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Top places to visit in Brussels

6 places worth your time in Brussels, with what each is actually like and when to go.

Last updated 2026-08-09

1. Grand-Place

Grand-Place
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A guildhall square Victor Hugo called the most beautiful in the world, UNESCO-listed.

2. Atomium

Atomium
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A 102-metre model of an iron crystal from the 1958 World's Fair, with exhibitions in the spheres.

3. Royal Museums of Fine Arts

Royal Museums of Fine Arts
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Bruegel, Rubens and Magritte, with the Magritte Museum attached.

4. Comic Strip Centre

Comic Strip Centre
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In a Horta art nouveau warehouse, covering Tintin, the Smurfs and the Belgian comics tradition.

5. Sablon and Marolles

Sablon and Marolles
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Antique shops and a daily flea market, in the districts below the Palace of Justice.

6. Art nouveau houses

Art nouveau houses
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Victor Horta's houses, four of them UNESCO-listed, in Saint-Gilles and Ixelles.

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