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Art Nouveau walk
Art Nouveau born in brussels
it was in Brussels that the Art Nouveau style originated around the 1890s thanks to a pioneering architect, Victor Horta, who, along with Hankar, Cauchie, the Delune brothers, Blérot and twenty or so of their colleagues, established its worth. This all-encompassing art, which dominated every fi eld until 1920, is not only found in architecture, it also stamped its mark on furniture, carpets, decorative objects and jewellery. In reaction to the frenzy of all-out industrialisation, the motifs of the period stem mainly from nature. Geometry makes way for arabesques, fl ora climbs and winds its way up metallic structures, and stone cut into curves seems to lose its rigidity. This artistic movement was sudden and fairly brief but it had such power that it soon became international under other designations such as Modern Style in Britain or Style Nouille in France. Brussels has an enormous Art Nouveau heritage in many quarters of the city. A cycle ride lets you see as many of these gems as possible. These wonders are the subject of a Biennial, which, by way of exception, opens up to everyone dozens of public and private premises: schools, swimming pools, private houses, function buildings and special collections can be viewed every two years for the last 4 weekends in October.
Other informations
Hotel Tassel
Rue P-E Janson 6
The Van Rysselberghe house
Rue de Livourne 83
Hotel Otlet
Rue de Livourne 48
House of Count Goblet
d’Alviella
Rue Faider 10
The Ciamberlani house
Rue Defacqz 48
House of the painter
René Janssens
Rue Defacqz 50
Rue Faider 83 & 85
The private house
of Paul Hankar
Rue Defacqz 71
Châtelain area
house and studios of the
architect
Rue Américaine 25 - 1060 Bru
Tel.: +32 (0)2 543 04 90
press contact: Thierry Mondelaers
thierry@hortamuseum.be
www.hortamuseum.be
La place du Châtelain, and its
café terraces.
Private house
Rue Africaine 92
Brugmann area
The “Les Hiboux” house
Avenue Brugmann 55
Hotel Hannon (Espace
Photographique Contretype)
Avenue de la Jonction 1 - 1060 Bru
Tel.: +32 (0)2 538 42 20
press contact: Evelyne Biver
eb.contretype@skynet.be
www.contretype.org
Ixelles ponds area
Rue de Belle-Vue 42-44-46
Avenue des Klauwaerts 16-15
Rue de la Vallée 2-4-6-8-10-
12-18-20-22-24-26-28-32-40
Rue Vilain XIIII 7 -9-11
Hotel Max Hallet
Avenue Louise 346
Rue du Lac 6
Avenue De Gaulle 39-38
Abbaye de la Cambre
Place Flagey
And its cosmopolitan
atmosphere.
(Former Broadcasting House)
Place Sainte-Croix - 1050 Bru
Tel.: +32 (0)2 641 10 10
press contact: Séverine Provost
Tel.: +32 (0)2 644 61 91
info@spcc.be
www.flagey.be
Ixelles Museum
of Fine Arts
Rue J. Van Volsem 71 - 1050 Bru
Tel.: +32 (0)2 515 64 21
musee@ixelles.be
press contact: Bérénice Demaret
Tel.: +32 (0)2 515 64 27
www.museedixelles.be
Architecture Foundation
Rue de l’Ermitage 55 - 1050 Bru
Tel.: +32 (0)2 642 24 80
press contact: Bertille Amaudric
bertilleamaudric@hotmail.com
www.fondationpourlarchitecture.be
Hotel Solvay
Architecte : V. Horta -
1894-1898
Avenue Louise 224 - 1050 Bru
Tel.: +32 (0)2 640 56 45
www.hotelsolvay.be
Constantin Meunier Museum
(Royal Museums of Fine Arts)
Rue de l’Abbaye 59 - 1050 Bru
Tel.: +32 (0)2 648 44 49
info@fine-arts-museum.be
press contact: Barbara Porteman
barbara.porteman@fine-arts-museum.be
Tel.: +32 (0)2 508 34 08
www.fine-arts-museum.be
Delune House
Architect : L. Delune - 1904
Avenue Fr. Roosevelt 86 - 1050 Bru
La Cambre forest
Some roads are closed to cars
on Saturdays and Sundays:
during the summer, bicycles can
be hired from Pro Velo
(Carrefour des Attelages).
Here you find other ideas for places to visit or events to do in Brussels, not taking into account the appreciation of other visitors for these places, nor for the area, the profile or the same experience.
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Brussels and Comic Strip
Above all, don’t miss the ’comic strip trail’, which has involved thirty walls in the capital being covered with comic strip characters that are larger than in life in every sense and portrayed in the most comical situations... -
Fashion trail
In Brussels, creativity is just like the art de vivre: inventive or even eccentric...
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Sunday markets walk: from the Sablon to the Marolles
The Sablon and the Marolles districts are a real gold mine for art lovers, collectors or bargain hunters...
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Tintin walk
While Hergé and Tintin are known all over the world, we should not lose sight of the fact that Brussels and Belgium occupied a key place in the life and work of this master of the Ninth Art...
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Walk Europe
The Parliament and the institutions of the European Union with their vast, modern and prolific buildings effectively symbolise the construction of a continent in constant social, cultural, economic and political mutation...
