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The 4 key audio visits

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This package includes: 3 audio walks in the main districts of Brussels: the Grand Place and the surrounding area, the Coudenbergh hill, the upper town around the Place Royale 1 audio visit ...

Masterpieces in The Museum of Ancient Art

Upper Town - About 2h15

We have chosen 25 works that will allow you to understand the styles, themes and spirit of Northern European painting. We will discover great Primitive Flemish painters, such as Roger van der Weyden and Hans Memling. We will also comment on various Hieronymus Bosch paintings, including the famous Triptych of the Temptation of St. Anthony, as well as works by Cranach, Brueghel the Elder, Rembrandt, Rubens and Franz Hals.

The Grand Place and the surrounding area

Lower Town - About 1h15

The magnificent 14th-century Gothic Town Hall that dominates the Grand’Place, and the richness of the surrounding Baroque buildings, give us an opportunity to talk about the origins of Brussels. We will discover the heart of old Brussels, its small streets, its famous Manneken Pis, its covered passageways, and the narrow alleys sheltering old brasseries.

Coudenberg Hill and the Petit and Grand Sablon squares

Upper Town - About 2 hours

We will descend Coudenberg Hill, from the Palace of Justice and its fantastic 19th-century architecture, to the Place du Grand Sablon. We will then visit the garden in the Place du Petit Sablon, the Frison Hotel designed by Victor Horta - one of the great Art Nouveau architects - the Gothic church of Notre Dame de la Chapelle where the artist Pieter Breughel the Elder is buried, and many other buildings spanning from the Middle Ages to the 19th century.

The Upper Town and the Place Royale

Upper Town - About 1h30

Place Royale is, and has always been, the seat of power. A visit underneath the square will reveal the archaeological remains of its mediaeval origins. The square itself consists of a handsome group of monuments and buildings, among which royal palaces from the Baroque era and later, the tower of the Courts of Justice, and some Art Nouveau buildings such as the Museum of Musical Instruments, previously the Old England department store.