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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Royal_Quarter"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.2</span> <span>Royal Quarter</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Royal_Quarter-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sablon/Zavel_Quarter" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sablon/Zavel_Quarter"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.3</span> <span>Sablon/Zavel Quarter</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sablon/Zavel_Quarter-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Marolles/Marollen_Quarter" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Marolles/Marollen_Quarter"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.4</span> <span>Marolles/Marollen Quarter</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Marolles/Marollen_Quarter-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Midi–Lemonnier_or_Stalingrad_Quarter" 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</div> </a> <ul id="toc-Quays_or_Maritime_Quarter-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Marais–Jacqmain_Quarter" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Marais–Jacqmain_Quarter"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.8</span> <span>Marais–Jacqmain Quarter</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Marais–Jacqmain_Quarter-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Freedom_Quarter" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Freedom_Quarter"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.9</span> <span>Freedom Quarter</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Freedom_Quarter-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eastern_Quarters" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eastern_Quarters"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Eastern Quarters</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eastern_Quarters-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-European_Quarter_and_Leopold_Quarter" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#European_Quarter_and_Leopold_Quarter"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.1</span> <span>European Quarter and Leopold Quarter</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-European_Quarter_and_Leopold_Quarter-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Squares_Quarter" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Squares_Quarter"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.2</span> <span>Squares Quarter</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Squares_Quarter-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Northern_Quarters" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Northern_Quarters"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Northern Quarters</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Northern_Quarters-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Laeken" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Laeken"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.1</span> <span>Laeken</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Laeken-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mutsaard" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mutsaard"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.2</span> <span>Mutsaard</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mutsaard-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Neder-Over-Heembeek" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Neder-Over-Heembeek"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.3</span> <span>Neder-Over-Heembeek</span> </div> </a> <ul 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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Foreign_population"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Foreign population</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Foreign_population-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Politics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Politics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Politics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Politics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Politics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Politics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Environmental_policy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Environmental_policy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Environmental policy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Environmental_policy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Culture</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Culture-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Culture subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Museums" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Museums"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Museums</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Museums-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Food" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a 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id="toc-Citations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.3</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc 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href="https://ady.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%8E%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB" title="Брюссел – Adyghe" lang="ady" hreflang="ady" data-title="Брюссел" data-language-autonym="Адыгабзэ" data-language-local-name="Adyghe" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Адыгабзэ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussel" title="Brussel – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Brussel" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-als mw-list-item"><a href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%BCssel" title="Brüssel – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Brüssel" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%89%A5%E1%88%A9%E1%8A%AD%E1%88%B4%E1%88%8D_%E1%8A%A8%E1%89%B0%E1%88%9B" title="ብሩክሴል ከተማ – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ብሩክሴል ከተማ" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-smn mw-list-item"><a href="https://smn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryssel_kaavpug" title="Bryssel kaavpug – Inari Sami" lang="smn" hreflang="smn" data-title="Bryssel kaavpug" data-language-autonym="Anarâškielâ" data-language-local-name="Inari Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Anarâškielâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brysel" title="Brysel – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Brysel" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A9_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%84" title="مدينة بروكسل – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مدينة بروكسل" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruselas" title="Bruselas – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Bruselas" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D6%80%D5%AB%D6%82%D6%84%D5%BD%D5%A7%D5%AC" title="Պրիւքսէլ – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Պրիւքսէլ" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruss%C3%A8la" title="Brussèla – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Brussèla" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruxeles" title="Bruxeles – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Bruxeles" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vurus%C3%A9la" title="Vuruséla – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Vuruséla" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-av mw-list-item"><a href="https://av.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB" title="Буруссел – Avaric" lang="av" hreflang="av" data-title="Буруссел" data-language-autonym="Авар" data-language-local-name="Avaric" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Авар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ay mw-list-item"><a href="https://ay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussel" title="Brussel – Aymara" lang="ay" hreflang="ay" data-title="Brussel" data-language-autonym="Aymar aru" data-language-local-name="Aymara" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aymar aru</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%BCssel" title="Brüssel – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Brüssel" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Brussels" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bm mw-list-item"><a href="https://bm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels – Bambara" lang="bm" hreflang="bm" data-title="Brussels" data-language-autonym="Bamanankan" data-language-local-name="Bambara" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bamanankan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%B8_%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%B0" title="ব্রাসেলস শহর – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ব্রাসেলস শহর" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_Chh%C4%AB" title="Brussels Chhī – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Brussels Chhī" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%8E%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Брюссель – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Брюссель" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Брусель – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Брусель" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Брусэль – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Брусэль" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0" title="ब्रसेल्स शहर – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="ब्रसेल्स शहर" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bi mw-list-item"><a href="https://bi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels – Bislama" lang="bi" hreflang="bi" data-title="Brussels" data-language-autonym="Bislama" data-language-local-name="Bislama" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bislama</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%8E%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB_(%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%89%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Брюксел (община) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Брюксел (община)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brissl" title="Brissl – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Brissl" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruxelles" title="Bruxelles – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Bruxelles" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brusel" title="Brusel – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Brusel" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussel%C2%B7les" title="Brussel·les – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Brussel·les" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%8E%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Брюссель – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Брюссель" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruselas" title="Bruselas – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Bruselas" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brusel" title="Brusel – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Brusel" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cbk-zam mw-list-item"><a href="https://cbk-zam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruselas" title="Bruselas – Chavacano" lang="cbk" hreflang="cbk" data-title="Bruselas" data-language-autonym="Chavacano de Zamboanga" data-language-local-name="Chavacano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chavacano de Zamboanga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ny mw-list-item"><a href="https://ny.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels – Nyanja" lang="ny" hreflang="ny" data-title="Brussels" data-language-autonym="Chi-Chewa" data-language-local-name="Nyanja" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chi-Chewa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Brussels" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruxelles" title="Bruxelles – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Bruxelles" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinas_Brwsel" title="Dinas Brwsel – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Dinas Brwsel" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruxelles_(kommune)" title="Bruxelles (kommune) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Bruxelles (kommune)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84" title="بريكسيل – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="بريكسيل" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryssel" title="Bryssel – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Bryssel" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadt_Br%C3%BCssel" title="Stadt Brüssel – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Stadt Brüssel" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%BCssel" title="Brüssel – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Brüssel" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CF%81%CF%85%CE%BE%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%82" title="Βρυξέλλες – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βρυξέλλες" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%8E%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%BE%D1%88" title="Брюссель ош – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="Брюссель ош" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruselas" title="Bruselas – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Bruselas" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruselo" title="Bruselo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Bruselo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brusselas" title="Brusselas – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="Brusselas" data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Estremeñu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brusela" title="Brusela – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Brusela" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ee mw-list-item"><a href="https://ee.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels – Ewe" lang="ee" hreflang="ee" data-title="Brussels" data-language-autonym="Eʋegbe" data-language-local-name="Ewe" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eʋegbe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%B3%D9%84" title="شهر بروکسل – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهر بروکسل" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Brussels" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussel" title="Brussel – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Brussel" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ville_de_Bruxelles" title="Ville de Bruxelles – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Ville de Bruxelles" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussel" title="Brussel – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Brussel" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ff mw-list-item"><a href="https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels – Fula" lang="ff" hreflang="ff" data-title="Brussels" data-language-autonym="Fulfulde" data-language-local-name="Fula" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fulfulde</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fur mw-list-item"><a href="https://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels – Friulian" lang="fur" hreflang="fur" data-title="Brussels" data-language-autonym="Furlan" data-language-local-name="Friulian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Furlan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%27_Bhruiseal" title="A' Bhruiseal – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="A' Bhruiseal" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruxelas" title="Bruxelas – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Bruxelas" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-got mw-list-item"><a href="https://got.wikipedia.org/wiki/%F0%90%8C%B1%F0%90%8D%82%F0%90%8C%BF%F0%90%8D%83%F0%90%8C%B4%F0%90%8C%BB" title="𐌱𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌴𐌻 – Gothic" lang="got" hreflang="got" data-title="𐌱𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌴𐌻" data-language-autonym="𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺" data-language-local-name="Gothic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_S%E1%B9%B3" title="Brussels Sṳ – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Brussels Sṳ" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B8%8C%EB%A4%BC%EC%85%80%EC%8B%9C" title="브뤼셀시 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="브뤼셀시" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D6%80%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD%D5%A5%D5%AC" title="Բրյուսել – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բրյուսել" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%BCssel" title="Brüssel – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Brüssel" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grad_Bruxelles" title="Grad Bruxelles – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Grad Bruxelles" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruxel" title="Bruxel – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Bruxel" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kota_Brussel" title="Kota Brussel – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kota Brussel" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussel" title="Brussel – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Brussel" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruxelles" title="Bruxelles – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Bruxelles" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%8E%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Брюссель – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Брюссель" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussel" title="Brussel – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Brussel" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruxelles_(comune)" title="Bruxelles (comune) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Bruxelles (comune)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%9C" title="בריסל – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="בריסל" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussel" title="Brussel – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Brussel" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kbp mw-list-item"><a href="https://kbp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prukis%C9%9B%C9%9Bl%C9%A9" title="Prukisɛɛlɩ – Kabiye" lang="kbp" hreflang="kbp" data-title="Prukisɛɛlɩ" data-language-autonym="Kabɩyɛ" data-language-local-name="Kabiye" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kabɩyɛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98" title="ბრიუსელი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ბრიუსელი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%8E%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Брюссель – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Брюссель" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brusselas" title="Brusselas – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Brusselas" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Brussels" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv mw-list-item"><a href="https://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%8E%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Брюссель – Komi" lang="kv" hreflang="kv" data-title="Брюссель" data-language-autonym="Коми" data-language-local-name="Komi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Коми</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briks%C3%A8l" title="Briksèl – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Briksèl" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruksel" title="Bruksel – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Bruksel" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%8E%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Брюссель – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Брюссель" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%8E%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Брюссель – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Брюссель" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lad mw-list-item"><a href="https://lad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruselas" title="Bruselas – Ladino" lang="lad" hreflang="lad" data-title="Bruselas" data-language-autonym="Ladino" data-language-local-name="Ladino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladino</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruxellae" title="Bruxellae – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Bruxellae" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisele" title="Brisele – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Brisele" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%A9issel" title="Bréissel – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Bréissel" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briuselis" title="Briuselis – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Briuselis" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruxelles" title="Bruxelles – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Bruxelles" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussel" title="Brussel – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Brussel" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ln mw-list-item"><a href="https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruxelles" title="Bruxelles – Lingala" lang="ln" hreflang="ln" data-title="Bruxelles" data-language-autonym="Lingála" data-language-local-name="Lingala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingála</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%BCsszel" title="Brüsszel – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Brüsszel" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB" title="Град Брисел – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Град Брисел" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussel" title="Brussel – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Brussel" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%BD%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82" title="ബ്രസൽസ് നഗരം – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ബ്രസൽസ് നഗരം" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussell" title="Brussell – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Brussell" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mi mw-list-item"><a href="https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paruhi" title="Paruhi – Māori" lang="mi" hreflang="mi" data-title="Paruhi" data-language-autonym="Māori" data-language-local-name="Māori" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Māori</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8" title="ब्रसेल्स – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="ब्रसेल्स" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98" title="ბრიუსელი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ბრიუსელი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A9_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84" title="مدينة بروكسيل – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="مدينة بروكسيل" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussel" title="Brussel – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Brussel" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kota_Brussels" title="Kota Brussels – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Kota Brussels" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Brussels" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%8E%D1%81%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Брюсэль – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="Брюсэль" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussel_(stad)" title="Brussel (stad) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Brussel (stad)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussel_(stad)" title="Brussel (stad) – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="Brussel (stad)" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8" title="ब्रसेल्स – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="ब्रसेल्स" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%AA%E3%83%A5%E3%83%83%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AB%E5%B8%82" title="ブリュッセル市 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ブリュッセル市" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruxelles" title="Bruxelles – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="Bruxelles" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Neapolitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%8E%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Брюссель – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Брюссель" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A4%C3%A4d_Br%C3%BCssel" title="Stääd Brüssel – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Stääd Brüssel" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussel_(kommune)" title="Brussel (kommune) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Brussel (kommune)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussel" title="Brussel – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Brussel" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nrm mw-list-item"><a href="https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brusselle" title="Brusselle – Norman" lang="nrf" hreflang="nrf" data-title="Brusselle" data-language-autonym="Nouormand" data-language-local-name="Norman" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nouormand</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nov mw-list-item"><a href="https://nov.