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Brussels (French: Bruxelles, pronoonced (); Dutch: Brussel, pronoonced ()), offeecially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Caipital Region (French: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Dutch: Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest (help · info)), is the de facto caipital ceety o the European Union (EU) an the lairgest urban aurie in Belgium.
Naming[edit] The name Atomium (pronounced / əˈtoʊmiːəm / ə-TOH-mee-əm) is a portmanteau combining the words atom and aluminium, the metal with which the spheres were initially covered. The Brussels-Capital Region is bilingual; hence, both the monument's French and Dutch names— l'Atomium and het Atomium —are official.
The Town Hall ( French: Hôtel de Ville; Dutch: Stadhuis ⓘ) of the City of Brussels is a landmark building and the seat of the City of Brussels municipality of Brussels, Belgium. It is located on the south side of the famous Grand-Place/Grote Markt (Brussels' main square), opposite the neo-Gothic King's House or Bread House [a] building ...
1950 – The city hosts the 1950 European Athletics Championships. 1952 – The North–South connection is completed; Brussels-Central railway station and Brussels-South railway station open. 1953 – The city hosts the 1953 World Fencing Championships. Expo 58 world's fair is held; the Atomium is built.
Islamic extremism. On 22 March 2016, two coordinated terrorist attacks in and close to Brussels, Belgium, were carried out by the Islamic State (IS). Two suicide bombers detonated bombs at Brussels Airport in Zaventem just outside Brussels, and one detonated a bomb on a train leaving Maelbeek/Maalbeek metro station in the European Quarter of ...
Brussels ( French: Bruxelles, Dutch: Brussel, German: Brüssel) is the capital city of Belgium and the European Union. In 2007, 145,917 people lived there. [1] But the area around it, known as the Brussels-Capital Region, had 1,031,215 people (which makes it the largest city area in Belgium). The people of Brussels speak mainly French and ...
e. Belgium is a constitutional, hereditary and popular monarchy. The monarch is titled King (or Queen) of the Belgians ( Dutch: Koning (in) der Belgen, French: Roi / Reine des Belges, German: König (in) der Belgier) and serves as the country's head of state and commander-in-chief of the Belgian Armed Forces.
