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Points of interest · Brussels-Capital · Updated on 6 November 2026

Attractions and sights in Brussels-Capital

Brussels-Capital has 239 points of interest on the Outdoor Pitstop map. Most are memorials (100), museums (73) and attractions (29). 21 have a page of their own with a photo and a story. At 19, the app tells the story as an audio tour of about two minutes.

Manneken Pis
Manneken Pis, Brussels
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Brussels Town Hall
Brussels Town Hall, Brussels
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House of European History
House of European History, Brussels
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On the map

19 audio tours in Brussels-Capital

At these places the app tells the story on the spot, in about two minutes. Listen in English or Dutch.

Manneken Pis
AttractionAudio story · 2 min

Manneken Pis

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Brussels Town Hall
AttractionAudio story · 2 min

Brussels Town Hall

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House of European History
MuseumAudio story · 2 min

House of European History

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Royal Palace
AttractionAudio story · 2 min

Royal Palace

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Atomium
AttractionAudio story · 2 min

Atomium

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With Pro you check in at the place and hear the whole story; new users get Pro for their first 4 weeks.

Hear the story of Manneken Pis on the spot with the app

The 48 best-known attractions in Brussels-Capital

After the places above, best known first.

  1. 10Musical Instruments MuseumMusical Instruments MuseumMuseum · Brussels · Audio tour 2:40
  2. 11Hôtel SolvayHôtel SolvayMuseum · Brussels · Audio tour 2:16
  3. 12Royal Palace of LaekenRoyal Palace of LaekenCastle · Brussels · Audio tour 2:25
  4. 13Church of Our LadyChurch of Our LadyAttraction · Brussels · Audio tour 2:08
  5. 14Musée Magritte MuseumMusée Magritte MuseumMuseum · Brussels · Audio tour 2:04
  6. 15Saint Michael and Gudula CathedralSaint Michael and Gudula CathedralAttraction · Brussels · Audio tour 2:19
  7. 16National Basilica of the Sacred HeartNational Basilica of the Sacred HeartAttraction · Koekelberg · Audio tour 2:27
  8. 17Stoclet PalaceStoclet PalaceCastle · Woluwe-Saint-Pierre - Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · Audio tour 1:55
  9. 18Église Notre-Dame des Victoires au Sablon - Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-ter-ZavelkerkÉglise Notre-Dame des Victoires au Sablon - Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-ter-ZavelkerkAttraction · Brussels · Audio tour 2:09
  10. 19Museum for Natural Sciences of BelgiumMuseum for Natural Sciences of BelgiumMuseum · Brussels · Audio tour 2:26
  11. 20Colonne du Congrès - CongreskolomColonne du Congrès - CongreskolomMonument · Brussels · Story
  12. 21Musée de la Porte de Hal - Hallepoort MuseumMusée de la Porte de Hal - Hallepoort MuseumMuseum · Brussels · Story
  13. 22Stock ExchangeStock ExchangeAttraction · Brussels
  14. 23Erasmus HouseErasmus HouseMuseum · Anderlecht
  15. 249/11 and Article 5 Memorial9/11 and Article 5 MemorialMemorial · Brussels
  16. 25Chinese PavilionChinese PavilionAttraction · Brussels
  17. 26Godfrey of BouillonGodfrey of BouillonMemorial · Brussels
  18. 27Leopold IILeopold IIMemorial · Brussels
  19. 28Palace of Charles of LorrainePalace of Charles of LorraineCastle · Brussels
  20. 29Palais des Académies - AcademiënpaleisPalais des Académies - AcademiënpaleisCastle · Brussels
  21. 30Sewer MuseumSewer MuseumMuseum · Brussels
  22. 31150 years of Railways in Belgium150 years of Railways in BelgiumMemorial · Schaerbeek - Schaarbeek
  23. 32Archive and Museum for the Flemish Living in BrusselsArchive and Museum for the Flemish Living in BrusselsMuseum · Brussels
  24. 33Archs of the CinquantenaireArchs of the CinquantenaireMonument · Brussels
  25. 34Armenian Genocide memorial of BrusselsArmenian Genocide memorial of BrusselsMemorial · Ixelles - Elsene
  26. 35Art & History MuseumArt & History MuseumMuseum · Brussels
  27. 36Autoworld MuseumAutoworld MuseumMuseum · Brussels
  28. 37Baudouin - BoudewijnBaudouin - BoudewijnMemorial · Brussels
  29. 38Beguinage of AnderlechtBeguinage of AnderlechtMuseum · Anderlecht
  30. 39Belgian Museum of FreemasonryBelgian Museum of FreemasonryMuseum · Brussels
  31. 40Berlin Wall MemorialBerlin Wall MemorialMemorial · Brussels
  32. 41Brussels City MuseumBrussels City MuseumMuseum · Brussels
  33. 42Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste-au-Béguinage - Sint-Jan Baptist ten BegijnhofkerkÉglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste-au-Béguinage - Sint-Jan Baptist ten BegijnhofkerkAttraction · Brussels
  34. 43Église Sainte-Catherine - Sint-KatelijnekerkÉglise Sainte-Catherine - Sint-KatelijnekerkAttraction · Brussels
  35. 44Father DamienFather DamienMemorial · Koekelberg
  36. 45Fountain of the PoetFountain of the PoetMemorial · Brussels
  37. 46Human Rights MonumentHuman Rights MonumentMemorial · Brussels
  38. 47Jardin botanique Jean Massart - Botanische tuin Jean MassartJardin botanique Jean Massart - Botanische tuin Jean MassartMuseum · Auderghem - Oudergem
  39. 48Magritte FountainMagritte FountainMemorial · Brussels

