-Плас”
  • Scots: “Grand-Place”
  • Serbian: “Велики трг у Бриселу”
  • Serbian: “Велики трг”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Veliki trg u Bruxellesu”
  • Slovak: “Grand-Place”
  • Slovenian: “Grand-Place”
  • Slovenian: “Veliki trg, Bruselj”
  • Slovenian: “Veliki trg”
  • Spanish: “Gran Plaza”
  • Spanish: “Grand-Place”
  • Swedish: “Grand Place Brussels”
  • Swedish: “Grand Place i Bryssel”
  • Swedish: “Grand-Place i Bryssel”
  • Swedish: “Grand-Place”
  • Swedish: “Grote Markt”
  • Thai: “กร็อง-ปลัส”
  • Turkish: “Grand-Place”
  • Ukrainian: “Гран-Плас”
  • Uzbek: “Grand-Place”
  • Vietnamese: “Grand-Place”
  • Vietnamese: “Quảng trường Lớn Bruxelles”
  • Vietnamese: “Quảng trường lớn ở Bruxelles”
  • Vietnamese: “Quảng trường Lớn”
  • Vlaams: “Grôte Markt”
  • Western Frisian: “Grutte Merk (Brussel)”
  • Western Frisian: “Grutte Merk”

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