Walks and tours
Visiting Brussels while running
Three courses to discover Brussels while running: Pentagone (boulevards of the city center), European (EU headquarters) and Atomium.
Online: www.brusselssightjogging.be
Discover Brussels with Jacques Brel
Stroll around Brussels with an audioguide comprising 22 songs, interviews and testimonies.
From Place De Brouckère to Sainte-Catherine, with concert venues like La Madeleine and Ancienne Belgique. Organised by Les Editions Jacques Brel.
Online: www.jacquesbrel.be
Brussels Greeters
If you'd like to explore th city or one of its neighborhoods with someone who lives there, you need the Greeters!
Find out what they love, what they 'hate', where they like to go and more...
Online: www.greeters.brussels
Laeken cemetery
Some call it the Brussels 'Père Lachaise' after the famous Paris cemetery due to the fame of the people buried in it. An open-air museum of funereal art, home, among other things, to a copy of Rodin’s 'Thinker'.
Individual and guided visits are possible.
Parvis Notre-Dame de Laeken, 1020 Brussels
Online: www.laekendecouverte.be
Guided walks
Various associations arrange guided walks around Brussels on different themes, including the city’s cafés, film locations, famous crimes, neighbourhoods, design and architectural movements...
You'll find a complete list on the website of visit.brussels
Art in the metro
In the thirty plus years since the first underground section opened, the Brussels metro has become an art gallery of sorts. Over sixty works adorn its platforms and passageways. All genres are represented – paintings to sculptures, photos to stained glass windows – in every material – canvas to bronze, wood to glass and steel.
Read more about art in the metro in the section 'Art in the metro' of this portal.
Cartoon walk
The City of Brussels launched an initiative to paint walls in honour of famous cartoon characters about twenty years ago. This walk takes in the frescos adorning the historical centre and in Laeken. It’s a great opportunity to find out about cartoon artists and characters.
Full itineraries are available from the City of Brussels website.
The route of the first city wall of Brussels
patrimoine.brussels website provides walking map (FR/NL) covering the city’s earliest defensive wall, including the last bits still standing, which can sometimes be found in a school playground or a hotel bar.
Ride in a vintage tram
Tour Brussels in a vintage tram. Departures leave the Tram Museum at 10am every Sunday April through September.
Avenue de Tervuren 364 B, 1150 Brussels
Online: www.trammuseumbrussels.be
Bee walk
Enjoy a 2km walk through Parc Baudouin in Jette, with regular information boards on the world of bees.
Avenue du Laerbeek, 1090 Brussels
Online: www.api-bxl.be
Informations updated on 10 February 2022
