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| Country | .svg/20px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
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| City | Brussels |
| Postal code | 1000 |
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 50 ° 50 ′ 48 ″ N 4 ° 21 ′ 9 ″ E | |
the Pentagon, also called the Heart of Brussels, is the central district of city of brussels, capital of Belgium. If its general silhouette looks like a heart, its geometric shape is not that of a pentagon but of an irregular hexagon.
Understand
Geography
Relief
The West and the Center of the Pentagon have the relief of a valley bottom, since located in that of the Senne, with a minimum altitude of 18 meters along the Brussels-Charleroi canal on the 1 Boulevard Barthélémy and a very gentle slope to the foot of the eastern slope located at about forty meters above sea level, for example at the Brussels-Central station. The eastern part, when it comes to it, is on the slope of the same valley with a highest point, on the hill of Coudenberg, at 80 meters to the 2 Namur gate . Between the valley and the top of its slope, there is no coast that will "take your breath away" or "break your calves"; you will find the steepest slope at 3 Coudenberg with an average percentage of 7.6% over a distance of 145 meters away.
Weather
The climate is oceanic with a temperate summer. The table of meteorological records can be consulted in the section "Weather »Of the article devoted to Brussels-Capital Region. The Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium (IRM), where these readings come from, is located at 5.5 kilometers great circle south of the Grand Place and is on a plateau while the Pentagon is surrounded by seven hills. The temperature readings taken atMRI are slightly lower than those which could be taken in the center of Brussels, especially as the buildings are denser and human activity more important.
Story
Until the middle of the XIVe century and the start of the construction of a second enclosure around the city of brussels in 1356, the history of the Pentagon merges with the latter.
The first three places occupied were, first, an oratory dedicated to the Archangel Saint-Michel built at the end of VIIe century on a hill (called "Treurenberg" since the second half of the XVIe century) where two important medieval causeways crossed; this oratory will become the current one Saints-Michel-et-Gudule cathedral, then, Île Saint-Géry (which roughly corresponded to the current place Saint-Géry and its immediate surroundings to the south and east) where, in 979, the Duke of Basse-Lotharingie, Charles of Basse-Lotharingie, had a keep built there and, probably, a fortified enclosure to install the seat of his duchy and, finally, the hill of Coudenberg (which is the highest of the hills of medieval Brussels) when, in the middle of the XIe century, the count of Louvain Lambert II Balderic decides to transfer his residence from Île Saint-Géry to this hill.
Urbanization around these three helping places, a first enclosure, encompassing them, four kilometers long and comprising seven gates is built from the beginning of the XIIIe century by the first of the Dukes of Brabant, Henri says "the Courageous". As the urban fabric continued to develop over time, a second wall eight kilometers long, also comprising seven gates and having the approximate geometric shape of a pentagon, was erected between 1356 and 1400 by the city authorities.
The stability of the powers in place having returned after the Napoleonic epic, the city authorities decided, in 1818, to raze this second enclosure (the dismantling of the first enclosure took place between XVIe and the XVIIIe century) and replace it with promenade boulevards. Only will remain, in situ, the medieval Hal gate and three granting doors dating from 1806 for the Anderlecht gate and the Porte de Ninove and 1840 for the Namur gate (the latter will be moved to the entrance of the wood of the Cambre in 1862). From the 1950s, under pressure from the automobile, new traffic plans were put in place (partly in anticipation of the 1958 Universal Exhibition); tunnels are dug for cars at crossings with perpendicular lanes and the promenade boulevards become a fast lane for cars nicknamed the "small belt ».
Bibliography
- Paul de Saint-Hilaire, Mysterious Brussels, Brussels, Rossel, 1976, 159 p. (OCLC4438781)
- Marc Meganck and Xavier Claes, Brussels beyond the walls: 160 island interiors unveiled, Brussels, Éditions Aparté, 2006, 221p. (ISBN978-2-930327-16-7)(OCLC800225716)
- Georges Lebouc, Unusual history of the streets of Brussels, Brussels, Éditions Racine, 2007, 206 p. (ISBN978-2-873865-22-1)(OCLC247884855)
- Georges Lebouc, Streets and men in Brussels, Brussels, Éditions Racine, 2008, 224 p. (ISBN978-2-873865-74-0)(OCLC299688937)
Neighborhoods
 Map of central districts of Brussels |
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Freedoms - This district has as its center the Place des Libertés. From it radiate roads with a name in connection with the fundamental freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution such as the rue du Culte (article 19 on freedom of worship), the rue de l'Enseignement (article 24.1 and 24.3 on freedom and the right to school education), rue de la Presse (article 25 on freedom of the press), rue de Association (article 26 on freedom of assembly). Other roads relate to the Belgian revolution of 1831 such as the place des Barricades, the rue du Congrès or the rue de la Révolution. |  |
Royal - It is so named, not only, because it houses the royal palace but also because it was from XIIIe century, when Henry Ier Duke of Brabant left theSaint-Géry island to set up his residence there, the seat of power. For nearly 600 years, the Coudenberg Palace becomes the place where the counts, dukes, archdukes, kings, emperors or governors who, until XVIIIe century, exercise their sovereignty over the Duchy of Brabant and all or part of the Netherlands. Since 1831 and the country's independence, the district has always housed the place of legislative power represented by the federal parliament, that of the executive power with the seat of government and that of the royal function exercised in royal palace. It is also here that sits the Constitutional Court which controls whether the norms having the force of law are in conformity with the Belgian Constitution as well as the Court of Auditors which judges the regularity of the public accounts. Note that the quadrilateral surrounding the Brussels park is the only place in the country where any manifestation of claim is absolutely prohibited. |  |
