Brussels
Brussels is the capital of Belgium and one of the three administrative regions within the country, together with Flanders and Wallonia. Apart from its role within its country, it is also an internationally important city, hosting numerous international institutions, and in particular the core institutions of the European Union.
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Popular Destinations
Pentagon
The Pentagon is the historical center of Brussels. It derives its name from the pentagonal shape of the inner beltway that surrounds the area. Photo: Hullie, CC BY-SA 3.0.Centre
The Centre is the historic centre of Brussels, including the world's most beautiful town square, the Grand Place which is listed as UNESCO World Heritage site. Photo: Hullie, CC BY-SA 3.0.Schaarbeek
Schaerbeek or Schaarbeek is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region. Photo: Varech, CC BY-SA 3.0.Heysel
The Heysel is Brussels' northern most district, and its most leisure centered district. Photo: matthewblack, CC BY-SA 2.0.Notable Places in the Area
Grand Place
Square
The Grand Place or Grote Markt is the central square of Brussels, Belgium. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Manneken Pis
Work of art
Manneken Pis is a landmark 61 cm bronze fountain sculpture in central Brussels, depicting a naked little boy urinating into the fountain's basin. Photo: Myrabella, CC BY-SA 3.0.
European Economic and Social Committee
Government office
The European Economic and Social Committee is a consultative body of the European Union established in 1958. Photo: Andrijko Z., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Museum
The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium are a group of art museums in Brussels, Belgium. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Destinations
Molenbeek and surroundings
Molenbeek and neighboring quarters in Brussels have a bit of a shoddy reputation, in part due to overhyped media reports and in part due to genuine issues.Sonian Forest
The Sonian Forest to the southeast of Brussels is a vast area of pristine nature dominated by beech and oak trees. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.South Brussels
The South district in the Belgian capital of Brussels comprises the municipalities of Saint-Gilles / Sint-Gillis, Forest / Vorst and Uccle / Ukkel. Photo: M0tty, CC BY-SA 3.0.West Brussels
The West contains the extensive western suburbs of Brussels.North-East
The North-East of Brussels is a residential and commercial district of Belgiums capital, bordering Schaarbeek to the south-west and Woluwe to the south.European Quarter
The European Quarter in Brussels, Belgium is a large office area east of the center which is mostly taken up by the European Union. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.Matonge
Matongé is a district in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, and home to its African population originating from the Congo. Photo: Varech, CC BY-SA 3.0.Business District
The Business District is a district in Brussels, Belgium. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.Localities in the Area
Anderlecht
Town
Anderlecht is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Photo: David Edgar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Town
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean or Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, often simply called Molenbeek, is one of 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region. Photo: Sally V, CC BY 4.0.
Ixelles-Elsene
Town
