🇧🇪Belgium

Atomium

The Atomium is a building in the shape of a cube standing on one corner, and it is a model of something: the unit cell of an iron crystal, magnified 165 billion times.

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Brussels Town Hall

Hôtel de Ville de Bruxelles - Stadhuis van Brussel

The City Hall of Brussels is the working seat of the city's administration and the only building on the Grand-Place that a visitor can go inside on a ticket.

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• Historic monument
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Horta Museum

Musée Horta - Hortamuseum

The Horta Museum is the house and architectural studio that Victor Horta built for himself in Saint-Gilles, and it is the only building on the Art Nouveau circuit in Brussels that a visitor can walk through room by room.

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Magritte Museum

Musée Magritte Museum

The Musée Magritte Museum is a museum devoted entirely to René Magritte (1898-1967), installed in the Hôtel Altenloh on the Place Royale and run by the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.

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• Museum
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Belgian Comic Strip Center

Centre Belge de la Bande Dessinée - Belgisch Stripcentrum

The Comic Art Museum, still widely signposted and registered under its founding name Belgian Comic Strip Center, occupies a department store that was never meant to hold pictures.

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• Museum
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Cinquantenaire Park

Parc du Cinquantenaire - Jubelpark

Cinquantenaire Park, also called Jubelpark, is the formal park and monumental complex in Brussels' European Quarter, made for Belgium's fiftieth anniversary in 1880. It began on the former Linthout drill ground and expanded after the 1880 national exhibition.

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• Nature site
• Brussels

Mini-Europe

Mini-Europe is a miniature park at the foot of the Atomium in Laeken, in the north of Brussels, where some 350 monuments from across the European Union are rebuilt at a scale of 1/25 and set into roughly 2.5 hectares…

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Oldmasters Museum

Musée Oldmasters - Oldmasters Museum

The Old Masters Museum is one of the four sites that make up the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, a federal institution whose main entrance is at Rue de la Régence 3, on the slope below the Place…

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• Museum
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Musical Instruments Museum

Musée des instruments de musique - Muziekinstrumentenmuseum

The Musical Instruments Museum, universally called the MIM, is a federal Belgian museum of roughly ten thousand instruments, of which about twelve hundred are on show.

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• Museum
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Museum of Natural Sciences of Belgium

Muséum des sciences naturelles de Belgique - Museum voor Natuurwetenschappen van België

The Museum of Natural Sciences of Belgium is a major natural history museum located in Brussels. Its local names are Muséum des sciences naturelles de Belgique in French and Museum voor Natuurwetenschappen van België in Dutch, reflecting Belgium's bilingual character.

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• Museum
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Autoworld

Autoworld is a motor museum located in Brussels, Belgium. The institution occupies a historic building within the Parc du Cinquantenaire complex, a prominent architectural setting in the European capital.

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• Museum
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BELvue

Musée BELvue - BELvue Museum

BELvue is a museum located in Brussels, Belgium. It occupies a historic building and presents exhibitions related to Belgian history, democracy, and society. The museum is situated in the Royal Quarter of Brussels, near the Royal Palace.

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• Museum
• Brussels

House of European History

Maison de l'Histoire européenne - Huis van de Europese geschiedenis

The House of European History is a museum in Brussels dedicated to the history of Europe and European integration. Located in the European Quarter near the European Parliament, it occupies the Eastman Building, a former dental institute.

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• Museum
• Brussels

Parlamentarium

The Parlamentarium is the visitors' centre of the European Parliament, located in Brussels. It serves as an exhibition space designed to inform the public about the European Parliament's role, history, and democratic processes.

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• Museum
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Palace of Coudenberg

Coudenberg

The Palace of Coudenberg was a medieval royal and imperial palace located on Coudenberg hill in Brussels. It served as the seat of government for the Dukes of Brabant and later for the Habsburg rulers.

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Belgian Beer World

Belgian Beer World is a Brussels attraction devoted to Belgian beer culture and heritage.

