Brussels

Brussels, officially the Brussels-Capital Region, is a region of comprising 19 municipalities, including the , which is the capital of Belgium.
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  • Type: region of Belgium with 1,250,000 residents
  • Description: federal region of Belgium including the City of Brussels
  • Also known as: “BE-BRU”, “BHG”, “Bruselas-Capital”, “Brüssel-Hauptstadt”, “Brüssel-Region”, “Brussels Gewest”, “Brussels Region”, “Brussels-Caipital”, “Brussels-Capital”, “Brussels-Capital Region”, “Brüsszeli Régió”, “Bruxellae Capitalis”, “Bruxelles-Capitală”, “Brysselin alue”, “BXL”, “Grand Brussele”, “Grande Brussele”, “ma Puseli”, “Redjon d’ Brussele-Capitåle”, “Redjon d’ Brussele-Mwaisse-Veye”, “Redjon d’Brussele”, “Região de Bruxelas”, “Région bruxelloise”, “Región de Bruselas”, “Region o Brussels-Caipital”, “Region of Brussels-Capital”, “Regione di Brusselle-Capitale”, “Regiunea Bruxelles”, “Rexión de Bruxelas”, “Rexón de Bruxeles”, “Stêdsregio Brussel”, “إقليم بروكسل العاصمة”, “ब्रसेल्स-राजधानी प्रदेश”, “ब्रुसेल्स राजधानी प्रदेश”, “ਬ੍ਰਸਲਜ਼”, “ப்ரஸ்ஸல்-கேப்பிடல் பகுதி”, “브뤼셀 수도 지역”, “小パリ”, and “欧州の首都”
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Places of Interest

Highlights: Zuid and Manneken Pis.

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Bruxelles-Midi or Brussel-Zuid is the hub of train network in the south of .

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is a landmark 55.5 cm bronze fountain…

Square
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The or Grote Markt is the central square of Brussels, Belgium.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brussels and Pentagon.

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is the capital of and one of the…

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The is the historical center of .

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Schaerbeek or is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium.