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruxelles" title="Bruxelles – Novial" lang="nov" hreflang="nov" data-title="Bruxelles" data-language-autonym="Novial" data-language-local-name="Novial" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Novial</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruss%C3%A8las" title="Brussèlas – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Brussèlas" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%8E%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Брюссель – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="Брюссель" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussel_(shahar)" title="Brussel (shahar) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Brussel (shahar)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%B8_(%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B0)" title="ਬਰੱਸਲਸ (ਸ਼ਹਿਰ) – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਬਰੱਸਲਸ (ਸ਼ਹਿਰ)" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B2" title="برسلز – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="برسلز" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brusela" title="Brusela – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="Brusela" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jam mw-list-item"><a href="https://jam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brosls" title="Brosls – Jamaican Creole English" lang="jam" hreflang="jam" data-title="Brosls" data-language-autonym="Patois" data-language-local-name="Jamaican Creole English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Patois</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcd mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brusselle" title="Brusselle – Picard" lang="pcd" hreflang="pcd" data-title="Brusselle" data-language-autonym="Picard" data-language-local-name="Picard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Picard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussel" title="Brussel – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Brussel" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tpi mw-list-item"><a href="https://tpi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels – Tok Pisin" lang="tpi" hreflang="tpi" data-title="Brussels" data-language-autonym="Tok Pisin" data-language-local-name="Tok Pisin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tok Pisin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%BCssel" title="Brüssel – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Brüssel" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruksela" title="Bruksela – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Bruksela" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cidade_de_Bruxelas" title="Cidade de Bruxelas – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Cidade de Bruxelas" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryussel" title="Bryussel – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="Bryussel" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qaraqalpaqsha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%BCksel" title="Brüksel – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Brüksel" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ora%C8%99ul_Bruxelles" title="Orașul Bruxelles – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Orașul Bruxelles" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rmy mw-list-item"><a href="https://rmy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brusel" title="Brusel – Vlax Romani" lang="rmy" hreflang="rmy" data-title="Brusel" data-language-autonym="Romani čhib" data-language-local-name="Vlax Romani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Romani čhib</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rm mw-list-item"><a href="https://rm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%BCssel" title="Brüssel – Romansh" lang="rm" hreflang="rm" data-title="Brüssel" data-language-autonym="Rumantsch" data-language-local-name="Romansh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Rumantsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussel" title="Brussel – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Brussel" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB" title="Брусел – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Брусел" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%8E%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Брюссель – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Брюссель" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D2%AF%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Брүссель – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Брүссель" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruxelles" title="Bruxelles – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Bruxelles" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceety_o_Brussels" title="Ceety o Brussels – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Ceety o Brussels" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussel" title="Brussel – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="Brussel" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brukseli" title="Brukseli – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Brukseli" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruxelles" title="Bruxelles – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Bruxelles" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Brussels" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B2" title="بروسیلز – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="بروسیلز" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brusel" title="Brusel – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Brusel" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruselj_(ob%C4%8Dina)" title="Bruselj (občina) – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Bruselj (občina)" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cu mw-list-item"><a href="https://cu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%8E%D1%AF%D1%94%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Брюѯєль – Church Slavic" lang="cu" hreflang="cu" data-title="Брюѯєль" data-language-autonym="Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ" data-language-local-name="Church Slavic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruksela" title="Bruksela – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Bruksela" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Brussels" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-srn mw-list-item"><a href="https://srn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brusilu" title="Brusilu – Sranan Tongo" lang="srn" hreflang="srn" data-title="Brusilu" data-language-autonym="Sranantongo" data-language-local-name="Sranan Tongo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sranantongo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB" title="Брисел – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Брисел" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grad_Bruxelles" title="Grad Bruxelles – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Grad Bruxelles" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brysselin_kaupunki" title="Brysselin kaupunki – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Brysselin kaupunki" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryssel_(kommun)" title="Bryssel (kommun) – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Bryssel (kommun)" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruselas" title="Bruselas – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Bruselas" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81_%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="பிரசெல்சு நகரம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="பிரசெல்சு நகரம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kab mw-list-item"><a href="https://kab.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussel" title="Brussel – Kabyle" lang="kab" hreflang="kab" data-title="Brussel" data-language-autonym="Taqbaylit" data-language-local-name="Kabyle" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Taqbaylit</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-tara mw-list-item"><a href="https://roa-tara.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruxelles" title="Bruxelles – Tarantino" lang="nap-x-tara" hreflang="nap-x-tara" data-title="Bruxelles" data-language-autonym="Tarandíne" data-language-local-name="Tarantino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tarandíne</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%8E%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Брюссель – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Брюссель" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%8C" title="นครบรัสเซลส์ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="นครบรัสเซลส์" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%8E%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB" title="Брюссел – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Брюссел" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%BCksel_%C5%9Eehri" title="Brüksel Şehri – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Brüksel Şehri" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tw mw-list-item"><a href="https://tw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bras%C9%9Bls" title="Brasɛls – Twi" lang="tw" hreflang="tw" data-title="Brasɛls" data-language-autonym="Twi" data-language-local-name="Twi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Twi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-udm mw-list-item"><a href="https://udm.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%8E%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Брюссель – Udmurt" lang="udm" hreflang="udm" data-title="Брюссель" data-language-autonym="Удмурт" data-language-local-name="Udmurt" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Удмурт</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%8E%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Брюссель – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Брюссель" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B2_%D8%B4%DB%81%D8%B1" title="برسلز شہر – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="برسلز شہر" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ug mw-list-item"><a href="https://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryuss%C3%A9l" title="Bryussél – Uyghur" lang="ug" hreflang="ug" data-title="Bryussél" data-language-autonym="ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche" data-language-local-name="Uyghur" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borse%C5%82a" title="Borseła – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Borseła" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vep mw-list-item"><a href="https://vep.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%BCssel%27" title="Brüssel' – Veps" lang="vep" hreflang="vep" data-title="Brüssel'" data-language-autonym="Vepsän kel’" data-language-local-name="Veps" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vepsän kel’</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A0nh_ph%E1%BB%91_Bruxelles" title="Thành phố Bruxelles – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Thành phố Bruxelles" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussel_(zif)" title="Brussel (zif) – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Brussel (zif)" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fiu-vro mw-list-item"><a href="https://fiu-vro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%BCssel" title="Brüssel – Võro" lang="vro" hreflang="vro" data-title="Brüssel" data-language-autonym="Võro" data-language-local-name="Võro" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Võro</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wa mw-list-item"><a href="https://wa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussele_(veye)" title="Brussele (veye) – Walloon" lang="wa" hreflang="wa" data-title="Brussele (veye)" data-language-autonym="Walon" data-language-local-name="Walloon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Walon</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-classical mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B8%83%E9%AD%AF%E5%A1%9E%E7%88%BE" title="布魯塞爾 – Literary Chinese" lang="lzh" hreflang="lzh" data-title="布魯塞爾" data-language-autonym="文言" data-language-local-name="Literary Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>文言</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vls mw-list-item"><a href="https://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussel" title="Brussel – West Flemish" lang="vls" hreflang="vls" data-title="Brussel" data-language-autonym="West-Vlams" data-language-local-name="West Flemish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>West-Vlams</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruselas_(syudad)" title="Bruselas (syudad) – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Bruselas (syudad)" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" 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.infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">City of Brussels</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-other-name"><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Ville de Bruxelles / Bruxelles-Ville</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>)</span><br /> <span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">Stad Brussel / Brussel-Stad</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/City_status_in_Belgium" title="City status in Belgium">City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Belgium" title="Municipalities of Belgium">municipality</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brussels_view_from_Mont_des_Arts,_Brussels,_Belgium_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Panorama of the city centre from the Mont des Arts/Kunstberg"><img alt="Panorama of the city centre from the Mont des Arts/Kunstberg" 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maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brussel_vlag.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of City of Brussels"><img alt="Flag of City of Brussels" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Brussel_vlag.svg/72px-Brussel_vlag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="72" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Brussel_vlag.svg/108px-Brussel_vlag.svg.png 1.5x, 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.od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output 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Brussels is located in Belgium"><img alt="City of Brussels is located in Belgium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Belgium_location_map.svg/250px-Belgium_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Belgium_location_map.svg/375px-Belgium_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Belgium_location_map.svg/500px-Belgium_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1136" data-file-height="988" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:36.667%;left:45.798%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="City of Brussels"><img alt="City of Brussels" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>City of Brussels</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in Belgium <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="margin-top:2px; border:1px solid grey;"><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center; font-size:115%; text-align: left; height:auto; padding:0.2em; padding-left:0.6em; padding-right:2em;">The City of Brussels within Brussels-Capital Region</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align: center;"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bruxelles_Brussels-Capital_Belgium_Map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Bruxelles_Brussels-Capital_Belgium_Map.svg/240px-Bruxelles_Brussels-Capital_Belgium_Map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="239" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Bruxelles_Brussels-Capital_Belgium_Map.svg/360px-Bruxelles_Brussels-Capital_Belgium_Map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Bruxelles_Brussels-Capital_Belgium_Map.svg/480px-Bruxelles_Brussels-Capital_Belgium_Map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="745" data-file-height="741" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=City_of_Brussels&params=50_50_48_N_04_21_09_E_region:BE_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">50°50′48″N</span> <span class="longitude">04°21′09″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">50.84667°N 4.35250°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">50.84667; 4.35250</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Communities,_regions_and_language_areas_of_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium">Community</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Flemish_Community" title="Flemish Community">Flemish Community</a><br /><a href="/wiki/French_Community_of_Belgium" title="French Community of Belgium">French Community</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Communities,_regions_and_language_areas_of_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels-Capital</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissements_of_Belgium#Administrative" title="Arrondissements of Belgium">Arrondissement</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Brussels-Capital" title="Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital">Brussels-Capital</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_the_City_of_Brussels" title="List of mayors of the City of Brussels">Mayor (list)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Philippe_Close" title="Philippe Close">Philippe Close</a> (<a href="/wiki/Parti_Socialiste_(Belgium)" class="mw-redirect" title="Parti Socialiste (Belgium)">PS</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Governing party/ies</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Parti_Socialiste_(Belgium)" class="mw-redirect" title="Parti Socialiste (Belgium)">PS</a> - <a href="/wiki/Ecolo" title="Ecolo">Ecolo</a> / <a href="/wiki/Groen_(political_party)" title="Groen (political party)">Groen</a>, <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A9FI" title="DéFI">DéFI</a> - <a href="/wiki/Forward_(Belgium)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (Belgium)">Forward</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">33.09 km<sup>2</sup> (12.78 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2022-01-01)<sup id="cite_ref-wikidata-354c41bf74d0f15c07c40ab0a8c1dd9bfadc1f49-v18_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikidata-354c41bf74d0f15c07c40ab0a8c1dd9bfadc1f49-v18-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">188,737</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">5,700/km<sup>2</sup> (15,000/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_codes_in_Belgium" title="Postal codes in Belgium">Postal codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">1000, 1020, 1030, 1040, 1050, 1120, 1130</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NIS_code" title="NIS code">NIS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">21004</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Belgium" title="Telephone numbers in Belgium">Area codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data">02</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.brussels.be/">www.brussels.be</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>City of Brussels</b><sup id="cite_ref-fn1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fn1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the largest <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_of_the_Brussels-Capital_Region" title="List of municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region">municipality</a> and historical <a href="/wiki/City_centre" title="City centre">centre</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels-Capital Region</a>, as well as the capital of the <a href="/wiki/Flemish_Region" title="Flemish Region">Flemish Region</a> (from which it is <a href="/wiki/List_of_capitals_outside_the_territories_they_serve" title="List of capitals outside the territories they serve">separate</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The City of Brussels is also the administrative centre of the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>, as it hosts a number of principal <a href="/wiki/Institutions_of_the_European_Union" title="Institutions of the European Union">EU institutions</a> in its <a href="/wiki/Brussels_and_the_European_Union#European_Quarter" title="Brussels and the European Union">European Quarter</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDemey2007_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDemey2007-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12010E/PRO/06_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12010E/PRO/06-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fn2_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fn2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Besides the central historic town located within the <a href="/wiki/Pentagon_(Brussels)" title="Pentagon (Brussels)">Pentagon</a>, the City of Brussels covers some of the city's immediate outskirts within the greater Brussels-Capital Region, namely the former municipalities of <a href="/wiki/Haren,_Belgium" title="Haren, Belgium">Haren</a>, <a href="/wiki/Laeken" title="Laeken">Laeken</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Neder-Over-Heembeek" title="Neder-Over-Heembeek">Neder-Over-Heembeek</a> to the north, as well as the <a href="/wiki/Avenue_Louise" title="Avenue Louise">Avenue Louise/Louizalaan</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Bois_de_la_Cambre" title="Bois de la Cambre">Bois de la Cambre/Ter Kamerenbos</a> park to the south-east, where it borders municipalities in <a href="/wiki/Flanders" title="Flanders">Flanders</a>. </p><p>As of 1 January 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=City_of_Brussels&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the City of Brussels had a population of 194,291 inhabitants. The total area is 33.09 km<sup>2</sup> (12.78 sq mi) which gives a <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> of 5,704/km<sup>2</sup> (14,770/sq mi). As of 2007, there were 75,998 registered non-Belgians in the City.