Sand - At XVIIe century, it was the district of the aristocrats, of which certain palaces and mansions still remain, it became, since the second half of the XXe century that of antique dealers, art dealers and gallery owners. |  |
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Midi-Lemonnier - This district has undergone continual upheavals throughout the XIXe century. It was first of all the construction of the first Brussels station bound for the south on the site of the current Place Rouppe and the tracks on the site of the current avenue de Stalingrad (hence its extraordinary width) then the vault of the Senne and the construction of Boulevard Lemonnier and places Fontainas and Anneessens included in the development in Haussmannian style from the main boulevards of the center. Nowadays, many retail outlets are located along Boulevard Lemonnier, Avenue de Stalingrad and Rue du Midi. Place Rouppe, meanwhile, hosts theHoreca (including the restaurant Like home) where, in summer, it is good to sip a drink on a terrace. |  |
Seine - Popular district if there is one, it was, from the Middle Ages, occupied by craftsmen mainly tanners and millers who used the water of the Senne to practice their activities. With the industrial revolution, many craft breweries, which have now disappeared, settled in the neighborhood. From this revolution remain many industrial buildings today transformed into lofts. The two main places of tourist interest are gentrified rue Dansaert, which delimits the district with that of the Quais, a real showcase for young Belgian stylists and fashion designers from the Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp and the School of La Cambre in Brussels, as well as the museum of sewers. |  |
Docks - It is the district of the old port of Brussels whose activity continued from the beginning of the 1550s, with the digging of the Willebroek canal, until the beginning of the 1920s, with the modernization of the said canal and the creation of a new port outside the "Pentagon". The old basins which were then filled in are still recognizable today thanks to certain road names. After crossing the “Porte du Rivage” (currently Place de l'Yser), the first basin was the “Grand Bassin” (currently Quai du Commerce) in which opened another small basin called “Bassin du Chantier” (currently quai du Chantier), then came the "Bassin des Barques" (currently quai au Bois de Construction and quai à la Chaux) with, to the left of its entrance, the Bassin de l'Entrepôt (currently quai aux Foins and quai aux Pierres de Size), following on from the “Bassin des Barques” came the “Bassin des Marchands”, also known as the “Fish Market” (currently quai aux Briques and quai au Bois à Brûler) and, finally, the small “ Bassin de Sainte-Catherine ”(currently the northern part of Place Sainte-Catherine between Rue de Flandre and Place du Samedi) which was filled in at the start of the 1850s to allow the construction of the new Sainte-Catherine church. Nowadays, one still finds, along these old quays, many middle-class houses having belonged to rich merchants who preserved the carriage entrances leading to the warehouses and the main activity is constituted by restaurants, in particular on the "Market". aux fishes ”and Place Sainte-Catherine, whose cuisine is based on seafood. |  |
Marais-Jacqmain - Unfortunately, in this district, and apart from the perimeter of the Martyrs Square, many buildings were victims of the haussmannization from the end of XIXe century and Brusselsization from the 1960s and 1970s. If the eastern part (“les Marais”) is more devoted to administrations, ministries and bank headquarters, the western part (“Jacqmain-Adolphe Max”) is entirely devoted to retail trade. This is where we find the new road who, along his 590 meters all in a straight line, is the busiest shopping street in Belgium with more than 52,000 visitors daily but also the most expensive with rents, in 2010, of 1 680 € at M2 and which has the second largest shopping center in the country, namely City 2 with an area of 51 000 m2. It was in this rue Neuve that Belgium experienced its greatest disaster, since its independence, the with the department store fire To Innovation (today Galeria Inno) which left 323 dead and 150 injured. |  |
To go
By plane
The Brussels-Capital Region is served byBrussels-National airport. Several means of transport connect the airport directly to the "Pentagon".
On level 0 (arrivals hall):
- taxis, equipped with a license that can be identified by the blue and yellow emblem of this license, remain permanently available in front of this arrivals hall;
- the buses are also on level 0;
- Line 272 and express line 471 of the De Lijn company connect the airport to the Brussels-North station, via the NOT21 (Chaussée de Haecht). At the station, correspondence with trams 3431 and 32 towards the city center,
- The buses 21 (Between 20 h and 0 h as well as Saturdays and Sundays) and 12 of the STIB connect the airport to the Brussels-Luxembourg station (correspondence with buses 27 Where 95 → « stock Exchange " and 38 Where 71 → « De Brouckère ") Through the Robert Schuman roundabout (correspondence with subways 1 → "West Station" and 5 → “Erasmus”);
- six international car rental agencies have desks in the arrivals hall.
- Rental car at the airport (level 0 (arrivals hall))
At level -1:
- Brussels-Airport-National station (Station of Brussels National Airport), IC (InterCity) or IR (InterRegion) trains run directly from the airport to the Brussels-Central station approximately every ten minutes between 4 h 40 and midnight.