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Choco-Story Brussels

Choco Story Brussels

Choco-Story Brussels is a museum devoted to chocolate in the Belgian capital. The visit connects cocoa’s Mesoamerican origins with the development of European chocolate-making and Brussels’ strong praline tradition.

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• Museum
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Design Museum Brussels

Design Museum Brussels is a Brussels museum devoted to design history and contemporary design practice. It places functional objects, visual ideas, and manufacturing culture within a wider cultural setting.

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• Museum
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Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History

Musée royal de l'Armée et d'Histoire militaire - Koninklijk Museum van het Leger en de Krijgsgeschiedenis

The Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History occupies the Cinquantenaire complex in Brussels. It presents Belgium’s military heritage across several centuries, combining historical interpretation with large collections of military objects.

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• Museum
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Train World

Train World is Belgium’s national railway museum, housed at the historic Schaerbeek railway station northeast of central Brussels. The museum presents Belgian railway history through locomotives, carriages, railway technology, and the station environment itself.

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• Museum
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Erasmus House

Maison d'Erasme - Erasmushuis

The Erasmus House, known locally as Maison d'Erasme or Erasmushuis, is a historic museum dedicated to the life and work of Desiderius Erasmus, the renowned Renaissance humanist, theologian, and scholar.

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• Museum
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Arts center of Red Cloister

Rouge Cloître - Rood Klooster

Arts center of Red Cloister is a cultural venue at Rouge Cloître, also called Rood Klooster, in the Sonian Forest area of Brussels. The setting brings together the atmosphere of a former Cistercian priory and present-day artistic activity.

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• Museum
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Van Buuren Museum & Gardens

Van Buuren Museum & Gardens is a Brussels cultural attraction that combines a museum interior with designed outdoor grounds.

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Halle Gate Museum

Musée de la Porte de Hal - Hallepoort Museum

Halle Gate Museum is Brussels’ surviving medieval city gate, known in French as Musée de la Porte de Hal and in Dutch as Hallepoort Museum.

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• Museum
• Brussels

Archive and Museum for the Flemish Living in Brussels

Archief en Museum voor het Vlaams Leven te Brussel

The Archief en Museum voor het Vlaams Leven te Brussel is an archive and museum dedicated to Flemish life in Brussels. It preserves and presents materials related to the Flemish community's history, culture, and presence in the bilingual Belgian capital.

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• Museum
• Brussels

Art & History Museum

Musée Art & Histoire - Museum Kunst & Geschiedenis

Art & History Museum, also called Musée Art & Histoire and Museum Kunst & Geschiedenis, is a major Brussels museum in Cinquantenaire Park. The monumental complex presents the city with an encyclopedic journey through art, archaeology, and material culture.

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• Museum
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Art)&(marges Museum

Art & marges musée - Art & marges museum

Art)&(marges Museum is a Brussels museum dedicated to art brut and outsider art. It gives institutional space to self-taught artists and creative practices developed outside established academic and gallery systems.

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• Museum
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Belgian Museum of Freemasonry

Musée Belge de la Franc-Maçonnerie - Belgisch Museum van de Vrijmetselarij

The Belgian Museum of Freemasonry occupies a historic building in Brussels dedicated to preserving and presenting the heritage of Belgian freemasonry.

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Brussels City Museum

Musée de la ville de Bruxelles - Museum van de Stad Brussel

Brussels City Museum, also called Musée de la ville de Bruxelles and Museum van de Stad Brussel, introduces the history and culture of Belgium’s capital.

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Brussels Comics Figurines Museum

Brussels Comics Figurines Museum is a Brussels attraction devoted to comic-book figurines and related collectibles. It brings Belgian and Franco-Belgian comic culture into a three-dimensional setting, giving visitors a chance to focus on character design, sculpture and collecting.

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Brussels Museum van de Geuze

Musée Bruxellois de la Gueuze - Brussels Museum van de Geuze

Brussels Museum van de Geuze, also known as Musée Bruxellois de la Gueuze, explores geuze and the brewing culture surrounding this distinctive Belgian beer. The museum places spontaneous fermentation and lambic traditions within Brussels’ wider food and industrial heritage.

