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Sales Guide 2019 English Version © M EN Sales Guide 2019 English version © M. Vanhulst The visit.brussels online sales guide is accessible to all, but is first and foremost aimed at professionals from the travel industry, namely tour operators, travel agents, coach companies and group organisers. It provides a complete overview of all activities and attractions in our city. These are then divided into specific themes which best represent Brussels, e.g. Art Nouveau, comics, heritage, etc. Each activity or attraction is explained in a file containing valuable information such as rates, contact details, languages in which the activity or attraction is provided, and much more. These files will allow travel professionals to take immediate action, should they wish to suggest an activity or attraction to their clients. The entire purpose of the sales guide is to advertise the tremendous potential of Brussels and boost creativity with travel professionals in order for them to perk up, enhance or change their offer whilst making them and their clients eager to discover and get a better idea of the city. Equally important, the sales guide limits research and hence lightens the workload considerably. In addition, the visit.brussels online sales guide obviously contains information on upcoming events, accommodation providers, coach parking details, visit.brussels contact information and other relevant data. We trust this unique tool will benefit all travel professionals worldwide and encourage them to choose Brussels as their preferred destination. Rest assured that we will keep on improving and updating the offer in a city that is always on the move. Contents ©visit.brussels - Gaston Batistini Heritage art nouveau & art deco Europe comic strip families green & suistainable jazz & nightlife Sports contemporary art urban culture gastronomy guided tours hotels N O E general info S contacts arriving by air arriving by train transport in the city subway map Cruise - Terminal C Brussels Card maps Heritage With its particularly rich historical and artistic heritage, Brussels continues to surprise and move visitors from all parts of the world. Famed for its legendary Grand-Place (listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1998) and the no less famous Manneken-Pis, who is undeniably part and parcel of Brussels’ cultural heritage, the capital of Europe is also one of the cradles of Surrealism, in which René Magritte is a figurehead, and Art Nouveau. By 1890, Horta, Hankar, Cauchie and Blerot were breaking boundaries to create a total and organic art, deploying its curves and arabesques in magnificent townhouses, furniture, decorative objects, and crockery. This movement, as creative as it was short- lived, was to evolve into the sleeker and more geometric Art Deco of which many listed examples adorn the streets of the city. With its rich heritage, Brussels also boasts a wealth of museums that criss-cross its territory and are real hubs of tourist attraction. And that is not to mention its delightful gastronomic heritage: crunchy chips, aromatic gueuze and kriek beers, fluffy waffles and mesmerising chocolate. In 2019, Brussels is marking the 450th anniversary of Brueghel’s death with a series of activities (www. brueghel.brussels). Discover... • Natural Science Museum • Old Masters Museum • Halle Gate • BELvue Museum • Coudenberg • Centre for Fine Arts – BOZAR • Atomium • René Magritte Museum House • La Monnaie • Musée Magritte Museum • Maison du Roi Brussels City Museum • GardeRobe MannekenPis Museum • Fashion and Lace Museum • AfricaMuseum • Sewer Museum • Art & History Museum Events 2019 • Museum Night Fever / www.museumnightfever.be / 23.02.2019 • Royal greenhouses / www.monarchie.be / mid April > mid May • Carolus V Festival / www.carolusfestival.brussels / May > September 2019 • Belgian National Day / www.sibp.be / 21.07.2019 • Visit of the Royal Palace / www.monarchie.be / 22.07.2019 - 01.09.2019 • Flowertime / www.flowertime.be / 14.08.2019 - 18.08.2019 • Heritage Days 21-22/09 • Winter Wonders / www.plaisirsdhiver.be / 29.11.2019 - 02.01.2020 1 day programme proposition • 09:15: Guided tour of the Grand-Place • 10:30: Visit of the Maison du Roi with a guide and the Manneken Pis Muse- um (without a guide) • 12:00: Lunch at La Rose Blanche • 13:30: Guided tour of the Old Masters Museum • 15:00: Coffee on the patio of the Musical Instruments Museum’s (MIM) res- taurant • 16:00: Guided tour of the BELvue Museum Our expert’s tip! For an incredible panoramic view of the city, don’t miss the Palace of Justice esplanade Guided Tours TOUR ORGANISATION E-MAIL WEBSITE CONTACT LANGUAGE ARAU [email protected] www.arau.org +32 2 219 33 45 FR - EN ARKADIA [email protected] www.arkadia.be +32 2 563 61 53 FR BRUKSELBINNENSTE- [email protected] www.brukselbinnenstebuiten.be +32 2 218 38 78 NL BUITEN BRUSSELS