Brussels (French: Bruxelles, [bʁysɛl]; Dutch: Brussel, [ˈbrʏsəl]), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (French: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Dutch: Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the city of Brussels which de jure is the capital of Belgium, the French Community of Belgium, and the Flemish Community.
Population: 1,019,022
Latitude: 50° 51' 1.62" N
Longitude: 4° 20' 55.61" E
The Jacques Delors building located in the European Quarter of Brussels and houses the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. It was named Jacques Delors (abbreviated 'JDE') in 2006 after President Jacques Delors, w…
The Da Vinci Research Park is a science park located on a former airfield in Haren-Evere nearby Brussels Airport in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium and it is being managed by the Brussels Regional Investment Company.
The Boondael railway station in Ixelles, Belgium is a SNCB railway station in Brussels. The station is a stop for local trains running on the routes Vilvoorde - Halle, Mechelen - Halle (via Vilvoorde), Mechelen - Geraardsbergen (via Halle) and Aalst…
The Boitsfort railway station is a railway station located in the municipality of Watermael-Boitsfort in Brussels, Belgium and operated by the SNCB/NMBS. It is on the line 161 connecting Brussels and Namur, between the stations of Watermael and Groe…
The Hotel Astoria is a five-star hotel in Brussels, Belgium, built in 1909. It has served as a famous meeting place of kings and other great statesmen and world personalities. Since 2000, the hotel has been listed as a protected monument.
The Woluwe is a stream that goes through several municipalities in the southeast and east of Brussels and is a right tributary of the Senne/Zenne (in Vilvoorde). The Kleine Maalbeek is a tributary of the Woluwe (in Kraainem). Many ponds formed along…
The Wavre radio transmitter is a facility for mediumwave, shortwave, FM and TV broadcasting near Wavre in Belgium. For the mediumwave transmissions it uses a grounded 250-metre high guyed mast. Furthermore there is a backup mast for medium wave tran…
The Watermael railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Watermael-Boitsfort in Brussels, Belgium operated by SNCB/NMBS. The station is located on the line 161 connecting Brussels to Namur, between the stations of Etterbeek and Boit…
The Villa Empain is a private house in the Art Deco style designed and built between 1930 and 1934 by Swiss architect Michel Polak for Baron Louis Empain, son of Belgian industrialist Baron Édouard Empain, located in Brussels, Belgium.
The Uccle-Calevoet railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Uccle in Brussels, Belgium. The station is operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium and located on line 124 between the stations of Uccle-Stalle and Linkebeek.
The Trône/Troon metro station is an Brussels metro station on the southern segment of line 2. It opened as a premetro on 20 December 1970 under the name of Luxembourg. The station became a heavy metro on 2 October 1988 and its name changed to its na…
The Tomberg metro station is a Brussels metro station on the eastern branch of line 1 (line 1B prior to 4 April 2009). It is located in the municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert / Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe; one of the entrances of the station is directl…
Stockel metro station (Dutch: Stokkel) is the eastern terminus of line 1 (formerly line 1B) on the Brussels Metro.
Stade Leburton is a multi-use stadium in Tubize, Belgium. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of A.F.C. Tubize.
Solvay Castle (French: Château Solvay, also called Château de La Hulpe), is a château located in the municipality of La Hulpe, Walloon Brabant, Belgium.
The Saint-Job railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Uccle in Brussels, Belgium. The station operated by SNCB/NMBS is located on line 26 between the stations of Boondael and Moensberg.
Rue Belliard (French) or Belliardstraat (Dutch) is a major street in Brussels, Belgium. The street runs parallel to the Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat.
Rouge-Cloître Abbey (French: Abbaye du Rouge-Cloître, Dutch: Rood-Klooster) is an Augustinian abbey, founded in 1367. It is located in the Sonian Forest, in south-eastern Brussels, Belgium.