By train
The Pentagon is crossed, right through on a north-south axis, by a railway junction: the North-South junction (line 0). Long 3,8 km and partially underground, this junction which has 6 lanes is, with the daily passage of 1,200 trains, the most used line in Belgium and the busiest railway tunnel in the world.
On either side of the junction, the two stations of importance for receiving international passenger traffic are the 1 Brussels-North station and the 2 Brussels-Midi station . Between them in the Pentagon, there are three stations on the way to the junction which are from north to south the Bruxelles-Congrès station, the Bruxelles-Central station and the Bruxelles-Chapelle station.
Brussels-Central station is, with more than 36 million passengers per year in 2013, the second station after Brussels-Midi, the busiest in Belgium.
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Buffets, stalls and automatic teller machine.
yes (boulevard de l'Impératrice).
By coach
Two international passenger transport companies are active in Brussels:
- Eurolines :
- stop North Station, transfer to the city center by trams 3431 and 32 whose station is located under the station or by the taxi rank located rue du Progrès to the left of the station entrance.
- stop Midnight station, transfer to the city center by trams 3431 and 32 whose station is located under the station or by the taxi rank located rue Ernest Blerot at the main entrance of the station (unfortunately quite far from the bus stop).
- iDBUS :
- Gare du Midi stop, connection to the city center by trams 3431 and 32 or by the taxi rank located rue de France.
By car
It is appropriate to join the part of the R20 that surrounds the "Pentagon". Called "small belt », It has 17 access points indicated by signs marked with the pictogram 
and, where appropriate, a directional arrow (example: "
Art-Law ”).
To join the R20 from the east, join the “Groot-Bijgaarden” motorway junction on the motorway ring road R0 and follow the direction "Brussel". You are gold and already on the R20 (avenue Charles-Quint).
Coming from any other direction, join the “Sint-Stevens-Woluwe” motorway junction on the motorway ring road R0 and follow the direction "Brussel" then "Center-Centrum", take the tunnel "Reyers → Center", at the exit continue straight until the Robert Schuman roundabout, then the 2e on the right (rue de la Loi) until R20 (crossing " Art-Law ”).
Circulate
By public transport
The network of the Société des transports intercommunaux de Bruxelles (STIB) being very developed there, it is the easiest way to travel in the center of Brussels.
Metro lines 1 (Stockel ↔ West Station) and 5 (Herrmann Debroux ↔ Erasmus) cross the Pentagon, following an east-west axis, with joint stations at “ Art-Law ”,“ Park ”,“Central Station », « De Brouckère "And" Sainte-Catherine ".
Metro lines 2 (Simonis-Élisabeth ↔ King Baudouin) and 6 (Simonis-Léopold II ↔ Simonis-Élisabeth) walk through part of the “small belt "With joint stations at road access points between" Yser "and"Hal gate ».
The premetro lines 3 (Esplanade ↔ Churchill), 4 (North Station ↔ Stall), 31 (North Station ↔ Marius Renard), 32 (Da Vinci ↔ Drogenbos Castle) cross the Pentagon, following a north-south axis, with joint stations at " Rogier ","De Brouckère », « stock Exchange "," Anneessens "and"Lemonnier ».
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Four of the seventeen stations in the center of Brussels make it possible to reach any destination in the Brussels-Capital Region.
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The STIB has, on the other hand, put on line several network plans facilitating the life of the users:
- Brussels intercommunal transport company – Map of the metro-tram-bus network (including the “De lijn” and “TEC” bus lines)
- Noctis – Map of the "Noctis" network
- – Stations equipped to accommodate PMR
By bike
Cycling in the city center is quite easy with a minimum of attention to the traffic of other users, whether they are motorized or not. If there is no cycle path on its own site, many roads have one or two cycle lanes on the roadway. Many one-way roads are designed as a two-way cycle. It is possible to transport a bicycle free of charge in the metro and low-floor trams (T2000, T3000 and T4000 type trams) outside of the peak hours of the week which range from 7 h - 9 h and16 h - 18 h 30 ; stickers on the doors indicate where you can board. A multitude of free parking spaces for bicycles, with inverted U-type attachment points, have been placed in the center of Brussels.
Two shared bicycle service companies are active in the “Pentagon”.
- Blue-bike has a station inside the Brussels-Central station. Registration fees (the 1D times) are 10 € and rental for 24 h cost 3 €.
- The pros : ideal for radiating from Brussels-Central station and inexpensive (apart from registration fees) for use for more than two hours.
- Against the : the bike can only be returned in the station of Brussels-Central station; this station, unlike others, does not have an electric bicycle.
- Blue-bike – Details of the "Gare centrale" station.
- Villo!, meanwhile, has set up 29 stations inside the "Pentagon" and 5 on the "little belt". Registration fee for 1 day: 1,6 €, for 7 days: 7,65 €. Usage: 1D half hour: free. Payment is made via the interactive payment terminal using a debit card equipped with the "Maestro" function.
- The pros : many stations where the bike can be returned, application for mobile phone allowing to know the number of bikes available and the number of free attachment points in a station, possibility of reaching each station in less than half an hour and therefore of '' avoid user fees.