Choose a town

19 towns have points of interest. Brussels has an overview of their own; for the others they are on the page of the town or on the map.

All 239 from A to Z

A name with a link has a page of its own with a photo and a story.

  • 150 years of Railways in BelgiumMemorial
  • 9/11 and Article 5 MemorialMemorial
  • À nos héros (1914-1918 et 1940-1945) - Aan onze helden (1914-1918 en 1940-1945)Memorial
  • Adolphe QueteletMemorial
  • AlbertMemorial
  • Albert GiraudMemorial
  • Alexandre GendebienMemorial
  • Alphonse-Jules WautersMemorial
  • Andreas VesaliusMemorial
  • Anglo-Belgian War MemorialMemorial
  • Antoine DepageMemorial
  • Antoine DepageMemorial
  • Archive and Museum for the Flemish Living in BrusselsMuseum
  • Archives et Musée de la Littérature - Archief en Museum van de Franstalige LiteratuurMuseum
  • Archs of the CinquantenaireMonument
  • Armenian Genocide memorial of BrusselsMemorial
  • Art & History MuseumMuseum
  • Art & marges musée - Art & marges museumMuseum
  • AtomiumAttraction
  • Audrey HepburnMemorial
  • Augustin Daniel BelliardMemorial
  • Autoworld MuseumMuseum
  • Autrique HouseMuseum
  • Aux victimes du Covid - Aan de Covid-slachtoffersMemorial
  • Baron Jean de Sélys LongchampsMemorial
  • Baudouin - BoudewijnMemorial
  • Beguinage of AnderlechtMuseum
  • Belgian Beer WorldMuseum
  • Belgian Chocolate VillageMuseum
  • Belgian Comic Strip CenterMuseum
  • Belgian Museum of FreemasonryMuseum
  • Belgian Museum of RadiologyMuseum
  • Berlin Wall MemorialMemorial
  • Bluesette MelodyMemorial
  • Boitsfort-Etangs - Bosvoorde-VijversArchaeological site
  • BrialmontMemorial
  • Brussels City MuseumMuseum
  • Brussels Comics Figurines MuseumMuseum
  • Brussels ExpoAttraction
  • Brussels Town HallAttraction
  • Bruxella 1238Museum
  • Café du HeidekenRuins
  • Castel de LindthoutCastle
  • Charles Buls - Karel BulsMemorial
  • Charles RogierMemorial
  • Charles Van Der StappenMemorial
  • Château Charle-Albert — Charle-AlbertkasteelCastle
  • Château de La Fougeraie - Kasteel van FougeraieCastle
  • Château de Pape - PapenkasteelCastle
  • Château de Rivieren - Kasteel ter RivierenCastle
  • Château de Val Duchesse - Kasteel HertoginnedalCastle
  • Château de Wolvendael - Kasteel WolvendaelCastle
  • Château du Belvédère - Kasteel BelvédèreCastle
  • Château du Karreveld - Kasteel KarreveldCastle
  • Château du Stuyvenberg - Kasteel van StuyvenbergCastle
  • Château Fond'Roy - Kasteel Fond'RoyCastle
  • Château forestier des Trois Fontaines - Kasteel van de Drij BorrenCastle
  • Château Latour de FreinCastle
  • Château Malou - Kasteel MalouCastle
  • Chinese PavilionAttraction
  • Choco Story BrusselsMuseum
  • Church of Our LadyAttraction
  • CINEMATEKMuseum
  • ClockariumMuseum
  • Colonne du Congrès - CongreskolomMonument
