Brussels

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THE BRUSSELS REGION OR ELSE THE BRUSSELS-CAPITAL REGION IS ONE OF THE THREE ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS OF BELGIUM FIRST DEGREE. IT IS THE DE FACTO CAPITAL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE LARGEST URBAN AREA IN BELGIUM.

ATOMIUM GRAND-PLACE

Built for the World Fair in Brussels (Expo '58), the height 103 meters Atomium monument represents the cell of an iron crystal, magnified by 165 billion times, with vertical body diagonal tubes along the 12 edges of the cube and 8 vertices to the center.

Nine steel spheres 18 meters in diameter connected by tubes containing escalator. It considers to be the Eiffel Tower of the beautiful city of Brussels

The Grand Place or Grote Market is located in the heart of the old city of Brussels in Belgium. It is an imposing square 15th century and one of the most beautiful squares in the world.

There are several universities in Brussels.

The two main universities are

Τhe Université Libre de Bruxelles, a French-speaking university with about 20,000 students ,

Τhe Vrije Universiteit Brussel, a Dutch-speaking university with about 10,000 students

The city has had a renowned artist scene for many years. The famous Belgian surrealist René Magritte, for instance, studied in Brussels. The city was also home of Impressionist painters like Anna Boch from the Artist Group Les XX and include others famous Belgian painters such as Léon Spilliaert & Guy Huygens.

Brussels is known for

its local waffle,

its chocolate,

its French fries

its numerous types of beers.

The Brussels sprout has long been popular in Brussels, and may have originated there

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

The official The official language of language of Brussels are Brussels are French, but French, but the official the official languages of languages of Belgium are Belgium are FrenchFrench and and Dutch. Dutch. The regional The regional language of language of Belgium is Belgium is Flemish Flemish (Flamandika) (Flamandika)

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels

http://atomium.be/

AGGELOS O.BILL L.

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