- Against the : very heavy bikes, practically impossible to handle when traveling by metro or tram.
- Villo! – Application to download to find a station, the number of bikes available and the number of free attachment points.
| No. | Last name | Location |
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| 5 | 5 stock Exchange | Rue Paul Delvaux, 2 |
| 6 | 6 Central Station | Rue de l'Infante Isabelle |
| 23 | 7 Agora | Rue du Marché aux Herbes, 120 |
| 33 | 8 Sudden death | Vegetable Herb Mountain Street |
| 34 | 9 Fontainas | Boulevard Anspach, 186 to 194 |
| 36 | 10 Saint Jean | Lombard Street, 42 |
| Liberty Quarter | ||
| 48 | 11 Congress | Rue Royale, 144 to 148 |
| Royal Quarter | ||
| 7 | 12 Park | Rue Royale (opposite numbers 66 and 68) |
| 14 | 13 Namur gate | Boulevard du Régent (opposite n ° 1) |
| 20 | 14 Royal palace | Royal Street, 14 |
| 35 | 15 Cantersteen | Kantersteen, 41 to 47 |
| 46 | 16 Albertine | Boulevard de l'Emepreur, 2 |
| Sablons district | ||
| 11 | 17 Sablon | Rue de la Régence, 20 |
| 37 | 18 Poelaert | Place Poelaert, 3 |
| Marolles district | ||
| 10 | 19 Chapel | Chapel Square |
| 38 | 20 Ball game | Rue Blaes, 135 to 141 |
| Midi-Lemonnier district | ||
| 9 | 21 Anneessens | Boulevard Maurice Lemonnier, 42 to 46 |
| 13 | 22 Lemonnier | Boulevard Maurice Lemonnier, 202 to 206 |
| Senne district | ||
| 4 | 23 Flower garden | Rue des Six Jetons, 69 and 71 |
| 32 | 24 Dansaert | Rue Antoine Dansaert, 60 to 64 |
| 42 | 25 Ninove Gate | Ninove Square |
| Quays district | ||
| 3 | 26 Flanders Gate | Rue de Flandre, 197 and 199 |
| 29 | 27 Baudouin | Rue de Laeken (opposite n ° 166 and 168) |
| 47 | 28 The Quays | Quai à la Chaux, 1 and 2 |
| Marais-Jacqmain district | ||
| 21 | 29 De Brouckère | Place De Brouckère, 44 to 48 |
| 30 | 30 Laeken | Rue de Laeken, 109 to 117 |
| 31 | 31 Comic strip museum | Boulevard Pacheco, 56 |
| On the "little belt" | ||
| 8 | 32 Art-Law | Avenue des Arts, 24 (Royal district and European quarter) |
| 12 | 33 Throne | Avenue des Arts, 58 (Royal district and European quarter) |
| 16 | 34 Louise | Place Louise (Sablons district and Avenue Louise and Bois de la Cambre district) |
| 39 | 35 Currency Hotel | Boulevard de Waterloo, 93 to 98 |
| 40 | 36 Hal gate | Boulevard du Midi, 142 |
| 55 | 37 Botanical | Avenue Galilee, 1 (Liberty district) and Saint-Josse-ten-Noode) |
| 57 | 38 Madou | Rue de Scailquin, (Liberty district) and Saint-Josse-ten-Noode) |
Walk
Circulate on foot within a perimeter of 8 km and with a maximum great circle distance of 2,8 km between two points, is really not an insurmountable thing. Most sidewalks are generously sized and the roads have many pedestrian crossings. The public roads reserved only for soft traffic (pedestrians and bicycles) as well as the ten shopping arcades add to the pleasure of strolling on foot.
To promote the safety of visually impaired people, sidewalks as well as platforms and stops on the STIB and the platforms of the SNCB are all equipped with tactile strips and pedestrian crossing traffic lights are fitted with an audible warning (close beeps when the light is green for pedestrians and spaced beeps when it is red). Most sidewalks are equipped with a boat at pedestrian crossings in order to facilitate the movement of PMR.
By car
Using the car inside the "Pentagon" is not easy because of the heavy traffic at all hours of the day, even on weekends. Even the "small belt", however dedicated to the automobile, knows incessant traffic jams at each access point and the slightest incident (collision or broken down vehicle) has repercussions on the flow of traffic.
It is preferable to go as quickly as possible to one of the 21 paid car parks, each with spaces reserved for PMR and therefore elevators, which count the center of Brussels and then to use another means of locomotion. The price (2015) of a parking lot, depending on the chosen parking lot, varies between 2,3 € for an hour at 15 € for six hours and more. In the evening, between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m., prices vary between 2,3 € for an hour and 5 € for parking between two hours and ten hours maximum.
Currently, only access to the "small belt" " Art-Loi ”and coming from rue de la Loi, has an electronic sign indicating the direction of the nearest paying car parks as well as, in real time, their number of free spaces. This sign is surmounted by the inscription "P-Route" and is placed to the right of the bridge overhanging the "small belt".
The "Pentagon" has 248 free spaces reserved for PMR. These are painted blue with a pictogram 
and provided with an authorized parking road sign accompanied by the E9i signal. Please note that the presence, behind the windshield, of a European parking card for disabled people is very frequently checked and that offenders will be subject to a fine of 100 € and the removal of their vehicle to an impound.
