Atomium: The most astonishing building in the world.
Bd. du Centenaire | Laeken, Brussels, Belgium
Tel: 00 32 (0)2 475 47 77 / www.atomium.be
Located in Exhibition Park, where the 1958 World's Fair was held, this odd-looking building, 335-feet high, is a perfect replica of an iron molecule enlarged 165 billion times.

Grand-Place
In the City Center, Brussels 1000, Belgium
Considered one of the most beautiful medieval squares in Europe, the ornate Grand Place is the center of Brussels, where many historic buildings dating from the 17th century are located.

Interactive map of brussels:L' ilotsacre
www.ilotsacre.be

Horta Museum (Musee Horta)
25, rue Américaine | St-Gilles, Brussels 1060, Belgium
Tel: 02 543 0490 / www.hortamuseum.be
Opening hours: from 2 PM to 5:30 PM (everyday except on Monday). Open to tour groups in the mornings.
Entrance fee: Standard 7.00 euros / Students and seniors 3.50 euros / Primary and secondary schools 2.50 euros

The HORTA museum is not a museum in the traditional sense: the museum itself is actually the house that Victor Horta built for himself in the late 1890s, which truly exemplifies the Art Nouveau style that made Horta into one of the most acclaimed architects in Belgium.

Manneken Pis
Corner of rue du Chene and rue de l'Etuve, Brussels, Belgium / www.mannekenpis.be
Nicknamed "Brussel's Oldest Citizen," this bronze statue of a little boy and a fountain was designed by Jerome Duquesnoy in 1619, and has become a familiar (and irreverent) symbol of the city.

Musical Instruments Museum (Musee des Instruments de Musique)
Rue Montagne de la Cour 2, Brussels 1000, Belgium
Tel: 32 (02) 545-0130 / www.mim.fgov.be
This museum houses more than 1,000 ancient and rare instruments from around the world, and also operates as a modern music center, a working and educational space for music specialists, performers, researchers and students.

The René Magritte Museum
Rue Esseghem: 1930-1954
www.magrittemuseum.be
The René Magritte Museum occupies the house in which the Belgian surrealist painter worked nearly 24 years of his life.
On the ground floor the museum presents the appartment which the painter rented together with his wife Georgette from 1930 to 1954, as well as a biographical exhibition dedicated to the painter.

The multilanguage 'Agenda' section of the Brussel Deze Week free newspaper / www.brusseldezeweek.be available every Thursday, all provide cultural listings. Tired of ending up in the wrong place: find your free agenda