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Vor 2 Tagen · Brussels, the capital city and largest metropolitan area of Belgium. As of 1 January 2020, the total population of Belgium according to its population register was 11,492,641.
Vor 5 Tagen · The meaning of Brusselization. Brusselization has become a catch-all term for everything we hate about post-war concrete cities, but the concept has a long history that dates to the Belgian capital’s first urban overall in the mid-19th century. Thursday, 8 September 2022. By Frédéric Moreau.
Vor 4 Tagen · Today in History: The Brussels Anti-Slavery Conference that shaped European colonialism. On this day, 18 November 1889, King Leopold II organised an anti-slavery conference in Brussels. A key moment for abolitionism, or part of the Scramble for Africa? Saturday, 18 November 2023. By Ugo Realfonzo.
Vor 4 Tagen · Tuesday, 22 February 2022. By Frédéric Moreau. Art Nouveau was the brainchild of Belgians like Victor Horta and Paul Hankar who broke with the classical themes weighing down late 19th century architecture. The movement fell out of fashion in the 1950s, brushed away by the brute efficiency of Brusselization.
Vor 2 Tagen · The Brussels dialect combines Brabantian with words adopted from Walloon and French. Some dialects had, until recently, extensions across the borders of other standard language areas. In most cases, the heavy influence of the standard language has broken the dialect continuum.
Vor 3 Tagen · Headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels (Berlaymont building) The commission's political seat is in Brussels with the President's office and the commission's meeting room on the 13th floor of the Berlaymont building. The commission also operates out of numerous other buildings in Brussels and Luxembourg City.