- City of brussels – Location map of paid parking lots in the “Pentagon”.
- Brussels Mobility – Indicates, in real time, the number of free spaces in car parks with the pictogram circled in red. To get the information, you must check the "Public parking" box on the right of the screen. The site also indicates, in real time, the fluidity of traffic on the "small belt" and allows you to check other options such as work in progress, the presence of a fixed speed camera, etc.
- City of brussels – Location map of the car parks reserved for PMR in the "Pentagon".
A motorcycle
Getting around on a motorbike is easier than in a car. The same goes for finding parking. The "Pentagon" has ten free parking areas where the motorcyclist can hang his padlock on a hoop fixed in the ground.
Motorcycles can also be parked in the marked out spaces for a car. If there is a charge for this location, the price for motorcycles is the same as for cars but must only be paid once regardless of the number of motorcycles occupying the location. They may be parked perpendicular to the roadway as long as they do not exceed the parking marking indicated.
- City of brussels – Map of the free parking lots for motorcycles in the “Pentagon”.
To see
For lovers of urban panoramas, the "Pentagon" offers only one public place accessible at all times: the ambulatory of the 1 place Poelaert in the Sablons district.
Many events take place at the same time in several districts of the "Pentagon":
- Pride parade (Pride March)
Thursday May 13, 2021 (start of the parade at 15 h). 
free. – Very colorful parade with many floats organized by the Holebis Belgian.
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- Zinneke parade Saturday, . free. – Zinneke means, in marollien, a "mongrel dog" but is now used to qualify someone who is the result of several cultures. Imagined by cultural animator Mirko Popovitch, it is the antithesis of the very official Ommegang. Raised from scratch by popular multi-racial associations, it parades on floats forming a colorful spectacle that can only be compared, in Europe, with the London carnival of Nothing Hill.
- Ommegang ,
32 2 5121961, e-mail : [email protected] Sunday July 4, 2021 and Tuesday July 6, 2021. on the course: free, stands on the Grand Place : between 38 and 78 €. – 
The Procession of the Ommegang is the reconstruction of the feast which marked the entry of Charles V into Brussels in 1549 in the tradition of a procession of XIVe century. Every first Tuesday and Thursday of July, 1,300 extras in sumptuous period costumes participate in this event which takes place between the Place du Grand Sablon and the Grand Place.
- Plantation of Meyboom (Mââbûm) Monday, August 9, 2021. free. – This is the planting of the May tree organized by the Compagnons de Saint Laurent and whose tradition dates back to XIIIe century. The tree is cut in the morning in the wood of the Cambre and brought (with a stop in all the bistros!) on the Grand Place, from there he is carried in procession by the bûûmdroegers towards the corner of rue des Sables and rue du Marais. It must be planted there before 17 h under penalty of seeing the privilege granted to the city of Leuven. Probably the most picturesque festival in Brussels but above all the most popular because it is the most anchored in the traditions of the real Brussels residents.
- Procession of Saint-Verhaegen (Saint-V) Saturday 20 November 2021 (Midsummer Day). free. – Procession that starts Place du Grand Sablon and bringing together tanks chartered by the various student circles of theULB and some VUB. The parade brings together an armada of vans, trucks and even semi-trailers that sport decorations and ornamentation depicting a theme. Each carries pumps and beer kegs to water the few thousand students and former students participating in this guindaille. During dislocation, Place de la Bourse, the sets are burnt. Please note that attending the procession involves a risk, for the onlooker, of being sprinkled with flour.
For tourist sites and events specific to each district, read the "See" section of each of these districts:
- Center district
- Liberty Quarter
- Royal Quarter
- Sablons district
- Marolles district
- Midi-Lemonnier district
- Senne district
- Quays district
- Marais-Jacqmain district
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Certaines activités ont lieux simultanément dans le périmètre de plusieurs quartiers du « Pentagone ».
- Brussels City Tour - Parcour BD , 32 2 5137744, e-mail : [email protected] départ à 10 h ( prise en charge entre 9 h 30 and 10 h devant tout hôtel situé à moins de 5 km of the Grand-Place), durée 3 h, dates en mai, juillet, août et octobre 2015 non encore déterminées. 41 € (in 2014). – Itinéraire en bus à impériale et à pied à la découverte des fresques du « Pentagone » peintes par des dessinateurs de BD. Le parcours se termine par une visite du Centre belge de la bande dessinée. D'autres excursions hors « Pentagone » sont aussi organisées par Brussels City Tour.
- City Sightseeing , 32 2 4661111, e-mail : [email protected] horaire (le billet est valable 24 h Where 48 h ). prices. – Bus à impériales qui sillonnent la ville de Bruxelles selon deux itinéraires, d'une durée de 75 min chacun, à la découverte des principaux lieux touristiques. Le terminus commun des deux itinéraires est à la gare de Bruxelles-Central. Les bus fonctionnent selon le système Hop on-Hop off et les commentaires à bord sont sélectionnables parmi huit langues.
