Brussels
One day in Brussels, Belgium
A day through Brussels’s best-known sights that lie close together: House of European History, Royal Palace of Brussels, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Grand-Place, Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula and Belgian Comic Strip Center. 6 stops, about 3.1 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.
The route
- House of European HistoryMuseum · On the map

- Royal Palace of BrusselsPalace · 1.2 km on from House of European History · On the map

- Royal Museums of Fine Arts of BelgiumMuseum · 0.3 km on from Royal Palace of Brussels · On the map

- Grand-PlaceSquare · 0.7 km on from Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium · On the map

- Cathedral of St. Michael and St. GudulaCathedral · 0.6 km on from Grand-Place · On the map

- Belgian Comic Strip CenterMuseum · 0.4 km on from Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula · On the map

6 stops, about 3.1 km between them in straight lines.
More for Brussels
- Things to do in Brussels, Belgium · 40 places to see, led by Grand-Place and Atomium
- A week in Brussels, Belgium · Seven days of sights, starting at House of European History
Day trips from Brussels
- Aachen122 km awayAachen Cathedral6 stops in a day, starting at Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst
- The Hague136 km awayMauritshuis6 stops in a day, starting at Escher Museum
- Waalwijk105 km awayEfteling6 stops in a day, starting at Carnaval Festival
- Antwerp41 km awayOnze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal6 stops in a day, starting at Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
Photo credits
- House of European History: Benoît Prieur, CC0
- Royal Palace of Brussels: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium: Suicasmo, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Grand-Place: Celuici, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula: Donaldytong, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Belgian Comic Strip Center: Ramón, CC BY-SA 2.0
Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.
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