Theme Week Brussels – Grand Place

22 April 2016 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  8 minutes

Museum of the City of Brussels © Paasikivi/cc-by-sa-3.0

Museum of the City of Brussels © Paasikivi/cc-by-sa-3.0

The Grand Place or Grote Markt is the central square of Brussels. It is surrounded by opulent guildhalls and two larger edifices, the city’s Town Hall, and the Breadhouse (French: Maison du Roi, Dutch: Broodhuis) building containing the Museum of the City of Brussels. The square is the most important tourist destination and most memorable landmark in Brussels. It measures 68 by 110 metres (223 by 361 ft), and it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1998. The Grand Place was voted the most beautiful square in Europe in 2010. A survey by a Dutch website asked its users to rate different squares across Europe.   read more…

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