Instant Cities: Brussels

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Explore or race by bike, on foot or on horseback round the Grand-Place of Brussels!

Ride through the heart of Brussels in 3D, past the Grand-Place, the Bourse, the Manneken Pis and the Galeries Saint-Hubert, with every building from OpenStreetMap.

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What there is to do

The real Brussels

Wander among about 4,600 buildings rebuilt in 3D from OpenStreetMap: a first piece of the centre, with more of the city to come.

Round the Grand-Place

Stand among the guild houses and the town hall on the Grand-Place, ride past the Bourse, find the Manneken Pis and roll through the Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert.

A race: Grand-Place

Race from the Grand-Place to the Bourse, down the Rue du Midi to the Manneken Pis and back by the Rue des Éperonniers and the Marché aux Herbes.

This is Brussels

Brussels is the capital of Belgium and the seat of the main institutions of the European Union and of NATO. Its old centre grew around the Grand-Place, a square of gilded guild houses and a Gothic town hall that the guilds rebuilt after a French bombardment in 1695. The city speaks French and Dutch side by side, and it is known for its comic strips, its chocolate, its fries and the little bronze Manneken Pis.

  • The Grand-Place, with its Gothic Town Hall and the gilded houses of the guilds
  • The Manneken Pis, a small bronze boy with a wardrobe of more than a thousand costumes
  • The European Commission, the European Parliament and the headquarters of NATO
  • Fries, waffles, chocolate, beer and comic strips, from Tintin onwards

About the city

Where Brussels lies in Belgium Bruges Antwerp Ghent Brussels
Brussels in Belgium, of which it is the capital.

Places, elements and landmarks

Grand-PlaceGuild houses and a Gothic town hall round one of the most beautiful squares in Europe. Town HallThe Gothic town hall with its 96-metre tower, topped by Saint Michael slaying the dragon. King’s HouseThe neo-Gothic house facing the town hall, home of the city museum and Manneken Pis’ wardrobe. Manneken PisA bronze boy barely half a metre tall, with a wardrobe of more than a thousand costumes. Galeries Royales Saint-HubertOne of the first covered shopping arcades in Europe, opened in 1847 under a glass roof. BourseThe old stock exchange of 1873, on a boulevard that has been free of cars since 2015. Cathedral of St Michael and St GudulaBrussels’ Gothic cathedral on the slope towards the upper town, where royal weddings are held. Mont des ArtsThe garden steps between the lower and the upper town, with a view over the city. SablonThe square of antique dealers and chocolatiers, below the Gothic church of Notre-Dame du Sablon.

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