Brussels

Latitude
50.8488° or 50° 50′ 56″ north
Longitude
4.3466° or 4° 20′ 48″ east
Population
1,250,000
Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)
Abbreviation
“BRU”
Open location code
9F26R8XW+GM
Geo­Names ID
6693370
Wiki­data ID
Q240
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Zeeuws—“Brussels” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Brussèl”
  • Adyghe: “Брюссел”
  • Afrikaans: “Brusselse Hoofstedelike Gewes”
  • Albanian: “Brukseli”
  • Albanian: “Rajoni i Kryeqytetit të Brukselit”
  • Amharic: “ብሩክሴል”
  • Arabic: “بروكسل”
  • Aragonese: “Rechión de Bruselas-Capital”
  • Armenian: “Բրյուսել”
  • Assamese: “ব্ৰুচেলছ”
  • Asturian: “Rexón de Bruxeles-Capital”
  • Azerbaijani: “Brüssel Paytaxt Bölgəsi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Brüssel paytaxt vilayəti”
  • Balinese: “Brussel (kota)”
  • Balinese: “Brussel”
  • Bambara: “Brussels”
  • Bashkir: “Брюссель баш ҡала регионы”
  • Basque: “Brusela-Hiriburua eskualdea”
  • Belarusian: “Брусельскі сталічны рэгіён”
  • Belarusian: “Брусэльскі сталічны рэгіён”
  • Bengali: “ব্রাসেল্‌স”
  • Betawi: “Bresèl”
  • Bhojpuri: “ब्रसेल्स”
  • Bosnian: “Regija glavnog grada Bruxellesa”
  • Breton: “Rannvro Brusel-Kêr-benn”
  • Breton: “Rannvro Brusel-Kêrbenn”
  • Bulgarian: “Брюксел”
  • Bulgarian: “Столичен регион Брюксел”
  • Burmese: “ဘရပ်ဆဲလ်မြို့”
  • Catalan: “Regió de Brussel·les-Capital”
  • Cebuano: “Bruxelles-Capitale”
  • Central Bikol: “Brussels”
  • Central Kanuri: “Brussels”
  • Central Kurdish: “بروکسێل”
  • Chinese: “布魯塞爾首都大區”
  • Chinese: “布鲁塞尔首都大区”
  • Cornish: “Brusselas”
  • Corsican: “Regione di Bruxelles-Capitale”
  • Croatian: “Regija glavnoga grada Bruxellesa”
  • Czech: “Bruselský region”
  • Danish: “Bruxelles”
  • Danish: “Region Bruxelles”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Bruksel”
  • Dutch: “Brussel-Hoofdstad”
  • Dutch: “Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بروكسيل”
  • Esperanto: “Brusela Ĉefurba Regiono”
  • Estonian: “Pealinna Brüsseli piirkond”
  • Finnish: “Bryssel”
  • Finnish: “Brysselin pääkaupunkialue”
  • French: “Région de Bruxelles-Capitale”
  • Gagauz: “Brüksel”
  • Galician: “Rexión de Bruxelas-Capital”
  • Ganda: “Brussels”
  • Georgian: “ბრიუსელი”
  • Georgian: “ბრიუსელის რეგიონი”
  • German: “Hauptstadtregion Brüssel”
  • German: “Region Brüssel-Hauptstadt”
  • Greek: “Περιοχή των Βρυξελλών”
  • Gujarati: “બ્રસેલ્સ-કેપિટલ પ્રદેશ”
  • Gujarati: “બ્રસેલ્સ”
  • Haitian: “Briksèl”
  • Hebrew: “בריסל”
  • Hindi: “ब्रुसेल्स”
  • Hungarian: “Brüsszel fővárosi régió”
  • Icelandic: “Brussel-höfuðborgarsvæðið”
  • Icelandic: “Brussel”
  • Ido: “Bruxel”
  • Iloko: “Bruselas”
  • Inari Sami: “Bryssel”
  • Indonesian: “Brussel”
  • Indonesian: “Daerah Ibu Kota Brussel”
  • Ingush: “Брюссельский столичный регион”
  • Interlingua: “Brussel”
  • Interlingue: “Bruxelles”
  • Irish: “An Bhruiséil”
  • Italian: “Regione di Bruxelles-Capitale”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Brussels”
  • Japanese: “ブリュッセル”
  • Japanese: “ブリュッセル首都圏地域”
  • Kannada: “ಬ್ರಸೆಲ್ಸ್”
  • Karekare: “Brussels”
  • Kashubian: “Bruksela”
  • Kazakh: “Брюссель”
  • Kölsch: “Brüßßel”
  • Komi: “Брюссель”
  • Korean: “브뤼셀”
  • Kurdish: “Bruksel”
  • Ladino: “Bruselas”
  • Latin: “Bruxellae”
  • Latin: “Regio Bruxellana Capitalis”
  • Latvian: “Briseles galvaspilsētas reģions”
  • Limburgan: “Brussels Hoofsjtaejelik Gewes”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Bruxelles”
  • Lithuanian: “Briuselio-sostinės regionas”
  • Lojban: “brusel.”
  • Low German: “Brussels Heufdstedelijk Gewest”
  • Low German: “Kuntrei vun de Hööftstadt Brüssel”
  • Luxembourgish: “Haaptstadregioun Bréissel”
  • Macedonian: “Брисел”
  • Malay: “Brussels”
  • Malayalam: “ബ്രസൽസ്”
  • Maltese: “Reġjun ta‘ Bruxelles-Capitale”
  • Manx: “Yn Vrussyl”
  • Maori: “Paruhi”
  • Marathi: “ब्रसेल्स”
