Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Etterbeek, Belgium

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 17 sights
Distance 10.3 km
Ascend 237 m
Descend 254 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 Etterbeek

Sight 1: Église Notre-Dame du Sacré-Cœur - Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe-van-het-Heilig-Hartkerk

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The Church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart is a Roman Catholic religious building located on rue de Tervaete, in Etterbeek (Brussels) The neo-Romanesque style church was started in 1925 and completed in 1928.

Wikipedia: Église Notre-Dame du Sacré-Cœur d'Etterbeek (FR)

1216 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 2: Église Saint-Antoine de Padoue - Sint-Antonius van Paduakerk

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Église Saint-Antoine de Padoue - Sint-Antonius van Paduakerk

The Church of St. Anthony of Padua is a 20th-century neo-Gothic church at 1 Place Saint-Antoon in Etterbeek, designed by architects Edmond Serneels and Georges Cochaux.

Wikipedia: Sint-Antonius van Paduakerk (Etterbeek) (NL)

1441 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 3: Musée d'Ixelles - Museum van Elsene

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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

455 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: Théâtre Marni

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The Théâtre Marni is a Brussels theatre located in Ixelles, rue de Vergnies.

Wikipedia: Le Marni (FR), Website

395 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 5: Église Sainte-Croix - Heilig-Kruiskerk

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The Church of the Holy Cross is a Roman Catholic church located on the Place Sainte-Croix in Ixelles, Brussels. Built in the middle of the nineteenth century near the ponds and the Place Flagey, the church is in Art Deco style for the exterior and neo-Gothic style for the interior but in Art Deco style for several parts of the furniture including the confessionals and the side altars of the ambulatory.

Wikipedia: Église Sainte-Croix (Ixelles) (FR)

830 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 6: Hôtel Solvay

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Hôtel Solvay François BERNARDIN / CC BY 3.0

The Hôtel Solvay is a large historic town house in Brussels, Belgium. It was designed by Victor Horta for Armand Solvay, the son of the chemist and industrialist Ernest Solvay, and built between 1895 and 1900, in Art Nouveau style. It is located at 224, avenue Louise/Louizalaan, not far from the Hôtel Max Hallet, another remarkable Art Nouveau building by Horta.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Solvay (EN), Website, Heritage Website

389 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 7: Hôtel Tassel

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The Hôtel Tassel is a historic town house in Brussels, Belgium. It was designed by Victor Horta for the scientist and professor Emile Tassel, and built between 1892 and 1893, in Art Nouveau style. It is considered one of the first buildings in that style because of its highly innovative plan and its ground-breaking use of materials and decoration. It is located at 6, rue Paul-Emile Janson/Paul-Emile Jansonstraat, a few steps from the Avenue Louise/Louizalaan.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Tassel (EN), Heritage Website

127 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Hôtel José Ciamberlani

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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).

Wikipedia: Hôtel José Ciamberlani (FR)

446 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 9: Église de la Sainte-Trinité - Heilige Drievuldigheidskerk

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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.

Wikipedia: Église de la Sainte-Trinité (Bruxelles) (FR)

222 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: Horta Museum

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Horta Museum Paul Louis / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Horta Museum is a museum in Brussels, Belgium, dedicated to the life and work of the architect Victor Horta and his time. The museum is housed in Horta's former town house and workshop, built between 1898 and 1901, in Art Nouveau style. It is located at 23–25, rue Américaine/Amerikaansestraat in the municipality of Saint-Gilles.

Wikipedia: Horta Museum (EN), Website

660 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 11: Maison Delcoigne - Huis Delcoigne

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The Maison Delcoigne is an Art Nouveau building built by the Belgian architect Georges Delcoigne in Saint-Gilles, a municipality in Brussels, Belgium.

Wikipedia: Maison Delcoigne (FR), Heritage Website

322 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 12: Parc Pierre Paulus - Pierre Pauluspark

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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.

Wikipedia: Pierre Pauluspark (NL)

415 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 13: Maison Van Bellighen Tomberg - Huis Van Bellighen Tomberg

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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

993 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 14: Hôtel Hannon

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The Hôtel Hannon is a historic town house in Brussels, Belgium. Constructed between 1903 and 1904, in Art Nouveau style, for the industrialist Édouard Hannon, it is the only house in that style designed by the architect Jules Brunfaut.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Hannon (EN), Heritage Website

1006 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 15: Villa Beau-Site

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The Villa Beau-Site, also known as the Nelissen House, is a historic town house in Brussels, Belgium. It was built in 1905, in Art Nouveau style, as the private residence of Dutch-born architect Arthur Nelissen and his wife, soon after their wedding. It was classified as a protected monument in 2006. It is located at 5, avenue du Mont Kemmel/Kemmelberglaan in the municipality of Forest.

Wikipedia: Villa Beau-Site (EN)

340 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 16: Parc de Forest - Park van Vorst

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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.

Wikipedia: Forest Park, Brussels (EN)

1058 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 17: Parc Duden - Dudenpark

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Duden Park is a public park located in the municipality of Forest in Brussels, Belgium. It covers 24 hectares and has a level difference of 45 metres (148 ft), with its highest point being at an elevation of 90 metres (300 ft).

Wikipedia: Duden Park (EN)

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