Saint-Hubertus Royal Gallery – A Grand Shopping Arcade

St Hubertus - Brussels' Grand Shopping Arcade: Sitting high up, in the same class of grand arcades as the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan and The Passage in St. Petersburg, is the Saint-Hubertus Royal Gallery (Koninklijke Sint-Hubertusgalerijen in Dutch).  However, St Hubertus has the distinction of being the first shopping arcade in Europe and is one of the most elegant covered galleries. The idea for this grand arcade of St Hubertus was born of one young architect's determination to … [Read more...]

Brussels attractions – Mini-Europe

Mini-Europe - an invitation to travel: Where can you have a whistle-stop tour of Europe in a few hours, that costs only a few Euros per person and without boarding any planes, buses or trains?  The answer is - at Brussels' Mini-Europe. Mini-Europe is a fun, family interactive attraction where the most famous monuments in Europe are replicated in miniature models.  Visitors can go on an animated tour with visual and sound effects of 350 miniatures and attractions that you won’t find … [Read more...]