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Brussels
Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital

Brussels

Brussels 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.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Pentagon and Brussels Airport.

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The is the historical center of Brussels. 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 main of . It is located in the municipality of in , 12 kilometres northeast of .

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Schaerbeek or is one of the 19 municipalities of the , Belgium. Located in the north-eastern part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, , and .

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Centre and Molenbeek and surroundings.

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The is the historic of Brussels, including the world's most beautiful town square, the Grand-Place which is listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Molenbeek and neighbouring quarters in Brussels have a bit of a shoddy reputation, in part due to overhyped media reports and in part due to genuine issues.

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The is Brussels' northern most district, and its most leisure centered district. The Atomium is its most famous attraction, but the district has a lot more opportunities for activities and interesting sights to offer.

is the south eastern residential district of Brussels, the capital of .

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The to the southeast of Brussels is a vast area of pristine nature dominated by beech and oak trees. It is a paradise for outdoor activities, and a much-needed leisure area where citizens of the crowded city can relax and regain their breath.

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The South district in the Belgian capital of Brussels comprises the municipalities of Saint-Gilles / Sint-Gillis, Forest / Vorst and Uccle / Ukkel.

The West contains the extensive western suburbs of Brussels. Except for the Sacred Heart basilica, tourists usually do not visit this part of the city.

The of Brussels is a residential and commercial district of 's capital, bordering to the south-west and to the south.

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The in Brussels, is a large office area east of the center which is mostly taken up by the European Union. The district also houses the large Parc de Cinquantenaire and a beautiful, but expensive, residential area on its northern edge.

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Matongé is a district in Brussels, the capital of , and home to its population originating from the Congo.

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The is a district in Brussels, .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Manneken Pis and Grand Place.

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is a landmark 55.5 cm bronze fountain sculpture in central , Belgium, depicting a puer mingens: a naked little boy urinating into the fountain's basin.

Square
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The 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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The are a group of art museums in , Belgium. They are part of the institutions of the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office and consist of six museums: the , the , the , the Modern Museum, the Antoine Wiertz Museum and the Constantin Meunier Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Anderlecht and Ixelles-Elsene.

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is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, , , and , as well as the municipalities of and .

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Ixelles or Elsene is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located to the south-east of , it is geographically bisected by the City of Brussels.

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or Sint-Gillis is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the southern part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, , and .

Brussels

Latitude
50.8467° or 50° 50′ 48″ north
Longitude
4.3525° or 4° 21′ 9″ east
Population
194,000
Elevation
28 metres (92 feet)
IATA airport code
BRU
United Nations Location Code
BE BRU
Open location code
9F26R9W2+MX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1635651356
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2800866
Wiki­data ID
Q239
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In Other Languages

