Brussels Attractions

The Grand Place is the central square of Brussels. The public square is surrounded by guildhalls, the city's Town Hall, and the Breadhouse. The square is one of the most popular tourist destinations and most memorable landmarks in Brussels (along with the Atomium and Manneken Pis). It measures 68 by 110 metres (223 by 360 ft), and it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. One of the most notable attractions of the Grand Place (for just a few days every 2 years) is an incredible Flower Carpet that is laid every two years in August. The enormous "flower carpet" is set up in the Grand Place with around a million colourful begonias set up in patterns, and the display covers a full 24 by 77 metres (79 by 253 ft), for area total of 1,800 square metres (19,000 sq ft).The first flower carpet was made in 1971, and due to its popularity, the tradition continued, with the flow...

Manneken Pis (Dutch for 'Little Man Urinating'), is a famous Brussels landmark. It is a small bronze fountain sculpture depicting a naked little boy urinating into the fountain's basin. It was designed by Jerome Duquesnoy and put in place in 1618 or 1619. The famous statue is located at the junction of Rue de l'Étuve/Stoofstraat and Rue du Chêne/Eikstraat. To find it, one takes the left lane next to the Brussels Town Hall from the famous Grand Place and walks a few hundred meters to arrive at the spot. The statue will be on the left corner.

The Atomium is a monument that was originally built for Expo '58, the 1958 Brussels World's Fair. Designed by André Waterkeyn, it is 102-metres (335 ft) tall, with 9 steel spheres connected so that the whole forms the shape of a unit cell of an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times. Tubes which connect the spheres along the 12 edges of the cube and all 8 vertices to the centre enclose escalators connecting the spheres which contain exhibit halls and other public spaces. The top sphere provides a panoramic view of Brussels. Each sphere is 18 metres in diameter. The vertical vertex contains a lift.