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Brussels Capital Region". www.coe.int. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021 . Retrieved 19 December 2021. The Brussels-Capital Region is governed by a parliament of 89 members (72 French-speaking, 17 Dutch-speaking—parties are organised on a linguistic basis) and an eight-member regional cabinet consisting of a minister-president, four ministers and three state secretaries. By law, the cabinet must comprise two French-speaking and two Dutch-speaking ministers, one Dutch-speaking secretary of state and two French-speaking secretaries of state. The minister-president does not count against the language quota, but in practice every minister-president has been a bilingual francophone. The regional parliament can enact ordinances (French: ordonnances, Dutch: ordonnanties), which have equal status as a national legislative act. There are many museums in and around Brussels' city centre. On the first Sunday of every month, free entry is granted to many of Brussels' museums. Rue de la Senne – Inventaire du patrimoine architectural". monument.heritage.brussels (in French) . Retrieved 26 October 2023. Brussels became the capital following the Belgian revolution in 1830 when the country declared independence from the Netherlands. The country is split into two regions – Wallonia and Flanders – and Brussels sits in the Flanders region.
Halles Saint-Géry – Inventaire du patrimoine architectural". monument.heritage.brussels (in French) . Retrieved 26 October 2023.Another famous museum included in the group is the Magritte Museum. Here you can find an extensive collection of paintings by the surrealist Belgian René Magritte. Opened in 2009, this museum is a must-see for anyone interested in surrealism. Also a dozen of university colleges are located in Brussels, including two drama schools, founded in 1832: the French-speaking Conservatoire Royal and its Dutch-speaking equivalent, the Koninklijk Conservatorium. [254] [255] Primary and secondary education [ edit ] The vessel BRUSSELS (IMO: 9200691, MMSI: 255806004) is a Container Ship that was built in 2000 ( 23 years old ). It's sailing under the flag of [PT] Portugal.
The complexity of the Belgian political landscape makes some transportation issues difficult to solve. The Brussels-Capital Region is surrounded by the Flemish and Walloon regions, which means that the airports, as well as many roads serving Brussels (most notably the Brussels Ring) are located in the other two Belgian regions. The city is relatively car-dependent by northern European standards and is considered to be the most congested city in the world according to the INRIX traffic survey. [268] Air [ edit ] Brussels Airlines Airbus A319 landing at Brussels Airport in Zaventem Variants [ edit ] The flag on the Royal Palace of Brussels The 2:3 ratio is more commonly displayed on town halls. Pictured: town hall of Hasselt. National flag and civil ensign [ edit ] Rue Antoine Dansaert – Inventaire du patrimoine architectural". monument.heritage.brussels (in French) . Retrieved 26 October 2023. The Brussels local police, supported by the federal police, is responsible for law enforcement in Brussels. The 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region are divided into six police zones, [281] all bilingual (French and Dutch): Rue du Houblon – Inventaire du patrimoine architectural". monument.heritage.brussels (in French) . Retrieved 26 October 2023.In medieval times, Brussels stood at the intersection of routes running north–south (the modern Rue Haute/ Hoogstraat) and east–west ( Chaussée de Gand/ Gentsesteenweg– Rue du Marché aux Herbes/ Grasmarkt– Rue de Namur/ Naamsestraat). The ancient pattern of streets, radiating from the Grand-Place, in large part remains, but has been overlaid by boulevards built over the river Senne, over the city walls and over the railway connection between the North and South Stations. Today, Brussels has the most congested traffic in North America and Europe, according to US traffic information platform INRIX. [278] Distances to other cities
a b "Colonne du Congrès – Inventaire du patrimoine architectural". monument.heritage.brussels (in French) . Retrieved 26 October 2023. The Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company (STIB/MIVB) is the local public transport operator in Brussels. It covers the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region and some surface routes extend to the near suburbs in the other two regions, linking with the De Lijn network in Flanders and the TEC network in Wallonia. Quai du Commerce – Inventaire du patrimoine architectural". monument.heritage.brussels (in French) . Retrieved 26 October 2023. Iris pseudacorus is the scientific name of the golden iris, the symbol of the region of Brussels-Capital, which is widely used (tramways, subway, taxis etc...) but little-known. Hôtel Atlanta – Inventaire du patrimoine architectural". monument.heritage.brussels (in French) . Retrieved 26 October 2023.Inventaire du patrimoine architectural". monument.heritage.brussels (in French) . Retrieved 26 October 2023. a b Mary Anne Evans, Frommer's Brussels and Bruges Day by Day. First Edition (Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2008), 71. Migrant communities in the City of Brussels with over 1,000 people as of 1 January 2020: [81] France Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste au Béguinage – Inventaire du patrimoine architectural". monument.heritage.brussels (in French) . Retrieved 26 October 2023. Saint-Louis University, Brussels (also known as UCLouvain Saint-Louis – Bruxelles) was founded in 1858 and is specialised in social and human sciences, with 4,000 students, and located on two campuses in the City of Brussels and Ixelles. [249] From September 2018 on, the university uses the name UCLouvain, together with the Catholic University of Louvain, in the context of a merger between both universities. [250]
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