Ixelles is one of the nineteen municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. Photo: Romanceor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brussels
- Type: City
- Description: municipality and capital city of Belgium
- Categories: capital, Belgian municipality with city privileges, big city, municipality of Belgium and global city
- Location: Belgium, Benelux, Europe
- Postal code: 1000
- Neighbors: Grimbergen, Schaarbeek and Vilvoorde
Latitude 50.8466° or 50° 50' 47.6" north | Longitude 4.3517° or 4° 21' 6.1" east |
Population 153,000 | IATA airport code BRU |
United Nations Location Code BE BRU | Elevation 28 metres (92 feet) |
OpenStreetMap ID node 1635651356 | GeoNames ID 2800866 |
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Brussel
- Afar: Bryussel
- Afrikaans: Brussel
- Albanian: Brukseli
- Amharic: ብሩክሴል ከተማ
- Arabic: Bruselas
- Arabic: بروكسل
- Aragonese: Bruselas
- Armenian: Բրյուսել
- Armenian: Պրիւքսէլ
- Arpitan: Brussèla
- Arpitan: Brussèles
- Asturian: Bruseles
- Asturian: Brussel
- Asturian: Bruxeles
- Asturian: Bruxelles
- Asturian: Brüssel
- Avaric: Брюссель
- Avaric: Буруссел
- Aymara: Brussel
- Azerbaijani: Brüssel
- Bambara: Brussels
- Bashkir: Брюссель
- Basque: Brusela
- Bavarian: Brissl
- Belarusian: Брусель
- Belarusian: Брусэль
- Bengali: ব্রাসেলস
- Bosnian: Brisel
- Bosnian: Bruxelles
- Breton: Brusel
- Bulgarian: Брюксел
- Burmese: ဘရပ်ဆဲလ်မြို့
- Catalan: Brusel·les
- Catalan: Brussel·les
- Cebuano: Bruselas
- Chavacano: Bruselas
- Chechen: Бруссель
- Chechen: Брюссель
- Chinese: Brussels Chhī
- Chinese: 布魯塞爾
- Chinese: 布魯塞爾市
- Chinese: 布鲁塞尔
- Chinese: 布鲁塞尔市
- Chuvash: Брюссель
- Cornish: Brusselas
- Corsican: Brussel
- Corsican: Bruxelles
- Crimean Tatar: Brüksel
- Croatian: Bruxelles
- Croatian: Grad Bruxelles
- Czech: Brusel
- Danish: Bruxelles
- Dimli (individual language): Bruksel
- Dutch: 02
- Dutch: BXL
- Dutch: Bru
- Dutch: Brussel (stad)
- Dutch: Brussel-stad
- Dutch: Brussel
- Dutch: Stad Brussel
- Eastern Mari: Брюссель
- English: 02
- English: BXL
- English: Bru
- English: Brussel
- English: Brussels, Belgium
- English: Brussels City
- English: Bruxelles
- English: City of Brussels
- English: Stad Brussel
- English: Ville de Bruxelles
- Erzya: Брюссель ош
- Esperanto: Brukselo
- Esperanto: Bruselo
- Estonian: Brüssel
- Ewe: Brussels
- Extremaduran: Brusselas
- Faroese: Brussel
- Finnish: Bryssel
- Finnish: Brysselin kaupunki
- French: 02
- French: BXL
- French: Bruxelles
- French: Bruxelles-Ville
- French: Ville de Bruxelles
- French: ville de Bruxelles
- Fulah: Brussels
- Galician: Bruxelas
- Galician: Bruxelles
- Georgian: ბრიუსელი
- German: Brüssel
- German: Stadt Brüssel
- Gothic: 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌴𐌻
- Greek: Βρυξέλλες
- Gujarati: બ્રસેલ્સ
- Haitian: Briksèl
- Hakka Chinese: Pu-lû-set-ngì
- Hausa: Brussels Sṳ
- Hebrew: בריסל
- Hindi: ब्रसल
- Hindi: ब्रसेल्स
- Hindi: ब्रास्लस
- Hindi: ब्रुसेल
- Hindi: ब्रुसेल्स
- Hindi: ब्रूसेल
- Hungarian: Brüsszel
- Hungarian: Brüsszel város
- Icelandic: Brussel
- Ido: Bruxel
- Ido: Bruxelles
- Indonesian: Brusel
- Indonesian: Brussel
- Indonesian: Kota Brusel
- Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association): Brussel
- Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association): Bruxelles
- Interlingue: Bruxelles
- Irish: An Bhruiséil
- Italian: Brussel-stad
- Italian: Brussel
- Italian: Bruxelles-Ville
- Italian: Bruxelles
- Italian: Città di Bruxelles
- Italian: comune di Bruxelles
- Italian: ville de Bruxelles
- Jamaican Creole English: Brosls
- Japanese: ブリュッセル
- Japanese: ブリュッセル市
- Japanese: ブリュッセル=ヴィル