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In common with all of Brussels' municipalities, it is legally <a href="/wiki/Multilingualism" title="Multilingualism">bilingual</a> (French–Dutch). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Territorial_history">Territorial history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Brussels&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Territorial history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brussel.1610.a.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Brussel.1610.a.jpg/220px-Brussel.1610.a.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Brussel.1610.a.jpg/330px-Brussel.1610.a.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Brussel.1610.a.jpg/440px-Brussel.1610.a.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2696" data-file-height="1872" /></a><figcaption>Engraving of Brussels from <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1610</span></figcaption></figure> <p>Historically, the City of Brussels was simply defined, being the area within the <a href="/wiki/Second_walls_of_Brussels" class="mw-redirect" title="Second walls of Brussels">second walls of Brussels</a>, the modern-day <a href="/wiki/Small_Ring,_Brussels" title="Small Ring, Brussels">Small Ring</a> (Brussels' inner ring road). As the city grew, the surrounding villages grew as well, eventually growing into a contiguous city, though the local governments retained control of their respective areas. </p><p>The construction of the <a href="/wiki/Avenue_Louise" title="Avenue Louise">Avenue Louise/Louizalaan</a> was commissioned in 1847 as a monumental avenue bordered by <a href="/wiki/Aesculus_hippocastanum" title="Aesculus hippocastanum">chestnut trees</a> that would allow easy access to the popular recreational area of the <a href="/wiki/Bois_de_la_Cambre" title="Bois de la Cambre">Bois de la Cambre/Ter Kamerenbos</a>. However, fierce resistance to the project was put up by the town of <a href="/wiki/Ixelles" title="Ixelles">Ixelles</a>—then, as now, a separate municipality (local authority) from the City of Brussels—through whose territory the avenue was to run. After years of fruitless negotiations, Brussels finally <a href="/wiki/Annexation" title="Annexation">annexed</a> the narrow band of land needed for the avenue, in addition to the Bois de la Cambre itself, in 1864. That decision accounts for the unusual shape of today's City of Brussels and for the separation of Ixelles into two separate areas. </p><p>Unlike most of the municipalities in Belgium, the ones now located in the Brussels-Capital Region were not merged with others during mergers occurring in 1964, 1970, and 1975.<sup id="cite_ref-roots_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-roots-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, a few neighbouring municipalities have been merged into the City of Brussels, including <a href="/wiki/Haren,_Belgium" title="Haren, Belgium">Haren</a>, <a href="/wiki/Laeken" title="Laeken">Laeken</a> and <a href="/wiki/Neder-Over-Heembeek" title="Neder-Over-Heembeek">Neder-Over-Heembeek</a> in 1921.<sup id="cite_ref-Brussels_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brussels-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These comprise the northern bulge in the municipality. To the south-east is the above-mentioned strip of land along the Avenue Louise that was annexed from Ixelles. Part of the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Universit%C3%A9_libre_de_Bruxelles" title="Université libre de Bruxelles">Université libre de Bruxelles</a></span></span> (ULB)'s Solbosch campus is also part of the City of Brussels, partially accounting for the bulge in the south-eastern end. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Quarters">Quarters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Brussels&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Quarters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pentagone_Bxl.01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Pentagone_Bxl.01.jpg/170px-Pentagone_Bxl.01.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="204" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Pentagone_Bxl.01.jpg/255px-Pentagone_Bxl.01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Pentagone_Bxl.01.jpg/340px-Pentagone_Bxl.01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Map of Brussels' <a href="/wiki/Pentagon_(Brussels)" title="Pentagon (Brussels)">Pentagon</a> and its districts (in French)</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pentagon">Pentagon</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Brussels&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pentagon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Pentagon_(Brussels)" title="Pentagon (Brussels)">Pentagon (Brussels)</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Central_Quarter">Central Quarter</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Brussels&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Central Quarter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The origins of Brussels can be traced back to the heart of <a href="/wiki/Saint-G%C3%A9ry_Island" title="Saint-Géry Island">Saint-Géry/Sint-Goriks Island</a>, formed by the river <a href="/wiki/Senne_(river)" title="Senne (river)">Senne</a>, on which a first <a href="/wiki/Keep" title="Keep">keep</a> was built around 979. Nowadays, the neighbourhood around the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Halles Saint-Géry</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Sint-Gorikshallen</span></span>, a former covered market, is one of the capital's trendiest districts.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this Central Quarter (French: <i lang="fr">Quartier du Centre</i>, Dutch: <i lang="nl">Centrumwijk</i>), there are some vestiges of the 13th-century <a href="/wiki/Fortifications_of_Brussels#First_walls" title="Fortifications of Brussels">first walls of Brussels</a>, which encompassed the area between the first port on the Senne, the old <a href="/wiki/Romanesque_architecture" title="Romanesque architecture">Romanesque</a> church (later replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Brabantine_Gothic" title="Brabantine Gothic">Brabantine Gothic</a> <a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_St._Michael_and_St._Gudula" title="Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula">Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the former <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Coudenberg" title="Palace of Coudenberg">ducal palace of Coudenberg</a> in today's Royal Quarter. At the centre of this triangle are the <a href="/wiki/Grand-Place" title="Grand-Place">Grand-Place/Grote Markt</a> (Brussels' main square);<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Îlot Sacré district, which takes its name from its resistance to demolition projects, itself crossed by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Saint-Hubert_Galleries" title="Royal Saint-Hubert Galleries">Royal Saint-Hubert Galleries</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Saint-Jacques</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Sint-Jacobs</span></span> district, which welcomed pilgrims on their way to <a href="/wiki/Santiago_de_Compostela" title="Santiago de Compostela">Santiago de Compostela</a>; as well as the former <a href="/wiki/Brussels_Stock_Exchange" title="Brussels Stock Exchange">Brussels Stock Exchange</a> building, erected on the site of a former <a href="/wiki/Franciscan" class="mw-redirect" title="Franciscan">Franciscan</a> <a href="/wiki/Convent" title="Convent">convent</a> whose remains have been unearthed.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEggericx199726–28_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEggericx199726–28-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 121.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 119.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bruxelles_Manneken_Pis_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Manneken Pis"><img alt="Manneken Pis" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Bruxelles_Manneken_Pis_cropped.jpg/179px-Bruxelles_Manneken_Pis_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Bruxelles_Manneken_Pis_cropped.jpg/269px-Bruxelles_Manneken_Pis_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Bruxelles_Manneken_Pis_cropped.jpg/358px-Bruxelles_Manneken_Pis_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1821" data-file-height="2742" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i><a href="/wiki/Manneken_Pis" title="Manneken Pis">Manneken Pis</a></i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 136.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 134.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brussels,_townhall_oeg2043-00090_foto3_2015-06-07_08.38.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Brussels' Town Hall"><img alt="Brussels' Town Hall" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Brussels%2C_townhall_oeg2043-00090_foto3_2015-06-07_08.38.jpg/202px-Brussels%2C_townhall_oeg2043-00090_foto3_2015-06-07_08.38.jpg" decoding="async" width="135" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Brussels%2C_townhall_oeg2043-00090_foto3_2015-06-07_08.38.jpg/303px-Brussels%2C_townhall_oeg2043-00090_foto3_2015-06-07_08.38.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Brussels%2C_townhall_oeg2043-00090_foto3_2015-06-07_08.38.jpg/404px-Brussels%2C_townhall_oeg2043-00090_foto3_2015-06-07_08.38.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2921" data-file-height="3899" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Brussels_Town_Hall" title="Brussels Town Hall">Brussels' Town Hall</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 181.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 179.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:(Belgium)_St._Michael_%26_St._Gudula_Cathedral_Tower,_Brussels.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula"><img alt="Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/%28Belgium%29_St._Michael_%26_St._Gudula_Cathedral_Tower%2C_Brussels.jpg/269px-%28Belgium%29_St._Michael_%26_St._Gudula_Cathedral_Tower%2C_Brussels.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/%28Belgium%29_St._Michael_%26_St._Gudula_Cathedral_Tower%2C_Brussels.jpg/403px-%28Belgium%29_St._Michael_%26_St._Gudula_Cathedral_Tower%2C_Brussels.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/%28Belgium%29_St._Michael_%26_St._Gudula_Cathedral_Tower%2C_Brussels.jpg/537px-%28Belgium%29_St._Michael_%26_St._Gudula_Cathedral_Tower%2C_Brussels.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2830" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_St._Michael_and_St._Gudula" title="Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula">Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 250px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 248px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Front_of_Brussels_Stock_Exchange_2023_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Brussels Stock Exchange"><img alt="Brussels Stock Exchange" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Front_of_Brussels_Stock_Exchange_2023_cropped.jpg/372px-Front_of_Brussels_Stock_Exchange_2023_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="248" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Front_of_Brussels_Stock_Exchange_2023_cropped.jpg/558px-Front_of_Brussels_Stock_Exchange_2023_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Front_of_Brussels_Stock_Exchange_2023_cropped.jpg/744px-Front_of_Brussels_Stock_Exchange_2023_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2188" data-file-height="1589" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Brussels_Stock_Exchange" title="Brussels Stock Exchange">Brussels Stock Exchange</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 280.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 278.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Galeries_Royales_Saint_Hubert_Entree.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Royal Saint-Hubert Galleries"><img alt="Royal Saint-Hubert Galleries" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Galeries_Royales_Saint_Hubert_Entree.jpg/418px-Galeries_Royales_Saint_Hubert_Entree.jpg" decoding="async" width="279" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Galeries_Royales_Saint_Hubert_Entree.jpg/627px-Galeries_Royales_Saint_Hubert_Entree.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Galeries_Royales_Saint_Hubert_Entree.jpg/836px-Galeries_Royales_Saint_Hubert_Entree.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3004" data-file-height="1940" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Galeries_Royales_Saint-Hubert" class="mw-redirect" title="Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert">Royal Saint-Hubert Galleries</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Royal_Quarter">Royal Quarter</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Brussels&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Royal Quarter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Royal_Quarter" title="Royal Quarter">Royal Quarter</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Quarter" title="Royal Quarter">Royal Quarter</a> (French: <i lang="fr">Quartier Royal</i> or <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Quartier de la Cour</i></span>, Dutch: <i lang="nl">Koninklijke Wijk</i> or <span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">Koningswijk</i></span>) is so named because it houses, on the one hand, the <a href="/wiki/Place_Royale_(Brussels)" class="mw-redirect" title="Place Royale (Brussels)">Place Royale/Koningsplein</a> ("Royal Square" or "King's Square"), built under <a href="/wiki/Prince_Charles_Alexander_of_Lorraine" title="Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine">Charles-Alexander of Lorraine</a> on the Coudenberg hill, on the site of the former <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Coudenberg" title="Palace of Coudenberg">Palace of the Dukes of Brabant</a>, of which certain levels of foundation still exist,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and on the other hand, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Palace_of_Brussels" title="Royal Palace of Brussels">Royal Palace of Brussels</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which faces <a href="/wiki/Brussels_Park" title="Brussels Park">Brussels Park</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on the other side of which is the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Federal_Parliament" title="Belgian Federal Parliament">Belgian House of Parliament</a> (<a href="/wiki/Palace_of_the_Nation" title="Palace of the Nation">Palace of the Nation</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Below the Royal District is the <a href="/wiki/Brussels-Central_railway_station" title="Brussels-Central railway station">Central Station</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Mont_des_Arts" title="Mont des Arts">Mont des Arts/Kunstberg</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> home to the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Library_of_Belgium" title="Royal Library of Belgium">Royal Library of Belgium</a> (KBR),<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Royal Belgian Film Archive (<a href="/wiki/Cinematek" title="Cinematek">Cinematek</a>), the <a href="/wiki/Centre_for_Fine_Arts,_Brussels" title="Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels">Brussels Centre for Fine Arts</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Museum of Cinema, the <a href="/wiki/Musical_Instrument_Museum,_Brussels" title="Musical Instrument Museum, Brussels">Musical Instruments Museum</a> (MIM),<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/BELvue_Museum" title="BELvue Museum">BELvue Museum</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Museums_of_Fine_Arts_of_Belgium" title="Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium">Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 202px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bruxelles_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Royal Palace"><img alt="Royal Palace" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Bruxelles_1.jpg/300px-Bruxelles_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Bruxelles_1.jpg/451px-Bruxelles_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Bruxelles_1.jpg/600px-Bruxelles_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Palace_of_Brussels" title="Royal Palace of Brussels">Royal Palace</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 199.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 197.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Place_du_Mus%C3%A9e_01.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Place du Musée/Museumplein"><img alt="Place du Musée/Museumplein" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Place_du_Mus%C3%A9e_01.JPG/296px-Place_du_Mus%C3%A9e_01.JPG" decoding="async" width="198" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Place_du_Mus%C3%A9e_01.JPG/445px-Place_du_Mus%C3%A9e_01.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Place_du_Mus%C3%A9e_01.JPG/592px-Place_du_Mus%C3%A9e_01.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2413" data-file-height="1834" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Place du Musée</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Museumplein</span></span></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 202px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brussels_Park_in_summer_2007_1.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Brussels Park"><img alt="Brussels Park" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Brussels_Park_in_summer_2007_1.JPG/300px-Brussels_Park_in_summer_2007_1.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Brussels_Park_in_summer_2007_1.JPG/451px-Brussels_Park_in_summer_2007_1.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Brussels_Park_in_summer_2007_1.JPG/600px-Brussels_Park_in_summer_2007_1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Brussels_Park" title="Brussels Park">Brussels Park</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 227.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 225.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mus%C3%A9es_Royaux_des_Beaux-Arts_Belgique_1101.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Royal Museums of Fine Arts"><img alt="Royal Museums of Fine Arts" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mus%C3%A9es_Royaux_des_Beaux-Arts_Belgique_1101.jpg/338px-Mus%C3%A9es_Royaux_des_Beaux-Arts_Belgique_1101.jpg" decoding="async" width="226" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mus%C3%A9es_Royaux_des_Beaux-Arts_Belgique_1101.jpg/507px-Mus%C3%A9es_Royaux_des_Beaux-Arts_Belgique_1101.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mus%C3%A9es_Royaux_des_Beaux-Arts_Belgique_1101.jpg/675px-Mus%C3%A9es_Royaux_des_Beaux-Arts_Belgique_1101.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Museums_of_Fine_Arts_of_Belgium" title="Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium">Royal Museums of Fine Arts</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 268.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 266.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brussels_after_the_attacks_(19).