From Adyghe to Zulu—“Brussels” goes by many names.
  • Adyghe: “Брюссел”
  • Afrikaans: “Brussel”
  • Albanian: “Brukseli”
  • Amharic: “ብሩክሴል ከተማ”
  • Arabic: “بروكسل”
  • Arabic: “مدينة بروكسل”
  • Aragonese: “Bruselas”
  • Armenian: “Բրյուսել”
  • Arpitan: “Brussèla”
  • Arpitan: “Brussèles”
  • Asturian: “Bruseles”
  • Asturian: “Brussel”
  • Asturian: “Brüssel”
  • Asturian: “Bruxeles”
  • Asturian: “Bruxelles”
  • Avaric: “Брюссель”
  • Avaric: “Буруссел”
  • Aymara: “Brussel”
  • Azerbaijani: “Brüssel”
  • Balinese: “Brussels”
  • Bambara: “Brussels”
  • Bashkir: “Брюссель”
  • Basque: “Brusela”
  • Bavarian: “Brissl”
  • Belarusian: “Брусель”
  • Belarusian: “Брусэль”
  • Bengali: “ব্রাসেলস শহর”
  • Bengali: “ব্রাসেলস”
  • Bhojpuri: “ब्रसेल्स शहर”
  • Bislama: “Brussels”
  • Bosnian: “Brisel”
  • Bosnian: “Bruxelles”
  • Breton: “Brusel”
  • Bulgarian: “Брюксел”
  • Burmese: “ဘရပ်ဆဲလ်မြို့”
  • Catalan: “Brusel·les”
  • Catalan: “Brussel·les”
  • Cebuano: “Bruselas”
  • Central Kurdish: “شاری بروکسێل”
  • Chavacano: “Bruselas”
  • Chechen: “Бруссель”
  • Chechen: “Брюссель”
  • Chinese: “Brussels Chhī”
  • Chinese: “布魯塞爾”
  • Chinese: “布鲁塞尔”
  • Chinese: “布鲁塞尔城”
  • Chinese: “布鲁塞尔市”
  • Church Slavic: “Брюѯєль”
  • Chuvash: “Брюссель”
  • Cornish: “Brusselas”
  • Corsican: “Brussel”
  • Corsican: “Brusselle”
  • Corsican: “Bruxelles”
  • Corsican: “Cità di Brusselle”
  • Corsican: “Cità di Bruxelles”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Brüksel”
  • Croatian: “Bruxelles”
  • Croatian: “Grad Bruxelles”
  • Czech: “Brusel”
  • Dagbani: “Brussels”
  • Danish: “Bruxelles”
  • Danish: “Bryssel”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Bruksel”
  • Dutch: “02”
  • Dutch: “Bru”
  • Dutch: “Brussel-stad”
  • Dutch: “Brussel”
  • Dutch: “BXL”
  • Dutch: “Stad Brussel”
  • Eastern Mari: “Брюссель”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بروكسل”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مدينة بروكسيل”
  • Erzya: “Брюссель ош”
  • Esperanto: “Brukselo”
  • Esperanto: “Bruselo”
  • Estonian: “Brüssel”
  • Ewe: “Brussels”
  • Extremaduran: “Brusselas”
  • Faroese: “Brussel”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Brussels”
  • Finnish: “Bryssel”
  • Finnish: “Brysselin kaupunki”
  • French: “02”
  • French: “Bruxelles-Ville”
  • French: “Bruxelles”
  • French: “BXL”
  • French: “Ville de Bruxelles”
  • Friulian: “Brussels”
  • Fulah: “Brussels”
  • Galician: “Bruxelas”
  • Galician: “Bruxelles”
  • Georgian: “ბრიუსელი”
  • German: “Brussel”
  • German: “Brüssel”
  • German: “Bruxelles”
  • German: “BXL”
  • German: “Stadt Brüssel”
  • Gothic: “𐌱𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌴𐌻”
  • Gothic: “𐌱𐍂𐍅𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌻”
  • Greek: “Βρυξέλλες”
  • Greek: “Πόλη των Βρυξελλών”
  • Guarani: “Vuruséla”
  • Gujarati: “બ્રસેલ્સ”
  • Haitian: “Briksèl”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Brussels Sṳ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Pu-lû-set-ngì”
  • Hausa: “Brussels”
  • Hebrew: “בריסל”
  • Hindi: “ब्रसल”
  • Hindi: “ब्रसेल्स”
  • Hindi: “ब्रास्लस”
  • Hindi: “ब्रुसेल”
  • Hindi: “ब्रुसेल्स”
  • Hindi: “ब्रूसेल”
  • Hungarian: “Brüsszel város”
  • Hungarian: “Brüsszel”
  • Icelandic: “Brussel”
