BRUSSELS
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Smoking pipes have been used
in Brussels since ancient times.
Manneken Pis is a small bronze
sculpture of a naked boy
urinating into a fountain.
Belle-Vue Brewery is a
Brussels based brewery
founded in 1913 by Philémon
Vandenstock. It produces
Belgian Lambic.
Stroop Wafels and Belgium
Chocolate are a delicacy
in Brussels.
Brussels sprouts are believed
to have been cultivated in
Belgium as early as the 1200’s.
The Adventures of Tintin is a
series of comic books created
by Belgian cartoonist Georges
Remi (1907–1983).
The Atomium is an iconic
building in Brussels originally
constructed for Expo ‘58, the
1958 Brussels World’s Fair.
Brussels cookies are crunchy
with a thin layer of chocolate or
mint and chocolate.
Arc du Cinquantenaire is a
large public, urban park
(30 hectares) in the easternmost
part of the European Quarter
in Brussels, Belgium.
The Royal Palace of Brussels is
the official palace of the King
and Queen of the Belgians
in the centre of the nation’s
capital Brussels.
Brussels lace is a type of
lace made with bobbins on
pillows that originated in
and around Brussels.
Belgian Fries are part
of Belgian culinary and
cultural heritage.
The Smurfs is a Belgian
comic and television franchise
centered on a group of small
Smurfs who are small blue
fictional creatures that lives in
mushroom houses in a forest.
The Galeries Royales SaintHubert (French)or Koninklijke
Sint-Hubertusgalerijen (Dutch)
is a glazed shopping arcade
in Brussels that preceded
other famous 19th-century
shopping arcades.
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