- Javanese: Brusel
- Javanese: Brussel
- Javanese: Brussél
- Kabardian: Брюсел
- Kabiyè: Prukisɛɛlɩ
- Kabyle: Bruxelles
- Kalaallisut: Bruxelles
- Kannada: ಬ್ರಸೆಲ್ಸ್
- Kannada: ಬ್ರಸ್ಸೆಲ್ಸ್
- Kara-Kalpak: Bryussel
- Kashubian: Bruksela
- Kazakh: Бруссел
- Kazakh: Брюссель
- Kirghiz: Брюссель
- Komi: Брюссель
- Korean: 브뤼셀
- Korean: 브뤼셀 시
- Kurdish: Bruksel
- Ladino: Bruselas
- Latin: Bruxellae
- Latvian: Brisele
- Ligurian: Bruxelles
- Limburgan: Brussel
- Lingala: Bruxelles
- Literary Chinese: 布魯塞爾
- Lithuanian: Briuselis
- Low German: Brüssel
- Luxembourgish: Bruxelles
- Luxembourgish: Bréissel
- Macedonian: Брисел
- Malagasy: Brussel
- Malay: Brussel
- Malay: Brussels
- Malayalam: ബ്രസൽസ് നഗരം
- Maltese: Brussell
- Maori: Paruhi
- Marathi: ब्रसेल्स
- Min Dong Chinese: Brussel
- Min Nan Chinese: Brussels Chhī
- Mingrelian: ბრიუსელი
- Mongolian: Брюссель
- Moroccan Arabic: بروكسيل
- Moroccan Arabic: بريكسيل
- Narom: Brusselle
- Nauru: Brussels
- Neapolitan: Bruxelles
- Nepali: ब्रसेल्स
- Northern Frisian: Brussel
- Northern Frisian: Stääd Brüssel
- Northern Luri: بروگسل
- Northern Luri: برۊکسل
- Northern Sami: Bryssel
- Norwegian: Brussel
- Norwegian Bokmål: Brussel (kommune)
- Norwegian Bokmål: Brussel
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Brussel
- Novial: Bruxelles
- Nyanja: Brussels
- Occitan (post 1500): Brussèlas
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܒܪܘܟܣܠ
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Brysel
- Ossetian: Брюссель
- Pampanga: Bruselas
- Pampanga: Bruselas Lakanbalen
- Pampanga: Lakanbalen ning Bruselas
- Papiamento: Brusela
- Persian: بروکسل
- Persian: شهر بروکسل
- Picard: Brusselle
- Piemontese: Brussel
- Polish: Bruksela
- Portuguese: Bruxelas
- Portuguese: Cidade de Bruxelas
- Quechua: Brussel
- Romanian: Bruxelles
- Romanian: Orașul Bruxelles
- Romansh: Brüssel
- Russian: Брюссель
- Rusyn: Брусел
- Samogitian: Briuselis
- Sardinian: Bruxelles
- Saterfriesisch: Brussel
- Scots: Ceety o Brussels
- Scottish Gaelic: A' Bhruiseal
- Scottish Gaelic: Bruiseal
- Serbian: Brisel
- Serbian: Брисел
- Serbo-Croatian: Grad Bruxelles
- Shona: Brussels
- Sicilian: Bruxelles
- Silesian: Bruksela
- Sinhala: බෲසෙල්ස්
- Slovak: Brusel
- Slovenian: Bruselj (mesto)
- Slovenian: Bruselj
- Somali: Boroksel
- Somali: Brussels
- Spanish: Bruselas
- Spanish: Ciudad de Bruselas
- Sranan Tongo: Brusilu
- Swahili: Brussels
- Swedish: Bryssel
- Swiss German: Brüssel
- Tagalog: Bruselas
- Tagalog: Lungsod ng Bruselas
- Tajik: Брюссел
- Tamil: பிரசெல்சு நகரம்
- Tamil: பிரெஸ்சல்ஸ் மாநகரம்
- Tamil: ப்ரஸல்ஸ்
- Tamil: ப்ரஸ்ஸஸ்
- Tatar: Брюссель
- Tatar: Брүсил
- Telugu: బ్రసెల్స్
- Thai: นครบรัสเซลส์
- Thai: บรัสเซลส์
- Tok Pisin: Brussels
- Tosk Albanian: Brüssel
- Turkish: Brüksel
- Turkmen: Brussel
- Twi: Brussels
- Udmurt: Брюссель
- Uighur: Bryussél
- Uighur: بريۇسسېل
- Ukrainian: Брюсель
- Ukrainian: Брюссель
- Upper Sorbian: Brüssel
- Urdu: برسلز شہر
- Uzbek: Brussel
- Uzbek: Bryussel
- Venetian: Borseła
- Veps: Brüssel'
- Vietnamese: Brussel
- Vietnamese: Brussels
- Vietnamese: Bruxelles
- Vietnamese: Thành phố Bruxelles
- Vlaams: Brussel
- Vlax Romani: Brusel
- Volapük: Brussel
- Võro: Brüssel
- Walloon: Brussele
- Waray (Philippines): Bruselas
- Welsh: Brwsel
- Welsh: Dinas Brwsel
- Western Armenian: Պրիւքսէլ
- Western Frisian: Brussel
- Western Mari: Брюссель
- Western Panjabi: برسلز
- Wolof: Burusel
- Wu Chinese: 布鲁塞尔
- Yakut: Брүссель
- Yiddish: בריסל
- Yue Chinese: 布魯塞爾
- Zeeuws: Brussel
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- Bruxelles - Brussel
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