Only 25% of the people living in Brussels were born here.
About half of the people living in Brussels go back home in the weekend.
One of the topic characterizing the city of Brussels is water.
In Brussels there’s a general lack of green spaces.
There’s a strange paradox about the European Community institution: the Parliament is located in Strasbourg, whereas the headquarters are in Brussels.
The morphological structure of Brussels is characterized by huge buildings, signing the presence of political institutions and big global companies all around the urban map.
Belgians are famous for being good compromisers, also regarding public spaces.
In Brussels there’s more people going to a mosq on Fridays than to church on Sundays.
You don’t say “the King of Belgium”. You say “the King of the Belgians”.
The King of the Belgians has it’s own private collection of Harley-Davidson’s.
The urban structure of Brussels is characterized of horizontal layers of very different buildings. The Municipality doesn’t usually ask for any special permission for the change of function in building.
Buildings are destroyed and re-built over and over.
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