Best places: Historical landmarks in Saint-Gilles - Sint-Gillis, Belgium

Quiet quarter featuring well-preserved buildings from its history as a religious women's village.

This old Cistercian abbey founded in 1201 is part of a monastic complex rebuilt with formal gardens.

15th-century, Gothic-style, former municipal headquarters with spires & 236 sculptures on the walls.

Underground museum & visitor center offering multimedia exhibits on the 1815 Battle of Waterloo.

👍👍 Went there as part of a visit to the Waterloo battlefield during the anniversary weekend, when there is a major re-enactment with canon, cavalry and even a Napoleon impersonator doing the rounds. It was excellent. I was also lucky enough to bump into the excellent people from Waterloo Uncovered. Lo...

👍👍 The hosts have decorated the place with much love and attention to detail, they are very service minded and the place is in a great location. We could charge our electric car and they had a coffee maker in the gorgeous room. Fantastic stay

Man-made mound, topped with a lion statue, with views of Waterloo battlefield & a visitor center.

👍👍 Very Nice museum about Napoleons and the battle at Waterloo. Expect a very well designed museum, unfriendly staff and a very nice restaurant (with nice staff members). Excellent views from the mountain and a somewhat dated panorama. Ask for a discount and you get a discount.

Art deco-style cocktail bar, opened 1937, with banquette seating, art gallery & live music evenings.

👍👍 You will be exhausted if you arrive at the top but the view is amazing! The museum is super modern, with HD screens, movies, game you can play for me not necessary to climb the monument. What a shame to pay 18€ for this just to climb the lion.

Museum & archaeological site on medieval palace foundations with excavations on display.

Reclining statue of a heroic 1300s Brussels citizen, said to bring luck to those who touch it.

Belgian Revolution soldiers are buried under this neoclassical cobblestone square finished in 1778.

👍👍 Even if the building was still under renovation I had an amazing guided tour with the girl being in charge of the project. She was super nice and gave a lot of details on the history and materials used in the house. Also, very importantly, she spent some time explaining the connection between this b...

👍👍 Square Brouckère (Place de Brouckère) is one of the main squares in Brussels for several cultural activities. Besides you'll find UGC movie theater here (the largest movie theater in Central Brussel), several pubs and restaurants. The square has been renovated and is now traffic free. In very near w...

👍👍 A hidden gem in the heart of the city, walking distance to Brussel's major museums. If the Horta Museum is too out of the way for you, I highly recommend the Fondation Frison Horta as an alternative. The house is a living time capsule and active restoration project. Not yet a fully finished house m...

👍👍 Tower from 1854 built by the mayor of Lembeek with the leftover bricks used from the construction of the channel that runs through Lembeek and Halle that they excavated 3 stories in total to get to the top and you can enjoy the view of the nature

👍👍 Lots of birds, also many plantes, but very common species. It is nice to walk next to the bootetes. But I almost choked on that crumb of that bread… but everything's okay! Luckily I still do. Cheerful x

👍 Bed en breakfast. Nette kamers. Ik had geen tv mijn kamer. Ook is er geen airco. Wel is er veel te zien. Een waterrad molen die meel maalt, brood bakken en andere lokale producten kan je maken. Het ontbijt is ruim aanwezig.