Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Etterbeek, Belgium
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11.6 km
293 m
Experience Etterbeek in Belgium in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Individual Sights in EtterbeekSight 1: Maison Cauchie - Cauchiehuis
The Cauchie House is a historic town house in Brussels, Belgium. It was designed by the architect, painter, and designer Paul Cauchie, and built in 1905, in Art Nouveau style. Its façade is remarkable for its allegorical sgraffito decoration.
Sight 2: Autoworld Museum
Get Ticket*Autoworld is a museum of vintage cars located in the South Hall of the Parc du Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark in Brussels, Belgium. The museum displays a large and varied collection of over 250 European and American automobiles from the late 19th century to the 1990s and is notable for its collections of early and Belgian-produced vehicles, including Minervas and several limousines belonging to the Belgian royal family. It can be accessed from the metro stations Schuman and Merode on lines 1 and 5.
Sight 3: Archs of the Cinquantenaire
The Cinquantenaire Arcade is a memorial arcade in the centre of the Parc du Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark in Brussels, Belgium. The centrepiece is a monumental triple arch known as the Cinquantenaire Arch. It is topped by a bronze quadriga sculptural group with a female charioteer, representing the Province of Brabant personified raising the national flag.
Sight 4: Art & History Museum
The Art & History Museum is a public museum of antiquities and ethnographic and decorative arts located at the Parc du Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark in Brussels, Belgium. The museum is one of the constituent parts of the Royal Museums of Art and History (RMAH) and is one of the largest art museums in Europe. It was formerly called the Cinquantenaire Museum until 2018. It is served by the metro stations Schuman and Merode on lines 1 and 5.
Sight 5: Parc Félix Hap - Félix Haptuin
The Jean-Félix Hap garden is a park dedicated to rest and walking with an ecological and educational area located in the municipality of Etterbeek (Brussels).
Sight 6: Église Saint-Jean Chrysostome - Heilige Johannes Chrysostomoskerk
The Church of St. John Chrysostom or Church of St. John Chrysostom is a church building of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in the Belgian municipality of Etterbeek in the Brussels-Capital Region. The church is located at 41 rue de la Morgenland in the west of the municipality of Etterbeek.
Sight 7: Parc Léopold - Leopoldpark
Leopold Park is a public park of 6.43 ha located within the Leopold Quarter of Brussels, Belgium. It is adjacent to the Paul-Henri Spaak building, the seat of the European Parliament. It is served by the metro stations Maalbeek/Maelbeek and Schuman on lines 1 and 5 of the Brussels Metro.
Sight 8: Musée Wiertz Museum
The Wiertz Museum is a museum dedicated to the oeuvre of a single artist; the painter, sculptor and writer Antoine Wiertz (1806-1865). The Wiertz Museum, located in Rue Vautier in the Brussels municipality of Ixelles, was built as a studio and residence at the expense of the state for the painter Antoine Wiertz, who would leave behind seven monumental paintings in return. Shortly after the artist's death, the studio became a museum. Henri or Hendrik Conscience lived in the house from 1868, until his death in 1883.
Sight 9: Museum for Natural Sciences of Belgium
The Museum of Natural Sciences of Belgium is a Brussels museum dedicated to natural history. It is a part of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences.
Sight 10: Le Rideau de Bruxelles
Le Rideau de Bruxelles is a theatre company founded in 1943 by Claude Étienne at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. It is now located in the municipality of Ixelles.
Sight 11: Église Saint-Boniface - Sint-Bonifaaskerk
The Church of St. Boniface is a Roman Catholic church located at 21a-23 rue de la paix, in Ixelles, a municipality in the city of Brussels, Belgium.
Sight 12: Théâtre Mercelis - Mercelistheater
The small Mercelis theater is a theater located in Ixelles. It welcomes artists and audiences halfway between avenue Louise and Place Fernand Cocq, at numbers 13 and 15 on rue Mercelis.
