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Private tour in Brussels Rafael D
The Historic Center 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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See the classics and the hidden gems.
Overview of your Brussels tour
Let me show you the old center of my city Brussels, from the Middle Ages to the present. Did you know that Brussels was 'redesigned' by a general of French King Louis XIV? How many languages do people speak here? What is up with King Leopold II? Why are we having so many comic strips painted walls downtown? I personally love history and architecture, and it may show! This is a walking tour, since the city center is predominantly pedestrian. The tour duration is minimum 2 hours, but let's choose what is good for you. Tell me what you want to eat or let me take you to the typical food places in the capital of Belgium. No, fries are not French. You can visit or we can add other places in the city or the region - see my other tours ('decolonization', art nouveau, comic strip tours, Waterloo, Leuven, Mechelen, . . . ).
Your Brussels tour itinerary
Start and end : Grand'Place / Grote Markt or at any location of your choice. After we meet, we will cover the following: Grand' Place / Grote Markt (what happened there in the 17th century?) and Beurs/Bourse, Manneken Pis, ... Central Station (and Horta's railway building) Ilôt Sacré / Sint Goriksbuurt (the hipster quarter) Mont des Arts / Kunstberg (the museum quarter) Place royale / Koningsplein and the royal palace (outside)
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Type: Walking
On foot. This is a walking tour. Other means of transport are possible, but require tour adaptation.
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Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
Let's meet at Grand'Place / Grote Markt or the Central Station, or at your hotel, or any other venue in Brussels near the center of the city.
- You can request a specific meeting location (for example, your hotel) during the checkout.
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