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The Boulevard Adolphe Max (French, pronounced [bul.vaʁ a.dɔlf maks]) or Adolphe Maxlaan is a central boulevard in Brussels, Belgium.It was created following the covering of the river Senne (1867–1871), and bears the name of Adolphe Max, a former mayor of the City of Brussels.
Rue d'Aerschot, Brussels. The main red light district in Brussels is north of Brussels-North railway station in the Rue d'Aerschot/Aarschotstraat and surrounding side-streets. As of 2008, there were about 250-300 prostitutes working in about 60 windows in the area.
The Solbosch campus of the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), a French-speaking university, with about 20,000 students, is also situated on the Avenue Franklin Roosevelt. No. 52: Blomme House (1928), a modernist house designed by Adrien Blomme [ fr ] for his personal use (offices and apartments), whose entrance is flanked by two bas-reliefs ...
The Corinthia Grand Hotel Astoria Brussels is a historic five-star luxury hotel in the Freedom Quarter of Brussels, Belgium.Built in 1909 as the Hotel Astoria for the Brussels International Exposition of 1910, in a true Parisian spirit, the hotel's Louis XVI façade and majestic interior lend it a distinctly aristocratic appearance.
The Rue Royale (French, pronounced [ʁy ʁwajal]; "Royal Street") or Koningsstraat (Dutch, pronounced [ˈkoːnɪŋstraːt]; "King's Street") is a street in Brussels, Belgium, running through the municipalities of Schaerbeek, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode and the City of Brussels.
Since 29 June 2015, the hotel stands at the edge of a large pedestrian zone in central Brussels (French: Le Piétonnier). It however remains directly accessible by car via the Rue Fossé aux Loups and the Boulevard Émile Jacqmain. [10] It is also served by the metro and premetro (underground tram) station De Brouckère on lines 1, 4, 5 and 10.
The largest and most populous of the municipalities is the City of Brussels, covering 32.6 km 2 (12.6 sq mi) with 176,545 inhabitants. The least populous is Koekelberg with 21,609 inhabitants, and the smallest in area is Saint-Josse-ten-Noode , which is only 1.1 km 2 (0.4 sq mi) and also has the highest population density , at 24,650/km 2 ...
The Leopold Quarter (French: Quartier Léopold; Dutch: Leopoldswijk ⓘ) is a quarter of Brussels, Belgium.Today, the term is sometimes confused with the European Quarter, as the area has come to be dominated by the institutions of the European Union (EU) and organisations dealing with them, although the two terms are not in fact the same, with the Leopold Quarter being a smaller more specific ...