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Private tour in Brussels Rafael D
The European Quarter of Brussels Walking Tour
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Hi! I specialise in historic tours in and around Brussels since 2014. My calling is to give you unforgettable and tailor-made tours in EN, FR, DE or NL of Brussels and in neighboring Belgium's historic cities, museums, and I am also savvy in battlefield sites, like Waterloo near Brussels. And let us not forget to enjoy the food and beers! I have years of experience with guided tours for all target groups and ages. In Brussels I offer tours in the historic center of Brussels, around its Comic Strip walls, in the European Quarter, and I guide about difficult heritage and decolonization and about military heritage. In Belgium, as a local / regional, I also guide in Antwerp, Bruges, Aachen and do other tours on demand. -We discuss your wishes and needs and draw up a specific route for you and your group. -I also provide content for your own visit. I live in Brussels since 1998 and have lived in the US, France, Germany and the Netherlands, where I was born. I am passionate about history and about meeting new and interesting people and show them my city and region ! I am a partner of Official London Guides (U. K. ) and Berlin Wahnsinn (Germany). I am a member of the International Guild of Battlefield Guides and part of the Liberation Route Europe battlefield guides network. I also am an accredited guide with: -Korei Guided Tours (Belgium) -Belgian Comic Strip Museum (Belgium) -Forte Cultura Cultural Routes (Germany) -the Hartenstein Airborne Museum in Oosterbeek / Arnhem (Netherlands) -the Tourist Office of Cotentin (France) -the D-Day French-German Radar Museum in Douvres-la-Délivrande, Normandy (France) I specialize in groups from Belgium, the Netherlands, France, the United States, Canada and the UK. I have a car or can rent transportation to your wishes. -Tour Guide Training Flemish Community -'Waterloo 1805' Official Tour Guide -Belgian Comic Strip Center Official Tour Guide -License to guide at Hartenstein Museum, Oosterbeek (NL) -License to guide at Franco-German Radar Museum, Douvres-la-Délivrande (FR) -Forte Cultura Guide None.
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Learn where the expats work - where democracy works
Overview of your Brussels tour
As an ex-European Union civil servant of 15 years, I want to take you on a journey through the lively international quarter where the seat is of the European Union institutions. (out, I am a convinced European!) We can start and end at the Luxembourg Square, where locals meet the civil servants and the tourists. Yes, you. Visit of the surroundings with the history of the European Parliament, the European Council(s) buildings, the European Commission. We pass also through the Leopold Park and the Cinquantenaire / Jubelpark. Did you know they had wild animals in one of these parks ? Also, Einstein and the other fathers of the atomic bomb met regularly here. We can go back to the Luxembourg square or I can leave you at a great Belgian pub next near Place Schuman-plein. Addition: a visit of the European Parliament (via the Visitors' Center) can be organised. It is free, but needs to be organised in advance and is subject to free slots available). It lengthens however the tour by 1, 5 hr.
Your Brussels tour itinerary
We start at Luxembourg Square in front of the old train station (now a service of the European Parliament). We visit the buildings of the old World Exhibition in the Jourdan park and see the development of this green lung in this quarter. We then make our way to the centre of Europe, the Schuman Round-point with the majority of EU institutions. The tour will end where is convenient for you, Schuman Round-point (at a typical Belgian pub, or restaurant), or return at Luxembourg square for a drink at 'Place Lux' as it is commonly named once the after-work parties set in. * This itinerary can be customized.
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Type: Walking
This is a walking tour. I suggest wearing comfortable shoes.
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Ixelles, Bruxelles, 1050, Belgium
Where you want. Or meet me at Luxemburgplein / Place Luxembourg in front of the old train station on this square. It is located in front of Luxemburg / Luxembourg train station and the European Parliament. Best to reach this by public transport. Easy access - 10 min on foot from Maalbeek metro station or Schuman metro or train station.
- You can request a specific meeting location (for example, your hotel) during the checkout.
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