Brussels Sights

  1. Église St Nicolas

    The Church of St Nicolas is a pint-sized edifice encrusted with shops and easily overlooked. Appropriately enough, it's dedicated to the patron saint of merchants. Almost as old as Brussels itself, it has been heavily restored through the centuries. The dark and sombre interior is noted for the unusual angle at which its three aisles were built.

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  2. Église Ste-Catherine

    Built by Joseph Poelaert, who designed Brussels' Palais de Justice, the 19th-century Church of St Catherine occupies the centre of this quarter. Its blackened façade is pretty scruffy, as is the open-air urinal against the western side, screened by a metallic forest-green fence.

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