  • Ido: “Bruxel”
  • Ido: “Bruxelles”
  • Inari Sami: “Bryssel kaavpug”
  • Indonesian: “Brusel”
  • Indonesian: “Brussels”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Brusel”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Brussel”
  • Interlingua: “Brussel”
  • Interlingua: “Bruxelles”
  • Interlingue: “Bruxelles”
  • Irish: “an Bhruiséil”
  • Irish: “An Bhruiséil”
  • Irish: “Bruiséil”
  • Italian: “Brussel-stad”
  • Italian: “Brussel”
  • Italian: “Brusselle”
  • Italian: “Bruxelles-Ville”
  • Italian: “Bruxelles”
  • Italian: “Città di Brusselle”
  • Italian: “Città di Bruxelles”
  • Italian: “Ville de Bruxelles”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Brosls”
  • Japanese: “ブリュッセル”
  • Japanese: “ブリュッセル市”
  • Javanese: “Brusel”
  • Javanese: “Brussel”
  • Javanese: “Brussél”
  • Kabardian: “Брюсел”
  • Kabiyè: “Prukisɛɛlɩ”
  • Kabyle: “Brussel”
  • Kabyle: “Bruxelles”
  • Kalaallisut: “Bruxelles”
  • Kannada: “ಬ್ರಸೆಲ್ಸ್”
  • Kannada: “ಬ್ರಸ್ಸೆಲ್ಸ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Bryussel”
  • Kashubian: “Bruksela”
  • Kazakh: “Бруссел”
  • Kazakh: “Брюссель”
  • Kirghiz: “Брүссел”
  • Kirghiz: “Брюссель”
  • Komering: “Brussel”
  • Komi: “Брюссель”
  • Korean: “브뤼셀”
  • Korean: “브뤼셀시”
  • Korean: “브류쎌”
  • Korean: “빌 드 브뤼셀”
  • Kurdish: “Bruksel”
  • Ladino: “Bruselas”
  • Latin: “Brucellae”
  • Latin: “Bruxellae”
  • Latin: “Urbs Brucellae”
  • Latin: “Urbs Bruxellae”
  • Latvian: “Brisele”
  • Ligurian: “Bruxelles”
  • Ligurian: “çitæ de Bruxelles”
  • Limburgan: “Brussel”
  • Lingala: “Bruxelles”
  • Literary Chinese: “布魯塞爾”
  • Lithuanian: “Briuselis”
  • Livvi: “Br’ussel’u”
  • Low German: “Brussel”
  • Low German: “Brüssel”
  • Luxembourgish: “Bréissel”
  • Luxembourgish: “Bruxelles”
  • Macedonian: “Брисел”
  • Macedonian: “Град Брисел”
  • Malagasy: “Brussel”
  • Malay: “Brussel”
  • Malay: “Brussels”
  • Malayalam: “ബ്രസൽസ് നഗരം”
  • Maltese: “Brussell”
  • Maori: “Paruhi”
  • Marathi: “ब्रसेल्स”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Brussel”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Brussels”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Brussels Chhī”
  • Minangkabau: “Kota Brussels”
  • Mingrelian: “ბრიუსელი”
  • Moksha: “Брюсэль”
  • Mongolian: “Брюссель”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “بروكسيل”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “بريكسيل”
  • Narom: “Brusselle”
  • Nauru: “Brussels”
  • Neapolitan: “Bruxelles”
  • Nepali: “ब्रसेल्स”
  • Northern Frisian: “Brussel”
  • Northern Frisian: “Stääd Brüssel”
  • Northern Luri: “بروگسل”
  • Northern Sami: “Brussel”
  • Northern Sami: “Bryssel”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Brussel (kommune)”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Brussel”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brussel”
  • Norwegian: “Brussel”
  • Novial: “Bruxelles”
  • Nyanja: “Brussels”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Brussèlas”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܒܪܘܟܣܠ”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Brysel”
  • Ossetian: “Брюссель”
  • Pampanga: “Bruselas Lakanbalen”
  • Pampanga: “Bruselas”
  • Pampanga: “Lakanbalen ning Bruselas”
  • Panjabi: “ਬਰੱਸਲਸ”
  • Papiamento: “Brusela”
  • Persian: “بروکسل”
