Catatan perjalanan di Belgium - The Grand Place

18th November 2008


When we reached The Grand Place, it was drizzling and very windy and very cold. Temperature was about 7° C but feels like 0° C. We were shiverring and cannot stay there longer to appreciate the buildings or take photos. Some info on The Grand Place :

"One of the most beautiful town squares in Europe, if not in the world", is a phrase often heard when visitors in Brussels try to describe the beauty of the central market square.

The Grand-Place is the main tourist attraction of the City of Brussels. All through the year it is visited by thousands who like to spend some time wandering around and admiring the beautiful buildings, or sitting down on one of the many terraces having a good Belgian beer. Concerts and musical happenings are organized all through the year on the square. The most famous events that take place here are the annual Ommegang (an historical procession at the beginning of July) and the biennial flower carpet

The fame and beauty of the Market Place do not lie only in the Town Hall and the King's House, but perhaps first of all in the presence of a remarkably beautiful set of elaborately decorated guild houses. The name "guild houses" is most commonly used for the entire set of houses, although in reality they did not all belong to the medieval guilds. Some of the houses were always privately owned.

Bersesuaian dengan namanya, this place actually does looks very grand.