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Oct 17, 2007

Brussels Furnished rentals

2 bedroom penthouse fully furnished and equipped - 

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This spacious (120m²) air-conditioned 2 bedroom penthouse features 2 bathrooms, a fully fitted kitchen, a bright living room and two spectacular terraces, providing a fantastic view on the city.

It is furnished and decorated in a warm and traditional style that will appeal to corporate travellers and businessmen alike. This luxury furnished rental is also suitable for families, and can be rented on a weekly (€172/night) or on a monthly basis (€3700)

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Complimentary maid and laundry services (weekly), Health Club and Business Centre.

Parking facilities are available on site.

For further information about this apartment, please feel free to contact us.

Services - Have a look at our Corporate Apartments

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The apartment is located on the fashionable avenue Louise, in uptown Brussels, near public transport and Brussels

upscale shops.

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Brussels short-term rentals

Short-term rentals in Brussels : 

Superb 100m² furnished apartment with terrace available from mid-January:

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Brussels_serviced_apartment_rue_s_4Spacious 1 bedroom apartment with en-suite bathroom, large and bright living room with sofa bed, dining room, fully fitted kitchen with dishwasher, oven, microwave oven, fridge and large freezer, separate WC, cable TV, telephone and broadband Internet. Collective laundry room  in the building with washers and dryers.

Aparthotels_brussels_rue_souverai_2The apartment is located in a quiet building in n° 30 rue Souveraine, away from traffic, and has a nice terrace with garden furniture.

Our guests are offered complimentary access to our Health Club and business centre (equipped with computers and printers).

If you are tired of hotel rooms, this executive furnished apartment is a perfect and cost-effective alternative that will provide the most demanding traveller with the comfort of a home away from home.

Daily rate : € 135 (minimum stay is 4 nights)

For further information, please feel free to contact us

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Oct 16, 2007

Megavino 2007

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Quand on pense à ce que le plat pays a donné à l’humanité, il est clair que la production viticole belge vient loin, loin, très loin derrière les pralines, le surréalisme, les moules frites, Tintin et Johnny Halliday.

On produit pourtant du vin en Belgique depuis le 13ème siècle. (Les principaux cépages sont le chardonnay, pinot gris, muller-thurgau, kerner, pinot blanc, riesling, auxerois… Les vins belges ont connu leur heure de gloire, mais aussi le goût amer de la défaite lorsque Napoléon Bonaparte ordonna l’arrachage de toutes les vignes belges, et ce n’est que dans les années 60 que l’activité viticole reprendra).

Du 19 au 22 octobre les plus curieux - pas nécessairement les plus courageux- auront la possibilité de goûter ces vins et de rencontrer des viticulteurs belges parmi les nombreux exposants du salon Megavino.

Pour l’occasion, Brussels expo se transforme en immense cave à vins. Jugez plutôt :

250 exposants, des milliers de vins originaires de  plus de 30 pays, des concours de vins, conférences, ateliers, harmonisations et démonstrations culinaires etc…sont au programme de cette 9ème édition de Megavino.

Cela mérite bien une petite expédition vinophile du côté du Brussels Expo (palais 3 –métro Heysel)

Heures d’ouverture:
Vendredi de 18 à 23h00
Samedi de 12 à 20h00
Dimanche de 10 à 19h00
Lundi de 10 à 18h00

Prix d’entrée:
10€, verre de dégustation, catalogue et plan du salon compris

Oct 15, 2007

Brussels Christmas Market 2007

Brussels_christmas_marketBrussels will hold its annual Christmas market (Hailed “Europe’s most original Christmas market” by British tour operators) on Place Ste-Catherine and around the Stock Exchange, from November 30 through January 1, 2008.

From Monday to Friday (11am to 20pm) and at weekends (11am to 10pm), a large number of stalls will display an array of European products in a warm and friendly atmosphere.

The ice skating rink will be back on Place Ste-Catherine, and the Grand-Place will be the theater of a beautiful sound and light show every evening.

The full schedule of the event will be available soon on www.plaisirsdhiver.be

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Oct 07, 2007

Rubens, a genius at work

Exhibition at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium until January 27, 2008

Rubens_selfportraitApprenticed in Antwerp, Rubens spent eight years in Italy studying the Renaissance masters before returning home, where he quickly completed a remarkable series of paintings for Antwerp Cathedral. His fame spread far and wide and for the rest of his days, Rubens was inundated with work, receiving commissions from all over Europe.

The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium own a stunning collection of around fifty works (oil sketches, cabinet paintings, altarpieces…) either painted by Rubens himself or in collaboration with the likes of Jan Brueghel the Elder and Cornelis de Vos.

Museum conservators and specialized researchers have spent the past four years subjecting each and every one of these works to thorough analysis. For the first time the results are now presented in an exhibition that puts these paintings in the context of their artistic genesis. Six sections, each devoted to a different aspect of the atelier, offer the visitor the perfect chance to discover the manner in which Rubens and his team set to work.

To give more depth to this exhibition, the museum has secured the loan of some 60 additional paintings and drawings, most of them by the hand of Rubens himself. These works come from some of the world’s most famous museums, such as the Louvre, the Prado and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, just to name a few.

This is a unique chance for visitors to discover Rubens’ creative genius on the basis of nearly 120 works.

Exhibition 14 09 2007 - 27 01 2008
Royal Museums of fine Arts of Belgium
Rue de la Régence 3
1000 Brussels

Information: 

tel. : 32 (0)2 508 33 33

fax : 32 (0)2 508 32 32

Opening hours :

Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
(ticket office closes at 4p.m.)
Closed on Mondays, November 1 2007 and 11 2007, December 25 2007, January 1 2008, January 10 2008

Entrance fees:

Adults: 9€
Seniors, Students, groups (>15 people): : 6,5€
School parties / pupil, handicapped, unemployed, teachers: 2,5€
Entrance free for the Friends of the Museums and children below 13 years with an adult

Audioguide (available for hire at the entrance): € 4


The tickets give access to the collections of the Museums of Fine Arts on the same day. 

Ticket sale:

At the museum cash point
+32 (0)70 22 30 20 - adults
+32(0)2 508 33 33 - groups
Via internet :
www.sherpa.be

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Brussels unusual sights

The following pictures were taken during Brussels car free day, on Sept. 23.

Dimanche 23 septembre à Bruxelles. Le bitume et les pavés sont pris d'assaut par des colonies de piétons, cyclistes, et autres quadrupèdes...

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Parc Royal de Bruxelles

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Attelage rue de la Loi

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