- Roller Bike Parade Place Poelaert, 32 2 7416320, e-mail : [email protected] du vendredi, 5 juin au samedi 25 septembre 2021. free. – Randonnées en roller ou en vélo encadrée par la police de la zone de Bruxelles. Départ chaque vendredi à 20 h, celle qui ce déroule dans le « Pentagone » et le long de la « petite ceinture » dure environ 1 h . En cas de pluie, la parade est annulée. La confirmation ou l'annulation est annoncée via les comptes twitter de la police et de l'organisateur
- 1 Plaisirs d'Hiver , 32 2 8942798, e-mail : [email protected] du samedi 27 novembre 2021 au dimanche, . free. – Marché de Noël avec environ 250 chalets, des attractions foraines (grande roue, manèges, ...), une patinoire. Le site des « Plaisirs d'Hiver » s'étend du quartier du Centre, avec le sapin de noël de la Grand-Place, to quartier des Quais, avec la patinoire et le manège de la grande roue sur le « marché aux Poissons » (entre le quai aux Briques et le quai au Bois à Brûler).
Pour les activités propres à chaque quartier, lire la section « Faire » de chacun de ces quartiers :
- Quartier Royal
- Quartier des Sablons
- Quartier des Marolles
- Quartier Midi-Lemonnier and Quartier de la Senne
- Quartier des Quais
- Quartier Marais-Jacqmain
To buy
Du point de vue gastronomie, la Belgique est, en autres, renommée pour ses bières et son chocolat.
Vous pouvez avantageusement acheter les bières belges, en générale et bruxelloises en particulier comme la gueuze (nature ou aux fruits), la lambic ou le faro en grande surface plutôt que dans un petit commerce pour touristes. Le prix y sera jusqu'à quatre fois moindre, le stockage y sera plus correct et, rapidité de rotation oblige, la date limite de péremption y sera plus lointaine. De même pour les chocolats, préférez acheter dans un magasin propre au producteur, qu'il soit artisanal comme Galler, Marcolini, Corné Where Blondeel ou encore semi-industriel comme Neuhaus, Godiva ou Léonidas. Le prix y sera, peut-être, plus élevé que dans un magasin pour touristes mais vous serez certain d'acheter du vrai chocolat belge au beurre de cacao et sans matière grasse végétale.
La Belgique est aussi renommée pour ses fromages (plus de 250 variétés sur seulement 30 528 km2). Cependant, les spécialités bruxelloises ne sont qu'au nombre de deux : la « Maquée du Brabant » (Plattekeis) et le « Fromage de Bruxelles » (Hettekeis). Si les grandes surfaces ont, en général, ces deux produits, préférez une crèmerie spécialisée, comme la crémerie de Linkebeek , le conseil y sera, comme le sourire, plus présent et l'authenticité du produit plus conforme.
Autres spécialités bruxelloises : la dentelle and the tapisserie que vous ne pourrez acquérir, avec certitude d'origine, que dans un des magasins ayant « pignon sur rue » dans le quartier central du « Pentagone ».
Since , l'entièreté du « Pentagone » est devenu zone touristique. Ceci offre la possibilité au commerce de détail, petits magasins et grandes surfaces, la possibilité d'ouverture dominicale et la plupart d'entre eux profitent de cette possibilité légale.
- Quartier du Centre
- Quartier des Sablons
- Quartier des Marolles
- Quartier de la Senne
- Quartier des Quais
- Quartier Marais-Jacqmain
Eat
Bruxelles est une ville cosmopolite où toutes les nationalités et cultures se côtoient. Par conséquent, il en va de même pour la gastronomie. Un petit bémol cependant, vous ne trouverez pas de restaurant digne de ce nom d'Afrique centrale dans le « Pentagone ».
Par contre, les amateurs de spécialités de la mer (principalement dans l'Îlot Sacré et autour de la place Sainte-Catherine) et de cuisine de brasserie (vous en trouverez partout) seront comblés.
Vous pourrez y gouter la cuisine belge, en général, et les spécialités bruxelloises, en particulier ; le tout accompagné de frites et d'une bonne bière bien évidement.
En rue, vous pourrez tester les caricoles (comptez 4 € la douzaine), les smoutebollen (comptez 5 € les neuf) ou une gaufre de Bruxelles nature ou nappée de chocolat et de crème chantilly et décorée de fruits frais (comptez entre 2,5 € and 5 € la gaufre).
Les restaurants sont classés par type de cuisine puis par ordre alphabétique dans chaque quartier.
- Quartier du Centre
- Quartier des Libertés
- Quartier Royal
- Quartier des Sablons
- Quartier des Marolles
- Quartier Midi-Lemonnier
- Quartier de la Senne
- Quartier des Quais
- Quartier Marais-Jacqmain
Have a drink / Go out
Si, par rapport à Paris, London Where New-York, Bruxelles est une ville de province, il faut savoir que le Bruxellois, comme tout « bon Belge », aime sortir et faire la fête, qu'il pleuve ou qu'il vente.
Que vous aimiez allez à l'opéra, au théâtre, au cinéma, écouter de la musique en live ou pratiquer le karaoké, jouer au bowling ou au billard, vous rencontrer entre personnes du même sexe, danser jusqu'au bout de la nuit ou simplement boire un verre entre amis, vous trouverez votre bonheur dans le « Pentagone ».