FR-NL-EN-DE-IT- [email protected] www.bruxellesbavard.be +32 2 673 18 35 CHATTERGUIDES ES BUEN DÍA TOURS [email protected] www.buendiatours.com +32 471 58 79 08 ES CULTURAMA [email protected] www.culturamavzw.be +32 2 569 27 74 FR DISCOVER-B [email protected] www.discover-b.be +32 485 02 54 23 FR E-GUIDES [email protected] www.e-guides.be +32 499 21 39 85 FR, NL, EN GUIDES BRUSSELS [email protected] www.guidesbrussels.be +32 477 02 02 30 FR BELGIUM ITINÉRAIRES [email protected] www.itineraires.be +32 2 541 03 77 FR KLARE LIJN [email protected] www.klarelijn.be +32 493 50 40 60 NL KOREI [email protected] www.korei.be +32 2 380 22 09 NL STADTFÜHRUNG [email protected] www.stadtfuehrung.be +32 496 634 929 DE BRÜSSEL art nouveau & art deco The legacy of Art Nouveau (and to a lesser extent, Art Deco which developed in the 1920s) lives on in Brussels and flourishes with nearly every building around some of its quarters such as the well-to-do Ixelles and Saint-Gilles. These houses – some 500 intact buildings including shops, cafés and private houses – sprout up across the city. Belgium’s most prominent architect, Victor Horta, had caught on to the style just as it emerged and began to design brick-and-stone artworks of his own, which bore the Art Nouveau characteristics inside and out. The spiralling staircases resembled curving shells, the windows followed the roundness of flowers and cosmic geometrics, the columns and walls seemed to dance in a harmony of colours and parabola. À Bruxelles, les rues parlent d'elles-mêmes. In Brussels, the streets speak for themselves: it is a city where the creative genius of the fin de siècle bloomed, often understated, in the shadow of Europe’s other great metropolises. And yet, it is here that Art Nouveau remains unaffected, inspired, immortal in showing its complex and exquisite beauty to the public. Discover... • MIM - Musical Instruments Museum • Musée Fin-de-siècle Museum • Horta Museum • Maison Autrique • Boghossian Foundation - Villa Empain • Van Buuren Museum and Gardens • Musée de la Bande Dessinée • Centre for Fine Arts – BOZAR 2019 Events • Brussels Art Nouveau & Art Deco Festival - BANAD Festival / www.banad.be / 16.03.2019 - 31.03.2019 • The Temple of Human Passions (The Horta-Lambeaux Pavilion) / www.kmkg-mrah.be / March - October 2019 • Artonov Festival / www.festival-artonov.eu / October 2019 • Wolfers Stores / www.kmkg-mrah.be / the entirety of 2019 • AN & AD Mansions / www.explore.brussels / every weekend in 2019 1 day programme proposition • 10:00: Visit to the Villa Empain - Boghossian Foundation (Art Deco) • 12:00 - 14:00:Lunch at Brasserie Horta - former Waucquez warehouse (Comics Art Museum) • 14:30 - 16:00: Visit to the Horta Museum (Art Nouveau) • 16:00 - 18:00:Guided Art Nouveau tour: Hotel Hannon, Maison Ciamberlani, Hôtel Tassel, Hôtel Solvay, Ma ison Paul Hankar, Hôtel Max Hallet,… ending with a drink at place Flagey • 19:30: Dinner at Les Brigitinnes Experience Dine at the magnificent Hôtel Solvay, which is normally closed to the public www.itineraires.be (VIP packages) Our expert’s tip! The fifth biggest church in the world and the largest Art Deco building ever constructed. Here you get to enjoy a breathtaking panoramic view of the city of Brussels. 1 Parvis de la Basilique, 1081 Brussels Guided tours ORGANISATION E-MAIL WEBSITE CONTACT ARAU [email protected] www.arau.org +32 2 219 33 45 ARKADIA [email protected] www.arkadia.be +32 2 319 45 60 BRUSSELS CHATTERGUIDES [email protected] www.brusselschatterguides.be +32 2 673 18 35 DISCOVER-B [email protected] www.discover-b.be +32 485 02 54 23 EXPLORE.BRUSSELS [email protected] www.explore.brussels +32 2 319 50 01 ITINÉRAIRES [email protected] www.itineraires.be +32 2 541 03 77 KOREI [email protected] www.korei.be +32 2 380 22 09 ASSOCIATION OF GUIDES OF [email protected] www.guidesbrussels.be +32 477 02 02 30 BRUSSELS AND BELGIUM PRO VELO [email protected] www.provelo.org +32 2 502 73 55 europe Brussels is the bustling capital of 500 million Europeans and also the second most cosmopolitan city where no less than 184 different nationalities live and mingle. Within the European quarter, this multicultural microcosm is more palpable than anywhere else in Brussels. Its imposing architecture, its countless restaurants, cafés, bookshops, grocery shops – worthy representatives of all EU countries, as well as interesting visits to important EU institutions and an array of international first-rate museums attract more and more visitors each year. The cultural offer reflects its intrinsic and colourful diversity: from the Parlamentarium, which plunges the visitor into the arcana of the European Union, to the recently opened and unique House of European History, created at the initiative of the European Parliament, from the iguanodons of the Natural Science Museum to the classic old-timer cars of Autoworld.
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