Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #5 in Brussels, Belgium

Brussels Park is the largest urban public park in central Brussels, Belgium. Formerly known and still sometimes colloquially referred to as the Royal Park, it was the city's first public park, being originally laid out between 1776 and 1783 in a neoclassical style by the French architect Gilles-Barnabé Guimard and the Austrian landscape architect Joachim Zinner, as part of an urban project including the Place Royale/Koningsplein. The area of the rectangular park is 13.1 ha.

Wikipedia: Brussels Park (EN), Heritage Website

The Hôtel de la Liste civile is a neo-classical style building that is the left annex of the Royal Palace of Brussels and a counterpart to the Hôtel Bellevue.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de la Liste civile (FR), Heritage Website

The statue of Adolphe Quetelet is a monument erected in Brussels, Belgium, in memory of the mathematician, astronomer, naturalist and statistician Adolphe Quetelet, who was the founder of the Royal Observatory of Belgium.

Wikipedia: Statue d'Adolphe Quetelet (FR)

The Academy Palace or Palace of the Academies is a neoclassical palace in Brussels, Belgium. It was originally built between 1823 and 1828 for Prince William II of Orange. Nowadays, it houses five Belgian academies including the Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium (RASAB). In English, it is also often called the Academy House.

Wikipedia: Academy Palace (EN), Heritage Website

St. Joseph's Church is a religious building built for Catholic worship and now administered by the Society of St. Pius X. It is located in Square Frère-Orban, in the Leopold district, not far from the district of squares, in the city of Brussels (Belgium).

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Joseph (Bruxelles) (FR), Website, Heritage Website

The Chapel of the Resurrection, also known as the Chapel for Europe, is a Catholic religious building with an ecumenical vocation located at 24 rue van Maerlant, in the heart of the European quarter of Brussels. Formerly the chapel of a convent of contemplative nuns, the building was restored and reopened in 2008 as a European ecumenical place. Worship and activities are celebrated in several languages, but mainly in English and French. The pastoral responsibility of the Chapel was entrusted to the Jesuits.

Wikipedia: Chapelle de la Résurrection (FR), Website

The Statue of Europe is a sculpture symbolising peace through European integration, while at the same time aiming to demonstrate the motto of the European Union (EU), "United in Diversity". It is located in the garden of Convent Van Maerlant in the crossroads of the Rue Van Maerlant/Van Maerlantsraat and the Chaussée d'Etterbeek/Etterbeeksesteenweg, in the European Quarter of Brussels, Belgium. Made out of resin, the statue measures more than 5 m and weighs nearly 800 kg. It was inaugurated on 9 December 2003 by Neil Kinnock and Viviane Reding, who respectively were Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Culture at the time. 2003 was the European Year of People with Disabilities, and the Eastern enlargement of the EU was awaited.

Wikipedia: Statue of Europe (EN)

The Jardin de la vallée du Maelbeek (French) or Maalbeekdaltuin (Dutch) is a small green space on the corner of the Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat and the Chaussée d'Etterbeek/Etterbeeksesteenweg at the heart of the European Quarter of Brussels, Belgium. It was inaugurated on 13 May 1951.

Wikipedia: Jardin du Maelbeek (EN)

Kennedy Piece is a monument in Brussels, consisting of a piece of the Berlin Wall depicting the American president John F. Kennedy. The monument is located next to the headquarters of the European Commission, on the esplanade of the Berlaymont building. The piece of the Berlin Wall was brought to the headquarters of the European Commission to remind the European people that the European continent is peaceful, prosperous and united.

Wikipedia: Kennedy Piece (NL)

The Monument to the Belgian Pioneers in Congo is an allegorical monument in the Parc du Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark in Brussels, Belgium. It was designed by the sculptor Thomas Vinçotte and crafted between 1911 and 1921 to commemorate the Congo Free State. In particular, it honours the Belgian 'pioneers' (soldiers) who brought 'civilisation' to the Congo, especially through the Congo–Arab War (1892–1894) that sought to conquer present-day East Congo and end the Arab slave trade there.

Wikipedia: Monument to the Belgian Pioneers in Congo (EN), Heritage Website

The Great Mosque of Brussels is a Muslim place of worship located in the Parc du Cinquantenaire in Brussels. Built in 1897 as an exhibition attraction, it was transformed into a Muslim place of worship in 1978 by Saudi Arabia, which managed it for forty years. From April 2019 to June 2023, it was led by the Executive of Muslims in Belgium, which is close to the Moroccan administration. It is no longer the most important mosque in Brussels, neither in terms of surface area, nor in number of worshippers, nor in influence.

Wikipedia: Grande mosquée de Bruxelles (FR), Heritage Website

The Pavilion of Human Passions, also known as the Horta-Lambeaux Pavilion, is a neoclassical pavilion in the form of a Greek temple that was built by Victor Horta in 1896 in the Parc du Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark of Brussels, Belgium. Although classical in appearance, the building shows the first steps of the young Victor Horta towards Art Nouveau. It was designed to serve as a permanent showcase for a large marble relief The Human Passions by Jef Lambeaux.

Wikipedia: Temple of Human Passions (EN), Heritage Website

The Church of the Sacred Heart is a Roman Revival Roman Catholic religious building located at number 19 rue Le Corrège in the municipality of Brussels, Belgium. It was built from 1954 to 1956.

Wikipedia: Église du Sacré-Cœur (Bruxelles-ville) (FR)

The Square des Griottiers is a small triangular square in Brussels in the municipality of Schaerbeek formed by the intersection of Avenue Émile Max, Avenue Milcamps and Avenue Félix Marchal. The inauguration of the square took place on November 22, 1992 on the occasion of the annual chapter of the Brotherhood of the Order of the Griotte. No dwelling bears this address.

Wikipedia: Square des Griottiers (FR)

The Church of St. Albert is a religious building located on Rue Victor Hugo in the municipality of Schaerbeek, in Brussels, Belgium.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Albert (Schaerbeek) (FR)

The Clockarium, Museum of the Art Deco Ceramic Clock in Brussels is a museum in Schaerbeek, a municipality of Brussels, Belgium, devoted to Art Deco ceramic clocks.

Wikipedia: Clockarium (EN), Website

The Church of the Divine Saviour is a Roman Catholic church building located on Avenue de Roodebeek in the Brussels municipality of Schaerbeek. Built in 1935 and enlarged in 1963, it is dedicated to the divine Saviour (Jesus Christ).

Wikipedia: Église du Divin Sauveur (Schaerbeek) (FR)