- Quartier du Centre
- Quartier des Libertés
- Quartier Royal
- Quartier des Sablons
- Quartier des Marolles
- Quartier Midi-Lemonnier
- Quartier de la Senne
- Quartier des Quais
- Quartier Marais-Jacqmain
Un évènement musical ce déroule simultanément dans plusieurs quartiers du « Pentagone » :
- Brussels Jazz Marathon (Brussels Jazz WE) , e-mail : [email protected] du vendredi, 26 au vendredi 28 mai 2021. free. – Concerts de musique de jazz sur la Grand-Place, the place du Grand Sablon, the place Sainte-Catherine ainsi que sur les places Fernand Cocq et du Luxembourg à Ixelles. Mais aussi des jam sessions dans des dizaines de clubs et de cafés (dont l'incontournable Archiduc) jusqu’au bout de la nuit.
Housing
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L'offre de logement dans le « Pentagone » est importante et variée. Elle va d'un dortoir dans une auberge à une suite dans un hôtel « Cinq étoiles » en passant par des chambres d’hôte dans une maison particulière ou une location du type « Appart'hôtel ».
Le petit déjeuner est parfois inclus dans le prix de la chambre et parfois non. Presque tous les établissements offrent une connexion internet par Wireless comprise dans le prix de la chambre. S'il est bien sûr interdit de fumer dans tous les endroits publics, beaucoup d’hôtels ont des chambres pour fumeurs sur demande.
- Quartier du Centre
- Quartier des Libertés
- Quartier Royal
- Quartier des Sablons
- Quartier des Marolles
- Quartier Midi-Lemonnier
- Quartier de la Senne
- Quartier des Quais
- Quartier Marais-Jacqmain
Communicate
Post offices
- 4 Bureau de poste De Brouckère (bpost) Boulevard Anspach, 15 (métros 15, station « De Brouckère » - prémétros 343132, station « De Brouckère » - bus 293846476366718688, arrêt « De Brouckère »), 32 2 2012345 lundi au vendredi : de 8 h 30 - 18 h, samedi : de 10 h - 16 h. –
Tous produits et services postaux, produits bancaires, guichet automatique bancaire (accessible accessible 24h/24). - 5 Bureau de poste Bogards (bpost) Rue des Bogards, 19 (prémétros 343132, station « Anneessens » - bus 4895, arrêts « Anneessens » ou « César De Paepe »), 32 2 2012345 du lundi au mercredi et le vendredi : de 9 h - 17 h, jeudi : de 10 h - 18 h. – Tous produits et services postaux, produits bancaires, guichet automatique bancaire (accessible de 6 h - 23 h tous les jours).
- 6 Bureau de poste Madou (bpost) Boulevard Bischoffsheim, 11 (métros 26, station « Madou » - bus 29636566, arrêts « Madou »), 32 2 2012345 du lundi au mercredi et le vendredi : de 9 h - 17 h, jeudi : de 10 h - 18 h. – All postal products and services, banking products.
Telephony, internet and Wi-Fi
Toutes la zone du « Pentagone » est couverte par les réseaux 3G et 4G permettant des échanges de téléphonie mobile via votre opérateur ou via son opérateur de rattachement en Belgique (roaming) ainsi que des échanges de données numériques payantes via le réseau Wireless. Les bornes de BRU-WIFI et d'Urbizone sont accessibles gratuitement. Certains cafés et restaurants offrent aussi un accès gratuit au sein de leur commerce. La plupart des hôtels accordent également un accès gratuit, moyennant un mot de passe, à leurs clients partout dans leur établissement. Lorsqu'un endroit est accessible au réseau sans fil, il est renseigné par le logo 
of the Wi-Fi Alliance, possibly accompanied by a mention indicating that access to the terminal is free.
- Ville de Bruxelles – Localisation des zones Wireless gratuites.
Manage the day-to-day
Intelligence services
Pour trouver les coordonnées d'une personne, d'un professionnel, d'une entreprise ou d'une administration comme, par exemples, un médecin généraliste, un chirurgien-dentiste, un pharmacien, un opticien , un docteur vétérinaire, etc. dans le « Pentagone », il faut se référer à la section « Intelligence services »Of the article on Belgium.
Administration
- 7 Centre administratif Boulevard Anspach, 6 (métros 15, station « De Brouckère » - prémétros 343132, station « De Brouckère » - bus 293846476366718688, arrêt « De Brouckère »), 32 2 2792211 accueil téléphonique du lundi au vendredi : de 8 h - 16 h (pour connaitre l'horaire d'un département). –
Banks
De nombreux distributeurs automatiques de billets (appelés « bancontacts » en Belgique) sont répartis dans le cœur de Bruxelles. Pour localiser un distributeur, ses heures d'accès et ses fonctions, référez-vous à la section « Gérer le quotidien » de chacun des articles concernant les quartiers du « Pentagone ».
