When you hear of Belgium, chocolate is the first thing that comes to mind. We would not blame you, their chocolate is excellent. However, there is more to the country than its delectable delights, especially when you come to visiting Brussels.
Being the capital city of the country, you should expect the best out of Brussels. Fortunately, she does not disappoint. With beautiful architecture and a culture that you would love to be around with, you might eventually crave to look for housing for rent in Brussels.
What cultural icons make you want to stay in Brussels?
- Pissing Boy
One of the city’s icons, the Pissing Boy, in spite being 60 cm high, it is the most photographed statue in the city. As its name suggests, it is basically a boy having a piss. In spite its lewd, description, it is actually water fountain designed by Jerome Duquesnoy.
On most days, it is naked for the public to see. However, on occasion, it has 600 outfits that the statue can choose from all displayed in the Maison du Roi.
This tiny statue can be found at the corner of rue d l’Etuve and rue Chene.
- City Museum
Otherwise known as the Masion du Roi, and as you would know by now, it is where the 600 outfits of the Pissing Boy is displayed.
The building is called by two names – ‘The King’s House’, although no royalty ever lived in the building, and ‘The Bread House’, where the building currently stands was where the bread market of the city once stood.
The Museum tells the history of Brussels from the middle ages until the present in all of its three floors.
If you want to witness its grandeur and history in the making, you may find housing for rent in Brussels just in front of the Town Hall where the museum currently erects itself.
- Basilica of the Sacred Heart
A church constructed for over 66 years, it is the fifth largest church in the world. It is modelled after a church in Paris. It differs only in its color scheme. It was completed just in time to celebrate the diamond anniversary of the city’s independence.
Even temporarily, you may want to see the building by looking for housing for rent in Koekelberg where the church is located. In fact, you might just enjoy the view on its cupola platform which gives a scenic view of Brussels and those that surround it.
- Grand Place
More than just a description of the city, this acts as the main tourist attraction in Brussels, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site for the history it holds.
Used for different purposes, it is now the main market place for the city. In spite being called a “market” however, its beauty should be enough to make you look for housing for rent in Brussels especially when it inspired many masterpieces in its time.
In fact, once every two years, the city welcomes its tourists with a flower carpet made of begonias that revolves around a theme.
Brussels is a grand place to live in, and a beautiful place to experience. It has more to offer the world than its chocolate, and it is worth to witness it first-hand.