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Brussels Museum van de Molen en de Voeding

Musée bruxellois du Moulin et de l'Alimentation - Brussels Museum van de Molen en de Voeding

Brussels Museum van de Molen en de Voeding, or Musée bruxellois du Moulin et de l’Alimentation, brings together the history of milling and the wider story of food.

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• Museum
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Brussels Urban Transport Museum

Musée du Tram - Trammuseum

The Brussels Urban Transport Museum, locally called Musée du Tram or Trammuseum, preserves the history of public transport in Belgium’s capital. Its central subject is the tram: the vehicles, infrastructure and working world that carried people through Brussels over time.

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Camille Lemonnier Museum

Musée Camille Lemonnier - Camille Lemonnier Museum

Camille Lemonnier Museum is a literary museum in Brussels devoted to Belgian writer Camille Lemonnier. It presents his life and work in a historic setting connected with his legacy.

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Charlier Museum

Musée Charlier - Charliermuseum

Charlier Museum, or Musée Charlier, is a Brussels house museum set inside a historic townhouse.

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Fashion & Lace Museum

Musée Mode & Dentelle - Mode & Kant Museum

The Fashion & Lace Museum, known locally as Musée Mode & Dentelle or Mode & Kant Museum, is a Brussels institution dedicated to textile heritage.

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Fin-de-Siècle Museum

Musée Fin de siècle - Fin de siècle Museum

Fin-de-Siècle Museum, also called Musée Fin de siècle, explores Belgian art from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It is a specialist Brussels destination for travelers drawn to the period’s changing artistic language, social atmosphere, and decorative richness.

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KBR Museum

KBR museum

The KBR Museum is a cultural institution in Brussels associated with the Royal Library of Belgium (KBR/Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België). It presents exhibitions drawn from the library's extensive collections, which span manuscripts, rare books, prints, and historical documents.

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La Fonderie, Brussels Museum of Industry and Labour

La Fonderie

La Fonderie, the Brussels Museum of Industry and Labour, presents the industrial history of Brussels and its surrounding region. The museum occupies a former industrial site, making the setting part of the subject.

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• Museum
• Brussels

Marc Sleen Museum

Maison Marc Sleen - Huis Marc Sleen

The Marc Sleen Museum, known locally as Maison Marc Sleen or Huis Marc Sleen, is a museum in Brussels dedicated to the Belgian cartoonist Marc Sleen.

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Maurice Carême Museum

Musée Maurice Carême - Maurice Carême Museum

The Maurice Carême Museum is a Brussels literary house museum dedicated to the Belgian poet Maurice Carême. It occupies the home where he lived and worked, allowing visitors to encounter his writing through the domestic surroundings connected with his life.

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Meunier Museum

Musée Meunier Museum

The Meunier Museum is a museum in Brussels dedicated to the Belgian artist Constantin Meunier, known for his sculptures and paintings depicting industrial and working-class subjects.

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Museum of Ixelles

Musée d'Ixelles - Museum van Elsene

The Museum of Ixelles, also known as Musée d'Ixelles and Museum van Elsene, is a municipal art museum in the Ixelles/Elsene municipality of Brussels. Its local identity distinguishes it from the major federal museums concentrated in the city center.

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Museum of Medicine

Musée de la Médecine - Geneeskundemuseum

The Museum of Medicine, known locally as Musée de la Médecine in French and Geneeskundemuseum in Dutch, is a medical history museum in Brussels.

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Museum of the Public Social Welfare Centre of Brussels

Musée du CPAS de Bruxelles - Museum van het OCMW van Brussel

The Museum of the Public Social Welfare Centre of Brussels presents the history of public welfare in Belgium’s capital.

