The Mont des Arts is a stepped urban complex defined by its terraced gardens and the clear, elevated view it offers over the rooftops of Brussels toward the spire of the Town Hall. It functions as a grand bridge between the lower town and…
Royal Quarter and Palace Gardens
This walk takes you up Brussels’ scenic heights to experience the stately neoclassical architecture and grand imperial history of Belgium's rulers. You'll trace the transition from a medieval powerhouse to the elegant palace district, finishing in the city's premier historic public park.
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1. Mont des Arts
2. Musical Instruments Museum
The Musical Instruments Museum is recognizable by the bold Art Nouveau facade of its primary home, a six-story structure of girded steel and glass painted in a dark, metallic tone. An octagonal tower with ornamental metalwork crowns the…
3. Place Royale
Place Royale is a rectangular, symmetrical square in central Brussels marked by its uniform, neoclassical architecture and eight corner pavilions. Built between seventeen seventy-five and seventeen eighty-two, the site sits directly above…
4. Het Coudenbergpaleis
The Coudenberg Palace is defined by its invisibility. While it was once a grand residence for counts, dukes, and emperors, today it lies entirely buried beneath the neoclassical grid of the Place Royale. The only way to engage with the…
5. Brussels Royal Palace
The Royal Palace of Brussels is defined by its massive, neoclassical facade that stretches out with a peristyle of towering Corinthian columns, creating a front fifty percent longer than that of Buckingham Palace. It occupies the site of…
6. Parc de Bruxelles
Parc de Bruxelles, also known as the Warandepark, is defined by a rigorous grid of geometric, tree-lined alleys that stretch between the Royal Palace and the Belgian Parliament. This landscape marks the site of the former hunting grounds…