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Academy Palace"><img alt="Academy Palace" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Brussels_after_the_attacks_%2819%29.jpg/400px-Brussels_after_the_attacks_%2819%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="267" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Brussels_after_the_attacks_%2819%29.jpg/601px-Brussels_after_the_attacks_%2819%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Brussels_after_the_attacks_%2819%29.jpg/800px-Brussels_after_the_attacks_%2819%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5312" data-file-height="2988" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Academy_Palace" title="Academy Palace">Academy Palace</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sablon/Zavel_Quarter"><span id="Sablon.2FZavel_Quarter"></span>Sablon/Zavel Quarter</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Brussels&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Sablon/Zavel Quarter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sablon,_Brussels" title="Sablon, Brussels">Sablon, Brussels</a></div> <p>From the <a href="/wiki/Place_Royale_(Brussels)" class="mw-redirect" title="Place Royale (Brussels)">Place Royale/Koningsplein</a>, the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Rue de la Régence</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Regentschapsstraat</span></span> crosses the <a href="/wiki/Sablon_(Brussels)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sablon (Brussels)">Sablon/Zavel</a> Quarter (French: <i lang="fr">Quartier des Sablons</i>, Dutch: <i lang="nl">Zavelwijk</i>),<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> made of the larger <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Grand Sablon</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Grote Zavel</span></span> ("Large Sablon") square in the north-west<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the smaller <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Petit Sablon</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Kleine Zavel</span></span> ("Small Sablon") square and garden in the south-east,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> divided by the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Our_Blessed_Lady_of_the_Sablon" title="Church of Our Blessed Lady of the Sablon">Church of Our Blessed Lady of the Sablon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is a swanky district, where an antiques market is held, and in which antique and art dealers, as well as other luxury shops, have their businesses. Not far from there stood the <a href="/wiki/Art_Nouveau" title="Art Nouveau">Art Nouveau</a> <a href="/wiki/Maison_du_Peuple,_Brussels" title="Maison du Peuple, Brussels">Maison du Peuple/Volkshuis</a> by the famous architect <a href="/wiki/Victor_Horta" title="Victor Horta">Victor Horta</a>, until its demolition in 1965. The Sablon is also home to the <a href="/wiki/Egmont_Palace" title="Egmont Palace">Egmont Palace</a><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Conservatory_of_Brussels" title="Royal Conservatory of Brussels">Royal Conservatory of Brussels</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 242px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brussels,_%C3%A9glise_Notre_Dame_du_Sablon_oeg2043-00070_foto7_2015-06-07_13.28.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Church of Our Blessed Lady of the Sablon"><img alt="Church of Our Blessed Lady of the Sablon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Brussels%2C_%C3%A9glise_Notre_Dame_du_Sablon_oeg2043-00070_foto7_2015-06-07_13.28.jpg/360px-Brussels%2C_%C3%A9glise_Notre_Dame_du_Sablon_oeg2043-00070_foto7_2015-06-07_13.28.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Brussels%2C_%C3%A9glise_Notre_Dame_du_Sablon_oeg2043-00070_foto7_2015-06-07_13.28.jpg/540px-Brussels%2C_%C3%A9glise_Notre_Dame_du_Sablon_oeg2043-00070_foto7_2015-06-07_13.28.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Brussels%2C_%C3%A9glise_Notre_Dame_du_Sablon_oeg2043-00070_foto7_2015-06-07_13.28.jpg/720px-Brussels%2C_%C3%A9glise_Notre_Dame_du_Sablon_oeg2043-00070_foto7_2015-06-07_13.28.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4352" data-file-height="3264" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Our_Blessed_Lady_of_the_Sablon" title="Church of Our Blessed Lady of the Sablon">Church of Our Blessed Lady of the Sablon</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 122.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Belgique_-_Bruxelles_-_Fontaine_de_Minerve_-_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Fountain of Minerva"><img alt="Fountain of Minerva" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Belgique_-_Bruxelles_-_Fontaine_de_Minerve_-_01.jpg/181px-Belgique_-_Bruxelles_-_Fontaine_de_Minerve_-_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="121" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Belgique_-_Bruxelles_-_Fontaine_de_Minerve_-_01.jpg/271px-Belgique_-_Bruxelles_-_Fontaine_de_Minerve_-_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Belgique_-_Bruxelles_-_Fontaine_de_Minerve_-_01.jpg/361px-Belgique_-_Bruxelles_-_Fontaine_de_Minerve_-_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="3872" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Fountain of Minerva</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 272px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 270px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Palais_d%27Egmont_Egmontpaleis_Brussels_2012-08_i02.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Egmont Palace"><img alt="Egmont Palace" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Palais_d%27Egmont_Egmontpaleis_Brussels_2012-08_i02.JPG/405px-Palais_d%27Egmont_Egmontpaleis_Brussels_2012-08_i02.JPG" decoding="async" width="270" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Palais_d%27Egmont_Egmontpaleis_Brussels_2012-08_i02.JPG/608px-Palais_d%27Egmont_Egmontpaleis_Brussels_2012-08_i02.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Palais_d%27Egmont_Egmontpaleis_Brussels_2012-08_i02.JPG/810px-Palais_d%27Egmont_Egmontpaleis_Brussels_2012-08_i02.JPG 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Egmont_Palace" title="Egmont Palace">Egmont Palace</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 122px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Square_du_Petit_Sablon_-_Statue_centrale_front_HDR.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Fountain of the Counts of Egmont and Horn"><img alt="Fountain of the Counts of Egmont and Horn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Square_du_Petit_Sablon_-_Statue_centrale_front_HDR.JPG/180px-Square_du_Petit_Sablon_-_Statue_centrale_front_HDR.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Square_du_Petit_Sablon_-_Statue_centrale_front_HDR.JPG/270px-Square_du_Petit_Sablon_-_Statue_centrale_front_HDR.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Square_du_Petit_Sablon_-_Statue_centrale_front_HDR.JPG/360px-Square_du_Petit_Sablon_-_Statue_centrale_front_HDR.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="4272" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Fountain of the Counts of Egmont and Horn</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 274px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 272px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Conservatoire_royal_de_Bruxelles.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Royal Conservatory"><img alt="Royal Conservatory" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Conservatoire_royal_de_Bruxelles.JPG/408px-Conservatoire_royal_de_Bruxelles.JPG" decoding="async" width="272" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Conservatoire_royal_de_Bruxelles.JPG/612px-Conservatoire_royal_de_Bruxelles.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Conservatoire_royal_de_Bruxelles.JPG/816px-Conservatoire_royal_de_Bruxelles.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1694" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Conservatory_of_Brussels" title="Royal Conservatory of Brussels">Royal Conservatory</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Marolles/Marollen_Quarter"><span id="Marolles.2FMarollen_Quarter"></span>Marolles/Marollen Quarter</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Brussels&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Marolles/Marollen Quarter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Marollen" title="Marollen">Marollen</a></div> <p>In the shadow of the gigantic <a href="/wiki/Palais_de_Justice,_Brussels" class="mw-redirect" title="Palais de Justice, Brussels">Palace of Justice</a> lies the <a href="/wiki/Marollen" title="Marollen">Marolles/Marollen</a> Quarter (French: <i lang="fr">Quartier des Marolles</i>, Dutch: <i lang="nl">Marollenwijk</i>, not to be confused with the <i>Marolle</i> that purists delimit to only seven streets).<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Place de la Chapelle</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Kapellemarkt</span></span><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to the <a href="/wiki/Place_du_Jeu_de_Balle" title="Place du Jeu de Balle">Place du Jeu de Balle/Vossenplein</a>, where a daily <a href="/wiki/Flea_market" title="Flea market">flea market</a> known as the <i>Old Market</i> has been held since 1873,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> along the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Rue Haute</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Hogestraat</span></span> and the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Rue Blaes</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Blaestraat</span></span>, second-hand and popular shops have for some years given way to <a href="/wiki/Antique_shop" title="Antique shop">antique dealers</a>, marking a profound transformation of the district.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Cité Hellemans, a remarkable example of an early 20th-century <a href="/wiki/Public_housing" title="Public housing">collective housing</a> complex, was built to replace the neighbourhood's many squalid <a href="/wiki/Cul-de-sac" class="mw-redirect" title="Cul-de-sac">cul-de-sacs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Rue Haute, one of the city's longest and oldest streets, follows the course of an old <a href="/wiki/Gallo-Roman_culture" title="Gallo-Roman culture">Gallo-Roman</a> road,<sup id="cite_ref-:2_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and runs along Saint Peter's Hospital, built in 1935 on the site of a <a href="/wiki/Leper_colony" title="Leper colony">leprosium</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to end at the <a href="/wiki/Halle_Gate" title="Halle Gate">Halle Gate</a>, the only remaining gate in a series that allowed passage inside the <a href="/wiki/Fortifications_of_Brussels#Second_walls" title="Fortifications of Brussels">second walls of Brussels</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 242px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jeu_de_Balle_Bxl_01.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Place du Jeu de Balle/Vossenplein, end of a market"><img alt="Place du Jeu de Balle/Vossenplein, end of a market" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Jeu_de_Balle_Bxl_01.JPG/360px-Jeu_de_Balle_Bxl_01.JPG" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Jeu_de_Balle_Bxl_01.JPG/540px-Jeu_de_Balle_Bxl_01.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Jeu_de_Balle_Bxl_01.JPG/720px-Jeu_de_Balle_Bxl_01.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Place_du_Jeu_de_Balle" title="Place du Jeu de Balle">Place du Jeu de Balle/Vossenplein</a>, end of a market</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 242px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cit%C3%A9_Hellemans_06.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Cité Hellemans, Rue Blaes/Blaesstraat"><img alt="Cité Hellemans, Rue Blaes/Blaesstraat" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Cit%C3%A9_Hellemans_06.JPG/360px-Cit%C3%A9_Hellemans_06.JPG" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Cit%C3%A9_Hellemans_06.JPG/540px-Cit%C3%A9_Hellemans_06.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Cit%C3%A9_Hellemans_06.JPG/720px-Cit%C3%A9_Hellemans_06.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Cité Hellemans, <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Rue Blaes</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Blaesstraat</span></span></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 138.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 136.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brigittines.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Brigittines Chapel"><img alt="Brigittines Chapel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Brigittines.JPG/205px-Brigittines.JPG" decoding="async" width="137" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Brigittines.JPG/307px-Brigittines.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Brigittines.JPG/410px-Brigittines.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1806" data-file-height="2378" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Brigittines Chapel</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 272px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 270px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Palais_de_Justice_from_Hilton.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Palace of Justice"><img alt="Palace of Justice" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Palais_de_Justice_from_Hilton.jpg/405px-Palais_de_Justice_from_Hilton.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Palais_de_Justice_from_Hilton.jpg/608px-Palais_de_Justice_from_Hilton.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Palais_de_Justice_from_Hilton.jpg/810px-Palais_de_Justice_from_Hilton.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Palais_de_Justice,_Brussels" class="mw-redirect" title="Palais de Justice, Brussels">Palace of Justice</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 144px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 142px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Porte_de_Hal,_Brussels.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Halle Gate"><img alt="Halle Gate" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Porte_de_Hal%2C_Brussels.jpg/213px-Porte_de_Hal%2C_Brussels.jpg" decoding="async" width="142" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Porte_de_Hal%2C_Brussels.jpg/320px-Porte_de_Hal%2C_Brussels.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Porte_de_Hal%2C_Brussels.jpg/427px-Porte_de_Hal%2C_Brussels.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2825" data-file-height="3575" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Halle_Gate" title="Halle Gate">Halle Gate</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Midi–Lemonnier_or_Stalingrad_Quarter"><span id="Midi.E2.80.93Lemonnier_or_Stalingrad_Quarter"></span>Midi–Lemonnier or Stalingrad Quarter</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Brussels&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Midi–Lemonnier or Stalingrad Quarter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It was in the heart of the Midi–Lemonnier Quarter (French: <i lang="fr">Quartier Midi–Lemonnier</i>, Dutch: <i lang="nl">Lemmonier–Zuidwijk</i>), where the <a href="/wiki/Place_Rouppe" title="Place Rouppe">Place Rouppe/Rouppeplein</a> is today, that Brussels' first South Station, the terminus of the South Line, was built in 1839. It was known as Bogards' railway station for the eponymous convent whose site it was built on, and to which the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Rue des Bogards</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Bogaardenstraat</span></span> is now the only reference.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The former presence of a station at this location also explains the unusual width of the current <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Avenue de Stalingrad</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Stalingradlaan</span></span>, which goes from the square to the <a href="/wiki/Small_Ring,_Brussels" title="Small Ring, Brussels">Small Ring</a>, cleared of its train tracks since the inauguration of <a href="/wiki/Brussels-South_railway_station" title="Brussels-South railway station">Brussels-South Station</a>, built outside the Pentagon in 1869.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because of this, the neighbourhood is sometimes called the Stalingrad Quarter (French: <i lang="fr">Quartier Stalingrad</i>, Dutch: <i lang="nl">Stalingradwijk</i>). At the same time, following the <a href="/wiki/Covering_of_the_Senne" title="Covering of the Senne">covering of the Senne</a>, the district saw the construction of <i><a href="/wiki/Haussmann%27s_renovation_of_Paris" title="Haussmann's renovation of Paris">Haussmann</a>-esque</i> grand <a href="/wiki/Central_Boulevards_of_Brussels" title="Central Boulevards of Brussels">central boulevards</a>, including the <a href="/wiki/Boulevard_Maurice_Lemonnier" title="Boulevard Maurice Lemonnier">Boulevard Maurice Lemonnier/Maurice Lemonnierlaan</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> bordered by the <a href="/wiki/Place_Fontainas" title="Place Fontainas">Place Fontainas/Fontainasplein</a><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Place_Anneessens" title="Place Anneessens">Place Anneessens/Anneessensplein</a> (former location of the <i>Old Market</i>),<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as by the Midi Palace.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each Sunday morning, the Midi district hosts the second largest market in Europe. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 242.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Place_Rouppe_01.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Place Rouppe/Rouppeplein and Avenue de Stalingrad/Stalingradlaan"><img alt="Place Rouppe/Rouppeplein and Avenue de Stalingrad/Stalingradlaan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Place_Rouppe_01.JPG/361px-Place_Rouppe_01.JPG" decoding="async" width="241" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Place_Rouppe_01.JPG/541px-Place_Rouppe_01.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Place_Rouppe_01.JPG/721px-Place_Rouppe_01.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2240" data-file-height="1677" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Place_Rouppe" title="Place Rouppe">Place Rouppe/Rouppeplein</a> and <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Avenue de Stalingrad</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Stalingradlaan</span></span></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 242px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Anneessens_01.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Place Anneessens/Anneessensplein (François Anneessens) and Haute École Francisco Ferrer"><img alt="Place Anneessens/Anneessensplein (François Anneessens) and Haute École Francisco Ferrer" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Anneessens_01.JPG/360px-Anneessens_01.JPG" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Anneessens_01.JPG/540px-Anneessens_01.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Anneessens_01.JPG/720px-Anneessens_01.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Place_Anneessens" title="Place Anneessens">Place Anneessens/Anneessensplein</a> (<a href="/wiki/Frans_Anneessens" title="Frans Anneessens">François Anneessens</a>) and Haute École Francisco Ferrer</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 261.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 259.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Palais_du_Midi_01.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Midi Palace on the Boulevard Maurice Lemonnier/Maurice Lemonnierlaan"><img alt="Midi Palace on the Boulevard Maurice Lemonnier/Maurice Lemonnierlaan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Palais_du_Midi_01.JPG/389px-Palais_du_Midi_01.JPG" decoding="async" width="260" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Palais_du_Midi_01.JPG/583px-Palais_du_Midi_01.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Palais_du_Midi_01.JPG/777px-Palais_du_Midi_01.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2514" data-file-height="1747" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Midi Palace on the <a href="/wiki/Boulevard_Maurice_Lemonnier" title="Boulevard Maurice Lemonnier">Boulevard Maurice Lemonnier/Maurice Lemonnierlaan</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 302px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 300px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fontainas.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Place Fontainas/Fontainasplein"><img alt="Place Fontainas/Fontainasplein" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Fontainas.png/450px-Fontainas.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Fontainas.png/675px-Fontainas.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Fontainas.png/899px-Fontainas.png 2x" data-file-width="3933" data-file-height="2362" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Place_Fontainas" title="Place Fontainas">Place Fontainas/Fontainasplein</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Senne/Zenne_or_Dansaert_Quarter"><span id="Senne.2FZenne_or_Dansaert_Quarter"></span>Senne/Zenne or Dansaert Quarter</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Brussels&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Senne/Zenne or Dansaert Quarter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The damp and marshy land around the present-day <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Rue de la Senne</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Zennestraat</span></span> and <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Rue des Fabriques</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Fabriekstraat</span></span> was occupied by craftsmen since the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An arm of the <a href="/wiki/Senne_(river)" title="Senne (river)">river</a> crossed the defences of the <a href="/wiki/Fortifications_of_Brussels#Second_walls" title="Fortifications of Brussels">second walls</a> at the level of the Ninove Gate via the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Petite Écluse</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Kleine Sluis</span></span> ("Small Lock"), which served as a maritime gate, an end of which remaining there until the 1960s. Later, small industries and many artisan breweries (now disappeared) established themselves in the area, as evidenced by the names of the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Rue du Houblon</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Hopstraat</span></span> ("Hops Street")<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Rue du Vieux Marché aux Grains</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Oude Graanmarktstraat</span></span> ("Old Grain Market Street").<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Brussels_Shot_Tower" title="Brussels Shot Tower">Shot Tower</a> (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Tour à Plomb</i></span>), which was used to manufacture <a href="/wiki/Shot_(pellet)" title="Shot (pellet)">lead shot</a> for hunting,<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Rue de la Poudrière</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Kruitmolenstraat</span></span> ("Gunpowder Street"),<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> also testify to the neighbourhood's former activities. Long neglected following the relocation of businesses outside the city centre, the Senne/Zenne Quarter (French: <i lang="fr">Quartier de la Senne</i>, Dutch: <i lang="nl">Zennewijk</i>) has in recent years been the object of renewed interest and is undergoing <a href="/wiki/Gentrification" title="Gentrification">gentrification</a> due to the many disused industrial premises being converted into <a href="/wiki/Loft" title="Loft">lofts</a>. The area around the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Rue Antoine Dansaert</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Antoine Dansaertstraat</span></span> has become a trendy district and is attracting a younger, more well-off, and mostly Dutch-speaking population.