La tour noire or in English the black tower located right behind the St. Catherine Church is one of the few remnants of the old town wall that was demolished in the 16th Century. The tower was saved from demolition simply because it could be used as a storage facility and nowadays houses a little museum devoted to the old port of Brussels.
A good place to spot the Eurocrats in Brussels during lunch time or after hours is Place du Luxembourg located just next to the European parliament.
Good times laughing wholeheartedly
The building looming far away in the back is the European parliament
After hours leisure
L’église Notre-Dame-aux-Riches-Claires is a little gem of a church made all of red bricks dating back from 1617 and build in the Flemish Renaissance style. The layout was made for two distinct purposes. The main part was used by the congregation and the other adjacent building was a convent for nuns that was converted into privately owned apartments in the 19th century.
The Notre-Dame-aux-Riches-Claires Church
The part where the convent was shown in the forefront
the congregation from another angle
The dome
Closer look at the Flemish Renaissance style
At a distance
Built in between 1881 and 1882 the Passage du Nord is small a shopping arcade that crosses from boulevard Adolph Max to rue Neuve.
The gallery stands between the house of cats at one end and the luxurious Hotel Métropole at the other
It is decorated by a group of children carved by Albert Desenfans
They are supposed to represent day and night
Square Ambiorix is a bowl of fresh air located just 120 meters away from Shuman that is home of the EU institutions. Its really worth the short walk if you ever are in that part of Brussels since it also has around 20 very interesting buildings dating back from 1890. One of them being the art nouveau masterpiece house of Saint Cyr.
You will always find a large number of flowers all along Square Ambiorix
kid running after ducks at the fountain
L’abrevoir statue at a distance
Reading a book
A good example of multiculturalism living in harmony
statue with pigeons
relaxing on the grass
walking across the park
kids playground
Famous old architecture buildings
Approaching l’abrevoir statue
Watering place statue closeup
Row of tulips
La Folle Chanson Statue
The Demented Song Statue from the back