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Museum van de Belgische Brouwers

Musée des Brasseurs belges - Museum van de Belgische Brouwers

Museum van de Belgische Brouwers, also called Musée des Brasseurs belges, is a Brussels museum devoted to Belgian brewing. It presents brewing as part of the country’s cultural identity and introduces visitors to the traditions behind Belgian beer.

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Museum van de Nationale Bank van België

Musée de la Banque nationale de Belgique - Museum van de Nationale Bank van België

The Museum van de Nationale Bank van België introduces visitors to money, banking, and Belgium’s financial history. Operated by the National Bank of Belgium, it links a national institution with public education.

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Museum voor Spontane Kunst

Musée d’Art Spontané - Museum voor Spontane Kunst

Museum voor Spontane Kunst, also known as Musée d’Art Spontané, is a Brussels museum devoted to spontaneous art. Its collection focuses on artistic expression shaped by intuitive and non-academic creative processes.

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National Museum of the Resistance

Musée national de la Résistance - Nationaal Museum van de Weerstand

The National Museum of the Resistance, known locally as Musée national de la Résistance and Nationaal Museum van de Weerstand, is a museum in Brussels dedicated to documenting Belgium's resistance movement during the Second World War.

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René Magritte Museum

Museum René Magritte Musée

The René Magritte Museum is a dedicated museum celebrating the life and work of the Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte.

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Schaerbeek Beer Museum

Musée schaerbeekois de la bière - Schaarbeeks Biermuseum

Schaerbeek Beer Museum, also called Musée schaerbeekois de la bière or Schaarbeeks Biermuseum, is a Brussels museum devoted to beer history and culture.

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Sewer Museum

Musée des Égouts - Riolenmuseum

Brussels’s Sewer Museum, known locally as Musée des Égouts or Riolenmuseum, turns the city’s sanitation infrastructure into an industrial-heritage experience. The visit connects everyday urban life with the hidden engineering that carries wastewater beneath streets and buildings.

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Street Lamp Museum

Musée du Réverbère - Museum van de Straatlantaarn

Street Lamp Museum, also called Musée du Réverbère and Museum van de Straatlantaarn, is a Brussels museum devoted to the history of street lighting.

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The Children's Museum

Le Musée des Enfants - Het Kindermuseum

The Children’s Museum, known as Le Musée des Enfants or Het Kindermuseum, is a Brussels attraction built around learning through play. It gives children an active role, encouraging them to explore, handle, imagine, and make connections outside a traditional classroom.

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Wiertz Museum

Musée Wiertz Museum

The Wiertz Museum in Brussels is devoted to Antoine Wiertz, a Belgian Romantic painter and sculptor. The museum occupies the artist's former studio and residence, making the building part of the visit rather than a neutral container for the collection.

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Experimental Garden Jean Massart

Jardin botanique Jean Massart - Botanische tuin Jean Massart

Experimental Garden Jean Massart is a botanical garden in Brussels, also known as Jardin botanique Jean Massart and Botanische tuin Jean Massart. It is affiliated with the Université libre de Bruxelles and combines public access with scientific research.

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Humanist Sculpture Park

Humanistisch Sculpturenpark

Humanist Sculpture Park, locally called Humanistisch Sculpturenpark, is an open-air cultural space in Brussels where visitors encounter sculpture within a landscaped setting.

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Autrique House

Maison Autrique - Autrique-huis

The Autrique House, known locally as Maison Autrique or Autrique-huis, is a historic residence in Brussels. This building holds significance as an early work by the renowned Belgian architect Victor Horta, predating his more famous Art Nouveau creations.

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CINEMATEK

CINEMATEK is Brussels’ cinematheque: a cinema and film archive devoted to preserving, studying, and showing film heritage. Its programme centres on classic, rare, and historically important works rather than the newest commercial releases.

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Cauchie House

Maison Cauchie - Cauchiehuis

Cauchie House, Maison Cauchie or Cauchiehuis, is an Art Nouveau townhouse in Brussels designed by architect and artist Paul Cauchie in 1905. It served as his residence and studio, allowing him to shape both the building and its decoration.

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