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Brussels (Bruxelles, Brussel) is Belgium's capital and headquarters for NATO and the European Union. We had a chance to visit Brussels on August 22-24, 2004.This was taken on a hill overlooking the main square (La Grand Place) from behind.
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We pretty much took the hop on-hop off city bus to tour the city.
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The Royal Palace (Koningsplein) is where the Royal family lives.
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Jubel park (Parc du Cinquantenaire) is a sight to see. |
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The magnificent Cathedral St. Michel has a Gothic style architecture with a mixture of Romanesque and modern influences.
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The Musical Instrument Museum stores over 1500 diversified musical instruments.The neat headphones provided automatically play music from the instrument in front of you.
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Van Laken Park (Parc de Laeken) |
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The Atomium is a huge monument of aluminum and steel was built for the 1958 World's Fair. It has a great view of the city.
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It is 102 meters high and is supposed to be an iron crystal molecule magnified 165 billion times.
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This is a very very small car inside the Atomium museum. You think Dave can fit inside this car?
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Back profile of the small BMW. |
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| Clock tower at the Grand Central Station (Gare Centrale) by the bus station. |
A close up view of the clock tower. |
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Me in front of the popular Mannekin Pis fountain. It is a bronze statue of a little naked boy urinating. He has lots of costumes for all occasions.
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One legend says that he was the lost son of a rich Bourgeois. He was found five days later doing what the boy is still doing now. Another story states that the little boy should have saved the city from a dreadful fire.
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