Cafe street leading into Le Grand Place
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Charles Buls - Burgermeister (mayor) of Brussels in the 1800's
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Pretty standard European city.
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Le Grand Place. Site of Brussels City Hall
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Brussels City Hall building. The original structure dates from the early 1400's.
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Some other government building opposite City Hall.
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Inside the City Hall courtyard. Shot of one of the spires.
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Manneken Pis - One of those cultural icons who's original reason for status has been lost to the ages. Some claim he's the son of a nobleman who was lost in a crowd. When his Father found him he was peeing in a fountain. Still others claim that he found an interesting way to extiguish the torches of an invading army about to set fire to the town.
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Little garden in the midst of a bunch of office buildings.
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Fountain leading up to Brussels Park
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Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique. It was closed so I couldn't go inside.
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House of the Duke of something or other.
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Another garden I stumbled upon.
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Another interesting building
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Port de Hal. The original gate into Brussels and part of the city walls. The walls have been torn ddown and replaced with a road but this gate still stands.
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More views of Hal de Port
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