Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #6 in Brussels, Belgium
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9.6 km
211 m
Explore Brussels in Belgium with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in BrusselsIndividual Sights in BrusselsSight 1: Monument Odilon-Jean Périer
The Odilon-Jean Périer monument, also known as the Poet's Fountain, is a monument made of reconstituted stone, enhanced with bronze, placed in 1949 and designed by the architects Maurice Houyoux and Joseph Diongre.
Sight 2: Théâtre de Poche
The pocket theater is a theatrical institution founded in Brussels in 1951 by Roger Domani (1926-1997) and Roland Ravez (1930-2017). It has been installed at the entrance to the Bois de la Cambre since 1966. First experimental by its texts and its forms, the pocket theater focused in the 1990s on a theater devoted to social issues.
Sight 3: Negro marrons surprised by dogs
Runaway Black Slaves Surprised by Dogs is a sculpture group by Louis Samain. The plaster version from 1869 is in the Palais de Justice and the marble version from 1894 on Avenue Louise in Brussels.
Wikipedia: Weggelopen zwarte slaven verrast door honden (NL)
Sight 4: Phoenix 44
Phénix 44 is a work by Olivier Strebelle, located on Avenue Louise in Brussels. This work was created to commemorate the liberation of Brussels in 1944 by the British.
Sight 5: Jardin du Roi - Koningstuin
The King's Garden is a public garden located in Brussels, Belgium.
Sight 6: Musée Meunier Museum
The Meunier Museum, in Ixelles, is housed in Constantin Meunier’s studio house (1831-1905), bought by the State in 1936 with all the works it housed, and is entirely dedicated to it.
Sight 7: Saint Andrew's Church
St Andrew's Church in Brussels (Ixelles) is a congregation in membership of both the Church of Scotland and the United Protestant Church in Belgium (EPUB/VPKB) Services are conducted in English. The congregation's mission statement is "We aspire to follow Jesus in bringing the knowledge of God's love to all".
Sight 8: Armenian Genocide memorial of Brussels
The Ixelles Armenian Genocide Monument is a khachkar monument commemorating the Armenian Genocide in Ixelles, Belgium.
Sight 9: Église Notre-Dame de l'Annonciation - Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Boodschapkerk
The Church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation is a religious building located in the heart of the Berkendael district of the municipality of Ixelles, Brussels. It was built at the beginning of the twentieth century, as a place of worship for a new Catholic parish for a rapidly developing neighborhood. The church is in a neo-Romanesque style tinged with Art Deco influences, built according to the plans of the architect Camille Damman.
Wikipedia: Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation d'Ixelles (FR)
Sight 10: Parc Montjoie - Montjoiepark
Montjoie Park is a public park in Uccle in the Brussels-Capital Region.
Sight 11: Garden Van Buuren
Designed by Jules Buyssens and René Pechère, the Van Buuren Garden surrounds the Alice and David van Buuren Museum in Uccle, a municipality in Brussels, Belgium.
Sight 12: Van Buuren Museum & Garden
The Van Buuren Museum & Gardens are a former private house with extensive gardens, now a museum and park in Uccle, a municipality of Brussels, Belgium.
Sight 13: Église Sacré-Cœur - Heilig Hartkerk
The Church of the Sacred Heart is a church building in the municipality of Uccle, Belgium, in the Brussels-Capital Region. The church is located on the Vanderkinderestraat in the De Kat district in the north of the municipality of Uccle.
Sight 14: Au Vieux Spijtigen Duivel
Au vieux spijtigen duivel or Au vieux spytigen duivel, nicknamed the Old Spijt by the people of Brussels, is a brasserie-restaurant located in Uccle and whose existence has been attested since the eighteenth century. Legend has it as far back as 1500. This makes it one of the oldest establishments in the Brussels region. Since 2010, the building has been listed.
Sight 15: Église Saint-Denis - Sint-Denijskerk
The church of Saint-Denis, in Forest, near Brussels, is a religious building whose oldest foundations date back to the twelfth century. The current building, incorporating the sanctuary dedicated to Saint Alene dates in its broad outlines from the thirteenth century. Saint-Denis is a parish church in the commune of Forest. In 1936 it was classified as a historical monument.
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