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BRUSSELS AREA B Y AREA 45
THE LOWER TOWN
Most visits to Brussels begin with a stroll Brouckère and the busy Boulevard Anspach
around the Lower Town, the ancient heart of are the more recent additions to the city’s
the city and home to its most famous area, history. These appeared in the 19th century
the Grand Place (see pp46–7). The original when the slums around the River Senne
settlement of the city was located here and were cleared to make way for ornate
most of the streets surrounding this market constructions such as the financial cen tre,
square date from the Middle Ages up to the La Bourse, and Europe’s first shop ping
18th century. The archi tecture is an eclectic arcade, Galeries St-Hubert. With its many
blend of Gothic, Baroque and Flemish restaurants and cafés, the Lower Town is
Renaissance. In and around the Place de also popular during the evening.
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NIEUWPOORT LAAN Ijzer BLVD D’ANVERS ANTWERPSELAAN RUE GINESTE STR.
BARBES CHAUX
JARDIN
BLVD QUAI AUX QUAI A LA RUE DE LAEKEN LAKENSESTRAAT BLVD EMILE JACQMAIN LAAN Rogier KRUIDTUINLAAN BOTANIQUE
BLVD DU JARDIN
BOTANIQUE
RUE DU GRAND HOSPICE
RUE DE GROOTGODSHUISSTR. Botanique
FLANDRE BLVD ADOLPHE MAX LAAN Kruidtuin
Ste-Cathérine
St- Katelijne PLACE DES RUE DU MARIAS BROEKSTR. BOULEVARD PACHECO LAAN
BLVD BARTHELEMY LAAN RUE DU GRAND STEENWEG R DE LA VIERGE NOIRE De MARTELAARS
MARTYRS
PLEIN
VLAAMSE
SERMENT STR.
ANSPACHLAAN
Brouckère
RUE A. DANSAERT STR.
8 •25 •35
RUE DES
CHARTREUX BLVD. ANSPACH 3 •13 RUE DE LA MONTAGNE
RUE DES
KARTUIZERSSTR.
FABRIEKSTR.
RUE DE LA SENNE RUE VAN ARTEVELDE STR. RUE DU MIDI ZUIDSTRAAT LO MBARD STR 26 •39 BERGSTRAAT See also Street Finder
Bourse
ZENNESTR.
Beurs
GRASMARKT
RUE DU MARCHE AUX
ANDERLECHTS ESTEENWEG
SLACHTHUIS LAAN
RUE D’ANDERLECHT
maps 1 & 2
BLVD DE L'ABATTOIR
RUE DE
BLVD MAURICE LEMONNIER LAAN RUE DES URSULINES URSULINIENSTR. 1 Alexandre 25 La Kasbah
Restaurants pp150–53
Anneessens
26 ‘t Kelderke
27 La Manufacture
2 Arcadi
PLACE
DE DINANT
28 Mappa Mundo
3 Aux Armes de Bruxelles
PLACE
PLEIN
ROUPE
PLEIN
29 La Marée
4 Bar Bik
AVENUE DE
STALINGRAD LAAN Chapelle RUE HAUTE HOOGSTRAAT 6 La Belle Maraichere 31 De Noordzee - La Mer
30 A la Mort Subite
5 Belga Queen
ZUID LAAN
BLVD. DU MIDI
du Nord
7 Big Mama
BLVD. POINCARE LAAN
Kapelle
32 Nuëtnigenough
8 Bonsoir Clara
33 O Bifanas
Lemonnier
9 Brasserie Horta
RUE BLAES STRAAT 10 Café Metropole 34 L’Ogenblik
35 Le Pain Quotidien
11 La Cantina
36 Le Paon Royal
12 Le Cap
PLACE DU 13 Chez Leon 37 Pin Pon
RUE HAUTE HOOGSTRAAT 16 Comme Chez Soi 40 La Roue d’Or
38 Plattesteen
JEU DE BALLE 14 Chez Patrick
VOSSENPLEIN 15 Le Cirio 39 La Rose Blanche
HALLEPOORTLAAN
41 Le Roy d’Espagne
17 Comocomo
BLVD DU MIDI ZUID LAAN
AV DE LA PORTE DE HAL
42 Sea Grill
18 Delirium
19 Gecko
44 Taverne du Passage
20 Le Greenwich 43 Strofilia
21 L’Idiot du Village 45 Den Teepot
The 15th century Hôtel de Ville, or town hall, 22 In ‘t Spinnekopke 46 Vincent
47 Vismet
illuminated on a Brussels evening 23 Jardin van Gogh
24 Kafka 48 Het Warm Water
For keys to symbols see back flap
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