Bourse - Stock Exchange, Brussels

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The stock exchange is situated on Blvd Anspach in the very center of Bruxelles. It was built between 1868 and 1873. It was built after the plan of Léon-Pierre Suys.

It is a meeting point and you can enjoy here the picturesque multiculural and colourful society of Brussels. While taking those pictures, there was an African, playing on drum and people hardly refrained from dancing. It is a pity that I cannot add that sound to the pictures.

This place is really cool; there are lots of Thai restaurants and some superb bars: PP Café, Le Roi des Belges (The king of Belgium), and a nice Irish pub 'O'reillys'. All Irish pubs in Brussels really become hot and steamy dance places on Friday and Saturday night so make sure to bring a visit if you're into a dance and a drink!

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Built in 1873 The Bourse is very close to Grand Place and is the home of the Brussels' Stock Exchange. A classic building designed in Palladian style it dominates the square. The exterior of the building has some beautiful decoration and ornate carvings, particularly those on the front facade.

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It's sometimes odd to think of a stock exchange as a tourist attraction, but the exchange in Brussels was built at a time when stock brokers were a part of the aristocracy and their place of work was as important as the guild houses of old. The Exchange in Brussels was built in the 1860s and 1870s on the site of the old butter market, which was built on an old convent. The building is in neo-Classical style, like so many of the buildings from the heyday of the Belgian monarchy. The area it is in is no longer the financial centre of the city - it is a mixture of touristy area and, farther along Rue de la Bourse towards the Manneken pis, the gay area. Nevertheless, the building itself is imposing enough to allow you to marvel at its beauty and daydream a bit about the time when this was the capital of a massive empire.

The Brussels Stock Exchange is located on the Boulevard Anspach and was built in the 1870's. It has about 300 stocks traded on the exchange and it is possible to get a guided tour. It is also a good place to hang out during Belgian futbol games, as quite a crowd gathers in the square. We also found a few good bars located around the Bourse.

Brussels main stock exchange. Unlike many cities where stock exchanges are located inside another building, such as my home town of Toronto, Brussels has its own unique building for the stock exchange.

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If you like la Bourse (the stock exchange) and Saint-Catherine's church, you'll probably also like the huge Palais de Justice on top of the Marolles hill. It was built by the same architect, Poelaert, and it literally dominates the whole city, being a very massive monument, the biggest in Brussels. Brussels is probably the only city I know where the landscape is dominated by the courts of justice. Visits are organized by a.s.b.l. Arkadia.

Built in 1873 and designed by Architect Léon Suys, the Brussels Stock Exchange is a formidable building in the Classic style resplendent with Doric columns. It is a thriving Stock Exchange and not a tourist sight per se though visits can be arranged with prior consent.