Health
- 8 CHU Saint-Pierre - Site Saint-Pierre Rue Haute, 322 (quartier des Marolles) (métros 2346, station « Porte de Hal »), 32 2 5353111, 32 2 5354055 (Urgences)
- 9 CHU Saint-Pierre - Site César De Paepe Rue des Alexiens, 11 (quartier Midi-Lemonnier) (bus 4895, arrêt « César De Paepe »), 32 2 5067111, 32 2 5354055 (Urgences)
- 10 CHU Saint-Pierre - Site Pachéco Rue du Grand Hospice, 7 (quartier des Quais) (métros 15, station « Sainte-Catherine » - bus 4788, arrêt « Béguinage »), 32 2 2264211, 32 2 5354055 (Urgences)
- 11 Clinique Saint-Jean Boulevard du Jardin Botanique, 32 (quartier Marais-Jacqmain) (métros 26, station « Botanique » ou station « Rogier »), 32 2 2219100 (Urgences)
- Pharmacies on duty (Pharmacy.be) , 32 903 99000 shot of a call:1,5 € the minute. – Adresses des pharmacies de garde dans le « Pentagone » et environs immédiats.
Le « Pentagone » est équipé de nombreux défibrillateurs automatisés externes (DAE). On en trouve dans les commissariats de police ainsi que dans certains véhicules d'intervention, dans les parkings payants de la société Interpaking, dans certaines pharmacies et certains véhicules du service de sécurité de la STIB. Ils sont renseignés par le logo .svg/20px-Automated_External_Defibrillator_(symbol).svg.png "Presence of an automated external defibrillator (AED)"){kind=small}
mais les couleurs employées peuvent aussi être le blanc sur fond rouge.
Cults
- 12 Cathédrale Saints-Michel-et-Gudule Parvis Sainte-Gudule (trains, gare « Bruxelles-Central » - métros 15, station « Gare centrale » - bus 293863656671, arrêt « Gare centrale »), 32 2 2197530 eucharisties en français : lundi, mercredi et vendredi : 7 h 45, mardi et jeudi : 12 h 30, Saturday : 17 h 30 - messe en français : dimanche : 10 h, 11 h 30 and 12 h 30. – (par une porte latérale, demander la clé ou téléphoner au 32 2 2178345). Une des deux cathédrales de l'archidiocèse catholique de Malines-Bruxelles
- 13 Église protestante de Bruxelles (Temple du musée - Chapelle royale) Place du Musée, 10 (trams 9293, arrêt « Royale » - bus 27387195, arrêt « Royale »), 32 2 2134940 messe le dimanche à 10 h 30. – (une marche à l'entrée). Garderie pour enfants.
- 14 Église orthodoxe de Belgique (Paroisse Sainte-Trinité) Rue Léon Lepage, 33-35 (métros 15, station « Sainte-Catherine » - bus 86 arrêt « Dansaert »), 32 2 5135113 – Culte en slavon.
- 15 Grande synagogue de Bruxelles Rue de la Régence, 32 (trams 9293, arrêts « Petit Sablon » ou « Poelaert » - bus 2795, arrêt « Grand Sablon »), 32 2 5122190 –
- 16 Mosquée Attawhid Rue Terre Neuve, 125-127 (train, gare de Bruxelles-Chapelle - bus 2748, arrêt « Chapelle »)
- 17 Mosquée El Jadid Boulevard Maurice Lemonnier, 181 (prémétros 343132518283, station « Lemonnier »)
- 18 Mosquée Al Abidin Rue de la Buanderie, 6 (bus 46, arrêt « Buanderie »)
Diplomatic representations
See section "Diplomatic representations » de l'article consacré à la Brussels-Capital Region.
Security
- Police locale (Service de garde) Rue du Marché au Charbon, 30 — 1000 Bruxelles (Pentagone), 112 (urgences), 32 2 2797711 ouvert 7 jours sur 7, 24 h out of 24. –
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- 19 1re division de police Rue de la Loi, 1 (métros 15, stations « Parc » ou « Arts-Loi » 26, station « Art-Loi » - trams 9293, arrêt « Parc » - bus 29636566, arrêt « Parc »), 32 2 2797110 every day of 7 h - 22 h.
- 20 2e division de police Rue du Marché au Charbon, 30 (trains, gare « Bruxelles-Central » - métros 15, station « Gare centrale » - trams 343132, station « Bourse »), 32 2 2797210 every day of 7 h - 22 h. –
- 21 3e division de police Rue du Houblon, 6 (métros 15, station « Sainte-Catherine » - bus 86, arrêt « Dansaert »), 32 2 2797310 every day of 7 h - 22 h.
- 22 4e division de police Rue de l'Hectolitre, 15 (bus 2748, arrêt « Jeu de Balle »), 32 2 2797410 every day of 7 h - 22 h.
- 19 1re division de police Rue de la Loi, 1 (métros 15, stations « Parc » ou « Arts-Loi » 26, station « Art-Loi » - trams 9293, arrêt « Parc » - bus 29636566, arrêt « Parc »),
- Fire department (SIAMU) Avenue de l'Héliport, 15 — 1000 Bruxelles (Port de Bruxelles), 112 (urgences), 32 2 2088111 ouvert 7 jours sur 7, 24 h out of 24. –
- 23 Poste avancé de la Cité (PASI Cité) Rue de la Banque, 9 (bus 9293, arrêt « Congrès »), 112 (emergency room) ouvert 7 jours sur 7, 24 h out of 24. –
- 23 Poste avancé de la Cité (PASI Cité) Rue de la Banque, 9 (bus 9293, arrêt « Congrès »),
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