Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #7 in Brussels, Belgium

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Number of sights 17 sights
Distance 11.7 km
Ascend 235 m
Descend 299 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 Brussels

Sight 1: Bois de la Cambre - Ter Kamerenbos

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The Bois de la Cambre or Ter Kamerenbos (Dutch) is an urban public park in Brussels, Belgium. It lies in the south of the Brussels-Capital Region, in the City of Brussels, and covers an area of 1.23 km2 (0.47 sq mi), forming a natural offshoot of the Sonian Forest, which penetrates deep into the city in the south-east of Brussels. It is linked to the rest of the municipality by the Avenue Louise/Louizalaan, which was built in 1861, at the same time the park was laid out.

Wikipedia: Bois de la Cambre (EN)

735 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 2: Francisco Ferrer

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Francisco Ferrer

The Francisco Ferrer Monument is a bronze statue of Free Thought, dedicated to the anarchist educational reformer Francisco Ferrer. Auguste Puttemans' work was founded in 1911, two years after Ferrer's hasty execution, and since 1984 has been located in the central reservation of the Avenue Franklin Roosevelt in Brussels, opposite the rectorate of the Université Libre de Bruxelles.

Wikipedia: Monument Francisco Ferrer (NL)

962 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 3: Negro marrons surprised by dogs

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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)

161 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Monument Odilon-Jean Périer

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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.

Wikipedia: Monument Odilon-Jean Périer (FR)

415 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 5: Théâtre de Poche

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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.

Wikipedia: Théâtre de Poche (Bruxelles) (FR), Website

399 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 6: Église Notre-Dame du Rosaire - Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van de Rozenkranskerk

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The Church of Our Lady of the Rosary is a church building in the municipality of Uccle, Belgium, in the Brussels-Capital Region. The church is located on Avenue Montjoie in the northwest of the municipality of Uccle.

Wikipedia: Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van de Rozenkranskerk (Ukkel) (NL)

801 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 7: Parc Montjoie - Montjoiepark

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Montjoie Park is a public park in Uccle in the Brussels-Capital Region.

Wikipedia: Montjoiepark (NL)

753 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 8: Van Buuren Museum & Garden

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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.

Wikipedia: Museum David and Alice van Buuren (EN), Website

0 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 9: Garden Van Buuren

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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.

Wikipedia: Jardin Van Buuren (FR)

300 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 10: Parc Brugmann - Brugmannpark

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The Brugmann Park is a public park in Uccle in the Brussels-Capital Region.

Wikipedia: Brugmannpark (NL)

1179 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 11: Église Saint-Marc - Sint-Markuskerk

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St. Mark's Church is a church building and complex of halls in the municipality of Uccle, Belgium, in the Brussels-Capital Region. The church is located at 76 Avenue de Fré in the northeast of the municipality of Uccle.

Wikipedia: Sint-Markuskerk (Ukkel) (NL)

1082 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 12: Église orthodoxe russe Saint-Job - Russisch Orthodoxe kerk van Sint-Job

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The Saint-Job Memorial Church is a Russian Orthodox church in Uccle.

Wikipedia: Herdenkingskerk Sint-Job (NL)

420 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 13: Église Saint-Pierre - Sint-Pieterskerk

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The Saint-Pierre church is a neo-classical style church located in Uccle, one of the 19 municipalities in the Brussels-Capital Region in Belgium.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Pierre d'Uccle (FR)

720 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 14: Parc de Wolvendael - Wolvendaelpark

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Wolvendael Park is a Brussels park of about 18 hectares, located in the municipality of Uccle in Brussels, south of the Square des Héros and Avenue de Fré, and north of the Dieweg cemetery. it occupies the southern slope of the former Ukkelbeek valley.

Wikipedia: Parc du Wolvendael (FR)

1164 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 15: Chapelle de Stalle - Stallekapel

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The Chapel of Stalle is a Gothic chapel located along the Rue de Stalle in Uccle, a municipality of Brussels, Belgium.

Wikipedia: Chapelle de Stalle (FR)

1825 meters / 22 minutes

Sight 16: Église Saint-Paul - Sint-Pauluskerk

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The Saint Paul Church is a church building in the Belgian municipality of Uccle in the Brussels-Capital Region. The church is located on the Baron Guillaume Van Hammestraat in the Stalle district.

Wikipedia: Sint-Pauluskerk (Stalle) (NL)

760 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 17: Parc Jacques Brel - Jacques Brelpark

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Jacques-Brel Park is a park in Brussels, located mainly in the municipality of Forest.

Wikipedia: Parc Jacques Brel (FR)

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