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This new situation, which has resulted in rising rents, is not without problems for the neighbourhood's less fortunate inhabitants. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 242px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coin_Walvis,_rue_Antoine_Dansaert.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Rue Antoine Dansaert/Antoine Dansaertstraat"><img alt="Rue Antoine Dansaert/Antoine Dansaertstraat" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Coin_Walvis%2C_rue_Antoine_Dansaert.JPG/360px-Coin_Walvis%2C_rue_Antoine_Dansaert.JPG" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Coin_Walvis%2C_rue_Antoine_Dansaert.JPG/540px-Coin_Walvis%2C_rue_Antoine_Dansaert.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Coin_Walvis%2C_rue_Antoine_Dansaert.JPG 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Rue Antoine Dansaert</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Antoine Dansaertstraat</span></span></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 246px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 244px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pace_du_Jardin_aux_fleurs_01.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Place du Jardin aux Fleurs/Bloemenhofplein"><img alt="Place du Jardin aux Fleurs/Bloemenhofplein" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Pace_du_Jardin_aux_fleurs_01.JPG/366px-Pace_du_Jardin_aux_fleurs_01.JPG" decoding="async" width="244" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Pace_du_Jardin_aux_fleurs_01.JPG/549px-Pace_du_Jardin_aux_fleurs_01.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Pace_du_Jardin_aux_fleurs_01.JPG/732px-Pace_du_Jardin_aux_fleurs_01.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2380" data-file-height="1755" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Place du Jardin aux Fleurs</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Bloemenhofplein</span></span></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 136.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 134.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Loft_Bxl_01.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Industrial building transformed into housing (loft)"><img alt="Industrial building transformed into housing (loft)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Loft_Bxl_01.JPG/202px-Loft_Bxl_01.JPG" decoding="async" width="135" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Loft_Bxl_01.JPG/304px-Loft_Bxl_01.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Loft_Bxl_01.JPG/405px-Loft_Bxl_01.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="2560" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Industrial building transformed into housing (<a href="/wiki/Loft" title="Loft">loft</a>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 136.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 134.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tour_%C3%A0_plomb_Bxl_01.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Shot Tower (Tour à Plomb)"><img alt="Shot Tower (Tour à Plomb)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Tour_%C3%A0_plomb_Bxl_01.JPG/202px-Tour_%C3%A0_plomb_Bxl_01.JPG" decoding="async" width="135" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Tour_%C3%A0_plomb_Bxl_01.JPG/304px-Tour_%C3%A0_plomb_Bxl_01.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Tour_%C3%A0_plomb_Bxl_01.JPG/405px-Tour_%C3%A0_plomb_Bxl_01.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="2560" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Brussels_Shot_Tower" title="Brussels Shot Tower">Shot Tower</a> (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Tour à Plomb</i></span>)</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Quays_or_Maritime_Quarter">Quays or Maritime Quarter</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Brussels&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Quays or Maritime Quarter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Quays Quarter (French: <i lang="fr">Quartier des Quais</i>, Dutch: <i lang="nl">Kaaienwijk</i>) is that of the old <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Brussels" title="Port of Brussels">Port of Brussels</a>, which for a long time played the role of "belly" of the city. Boats coming from the river <a href="/wiki/Scheldt" title="Scheldt">Scheldt</a> penetrated through the former Shore Gate (French: <i lang="fr">Porte du Rivage</i>, Dutch: <i lang="nl">Oeverpoort</i>), on the site of the present-day <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Place de l'Yser</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Ijzerplein</span></span>, to join one of the canals, whose docks were each reserved for one type of goods.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Filled in the late 19th century with the opening of Brussels' new port, these basins were replaced by wide boulevards, whose names on both sides still recall their former function: the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Quai aux Briques</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Baksteenkaai</span></span> ("Brick Wharf"),<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Quai au Bois à Brûler</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Brandhoutkaai</span></span> ("Firewood Wharf"),<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Quai aux Pierres de Taille</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Arduinkaai</span></span> ("Quarry Stone Wharf"),<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Quai au Foin</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Hooikaai</span></span> ("Hay Wharf"),<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> etc., or references to the neighbourhood's commercial activities: the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Rue du Magasin</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Pakhuisstraat</span></span> ("Warehouse Street"),<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Rue des Commerçants</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Koopliedenstraat</span></span> ("Traders Street"),<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Rue du Marché aux Porcs</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Varkensmarktstraat</span></span> ("Pig Market Street")<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Quai du Commerce</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Handelskaai</span></span> ("Trade Wharf").<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Along the quaysides, numerous <a href="/wiki/Bourgeois_of_Brussels" title="Bourgeois of Brussels">bourgeois</a> houses, once belonging to wealthy merchants, have preserved the entrances to the warehouses. On the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Boulevard d'Ypres</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Ieperlaan</span></span>, one can still cross food wholesalers, now supplied by trucks that have replaced the boats.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The district also includes the Great <a href="/wiki/Beguinage" title="Beguinage">Beguinage</a> of Brussels, with the <a href="/wiki/Saint_John_the_Baptist_at_the_B%C3%A9guinage" title="Saint John the Baptist at the Béguinage">Church of St. John the Baptist</a><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the remarkable <i>Grand Hospice Pachéco</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 153.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 151.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bruxelles_kosciol_sw_Jana_Chrzciciela_02_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Church of St. John the Baptist"><img alt="Church of St. John the Baptist" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Bruxelles_kosciol_sw_Jana_Chrzciciela_02_%28cropped%29.jpg/227px-Bruxelles_kosciol_sw_Jana_Chrzciciela_02_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="152" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Bruxelles_kosciol_sw_Jana_Chrzciciela_02_%28cropped%29.jpg/340px-Bruxelles_kosciol_sw_Jana_Chrzciciela_02_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Bruxelles_kosciol_sw_Jana_Chrzciciela_02_%28cropped%29.jpg/453px-Bruxelles_kosciol_sw_Jana_Chrzciciela_02_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2031" data-file-height="2419" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Saint_John_the_Baptist_at_the_B%C3%A9guinage" title="Saint John the Baptist at the Béguinage">Church of St. John the Baptist</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 100.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 98.666666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Belgique_-_Bruxelles_-_Fontaine_Anspach_-_03.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Anspach Fountain"><img alt="Anspach Fountain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Belgique_-_Bruxelles_-_Fontaine_Anspach_-_03.jpg/148px-Belgique_-_Bruxelles_-_Fontaine_Anspach_-_03.jpg" decoding="async" width="99" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Belgique_-_Bruxelles_-_Fontaine_Anspach_-_03.jpg/223px-Belgique_-_Bruxelles_-_Fontaine_Anspach_-_03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Belgique_-_Bruxelles_-_Fontaine_Anspach_-_03.jpg/297px-Belgique_-_Bruxelles_-_Fontaine_Anspach_-_03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1905" data-file-height="3462" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Anspach_Fountain" title="Anspach Fountain">Anspach Fountain</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 272px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 270px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Koninklijke_Vlaamse_Schouwburg_in_Brussel.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Royal Flemish Theatre"><img alt="Royal Flemish Theatre" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Koninklijke_Vlaamse_Schouwburg_in_Brussel.jpg/405px-Koninklijke_Vlaamse_Schouwburg_in_Brussel.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Koninklijke_Vlaamse_Schouwburg_in_Brussel.jpg/608px-Koninklijke_Vlaamse_Schouwburg_in_Brussel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Koninklijke_Vlaamse_Schouwburg_in_Brussel.jpg/810px-Koninklijke_Vlaamse_Schouwburg_in_Brussel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Flemish_Theatre" title="Royal Flemish Theatre">Royal Flemish Theatre</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brussel_Sint-Katelijnekerk.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="St. Catherine's Church"><img alt="St. Catherine's Church" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Brussel_Sint-Katelijnekerk.jpg/270px-Brussel_Sint-Katelijnekerk.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Brussel_Sint-Katelijnekerk.jpg/405px-Brussel_Sint-Katelijnekerk.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Brussel_Sint-Katelijnekerk.jpg/540px-Brussel_Sint-Katelijnekerk.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3583" data-file-height="3583" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Saint_Catherine%27s_Church,_Brussels" title="Saint Catherine's Church, Brussels">St. Catherine's Church</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 272px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 270px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:316_-_Maison_de_la_Bellone_-_Bruxelles.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="La Bellone"><img alt="La Bellone" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/316_-_Maison_de_la_Bellone_-_Bruxelles.jpg/405px-316_-_Maison_de_la_Bellone_-_Bruxelles.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/316_-_Maison_de_la_Bellone_-_Bruxelles.jpg/608px-316_-_Maison_de_la_Bellone_-_Bruxelles.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/316_-_Maison_de_la_Bellone_-_Bruxelles.jpg/810px-316_-_Maison_de_la_Bellone_-_Bruxelles.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>La Bellone</i></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Marais–Jacqmain_Quarter"><span id="Marais.E2.80.93Jacqmain_Quarter"></span>Marais–Jacqmain Quarter</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Brussels&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Marais–Jacqmain Quarter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Few of the buildings in the Marais–Jacqmain Quarter (French: <i lang="fr">Quartier Marais–Jacqmain</i>, Dutch: <i lang="nl">Jacqmain–Broekwijk</i>) have escaped 20th-century demolition, from the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Boulevard Pachéco</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Pachecolaan</span></span><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to the <a href="/wiki/Rue_Neuve_(Brussels)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rue Neuve (Brussels)">Rue Neuve/Nieuwstraat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They have given way to the State Administrative Centre, press printers, banking facilities, and commercial galleries. The current trend is to restore the neighbourhood's social mix by redeveloping former office buildings into housing. Despite the district's long-time grim aspect, the centuries-old <a href="/wiki/Meyboom" title="Meyboom">Meyboom</a> tradition has been maintained, and the former <a href="/wiki/Art_Nouveau" title="Art Nouveau">Art Nouveau</a> <i>Magasins Waucquez</i> by <a href="/wiki/Victor_Horta" title="Victor Horta">Victor Horta</a> have been preserved to house, since 1993, the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Comic_Strip_Center" title="Belgian Comic Strip Center">Belgian Comic Strip Center</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another preserved islet is the 18th-century <a href="/wiki/Neoclassical_architecture" title="Neoclassical architecture">neoclassical</a> <a href="/wiki/Place_des_Martyrs,_Brussels" title="Place des Martyrs, Brussels">Place des Martyrs/Martelaarsplein</a>, which has gradually been renovated.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The victims of the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Revolution" title="Belgian Revolution">Belgian Revolution of 1830</a> are buried there in an open crypt with a <a href="/wiki/Monument_to_the_Martyrs_of_the_1830_Revolution" title="Monument to the Martyrs of the 1830 Revolution">memorial</a>. Nearby is the Rue Neuve, one of Belgium's main shopping streets, with more than 1 km (0.62 mi) of stores on both its sides;<sup id="cite_ref-:4_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Boulevard_Adolphe_Max" title="Boulevard Adolphe Max">Boulevard Adolphe Max/Adolphe Maxlaan</a>, a traditional 19th-century artery;<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Boulevard_%C3%89mile_Jacqmain" title="Boulevard Émile Jacqmain">Boulevard Émile Jacqmain/Émile Jacqmainlaan</a> (where the <a href="/wiki/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_national_Wallonie-Bruxelles" title="Théâtre national Wallonie-Bruxelles">Théâtre national Wallonie-Bruxelles</a> has been installed since 2004),<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> close to the <a href="/wiki/Place_de_Brouck%C3%A8re" title="Place de Brouckère">Place de Brouckère/De Brouckèreplein</a>. The latter, a very busy square, is dominated at its southern end by two block-style towers, but for the rest, it has totally (<a href="/wiki/Hotel_M%C3%A9tropole,_Brussels" title="Hotel Métropole, Brussels">Hotel Métropole</a> and its neighbour the Hotel Atlanta) or partially (<a href="/wiki/UGC_(cinema_operator)" title="UGC (cinema operator)">UGC cinema</a>) retained its old facades.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 242px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:De_Brouck%C3%A8replein_Brussel_juli_2021.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Place de Brouckère/De Brouckèreplein"><img alt="Place de Brouckère/De Brouckèreplein" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/De_Brouck%C3%A8replein_Brussel_juli_2021.jpg/360px-De_Brouck%C3%A8replein_Brussel_juli_2021.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/De_Brouck%C3%A8replein_Brussel_juli_2021.jpg/540px-De_Brouck%C3%A8replein_Brussel_juli_2021.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/De_Brouck%C3%A8replein_Brussel_juli_2021.jpg/720px-De_Brouck%C3%A8replein_Brussel_juli_2021.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4128" data-file-height="3096" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Place_de_Brouck%C3%A8re" title="Place de Brouckère">Place de Brouckère/De Brouckèreplein</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 239.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 237.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_la_Monnaie_1.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Royal Theatre of La Monnaie"><img alt="Royal Theatre of La Monnaie" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_la_Monnaie_1.JPG/356px-Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_la_Monnaie_1.JPG" decoding="async" width="238" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_la_Monnaie_1.JPG/534px-Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_la_Monnaie_1.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_la_Monnaie_1.JPG/713px-Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_la_Monnaie_1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1318" data-file-height="999" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/La_Monnaie" title="La Monnaie">Royal Theatre of La Monnaie</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 246.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 244.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Place_des_Martyrs_01.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Place des Martyrs/Martelaarsplein"><img alt="Place des Martyrs/Martelaarsplein" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Place_des_Martyrs_01.JPG/367px-Place_des_Martyrs_01.JPG" decoding="async" width="245" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Place_des_Martyrs_01.JPG/551px-Place_des_Martyrs_01.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Place_des_Martyrs_01.JPG/735px-Place_des_Martyrs_01.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2514" data-file-height="1848" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Place_des_Martyrs,_Brussels" title="Place des Martyrs, Brussels">Place des Martyrs/Martelaarsplein</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 136.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 134.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Eglise_Notre-Dame_du_Finist%C3%A8re.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Church of Our Lady of Finisterrae"><img alt="Church of Our Lady of Finisterrae" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Eglise_Notre-Dame_du_Finist%C3%A8re.JPG/202px-Eglise_Notre-Dame_du_Finist%C3%A8re.JPG" decoding="async" width="135" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Eglise_Notre-Dame_du_Finist%C3%A8re.JPG/304px-Eglise_Notre-Dame_du_Finist%C3%A8re.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Eglise_Notre-Dame_du_Finist%C3%A8re.JPG/405px-Eglise_Notre-Dame_du_Finist%C3%A8re.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="2560" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Our_Lady_of_Finisterrae" title="Church of Our Lady of Finisterrae">Church of Our Lady of Finisterrae</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Freedom_Quarter">Freedom Quarter</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Brussels&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Freedom Quarter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Freedom_Quarter" title="Freedom Quarter">Freedom Quarter</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Freedom_Quarter" title="Freedom Quarter">Freedom Quarter</a> (French: <i lang="fr">Quartier des Libertés</i>, Dutch: <i lang="nl">Vrijheidswijk</i>) is situated between the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Federal_Parliament" title="Belgian Federal Parliament">Belgian Parliament</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Rue_Royale,_Brussels" title="Rue Royale, Brussels">Rue Royale/Koningsstraat</a>, not far from the crossroads with the Small Ring. Its focal point is the <a href="/wiki/Congress_Column" title="Congress Column">Congress Column</a> (erected in memory of the <a href="/wiki/National_Congress_of_Belgium" title="National Congress of Belgium">National Congress</a> of 1830–31, the founder of democratic liberties in Belgium), under which also lies the <a href="/wiki/Tomb_of_the_Unknown_Soldier" title="Tomb of the Unknown Soldier">tomb of the Unknown Soldier</a> with an <a href="/wiki/Eternal_flame" title="Eternal flame">eternal flame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Not far from there is the <a href="/wiki/Corinthia_Grand_Hotel_Astoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Corinthia Grand Hotel Astoria">Hotel Astoria</a>, dating from 1911, which is currently being renovated and enlarged, to be reopened in the coming years.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 19th century, the district was known as <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Notre-Dame-aux-Neiges</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-ter-Sneeuw</span></span> and was predominantly inhabited by working-class people. The authorities' desire to clean up the squalid parts of the city led to the expulsion of the population and the neighbourhood's complete destruction. A new <a href="/wiki/Bourgeois_of_Brussels" title="Bourgeois of Brussels">bourgeois</a> district was developed during the last quarter of the century. The choice was made to commemorate <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Revolution" title="Belgian Revolution">Belgian independence</a>: the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Place de la Liberté</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Vrijheidsplein</span></span> ("Liberty Square"),<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Place des Barricades</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Barricadenplein</span></span> ("Barricades' Square"),<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Rue de la Révolution</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Revolutiestraat</span></span> ("Revolution Street"),<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Rue du Congrès</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Congresstraat</span></span> ("Congress Street"), etc.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The four streets leading off the Place de la Liberté bear the names of the four constitutional liberties, symbolised by four <a href="/wiki/Allegory" title="Allegory">allegorical</a> <a href="/wiki/Bronze" title="Bronze">bronze</a> female sculptures surrounding the Congress Column: <i><a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_the_press" title="Freedom of the press">Freedom of the Press</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_religion" title="Freedom of religion">Worship</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_association" title="Freedom of association">Association</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_education" title="Freedom of education">Education</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_75-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This <a href="/wiki/Eclecticism_in_architecture" title="Eclecticism in architecture">eclectic</a> urban complex is one of the best preserved in the Pentagon. