Brussel lie in the center of Belgium. It’s  important not just for the state, but also for an all Europe as home to the European Commission and to the Council of ministers of the European Union. Brussels is also the Headquarters of NATO and a European lobbying and commercial hub for many multinational corporations.

The city is very cosmopolitan, is a mix of all wolrd. It‘s bilingual town. Don‘t be surprised the names of streets written in to languages: French and Dutch. Both are the official languages of the city. But almost everybody understands and speaks English, and you will hear many more different languages when strolling through the city center. Nevertheless, few if any European cities have such an international feel as Brussels.

Several architectural styles exist in Brussel as well. The city blocks of steel-and-glass office buildings set only a few steps from cobbled-street neighborhoods featuring hallmarks of the city's eventful past. Gothic cathedrals and churches, Grand‘ place, the gracious classical facades of the Palais des Nations, the Royal Palace come together with a great variety of art nouveau and art deco houses in the comfortable neighborhoods where the Brussels residents, the Bruxellois.

You can find variety of musiems from the most classical to the funniest, from the artistical to the scientifical ... passing by technology, industry, history, exoticism and even gastronomy in this Europe’s crossroads. But the best one are Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts.

In the end our advises for visitors is to dispense with their own cars. The city's extensive and dependable public transport system brings everything of interest within easy reach. Ones more for shoppers, remember the hours of attendance is short, most stores closed at 6 p.m. and Sunday is day off. Otherwise Saturday or Sunday morning is good day to shop in the books-and-antiques market in place du Grand-Sablon.