  • Mazanderani: “بروکسل”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Brussels”
  • Minangkabau: “Brussels”
  • Minangkabau: “Daerah Ibu Kota Brussels”
  • Moksha: “Брюсэлонь пряошень регионць”
  • Mongolian: “Брюссель”
  • Neapolitan: “Bruxelles”
  • Nepali: “ब्रसेल्स राजधानी क्षेत्र”
  • Newari: “ब्रसेल्स”
  • Northern Frisian: “Regiuun Brüssel”
  • Northern Sami: “Bryssel”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Brussel”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hovudstadsregionen Brussel”
  • Norwegian: “Brussel”
  • Nyanja: “Brussels”
  • Obolo: “Bruxelles”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Region de Brussèlas Capitala”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Region de Brussèlas-Capitala”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܒܪܘܟܣܠ”
  • Oriya: “ବୃସେଲ”
  • Oriya: “ବୃସେଲ୍ସ”
  • Panjabi: “ਬਰੂਸਲ”
  • Persian: “بروکسل”
  • Picard: “Brusselle”
  • Picard: “Règion Brusselle-Capitale”
  • Piemontese: “Region ëd Brussel”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Brussels”
  • Polish: “Region Stołeczny Brukseli”
  • Portuguese: “Bruxelas-Capital”
  • Portuguese: “Bruxelas”
  • Portuguese: “Região de Bruxelas-Capital”
  • Pushto: “بروکسل”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Bruxelles-Capitală”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Capitalei Bruxelles”
  • Russia Buriat: “Брюссель”
  • Russian: “Брюссельский столичный регион”
  • Santali: “ᱵᱨᱟᱥᱮᱞᱥ”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Brussel”
  • Scots: “Brussels-Caipital Region”
  • Scots: “Brussels”
  • Serbian: “Бриселски регион”
  • Serbian: “Регион главног града Брисела”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Regija glavnog grada Bruxellesa”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Regija glavnoga grada Bruxellesa”
  • Shona: “Brussels”
  • Sicilian: “Bruxelles”
  • Silesian: “Bruksela”
  • Sinhala: “බ්‍රසල්ස්-අගනුවර කලාපය, බෙල්ජියම”
  • Sinhala: “බ්‍රසල්ස්-කැපිටල් කලාපය”
  • Slovak: “Región Brusel-hlavné mesto”
  • Slovenian: “Bruselj”
  • Slovenian: “Regija Bruselj – glavno mesto”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بروکسل”
  • Spanish: “Región de Bruselas-Capital”
  • Sranan Tongo: “Brusilu”
  • Swahili: “Brussels”
  • Swedish: “Bryssel”
  • Swedish: “Brysselregionen”
  • Swiss German: “Region Brüssel-Hauptstadt”
  • Tajik: “Брюссел”
  • Tamil: “பிரசெல்சு”
  • Tamil: “பிரஸ்செல்ஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Брюссель башкала төбәге”
  • Telugu: “బ్రసెల్స్-రాజధాని ప్రాంతం”
  • Telugu: “బ్రస్సెల్స్”
  • Thai: “บรัสเซลส์”
  • Tibetan: “པུའུ་ལུའུ་སེལ​།”
  • Turkish: “Brüksel Başkent Bölgesi”
  • Turkish: “Brüksel”
  • Uighur: “Bryussél”
  • Ukrainian: “Брюссельський столичний регіон”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Brüssel”
  • Urdu: “برسلز”
  • Uzbek: “Brussel Poytaxt Regioni”
  • Venetian: “Rejon de Bruxel-Capitałe”
  • Veps: “Brüssel‘”
  • Vietnamese: “Bruxelles”
  • Vlaams: “Brussels Oofdstedelik Gewest”
  • Volapük: “Ziläk Cifazifa: Brussel”
  • Walloon: “Brussele”
  • Walloon: “Redjon d’ Brussele”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bruselas”
  • Welsh: “Rhanbarth Brwsel-Prifddinas”
  • Western Frisian: “Brusselsk Haadstedsk Gewest”
  • Western Frisian: “Brusselsk Haadsteedlik Gewest”
  • Western Mari: “Брюссель”
  • Western Panjabi: “برسلز”
  • Wu Chinese: “布鲁塞尔首都大区”
  • Yakut: “Брүссель”
  • Yiddish: “בריסל ראיאן”
  • Yoruba: “Brussels”
  • Yue Chinese: “布魯塞爾首都區”
  • Yue Chinese: “布魯塞爾首都大區”
  • Zeeuws: “Brussel”
  • Zeeuws: “Brussels Oôdstedelijk Hewest”
  • “ma Puse”
  • “Region stoličnogo grada Bruselj”
  • “ब्रसेल्स”

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Places to explore: Centre and Dansaert area.

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Highlights: Parking 58 and Hotel Amigo.

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