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 91.333333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 89.333333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Colonne_du_Congr%C3%A8s_Bxl.01.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Congress Column (Leopold I, 1859)"><img alt="Congress Column (Leopold I, 1859)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Colonne_du_Congr%C3%A8s_Bxl.01.JPG/134px-Colonne_du_Congr%C3%A8s_Bxl.01.JPG" decoding="async" width="90" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Colonne_du_Congr%C3%A8s_Bxl.01.JPG/201px-Colonne_du_Congr%C3%A8s_Bxl.01.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Colonne_du_Congr%C3%A8s_Bxl.01.JPG/269px-Colonne_du_Congr%C3%A8s_Bxl.01.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1114" data-file-height="2237" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Congress_Column" title="Congress Column">Congress Column</a> (<a href="/wiki/Leopold_I_of_Belgium" title="Leopold I of Belgium">Leopold I</a>, 1859)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 272px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 270px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vrijheidsplein_Place_de_la_Libert%C3%A9_Brussels_2012-06_-_03.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Place de la Liberté/Vrijheidsplein (Charles Rogier)"><img alt="Place de la Liberté/Vrijheidsplein (Charles Rogier)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Vrijheidsplein_Place_de_la_Libert%C3%A9_Brussels_2012-06_-_03.JPG/405px-Vrijheidsplein_Place_de_la_Libert%C3%A9_Brussels_2012-06_-_03.JPG" decoding="async" width="270" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Vrijheidsplein_Place_de_la_Libert%C3%A9_Brussels_2012-06_-_03.JPG/608px-Vrijheidsplein_Place_de_la_Libert%C3%A9_Brussels_2012-06_-_03.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Vrijheidsplein_Place_de_la_Libert%C3%A9_Brussels_2012-06_-_03.JPG/810px-Vrijheidsplein_Place_de_la_Libert%C3%A9_Brussels_2012-06_-_03.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Place de la Liberté</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Vrijheidsplein</span></span> (<a href="/wiki/Charles_Rogier" title="Charles Rogier">Charles Rogier</a>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 113.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 111.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Braban%C3%A7onne_Place_Surlet_de_Chokier_01.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Place Surlet de Chokier/Surlet de Chokierplein (The Brabançonne)"><img alt="Place Surlet de Chokier/Surlet de Chokierplein (The Brabançonne)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Braban%C3%A7onne_Place_Surlet_de_Chokier_01.JPG/167px-Braban%C3%A7onne_Place_Surlet_de_Chokier_01.JPG" decoding="async" width="112" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Braban%C3%A7onne_Place_Surlet_de_Chokier_01.JPG/251px-Braban%C3%A7onne_Place_Surlet_de_Chokier_01.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Braban%C3%A7onne_Place_Surlet_de_Chokier_01.JPG/335px-Braban%C3%A7onne_Place_Surlet_de_Chokier_01.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1437" data-file-height="2318" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Place Surlet de Chokier</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Surlet de Chokierplein</span></span> (<a href="/wiki/La_Braban%C3%A7onne" title="La Brabançonne"><i>The Brabançonne</i></a>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 244.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 242.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BEL_Brussels,_Place_des_Barricades_001.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Place des Barricades/Barricadenplein (Andreas Vesalius)"><img alt="Place des Barricades/Barricadenplein (Andreas Vesalius)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/BEL_Brussels%2C_Place_des_Barricades_001.jpg/364px-BEL_Brussels%2C_Place_des_Barricades_001.jpg" decoding="async" width="243" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/BEL_Brussels%2C_Place_des_Barricades_001.jpg/546px-BEL_Brussels%2C_Place_des_Barricades_001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/BEL_Brussels%2C_Place_des_Barricades_001.jpg/729px-BEL_Brussels%2C_Place_des_Barricades_001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2896" data-file-height="2147" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Place des Barricades</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Barricadenplein</span></span> (<a href="/wiki/Andreas_Vesalius" title="Andreas Vesalius">Andreas Vesalius</a>)</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eastern_Quarters">Eastern Quarters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Brussels&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Eastern Quarters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="European_Quarter_and_Leopold_Quarter">European Quarter and Leopold Quarter</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Brussels&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: European Quarter and Leopold Quarter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Leopold_Quarter" title="Leopold Quarter">Leopold Quarter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brussels_and_the_European_Union" title="Brussels and the European Union">Brussels and the European Union</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Brussels_and_the_European_Union#European_Quarter" title="Brussels and the European Union">European Quarter</a> (French: <i lang="fr">Quartier Européen</i>, Dutch: <i lang="nl">Europese Wijk</i>) is located to the east of the Pentagon, around the <a href="/wiki/Place_du_Luxembourg" title="Place du Luxembourg">Place du Luxembourg/Luxemburgplein</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Robert_Schuman_Roundabout" title="Robert Schuman Roundabout">Robert Schuman Roundabout</a>, and includes the smaller <a href="/wiki/Leopold_Quarter" title="Leopold Quarter">Leopold Quarter</a> (French: <i lang="fr">Quartier Léopold</i>, Dutch: <i lang="nl">Leopoldswijk</i>). The <a href="/wiki/Espace_L%C3%A9opold" title="Espace Léopold">European Parliament</a> was built near the Place du Luxembourg, on the site of the former Leopold Quarter railway station, and of which only the central building overlooking the square remains, having been replaced by the underground <a href="/wiki/Brussels-Luxembourg_railway_station" title="Brussels-Luxembourg railway station">Brussels-Luxembourg railway station</a>. The <a href="/wiki/European_Commission" title="European Commission">European Commission</a>, housed in the <a href="/wiki/Berlaymont_building" title="Berlaymont building">Berlaymont building</a>, is located on the Schuman Roundabout, not far from the <a href="/wiki/Cinquantenaire" title="Cinquantenaire">Cinquantenaire Park</a>. Across the street stands the <a href="/wiki/Justus_Lipsius_building" title="Justus Lipsius building">Justus Lipsius building</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Europa_building" title="Europa building">Europa building</a> (part of the <i>Residence Palace</i>), serving as the seat of the <a href="/wiki/European_Council" title="European Council">European Council</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_the_European_Union" title="Council of the European Union">Council of the EU</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Leopold_Park" title="Leopold Park">Leopold Park</a>, the <a href="/wiki/House_of_European_History" title="House of European History">House of European History</a> (HEH) initiates visitors to the social history of the European continent. There is a visitor centre in the main European Parliament building, known as the <i>Parliamentarium</i>, and another smaller one in the Justus Lipsius building for the European Council. It is accessible on certain days, by appointment. Many of the attractions in the European Quarter are free to visit. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 212px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Placeluxmarch2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Place du Luxembourg/Luxemburgplein"><img alt="Place du Luxembourg/Luxemburgplein" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Placeluxmarch2011.jpg/315px-Placeluxmarch2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Placeluxmarch2011.jpg/473px-Placeluxmarch2011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Placeluxmarch2011.jpg/630px-Placeluxmarch2011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2496" data-file-height="1664" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Place_du_Luxembourg" title="Place du Luxembourg">Place du Luxembourg/Luxemburgplein</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 252.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 250.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Belgique_-_Bruxelles_-_Schuman_-_Berlaymont_-_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Berlaymont building (European Commission)"><img alt="Berlaymont building (European Commission)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Belgique_-_Bruxelles_-_Schuman_-_Berlaymont_-_01.jpg/376px-Belgique_-_Bruxelles_-_Schuman_-_Berlaymont_-_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="251" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Belgique_-_Bruxelles_-_Schuman_-_Berlaymont_-_01.jpg/564px-Belgique_-_Bruxelles_-_Schuman_-_Berlaymont_-_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Belgique_-_Bruxelles_-_Schuman_-_Berlaymont_-_01.jpg/752px-Belgique_-_Bruxelles_-_Schuman_-_Berlaymont_-_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5180" data-file-height="2894" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Berlaymont_building" title="Berlaymont building">Berlaymont building</a> (<a href="/wiki/European_Commission" title="European Commission">European Commission</a>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 194px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 192px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Europa_building_February_2016_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Europa building (European Council)"><img alt="Europa building (European Council)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Europa_building_February_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg/288px-Europa_building_February_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="192" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Europa_building_February_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg/432px-Europa_building_February_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Europa_building_February_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg/576px-Europa_building_February_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="699" data-file-height="510" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Europa_building" title="Europa building">Europa building</a> (<a href="/wiki/European_Council" title="European Council">European Council</a>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 226px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 224px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Building_of_the_European_Parliament_in_Brussels.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Espace Léopold buildings (European Parliament)"><img alt="Espace Léopold buildings (European Parliament)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Building_of_the_European_Parliament_in_Brussels.jpg/336px-Building_of_the_European_Parliament_in_Brussels.jpg" decoding="async" width="224" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Building_of_the_European_Parliament_in_Brussels.jpg/504px-Building_of_the_European_Parliament_in_Brussels.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Building_of_the_European_Parliament_in_Brussels.jpg/672px-Building_of_the_European_Parliament_in_Brussels.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1840" data-file-height="1150" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Espace_L%C3%A9opold" title="Espace Léopold">Espace Léopold</a> buildings (<a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 188.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 186.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Parc_du_Cinquantenaire_30-05-06.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Parc du Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark"><img alt="Parc du Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Parc_du_Cinquantenaire_30-05-06.JPG/280px-Parc_du_Cinquantenaire_30-05-06.JPG" decoding="async" width="187" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Parc_du_Cinquantenaire_30-05-06.JPG/420px-Parc_du_Cinquantenaire_30-05-06.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Parc_du_Cinquantenaire_30-05-06.JPG/560px-Parc_du_Cinquantenaire_30-05-06.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Cinquantenaire" title="Cinquantenaire">Parc du Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Squares_Quarter">Squares Quarter</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Brussels&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Squares Quarter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Squares Quarter (French: <i lang="fr">Quartier des Squares</i>, Dutch: <i lang="nl">Squareswijk</i>) is the northern spur of the European Quarter, located between <a href="/wiki/Saint-Josse-ten-Noode" title="Saint-Josse-ten-Noode">Saint-Josse-ten-Noode</a> and the Leopold Quarter. The district is bounded by the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Chaussée de Louvain</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Leuvense Steenweg</span></span> to the north, the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Rue du Noyer</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Notelaarsstraat</span></span> and the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Avenue de Cortenbergh</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Kortenberglaan</span></span> to the east, the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Rue Joseph II</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Jozef II-straat</span></span> and the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Rue Stevin</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Stevinstraat</span></span> to the south, as well as the <a href="/wiki/Small_Ring,_Brussels" title="Small Ring, Brussels">Small Ring</a> to the west. The toponym refers to the many squares in the area, in particular the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Square Ambiorix</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Ambiorixsquare</span></span>, the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Square Marguerite</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Margaretasquare</span></span>, the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Square Marie-Louise</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Maria-Louizasquare</span></span> and the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Avenue Palmerston</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Palmerstonlaan</span></span>. The area between the Small Ring and the Square Marie-Louise is sometimes considered to be part of the Leopold Quarter. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 113.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 111.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maison_Saint-Cyr_(DSCF7558).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Saint-Cyr House"><img alt="Saint-Cyr House" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Maison_Saint-Cyr_%28DSCF7558%29.jpg/167px-Maison_Saint-Cyr_%28DSCF7558%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="112" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Maison_Saint-Cyr_%28DSCF7558%29.jpg/251px-Maison_Saint-Cyr_%28DSCF7558%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Maison_Saint-Cyr_%28DSCF7558%29.jpg/335px-Maison_Saint-Cyr_%28DSCF7558%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2818" data-file-height="4542" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Saint-Cyr_House" title="Saint-Cyr House">Saint-Cyr House</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 242px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Square_Marie-Louise_-_panoramio_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Square Marie-Louise/Maria-Louizasquare"><img alt="Square Marie-Louise/Maria-Louizasquare" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Square_Marie-Louise_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg/360px-Square_Marie-Louise_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Square_Marie-Louise_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg/540px-Square_Marie-Louise_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Square_Marie-Louise_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg/720px-Square_Marie-Louise_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Square Marie-Louise</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Maria-Louizasquare</span></span></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 105.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 103.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Belgique_-_Bruxelles_-_H%C3%B4tel_Van_Eetvelde_-_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hôtel van Eetvelde"><img alt="Hôtel van Eetvelde" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Belgique_-_Bruxelles_-_H%C3%B4tel_Van_Eetvelde_-_01.jpg/155px-Belgique_-_Bruxelles_-_H%C3%B4tel_Van_Eetvelde_-_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="104" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Belgique_-_Bruxelles_-_H%C3%B4tel_Van_Eetvelde_-_01.jpg/233px-Belgique_-_Bruxelles_-_H%C3%B4tel_Van_Eetvelde_-_01.jpg 1.5x, 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Bruxelles_-_Avenue_Palmerston.jpg/810px-Bruxelles_-_Avenue_Palmerston.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Avenue Palmerston</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Palmerstonlaan</span></span></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Northern_Quarters">Northern Quarters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Brussels&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Northern Quarters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Laeken">Laeken</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Brussels&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Laeken"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Laeken" title="Laeken">Laeken</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Laeken" title="Laeken">Laeken</a> is a former municipality in the north of the Brussels-Capital Region, annexed by the City of Brussels in 1921. It is home to, among others, the Royal Domain of Laeken, the <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Laeken" title="Palace of Laeken">Palace of Laeken</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Greenhouses_of_Laeken" title="Royal Greenhouses of Laeken">Royal Greenhouses of Laeken</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Our_Lady_of_Laeken" title="Church of Our Lady of Laeken">Church of Our Lady of Laeken</a> (whose crypt contains the tombs of the <a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Belgium" title="Monarchy of Belgium">Belgian royal family</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Laeken_Cemetery" title="Laeken Cemetery">Laeken Cemetery</a>, known for its wealth of monuments and sculptures. On the territory of Laeken also lies the <a href="/wiki/Heysel_Plateau" title="Heysel Plateau">Heysel/Heizel Plateau</a>, the site of the <a href="/wiki/World%27s_fair" title="World's fair">World's Fairs</a> of <a href="/wiki/Brussels_International_Exposition_(1935)" title="Brussels International Exposition (1935)">1935</a> and <a href="/wiki/Expo_58" title="Expo 58">1958</a>, and which includes the <a href="/wiki/King_Baudouin_Stadium" title="King Baudouin Stadium">King Baudouin Stadium</a>, Bruparck (with the <a href="/wiki/Atomium" title="Atomium">Atomium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mini-Europe" title="Mini-Europe">Mini-Europe</a> <a href="/wiki/Miniature_park" title="Miniature park">miniature park</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kinepolis_Brussels" title="Kinepolis Brussels">Kinepolis</a> cinema), the Centenary Palace, home to the Brussels Exhibition Centre (<a href="/wiki/Brussels_Expo" title="Brussels Expo">Brussels Expo</a>), and the <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Brussels" title="Port of Brussels">Port of Brussels</a>, next to which the <i>Monument to Work</i> by <a href="/wiki/Constantin_Meunier" title="Constantin Meunier">Constantin Meunier</a> was erected. On its southern part, it holds the former <a href="/wiki/Tour_%26_Taxis" title="Tour & Taxis">Tour & Taxis</a> former industrial site, which was annexed by the City of Brussels in 1897, twenty-four years before the rest of the municipality. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 163.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 161.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Carte-Laeken.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Map of Laeken"><img alt="Map of Laeken" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Carte-Laeken.jpg/242px-Carte-Laeken.jpg" decoding="async" width="162" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Carte-Laeken.jpg/364px-Carte-Laeken.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Carte-Laeken.jpg/485px-Carte-Laeken.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1991" data-file-height="1971" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Map of <a href="/wiki/Laeken" title="Laeken">Laeken</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 242px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:0_Ch%C3%A2teau_Royal_de_Laeken.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Palace of Laeken"><img alt="Palace of Laeken" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/0_Ch%C3%A2teau_Royal_de_Laeken.JPG/360px-0_Ch%C3%A2teau_Royal_de_Laeken.JPG" decoding="async" width="240" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/0_Ch%C3%A2teau_Royal_de_Laeken.JPG/540px-0_Ch%C3%A2teau_Royal_de_Laeken.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/0_Ch%C3%A2teau_Royal_de_Laeken.JPG/720px-0_Ch%C3%A2teau_Royal_de_Laeken.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3305" data-file-height="2203" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Laeken" title="Palace of Laeken">Palace of Laeken</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 139.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 137.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%C3%89glise_Notre-Dame_de_Laeken_(DSCF1248-DSCF1251).