The sunset view
The garden descending to the Gothic Town Hall spire — the postcard.
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Start at the Grand-Place, walk 5 minutes up to Mont des Arts, pause for the view from the top of the steps, then continue to the Place Royale: the Magritte Museum, the Royal Museums, the MIM and the Royal Palace are all there. That is Brussels' cultural axis in one half-day on foot.
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Mont des Arts is the terraced garden linking the lower town (Grand-Place) to the upper town (Place Royale and the museums), and holds Brussels' most photographed view: from the top of the steps you see the geometric garden descend toward the Gothic Town Hall spire on the horizon — Brussels' classic postcard, especially at sunset. The name is apt: around it are the Royal Library (KBR), the Palace of Fine Arts "Bozar", the Musical Instruments Museum, the Magritte Museum and the Royal Museums — a cultural density in one block. The garden was designed by René Pechère in the 1950s, and the library building carries a large clock whose bells play a tune every hour with moving figures. Free and always open, and a natural passage on every Brussels walk — climb it from the Grand-Place to the museums, and pause for the view.
The garden descending to the Gothic Town Hall spire — the postcard.
Bells playing hourly with moving figures on the library.
Bozar, the Royal Library, the MIM and Magritte around it.
Mont des Arts, 1000 Brussels