  • Persian: “شهر بروکسل”
  • Picard: “Brusselle”
  • Piemontese: “Brussel”
  • Polish: “Bruksela”
  • Portuguese: “Bruxelas”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade de Bruxelas”
  • Quechua: “Brussel”
  • Romanian: “Bruxelles”
  • Romanian: “Orașul Bruxelles”
  • Romansh: “Brüssel”
  • Russian: “Брюссель”
  • Rusyn: “Брусел”
  • Sakizaya: “pulisayl”
  • Samogitian: “Briuselis”
  • Sardinian: “Bruxelles”
  • Sardinian: “Tzitade de Bruxelles”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Brussel”
  • Scots: “Brussels Ceety”
  • Scots: “Brussels”
  • Scots: “BXL”
  • Scots: “Ceety o Brussels”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “A‘ Bhruiseal”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “A’ Bhruiseal”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Bruiseal”
  • Serbian: “Brisel”
  • Serbian: “Брисел”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Grad Bruxelles”
  • Shona: “Brussels”
  • Sicilian: “Brusselli”
  • Sicilian: “Bruxelles”
  • Silesian: “Bruksela”
  • Sindhi: “بروسیلز”
  • Sinhala: “බෲසෙල්ස්”
  • Sinhala: “බ්‍රසල්ස්”
  • Slovak: “Brusel”
  • Slovenian: “Bruselj (mesto)”
  • Slovenian: “Bruselj”
  • Somali: “Boroksel”
  • Somali: “Brussels”
  • Spanish: “Bruselas”
  • Sranan Tongo: “Brusilu”
  • Swahili: “Brussels”
  • Swedish: “Bryssel”
  • Swiss German: “Brüssel”
  • Tagalog: “Bruselas”
  • Tagalog: “Lungsod ng Bruselas”
  • Tajik: “Брюссел”
  • Talysh: “Brussel”
  • Tamil: “பிரசெல்சு நகரம்”
  • Tamil: “பிரெஸ்சல்ஸ் மாநகரம்”
  • Tamil: “ப்ரஸல்ஸ்”
  • Tamil: “ப்ரஸ்ஸஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Брюссель”
  • Telugu: “బ్రసెల్స్”
  • Thai: “นครบรัสเซลส์”
  • Thai: “บรัสเซลส์”
  • Tok Pisin: “Brasels”
  • Tok Pisin: “Brussels”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Brüssel”
  • Turkish: “Brüksel Şehri”
  • Turkish: “Brüksel”
  • Turkish: “Brussel-stad”
  • Turkish: “Brussel”
  • Turkish: “Bruxelles”
  • Turkish: “BXL”
  • Turkish: “Stad Brussel”
  • Turkish: “Stadt Brüssel”
  • Turkish: “Ville de Bruxelles”
  • Turkmen: “Brussel”
  • Twi: “Brasɛls”
  • Udmurt: “Брюссель”
  • Uighur: “Bryussél”
  • Uighur: “بريۇسسېل”
  • Ukrainian: “Брюсель”
  • Ukrainian: “Брюссель”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Brüssel”
  • Urdu: “برسل شہر”
  • Urdu: “برسلز شہر”
  • Uzbek: “Brussel”
  • Uzbek: “Bryussel”
  • Venetian: “Borseła”
  • Veps: “Brüssel‘”
  • Veps: “Brüssel’”
  • Vietnamese: “Brussel”
  • Vietnamese: “Brussels”
  • Vietnamese: “Bruxelles”
  • Vietnamese: “Thành phố Bruxelles”
  • Vlaams: “Brussel”
  • Vlax Romani: “Brusel”
  • Volapük: “Brussel”
  • Võro: “Brüssel”
  • Walloon: “Brussele-Veye”
  • Walloon: “Brussele”
  • Walloon: “Veye d’Brussele”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bruselas”
  • Welsh: “Brwsel”
  • Welsh: “Dinas Brwsel”
  • Western Armenian: “Պրիւքսէլ”
  • Western Frisian: “Brussel”
  • Western Frisian: “Stêd Brussel”
  • Western Mari: “Брюссель”
  • Western Panjabi: “برسلز”
  • Wolof: “Burusel”
  • Wu Chinese: “布鲁塞尔”
  • Yakut: “Брүссель”
  • Yiddish: “בריסל”
  • Yue Chinese: “布魯塞爾”
  • Zeeuws: “Brussel”
  • Zulu: “i-City of Brussels”
  • “Briuselis”
  • “Brusel”
  • “Brüssel”
  • “Bruxelles”
  • “ma tomo Puse”
  • “ब्रसेल्स शहर”

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