Walk the square and look up at the guild houses; 15 min.
The guild houses and Gothic Town Hall make this one of Europe's most complete historic squares (UNESCO World Heritage). Come at night when the facades are lit and the day-trip…
The 55 cm bronze boy (the one on the street is a copy; the 17th-century original is in the City Museum) is the city's mascot and is dressed in costume several times a week.
Opened in 1847, one of Europe's first glass-roofed shopping arcades, with chocolatiers, a theatre, a cinema and old cafes under an elegant iron-and-glass vault.
Brabantine Gothic cathedral built over three centuries, used for royal weddings and funerals, with 16th-century stained glass by Bernard van Orley's workshop.
A neo-Renaissance garden ringed by 48 bronze statuettes of the old Brussels guilds, with Counts Egmont and Horn in the centre; a quiet bench stop above the Sablon cafes.
