9 landmarks in Pentagone with verified facts and stories most people walk right past.
Belgian Comic Strip Center
20 Rue des Sables, Pentagone, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
The Belgian Comic Strip Center is housed in a gorgeous Victor Horta-designed Art Nouveau department store and celebrates Belgium's most unexpected cultural export — the comic strip, which Belgians call the 'ninth art' and treat with a seriousness that surprises visitors who think of comics as children's entertainment.
Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert
Galerie du Roi, Pentagone, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
The Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert is Europe's oldest covered shopping arcade — a 213-metre glass-roofed passage opened in 1847 that runs from Rue du Marché-aux-Herbes to Rue de l'Écuyer through three interconnected galleries (Galerie du Roi, Galerie de la Reine, and Galerie des Princes).
Halle Gate (Porte de Hal)
150 Boulevard du Midi, Pentagone, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
The Halle Gate is the only surviving gate of Brussels' 14th-century city wall — a massive stone tower at the edge of the Marolles that once marked the southern entrance to the walled city and now houses a small museum of medieval Brussels inside its spiral staircases and vaulted chambers.
Marolles & Place du Jeu de Balle
Place du Jeu de Balle, Pentagone, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
The Marolles is Brussels' most authentic working-class neighbourhood — a hilly district below the Palais de Justice whose daily flea market, multicultural street life, and defiant independence from the polished tourist zones make it the most characterful quarter in a city that sometimes feels too tidy for its own good.
Musée des Instruments de Musique (MIM)
2 Rue Montagne de la Cour, Pentagone, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
The Musical Instruments Museum occupies the Old England Building — a 1899 Art Nouveau department store by Paul Saintenoy that is one of the most beautiful buildings in Brussels, with a facade of glass and iron that soars five storeys above Mont des Arts in sinuous curves that make steel look organic.
Place du Grand Sablon Antiques Market
Place du Grand Sablon, Pentagone, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
The Grand Sablon hosts Brussels' premier antiques market every weekend — over 100 dealers setting up on the cobblestoned square from Saturday morning through Sunday afternoon, selling furniture, silverware, vintage prints, ceramics, and the decorative objects that Belgium's long history of trade and craftsmanship has accumulated.
Rue Antoine Dansaert & Saint-Géry
Rue Antoine Dansaert, Pentagone, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
Rue Dansaert is Brussels' fashion and design street — a corridor of Belgian designer boutiques, concept stores, and the kind of independent retail that survives in a city where rents are still low enough to support creativity.
Sablon
Place du Grand Sablon, Pentagone, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
The Sablon is Brussels' antiques and chocolate quarter — a pair of connected squares (Grand Sablon and Petit Sablon) in the upper town that house the city's finest chocolatiers, its most prestigious antique dealers, and a weekend antiques market that draws collectors from across Europe.
Sainte-Catherine & Fish Market
Place Sainte-Catherine, Pentagone, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
Place Sainte-Catherine is Brussels' seafood quarter — a long rectangular square that was originally a dock on the now-covered Senne River, where fishing boats unloaded their North Sea catch for the city's markets.
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