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Church of Our Lady of Laeken"><img alt="Church of Our Lady of Laeken" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/%C3%89glise_Notre-Dame_de_Laeken_%28DSCF1248-DSCF1251%29.jpg/206px-%C3%89glise_Notre-Dame_de_Laeken_%28DSCF1248-DSCF1251%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="138" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/%C3%89glise_Notre-Dame_de_Laeken_%28DSCF1248-DSCF1251%29.jpg/309px-%C3%89glise_Notre-Dame_de_Laeken_%28DSCF1248-DSCF1251%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/%C3%89glise_Notre-Dame_de_Laeken_%28DSCF1248-DSCF1251%29.jpg/412px-%C3%89glise_Notre-Dame_de_Laeken_%28DSCF1248-DSCF1251%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5815" data-file-height="6777" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Our_Lady_of_Laeken" title="Church of Our Lady of Laeken">Church of Our Lady of Laeken</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 168px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 166px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Laeken_Atomium_06.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Atomium"><img alt="Atomium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Laeken_Atomium_06.jpg/249px-Laeken_Atomium_06.jpg" decoding="async" width="166" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Laeken_Atomium_06.jpg/373px-Laeken_Atomium_06.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Laeken_Atomium_06.jpg/497px-Laeken_Atomium_06.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3350" data-file-height="3235" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Atomium" title="Atomium">Atomium</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 132px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 130px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brussels_Expo,_Palais_5_(DSCF1226).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Brussels Expo"><img alt="Brussels Expo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Brussels_Expo%2C_Palais_5_%28DSCF1226%29.jpg/195px-Brussels_Expo%2C_Palais_5_%28DSCF1226%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Brussels_Expo%2C_Palais_5_%28DSCF1226%29.jpg/293px-Brussels_Expo%2C_Palais_5_%28DSCF1226%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Brussels_Expo%2C_Palais_5_%28DSCF1226%29.jpg/391px-Brussels_Expo%2C_Palais_5_%28DSCF1226%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3035" data-file-height="3729" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Brussels_Expo" title="Brussels Expo">Brussels Expo</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 213.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Laeken_Mini_Europe_viewed_from_Atomium_4.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mini-Europe"><img alt="Mini-Europe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Laeken_Mini_Europe_viewed_from_Atomium_4.jpg/320px-Laeken_Mini_Europe_viewed_from_Atomium_4.jpg" decoding="async" width="214" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Laeken_Mini_Europe_viewed_from_Atomium_4.jpg/480px-Laeken_Mini_Europe_viewed_from_Atomium_4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Laeken_Mini_Europe_viewed_from_Atomium_4.jpg/639px-Laeken_Mini_Europe_viewed_from_Atomium_4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4592" data-file-height="3448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Mini-Europe" title="Mini-Europe">Mini-Europe</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Mutsaard">Mutsaard</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Brussels&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Mutsaard"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sometimes also known as the Pagoda district, the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Tower_of_Brussels" title="Japanese Tower of Brussels">Japanese Tower</a> district or De Wand district, Mutsaard (also spelled Mutsaert), is an old hamlet and a historic district located between Laeken and Neder-over-Heembeek and centred around the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Place du Mutsaert</span></span>/<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;">Mutsaertplaats or Mutsaardplein</span></span>. The district was part of the former municipality of Laeken (postcode: 1020), but also a piece of Neder-over-Heembeek, annexed by Laeken in 1897. It is separated from the rest of Laeken by the Royal Domain and is the site of the <a href="/wiki/Museums_of_the_Far_East" title="Museums of the Far East">Museums of the Far East</a>. The district also extends a little into the neighbouring Flemish municipalities of <a href="/wiki/Vilvoorde" title="Vilvoorde">Vilvoorde</a> and <a href="/wiki/Grimbergen" title="Grimbergen">Grimbergen</a>. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 184px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 182px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_mutsaert.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Map of Mutsaard"><img alt="Map of Mutsaard" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Map_mutsaert.jpg/273px-Map_mutsaert.jpg" decoding="async" width="182" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Map_mutsaert.jpg/409px-Map_mutsaert.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Map_mutsaert.jpg/545px-Map_mutsaert.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1991" data-file-height="1971" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Map of Mutsaard</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 121.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 119.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Japanse_Toren-Japanese_Tower_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Japanese Tower"><img alt="Japanese Tower" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Japanse_Toren-Japanese_Tower_-_panoramio.jpg/179px-Japanse_Toren-Japanese_Tower_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Japanse_Toren-Japanese_Tower_-_panoramio.jpg/269px-Japanse_Toren-Japanese_Tower_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Japanse_Toren-Japanese_Tower_-_panoramio.jpg/358px-Japanse_Toren-Japanese_Tower_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="4288" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_Tower_of_Brussels" title="Japanese Tower of Brussels">Japanese Tower</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 272px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 270px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pavillon_Chinois.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Chinese Pavilion"><img alt="Chinese Pavilion" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Pavillon_Chinois.jpg/405px-Pavillon_Chinois.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Pavillon_Chinois.jpg/608px-Pavillon_Chinois.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Pavillon_Chinois.jpg/810px-Pavillon_Chinois.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3240" data-file-height="2160" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Chinese Pavilion</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Neder-Over-Heembeek">Neder-Over-Heembeek</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Brussels&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Neder-Over-Heembeek"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Neder-Over-Heembeek" title="Neder-Over-Heembeek">Neder-Over-Heembeek</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Neder-Over-Heembeek" title="Neder-Over-Heembeek">Neder-Over-Heembeek</a> is a former municipality incorporated into the City of Brussels in 1921, at the same time as Laeken and Haren. It has the distinction of having the oldest place name in the Brussels-Capital Region, as it was mentioned in an <a href="/wiki/Decree" title="Decree">ordinance</a> as early as the 7th century.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> This is where the Queen Astrid Military Hospital, which is the National Burns and Poisons Centre, as well as recruitment services of the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Armed_Forces" title="Belgian Armed Forces">Belgian Armed Forces</a> are located. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 184px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 182px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Carte_Neder-Over-Hembeek.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Map of Neder-Over-Heembeek"><img alt="Map of Neder-Over-Heembeek" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Carte_Neder-Over-Hembeek.jpg/273px-Carte_Neder-Over-Hembeek.jpg" decoding="async" width="182" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Carte_Neder-Over-Hembeek.jpg/409px-Carte_Neder-Over-Hembeek.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Carte_Neder-Over-Hembeek.jpg/545px-Carte_Neder-Over-Hembeek.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1991" data-file-height="1971" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Map of <a href="/wiki/Neder-Over-Heembeek" title="Neder-Over-Heembeek">Neder-Over-Heembeek</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 140px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 138px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:N-O-Heembbek_Bxl_01.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Old Romanesque tower in Lower Heembeek"><img alt="Old Romanesque tower in Lower Heembeek" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/N-O-Heembbek_Bxl_01.JPG/207px-N-O-Heembbek_Bxl_01.JPG" decoding="async" width="138" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/N-O-Heembbek_Bxl_01.JPG/310px-N-O-Heembbek_Bxl_01.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/N-O-Heembbek_Bxl_01.JPG/413px-N-O-Heembbek_Bxl_01.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1831" data-file-height="2391" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Old <a href="/wiki/Romanesque_architecture" title="Romanesque architecture">Romanesque</a> tower in Lower Heembeek</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 136.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 134.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Neder-over-Hembeek,_Eglise_Saint_Nicolas.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Church of St. Nicholas in Upper Heembeek"><img alt="Church of St. Nicholas in Upper Heembeek" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Neder-over-Hembeek%2C_Eglise_Saint_Nicolas.JPG/202px-Neder-over-Hembeek%2C_Eglise_Saint_Nicolas.JPG" decoding="async" width="135" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Neder-over-Hembeek%2C_Eglise_Saint_Nicolas.JPG/304px-Neder-over-Hembeek%2C_Eglise_Saint_Nicolas.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Neder-over-Hembeek%2C_Eglise_Saint_Nicolas.JPG/405px-Neder-over-Hembeek%2C_Eglise_Saint_Nicolas.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1704" data-file-height="2272" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Church of St. Nicholas in Upper Heembeek</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Haren">Haren</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Brussels&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Haren"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Haren,_Belgium" title="Haren, Belgium">Haren, Belgium</a></div> <p>Like Laeken and Neder-Over-Heembeek, the former municipality of <a href="/wiki/Haren,_Belgium" title="Haren, Belgium">Haren</a> was annexed by the municipality (City) of Brussels in 1921, which allowed the extension of <a href="/wiki/Schaarbeek_railway_station" title="Schaarbeek railway station">Schaerbeek railway station</a> north of its territory. But it was above all the presence, south-west of the town, of an airfield, created by the Germans during the <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First World War</a>, and where the former Belgian national airline <a href="/wiki/Sabena" title="Sabena">Sabena</a> was born, that precipitated the annexation of Haren. For almost fifty years, Haren has been home to <a href="/wiki/NATO_headquarters" title="NATO headquarters">NATO's headquarters</a>. It is also the location of many other administrations and companies, such as the headquarters of <a href="/wiki/Eurocontrol" title="Eurocontrol">Eurocontrol</a>. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 122px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kerk_Haren.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Church of St. Elizabeth"><img alt="Church of St. Elizabeth" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Kerk_Haren.jpg/180px-Kerk_Haren.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Kerk_Haren.jpg/270px-Kerk_Haren.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Kerk_Haren.jpg/360px-Kerk_Haren.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="5472" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Church of St. Elizabeth</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 242px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:New_HQ_NATO_7.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Headquarters of NATO"><img alt="Headquarters of NATO" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/New_HQ_NATO_7.jpg/360px-New_HQ_NATO_7.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/New_HQ_NATO_7.jpg/540px-New_HQ_NATO_7.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/New_HQ_NATO_7.jpg/720px-New_HQ_NATO_7.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/NATO_headquarters" title="NATO headquarters">Headquarters</a> of <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 272px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 270px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Eurocontrol_hoofdkwartier_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Headquarters of Eurocontrol"><img alt="Headquarters of Eurocontrol" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Eurocontrol_hoofdkwartier_1.jpg/405px-Eurocontrol_hoofdkwartier_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Eurocontrol_hoofdkwartier_1.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Headquarters of <a href="/wiki/Eurocontrol" title="Eurocontrol">Eurocontrol</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Brussels&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign_population">Foreign population</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Brussels&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Foreign population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The City of Brussels has a large immigrant population, with both the EU and non-European migrant communities outnumbering the native Belgians. Akin to neighbouring <a href="/wiki/Ixelles" title="Ixelles">Ixelles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Etterbeek" title="Etterbeek">Etterbeek</a> and <a href="/wiki/Schaerbeek" title="Schaerbeek">Schaerbeek</a>, the City of Brussels also has a large <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Belgium" title="Islam in Belgium">Muslim</a> population, mainly of <a href="/wiki/Moroccans_in_Belgium" title="Moroccans in Belgium">North African</a> origin. </p><p>As of 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=City_of_Brussels&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, taking into account the nationality of birth of the parents, 55.84% of the City of Brussels's population is of non-European origin (predominantly Moroccan, Indian and Congolese), 27.21% is of European origin other than Belgian (mainly French, Romanian, Italian, Spanish, and Polish), while 16.94% is solely of native Belgian ancestry.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among all major migrant groups from outside the EU, a majority of the permanent residents have acquired Belgian nationality.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Migrant communities in the City of Brussels with over 1,000 people as of 1 January 2020:<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table> <tbody><tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a></td> <td>9,049 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/23px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/35px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/45px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a></td> <td>7,431 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a></td> <td>7,057 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a></td> <td>5,175 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a></td> <td>4,690 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a></td> <td>2,777 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a></td> <td>1,832 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a></td> <td>1,758 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a></td> <td>1,704 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td> <td>1,591 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></td> <td>1,573 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a></td> <td>1,565 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/20px-Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/31px-Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo">DR Congo</a></td> <td>1,511 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a></td> <td>1,389 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Guinea.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guinea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Guinea.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guinea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Guinea.svg/45px-Flag_of_Guinea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Guinea" title="Guinea">Guinea</a></td> <td>1,309 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td> <td>1,177 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="3">Group of origin </th> <th colspan="2">Year </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">2023<sup id="cite_ref-:1_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Belgians with Belgian background </th> <td><b>32,916</b> </td> <th>16.94% </th></tr> <tr> <th>Belgians with foreign background </th> <td><b>85,377</b> </td> <th>43.94% </th></tr> <tr> <td>Neighbouring country </td> <td>4,194 </td> <td>2.16% </td></tr> <tr> <td>EU27 (excluding neighbouring country) </td> <td>6,629 </td> <td>3.41% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Outside EU 27 </td> <td>74,554 </td> <td>38.37% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Non-Belgians </th> <td><b>75,998</b> </td> <th>39.12% </th></tr> <tr> <td>Neighbouring country </td> <td>13,512 </td> <td>6.95% </td></tr> <tr> <td>EU27 (excluding neighbouring country) </td> <td>28,534 </td> <td>14.69% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Outside EU 27 </td> <td>33,952 </td> <td>17.47% </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total </th> <td><b>194,291</b> </td> <th>100% </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Brussels&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_the_City_of_Brussels" title="List of mayors of the City of Brussels">List of mayors of the City of Brussels</a></div> <p>As in every other Belgian municipality, the City of Brussels is headed by a mayor, who should not be confused with the <a href="/wiki/Minister-President_of_the_Brussels-Capital_Region" title="Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region">Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Brussels-Capital" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Brussels-Capital">Governor of Brussels-Capital</a>. The current city council was elected in the <a href="/wiki/2018_Belgian_local_elections" title="2018 Belgian local elections">October 2018 elections</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The current mayor of the City of Brussels is <a href="/wiki/Philippe_Close" title="Philippe Close">Philippe Close</a>, a member of <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(Belgium)" title="Socialist Party (Belgium)">PS</a>, who is in coalition on the municipal council with <a href="/wiki/Ecolo" title="Ecolo">Ecolo</a> - <a href="/wiki/Groen_(political_party)" title="Groen (political party)">Groen</a>, <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A9FI" title="DéFI">DéFI</a> and <a href="/wiki/Forward_(Belgium)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (Belgium)">Forward</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption>City of Brussels local election – 14 October 2018 </caption> <tbody><tr> <td bgcolor="white" colspan="11"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bruxelles2018.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Bruxelles2018.svg/360px-Bruxelles2018.svg.png" decoding="async" width="360" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Bruxelles2018.svg/540px-Bruxelles2018.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Bruxelles2018.svg/720px-Bruxelles2018.