Brussels

Belgium 2013
P001 Brussels, capital of Belgium, the de facto capital of the European Union and headquarters of NATO.
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P004 Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula, situated at Treurenberg hill, which lies between the lower and the upper town. Royal weddings and funerals take place...
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P005 Interesting building, next to the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula.
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P006 Giant ice cream cone along side of a cobble stones street...
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P010 The Atomium, erected in 1958 as part of the World Fair exhibition. The top sphere has a restaurant and the remaining spheres contain exhibition spaces that tell...
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P007 The Atomium consists of nine metal spheres which are held in place by interconnecting corridors.
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P008 Modelled on an iron atom that has been magnified 165 billion times...
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P011 The structure weights 2,400 tons and is 102m in height and each sphere has a diameter of 18 meters.
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P009 Brussels Expo Center, Hall 5
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P012 Neptune fountain, in Royal Domain of Laeken. The Royal Palace of Laeken is the official residence of the King and Queen of the Belgians and their family. It is...
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P013 Garden of the Chinese Pavilion - King Leopold II wanted to create a walk through exotic architectural works in his time, not far from his royal palace (Royal...
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P017 Monument of the Dynasty in front of the Royal Palace of Laeken.
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P020 Tram in Brussels
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P021 China Town in Brussels
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P022 The City of Brussels has a unique comic strip route. The route takes people along several walls in Brussels and Laeken with big paintings of famous comic book...
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P023 Notre Dame du Sablon (Church of Our Lady of Sablon) is a Catholic church from the 15th century located in the Sablon district in the historic centre of...
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P024 The exact date of commencement of the construction of the church Notre Dame du Sablon that replaced the original chapel of the Crossbow Guild is not known with...
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P025 Notre Dame du Sablon is characterized by its late Brabantine Gothic exterior and rich interior decoration including two Baroque chapels.
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P031 Place Royale (Royal Square), the statue of Godfrey of Bouillon erected in the middle of Place Royale. Godfrey, a medieval Frankish knight who was one of the...
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P031a Looking south across the Place Royale...
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