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Grand Place voted among world’s most beautiful landmarks

28.05.2016 - In category: Residence Permit EU

The Grand Place in Brussels was selected as one of the most beautiful landmarks in the world, according to users of the popular travel website TripAdvisor. The majestic medieval square came in 13th place in the category Top 25 Landmarks of the 2016 Travellers’ Choice Awards, writes De Standaard. The Travellers’ Choice Awards is an […]

Bowie memorial draws 200 fans to Brussels’ Grand Place

12.01.2016 - In category: Residence Permit EU

About 200 people gathered on Brussels’ Grand Place on Monday evening in a tribute to the deceased pop icon David Bowie. The event was an initiative of Brussels tourism minister Philippe Close, himself a huge fan of the British music legend, writes Brusselnieuws. The tribute featured a series of Bowie classics played over the loudspeakers […]

Grand Place – Nightly picnic

18.08.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

Obviously the Grand Place of Brussels is one of the must see attractions of the city so every tourist will pass by there. But today I want to suggest you go there late in the evening on a warm summer night. Buy a beer in one of the nearby shops, maybe some french fries and […]

FLOWERTIME 2015

04.08.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

Flowertime, a splendid dream of fragrance and colour in the heart of Brussels Maybe it’s still fresh in your memory: the colourful and skilfully decorated flower garden of the first edition of “Floraliëntime” in the summer of 2013, on the Grand-Place in Brussels and in the City Hall. This was a tremendous success, which drew […]

The year of 2014 on the Grand Place in 52 seconds

11.01.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

[vimeo 116253658 w=500 h=375] The web department of the City of Brussels has patiently gathered 265 pictures from the webcam on top of Grand Place. They combined them all into a single video clip of just under a minute. The result, compiled in 52 seconds, can be discovered below. You can easily guess the construction […]