3 landmarks in Quartier Nord-Est with verified facts and stories most people walk right past.
Cinquantenaire Park & Museums
Quartier Nord-Est, Brussels, Belgium
The Cinquantenaire is Brussels' triumphal park — a vast green space anchored by a monumental triple arch built in 1905 to celebrate Belgium's 50th anniversary of independence.
European Quarter
Rue de la Loi, Quartier Nord-Est, Brussels, 1040, Belgium
The European Quarter is where the European Union lives — a district of glass-and-steel institutional buildings east of the city centre that houses the European Commission, the European Council, the European Parliament, and the bureaucratic machinery that governs 450 million people.
Parc Léopold & Natural Sciences Museum
29 Rue Vautier, Quartier Nord-Est, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
Parc Léopold is a small, steep green space tucked behind the European Parliament that houses one of Brussels' best-kept museum secrets — the Museum of Natural Sciences, home to the largest collection of Iguanodon dinosaur skeletons in the world, discovered in a Belgian coal mine in 1878.
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