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right; background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center"> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Party </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:right; background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center"> <th data-sort-type="number">Votes </th> <th data-sort-type="number">% </th> <th data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> (pp) </th> <th data-sort-type="number">Elected<br />2018 </th> <th data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Change in number of seats from the 2012 election to the 2018 election">Change</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0000;" data-sort-value="Socialist Party (Belgium)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(Belgium)" title="Socialist Party (Belgium)">PS</a> </td> <td>19,997 </td> <td>28.38 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.74 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">17 / 49 (35%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FF0000; width: 35%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #5aad39;" data-sort-value="Ecolo"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ecolo" title="Ecolo">Ecolo</a> - <a href="/wiki/Groen_(political_party)" title="Groen (political party)">Groen</a> </td> <td>11,847 </td> <td>16.81 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>4.42 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">9 / 49 (18%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #8CC644; width: 18%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0047AB;" data-sort-value="Reformist Movement"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Reformist_Movement" title="Reformist Movement">MR</a> - <a href="/wiki/Open_Flemish_Liberals_and_Democrats" title="Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats">Open Vld</a> </td> <td>9,772 </td> <td>13.87 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>4.02 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">7 / 49 (14%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #0047AB; width: 14%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #8B0000;" data-sort-value="Workers' Party of Belgium"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_of_Belgium" title="Workers' Party of Belgium">PVDA-PTB</a> </td> <td>8,159 </td> <td>11.58 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>10.02 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">6 / 49 (12%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #8B0000; width: 12%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F4761A;" data-sort-value="Humanist Democratic Centre"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Humanist_Democratic_Centre" title="Humanist Democratic Centre">cdH</a> - <a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_and_Flemish" title="Christian Democratic and Flemish">CD&V</a> </td> <td>6,543 </td> <td>9.29 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>8.72 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">5 / 49 (10%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #F4761A; width: 10%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DD0081;" data-sort-value="DéFI"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/D%C3%A9FI" title="DéFI">DéFI</a> </td> <td>5,317 </td> <td>7.55 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.08 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">3 / 49 (6%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #DD0081; width: 6%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F9CE19;" data-sort-value="New Flemish Alliance"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Flemish_Alliance" title="New Flemish Alliance">N-VA</a> </td> <td>2,606 </td> <td>3.70 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.64 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 49 (2%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #F9CE19; width: 2%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF2900;" data-sort-value="Vooruit (political party)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Vooruit_(political_party)" title="Vooruit (political party)">Vooruit</a> <small>(Change Brussels)</small> </td> <td>2,269 </td> <td>3.22 </td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 49 (2%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FF2900; width: 2%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFE500;" data-sort-value="Vlaams Belang"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Vlaams_Belang" title="Vlaams Belang">Vlaams Belang</a> </td> <td>1,138 </td> <td>1.61 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.59 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 49 (0%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFE500; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #226814;" data-sort-value="ISLAM (political party)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/ISLAM_(political_party)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISLAM (political party)">ISLAM (political party)</a> </td> <td>1,125 </td> <td>1.60 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1.30 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 49 (0%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFE500; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td align="left">Others </td> <td>1,694 </td> <td>2.40 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1.56 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 49 (0%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #000000; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td>- </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Environmental_policy">Environmental policy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Brussels&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Environmental policy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brussels is ranked sixth in the index of cities which are becoming greener fastest as for the year 2022, even though in the past it had a reputation of a "traffic-choked city of high rises and concrete". The authorities released a plan composed of seven steps on how to make the city even more <a href="/wiki/Sustainable_city" title="Sustainable city">sustainable</a>. Those include introducing "a use-based, <a href="/wiki/Circular_economy" title="Circular economy">circular</a> and <a href="/wiki/Low-carbon_economy" title="Low-carbon economy">low-carbon economy</a>" and making the city "proactive". The city should become a "<a href="/wiki/15-minute_city" title="15-minute city">10-minute city</a>" meaning "making the facilities essential to urban life accessible to every inhabitant in less than 10 minutes". <a href="/wiki/Urban_green_space" title="Urban green space">Green spaces</a> should be expanded. The plan includes participation of the population in decision-making and high life level for all.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Brussels&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Museums">Museums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Brussels&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Museums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For a more comprehensive list, see <a href="/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Brussels" title="List of museums in Brussels">List of museums in Brussels</a>.</div> <p>There are many museums in and around Brussels' city centre. On the first Sunday of every month, free entry is granted to many of Brussels' museums. </p><p>Below is a non-exhaustive list of museums in the City of Brussels: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Museums_of_Art_and_History" title="Royal Museums of Art and History">Royal Museums of Art and History</a> : <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Art_%26_History_Museum" title="Art & History Museum">Art & History Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horta-Lambeaux_Pavilion" class="mw-redirect" title="Horta-Lambeaux Pavilion">Horta-Lambeaux Pavilion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halle_Gate" title="Halle Gate">Halle Gate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Museums_of_the_Far_East" title="Museums of the Far East">Museums of the Far East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musical_Instrument_Museum,_Brussels" title="Musical Instrument Museum, Brussels">Musical Instruments Museum</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Museums_of_Fine_Arts_of_Belgium" title="Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium">Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium</a> : <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oldmasters_Museum" title="Oldmasters Museum">Oldmasters Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magritte_Museum" title="Magritte Museum">Magritte Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fin-de-Si%C3%A8cle_Museum" title="Fin-de-Siècle Museum">Fin-de-Siècle Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiertz_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiertz Museum">Wiertz Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meunier_Museum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Meunier Museum (page does not exist)">Meunier Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Museum_of_Modern_Art&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Royal Museum of Modern Art (page does not exist)">Royal Museum of Modern Art</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Museum_of_the_Armed_Forces_and_Military_History" title="Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History">Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Food">Food</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Brussels&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Food"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brussels is well known for its food. <a href="/wiki/Brussels_sprout" title="Brussels sprout">Brussels sprouts</a> were named after the city.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Like most of Belgium, <i><a href="/wiki/Moules-frites" title="Moules-frites">moules-frites</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Belgian_waffle" title="Belgian waffle">waffles</a> (gaufres), <a href="/wiki/Belgian_chocolate" title="Belgian chocolate">chocolate</a>, <a href="/wiki/French_fries" title="French fries">French fries</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Beer_in_Belgium" title="Beer in Belgium">beer</a> are common there.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is home to one 2-starred and four 1-starred <a href="/wiki/Michelin_Guide" title="Michelin Guide">Michelin</a> restaurants.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honorary_citizens">Honorary citizens</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Brussels&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Honorary citizens"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Among the recipients of the <a href="/wiki/Honorary_citizenship" title="Honorary citizenship">honorary citizenship</a> of the City of Brussels are:<sup id="cite_ref-:0_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" width="75%" style="font-size: 85%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: middle;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align: left;background:#B0C4DE">Date </th> <th width="240" style="text-align: left;background:#B0C4DE">Name </th> <th style="text-align: left;background:#B0C4DE">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>29 June 1945 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 September 1945 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Montgomery" title="Bernard Montgomery">Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 October 1945 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle" title="Charles de Gaulle">Charles de Gaulle</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 October 1945 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Sir Winston Churchill</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 April 1946 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Coningham_(RAF_officer)" title="Arthur Coningham (RAF officer)">Sir Arthur Coningham</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>26 May 1982 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Simone_Veil" title="Simone Veil">Simone Veil</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 October 1984 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maurice_B%C3%A9jart" title="Maurice Béjart">Maurice Béjart</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>24 April 1985 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gaston_Thorn" title="Gaston Thorn">Gaston Thorn</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 December 2001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Royal_Theatre_Toone" title="Royal Theatre Toone">José Géal</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 September 2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Annie_Cordy" title="Annie Cordy">Annie Cordy</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 May 2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_van_Dam" title="José van Dam">José Van Dam</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>22 June 2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marc_Sleen" title="Marc Sleen">Marc Sleen</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>23 September 2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Albert_Uderzo" title="Albert Uderzo">Alberto Uderzo</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>24 November 2005 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jacques_Van_der_Biest&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jacques Van der Biest (page does not exist)">Jacques Van der Biest</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 December 2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dick_Annegarn" title="Dick Annegarn">Dick Annegarn</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 Februari 2006 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guy_Loiseau&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Guy Loiseau (page does not exist)">Guy Loiseau</a> </td> <td>President of the Order of the Friends of <a href="/wiki/Manneken_Pis" title="Manneken Pis">Manneken Pis</a><sup id="cite_ref-:0_92-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>22 March 2006 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marcel_Hastir" title="Marcel Hastir">Marcel Hastir</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 June 2006 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henri_Vernes" title="Henri Vernes">Henri Vernes</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>24 June 2006 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Foccroulle" title="Bernard Foccroulle">Bernard Foccroulle</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 October 2006 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jean-Baptiste_Beken&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jean-Baptiste Beken (page does not exist)">Jean-Baptiste Beken</a> </td> <td>Compagnon de Saint-Laurent<sup id="cite_ref-:0_92-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 November 2006 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=C%C3%A9cile_Muller&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cécile Muller (page does not exist)">Cécile Muller</a> </td> <td>President of <a href="/wiki/Miss_Belgium" title="Miss Belgium">Miss Belgium</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 May 2007 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elisabeth_t%27Kint&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Elisabeth t'Kint (page does not exist)">Elisabeth t'Kint</a> </td> <td>Manager of the <a href="/wiki/Cirque_Royal" title="Cirque Royal">Cirque Royal</a><sup id="cite_ref-:0_92-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 May 2007 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Julot_Verbeeck&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Julot Verbeeck (page does not exist)">Julot Verbeeck</a> </td> <td>Press officer of the Cirque Royal<sup id="cite_ref-:0_92-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 April 2008 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Expo_58" title="Expo 58">Expo 58</a> hostesses </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 October 2009 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Vance" title="William Vance">William Vance</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>24 February 2010</td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Susskind" title="David Susskind">David Susskind</a> (1925–2011)</td> <td>Belgian Jewish Leader and Peace Activist.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 May 2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St%C3%A9phane_Hessel" title="Stéphane Hessel">Stéphane Hessel</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>22 November 2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jean_Van_Hamme" title="Jean Van Hamme">Jean Van Hamme</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>25 September 2013 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Agn%C3%A8s_Varda" title="Agnès Varda">Agnès Varda</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>29 March 2014 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nathan_Clumeck&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nathan Clumeck (page does not exist)">Nathan Clumeck</a> </td> <td>Professor and managing director of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint-Pierre_Hospital&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saint-Pierre Hospital (page does not exist)">Saint-Pierre Hospital</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>30 October 2015 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grand_Jojo" title="Grand Jojo">Grand Jojo</a> </td> <td>Also known as Lange Jojo </td></tr> <tr> <td>25 March 2016 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Woltje&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Woltje (page does not exist)">Woltje</a> </td> <td>Puppet from the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Theatre_Toone" title="Royal Theatre Toone">Royal Theatre Toone</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>22 September 2017 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arno_(singer)" title="Arno (singer)">Arno</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>27 September 2018 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Diane_von_F%C3%BCrstenberg" title="Diane von Fürstenberg">Diane von Fürstenberg</a> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Symbols">Symbols</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Brussels&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Symbols"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Symbols_of_Brussels" title="Symbols of Brussels">Symbols of Brussels</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Heraldry">Heraldry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Brussels&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Heraldry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="max-width: 100%"> <caption class="nowrap">Coat of arms of City of Brussels </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: ;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Greater_coat_of_arms_of_the_City_of_Brussels.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Greater_coat_of_arms_of_the_City_of_Brussels.svg/220px-Greater_coat_of_arms_of_the_City_of_Brussels.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="237" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Greater_coat_of_arms_of_the_City_of_Brussels.svg/330px-Greater_coat_of_arms_of_the_City_of_Brussels.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Greater_coat_of_arms_of_the_City_of_Brussels.svg/440px-Greater_coat_of_arms_of_the_City_of_Brussels.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="689" data-file-height="742" /></a></span> </td> <td style="min-width:175px;"> <dl><dt>Coronet</dt> <dd>A <a href="/wiki/Belgian_nobility#Counts_in_the_Belgian_nobility" title="Belgian nobility">Belgian Count</a>'s coronet</dd> <dt>Escutcheon</dt> <dd>Gules <a href="/wiki/Michael_(archangel)" title="Michael (archangel)">Saint Michael</a> Or, slaying the <a href="/wiki/Satan" title="Satan">Devil</a> Sable</dd> <dt>Supporters</dt> <dd>Two lions rampant Or armed and langued Gules each holding a banner: dexter, the arms of the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Brabant" title="Duchy of Brabant">Duchy of Brabant</a>, also those of <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Belgium" title="Coat of arms of Belgium">Belgium</a>, sinister, the arms of the city</dd> <dt>Compartment</dt> <dd>A mount vert</dd> <dt>Symbolism</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Michael_(archangel)" title="Michael (archangel)">Saint Michael</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Patron_saint" title="Patron saint">patron saint</a> of the city.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> See: <a href="/wiki/Saint_Michael_in_the_Catholic_Church#Role_and_mission" title="Saint Michael in the Catholic Church">Saint Michael slaying the Devil</a></dd> <dt>Previous versions</dt> <dd>See below</dd></dl> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Previous versions </th></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brussels_arms_(Ancient).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Brussels_arms_%28Ancient%29.svg/160px-Brussels_arms_%28Ancient%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="160" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Brussels_arms_%28Ancient%29.svg/241px-Brussels_arms_%28Ancient%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Brussels_arms_%28Ancient%29.svg/321px-Brussels_arms_%28Ancient%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="478" /></a></span></div> </td> <td><i>The <b>Original arms</b> were plain Gules.</i><sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From the 16th century on, it was customary to put the figure of the city seal representing Saint Michael, first as a shadow then in a more elaborate form.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p><b>Note</b>: many of the arms of the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Noble_Houses_of_Brussels" title="Seven Noble Houses of Brussels">Seven Noble Houses of Brussels</a> were variants of these arms. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Greater_Coat_of_Arms_of_Brussels_(1730).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Greater_Coat_of_Arms_of_Brussels_%281730%29.svg/295px-Greater_Coat_of_Arms_of_Brussels_%281730%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="295" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Greater_Coat_of_Arms_of_Brussels_%281730%29.svg/443px-Greater_Coat_of_Arms_of_Brussels_%281730%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Coat_of_arms_of_Brussels_%28Napoleon%29.svg/422px-Coat_of_arms_of_Brussels_%28Napoleon%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a></span></div> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/French_heraldry#Napoleonic_heraldry" title="French heraldry">Napoleonic arms</a></b></i><sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vexillology">Vexillology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Brussels&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Vexillology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Flag of the City of Brussels </th></tr> <tr> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Brussel_vlag.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Brussel_vlag.svg/292px-Brussel_vlag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="292" height="273" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Brussel_vlag.svg/438px-Brussel_vlag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Brussel_vlag.svg/584px-Brussel_vlag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1400" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td><b>Description</b>: <p>Green and red with at its centre <a href="/wiki/Michael_(archangel)" title="Michael (archangel)">Saint Michael</a> slaying the dragon (<a href="/wiki/Devil" title="Devil">Devil</a>). </p><p><b>Symbolism</b>: </p><p>Saint Michael is the <a href="/wiki/Patron_saint" title="Patron saint">patron saint</a> of the city.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> See: <a href="/wiki/Saint_Michael_in_the_Catholic_Church#Role_and_mission" title="Saint Michael in the Catholic Church">Saint Michael slaying the Devil</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Brussels&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output 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title="Help:IPA/French">[vil<span class="wrap"> </span>də<span class="wrap"> </span>bʁysɛl]</a></span> or alternatively <i>Bruxelles-Ville</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">[bʁysɛl<span class="wrap"> </span>vil]</a></span>; <a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>: <i lang="nl">Stad Brussel</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="nl-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Dutch" title="Help:IPA/Dutch">[stɑd<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈbrʏsəl]</a></span> or <i>Brussel-Stad</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="nl-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Dutch" title="Help:IPA/Dutch">[ˌbrʏsəl<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈstɑt]</a></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-fn2-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-fn2_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Brussels is not <a href="/wiki/De_jure" title="De jure">formally declared</a> capital of the EU, though its position is spelled out 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