Sight 13: Musée d'Ixelles - Museum van Elsene
The Municipal Museum of Fine Arts in Ixelles presents a vast panorama of Belgian art of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Its collections bring together paintings, sculptures, drawings representing the different artistic currents of this period: realism, impressionism, luminism, neo-impressionism and symbolism for the nineteenth century and, closer to us, fauvism, expressionism, cubism, surrealism, constructed and lyrical abstraction as well as the main current trends. A sample of Flemish teachers and a few representatives of foreign schools complete this collection. A collection of posters as well, including the most exhaustive set of Toulouse-Lautrec posters in the world.
Wikipedia: Musée communal des Beaux-Arts d'Ixelles (FR), Website
Sight 14: Théâtre Marni
The Théâtre Marni is a Brussels theatre located in Ixelles, rue de Vergnies.
Sight 15: Hôtel Otlet - Huis Otlet
The Hôtel Otlet is a historic town house in Brussels, Belgium. It was designed by the architect Octave van Rysselberghe for the jurist, bibliographer and entrepreneur Paul Otlet, and built between 1894 and 1898, in Art Nouveau style. This work marks the still cautious insertion of Van Rysselberghe into that style.
Sight 16: Hôtel José Ciamberlani
The Hotel José Ciamberlani is an Art Nouveau building built in 1900 by the architect Paul Hankar in Ixelles in the Brussels-Capital Region (Belgium).
Sight 17: Église de la Sainte-Trinité - Heilige Drievuldigheidskerk
The Church of the Holy Trinity is a nineteenth-century religious building located in Ixelles, in the municipality of Brussels (Belgium). Its façade is that of the old Augustinian church, demolished in 1893 to make way for the creation of the Place de Brouckère. It is a Catholic parish church.
Sight 18: Maison Van Bellighen Tomberg - Huis Van Bellighen Tomberg
The Van Bellinghen Tomberg House is an Art Nouveau building built in 1900 by the architect Ernest Blerot in Saint-Gilles in the Brussels-Capital Region (Belgium).
Wikipedia: Maison Van Bellinghen Tomberg (FR), Heritage Website
Sight 19: Maison Delcoigne - Huis Delcoigne
The Maison Delcoigne is an Art Nouveau building built by the Belgian architect Georges Delcoigne in Saint-Gilles, a municipality in Brussels, Belgium.
Sight 20: Maison Pelgrims - Pelgrimshuis
The Pilgrim's House is a mansion in the Brussels municipality of Saint-Gilles and is located at 69 rue Parma, next to the Pierre Paulus Park that used to belong to the house. The first floor of the building is an exhibition space, the second floor has housed the municipality's Culture Department since 2000. The programming of the municipal cultural facilities and the number of events in the public space are recorded in the Pilgrim's House. In the course of the year and during the school holidays, courses are also organised for children, in collaboration with the Compagnie des Neufs Lunes, among others.
Sight 21: Parc Pierre Paulus - Pierre Pauluspark
The Pierre Paulus Park or Peter Paul of Parma Park is a public park in Saint-Gilles in the Brussels-Capital Region. The 1.2-hectare park is located between Rue Parma and Rue de la Monnaie and is managed by the municipality of Saint-Gilles The park is named after the Belgian expressionist painter Baron Pierre Paulus.
Sight 22: La porteuse d'eau - De waterdraagster
The Water Carrier is a bronze statue by Julien Dillens erected in the centre of the Barrière de Saint-Gilles on 10 April 1900.
Sight 23: De Beck
The De Beck building is an Art Nouveau building designed by the architect Gustave Strauven in Saint-Gilles (Brussels) in 1905.
Sight 24: Église Sainte-Alène - Sint-Alenakerk
The Saint-Alena Church is a church building in the Brussels suburb of Saint-Gilles, located at 49-51 Avenue Villa.
Sight 25: Parc de Forest - Park van Vorst
Forest Park or Vorst Park is a public park located in and named after the municipality of Forest in Brussels, Belgium. It was designed by Victor Besme and occupies an area of 13 hectares.
Sight 26: Wiels
WIELS is a contemporary art centre in Forest, a municipality of Brussels, Belgium. The centre opened in 2007 in the former Blomme building, which belonged to the Wielemans-Ceuppens brewery. It has three exhibition platforms with a total exhibition space of 1,800 m2 (19,000 sq ft), an auditorium, studio workshops for artists-in-residence, and a café/foyer and bookshop in the former brewing hall.
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