Brussels - Buses and Buses - Transportation - Attractions and Sightseeing

The first records of the city date back to 966, when Brussels was still a defensive settlement. Over the next nine centuries, the settlement developed into a thriving city that was key on the trade route between Bruges and Cologne. In the nineteen thirties, Brussels became the capital of Belgium.

In the twentieth century, Brussels suffered from bombing, while after the war, and more specifically since 1958, it became the headquarters of the European Economic Community, and nine years later the headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was also moved to Brussels.

What to See in Brussels - Attractions in the Belgian Capital?

Despite the bombing in the twentieth century, Brussels has many tourist attractions to offer. Noteworthy among them is the Grand Place, which is the historic center of the city. The five-sided, irregularly shaped square, laid out before the end of the fourteenth century, is famous for the townhouses that rise at its edges and the city's town hall, designed and built in the fifteenth century in Gothic style. The town hall suffered damage from a French bombardment in 1695. It was rebuilt in a unified architectural style.

In Brussels, it is worth visiting the nineteenth-century Royal Palace, the King's House, which now houses the City Museum, and Brussels Park, formerly known as the Royal Park. Its area is thirteen hectares. The main entrance is on the north side, opposite the Parliament House.

Also worth a visit is Jubelpark, a park located in the eastern part of the center of Brussels on thirty hectares.

Today, the exhibition halls house museums of the armed forces and military history.

Attractions in Brussels - it's not only monuments that the Belgian capital stands for

If you're looking for attractions other than monuments, it's worth visiting Mini-Europe, a theme park stretching over an area of roughly twenty-four thousand square meters. There you will find three hundred and fifty miniature models, reflecting the most famous buildings and monuments of twenty-seven European Union countries. In the park you can hit Big Ben, the Colosseum, the Acropolis or the Eiffel Tower. There are also the volcanic landscapes of Iceland or the fjords for which Norway is famous.

In the park you can also control individual elements. There are Dutch windmills, the launch of an Ariane rocket or issuing commands at Waterloo.

Brussels is also home to the Comic Strip Museum, also known as the Belgian Comic Strip Center. It should be noted here that it was in Belgium that the Smurfs or Tintin were born. The museum features original drawings and prints of comic books. There are also multimedia and interactive exhibitions, showing the entire creative process, from the creation of the idea to the making of the comic book.

How to get to Brussels? Getting to the Belgian capital by bus

You can reach Brussels by bus, among other means. Thanks to our buses, you will find yourself in the very center of one of Europe's most interesting cities. Sindbad buses stop on Boulevard Pacheco in front of Bruxelles Congres. From there it's just a stone's throw to, for example, the Brussels-North railroad station.