Secret Brussels - An Unusual Travel Guide (Local Guides by Local People)

Nathalie Capart

ISBN 10: 2361952351 / ISBN 13: 9782361952358

Published by Jonglez Publishing, 2019

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Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Secret Brussels - An Unusual Travel Guide (Local Guides by Local People)
• Publisher: Jonglez Publishing
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: French
• ISBN 10: 2361952351
• ISBN 13: 9782361952358
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

A“love hotel” where you can say a prayer, a reconstituted section of the Senne river at Saint-Géry, an extraordinary private museum devoted to plastic, a farm with sheep, goats, and turkeys at place de l'Yser, Masonic secrets in the Parc de Bruxelles, a hotel overlooking the Grand-Place, a surrealistic trip in a lift, a homage to the military pigeon, potholing at Koekelberg basilica, a swimming pool with a panoramic view of the city, a scandalous pavilion in the Parc du Cinquantenaire, an immense vegetable garden at Uccle, an 19th century artist's studio at Schaerbeek, a camping ground in the heart of the Belgian capital, a forgotten garden-city at Forest…

About the Author

Florent Verstraeten was born and grew up in Brussels. Curious about everything, he paces the city, always looking for the most secrets spots that even the inhabitants don't know. In his free time, he organizes bicycle or pedestrian tours in various districts of Brussels. His ambition : to awaken the desire to walk around in our own city and reclaim it.

Isabelle de Pange was born in Uccle and lives in Schlle aerbeek. She is an art historian (at the UCL) and is an architecture enthusiast. She has worked for a long time at the Inventory of Architectural Heritage of Bruxelles-Capitale, before she became curator of the museums of Brussels City, from 2015 to 2018. She has signed a lot of publications about her town.