  • Comtes d'Egmont et de Hornes - Graven van Egmont en HoornMemorial
  • CoudenbergMuseum
  • Design Museum BrusselsMuseum
  • Deux tertes - Twee heuvelsArchaeological site
  • Eddy MerckxMemorial
  • Edith CavellMemorial
  • Église de la Sainte-Trinité - Heilige DrievuldigheidskerkAttraction
  • Église Notre-Dame des Victoires au Sablon - Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-ter-ZavelkerkAttraction
  • Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste-au-Béguinage - Sint-Jan Baptist ten BegijnhofkerkAttraction
  • Église Sainte-Catherine - Sint-KatelijnekerkAttraction
  • Egmont PalaceAttraction
  • Erasmus HouseMuseum
  • Everard 't SerclaesMemorial
  • Fashion & Lace MuseumMuseum
  • Father DamienMemorial
  • Fernando PessoaMemorial
  • Field Marshal MontgomeryMemorial
  • Fountain of the PoetMemorial
  • Francisco de Paula SantanderMemorial
  • Francisco FerrerMemorial
  • François Anneessens - Frans AnneessensMemorial
  • François-Auguste GevaertMemorial
  • Frédéric de MérodeMonument
  • From the rifle butt grows the Tree of lifeMemorial
  • Gabrielle PetitMemorial
  • Galerie de la Reine - KoninginnegalerijAttraction
  • Galerie du Roi - KoningsgalerijAttraction
  • GardeRobe MannekenPisMuseum
  • George Kastrioti SkanderbegMemorial
  • Godfrey of BouillonMemorial
  • Groupe GMemorial
  • Henri DunantMemorial
  • Henri JasparMemorial
  • Henri PirenneMemorial
  • Horta MuseumMuseum
  • Hôtel de Roest d'AlkemadeAttraction
  • Hôtel SolvayMuseum
  • House of European HistoryMuseum
  • Human Rights MonumentMemorial
  • ImprimariumMuseum
  • INRACI - NARAFICastle
  • J.-H. RosnyMemorial
  • Jardin botanique Jean Massart - Botanische tuin Jean MassartMuseum
  • JennevalMonument
  • John CockerillMemorial
  • José MartíMemorial
  • Jose Rizal: 1861–1896Memorial
  • Jules RühlMemorial
  • Julien DillensMemorial
  • Julio CortázarMemorial
  • KBR museumMuseum
  • Kennedy PieceAttraction
  • L'EnvolMemorial
  • La BelloneAttraction
  • La BrabançonneMemorial
  • La FonderieMuseum
  • Le Messager – Aux Enfants disparus - De Bode – Aan de vermiste kinderenMemorial
  • Léon Gérard Hubert Baron JanssenMemorial
  • Leopold IIMemorial
  • Liberté ChérieMemorial
  • Lieutenant-Général Baron Dossin de Saint-GeorgesMemorial
  • Lord ByronMemorial
  • Magritte FountainMemorial
  • Mahatma GandhiMemorial
  • Mahsa AminiMemorial
  • Maison Cauchie - CauchiehuisMuseum
  • Maison HannonMuseum
  • Manneken PisAttraction
  • Marc Sleen HouseMuseum
  • MemorialMemorial
  • Memorial 22/03Memorial
  • Memorial of the GendarmerieMemorial
  • MigratieMuseumMigrationMuseum
  • MoMuseMuseum
  • Monument à Charles De Coster - Monument voor Charles De CosterMemorial
  • Monument au Pigeon-Soldat - Monument aan de OorlogsduifMemorial
  • Monument au Travail - Monument aan de ArbeidMonument
  • Monument aux Bienfaiteurs et ses abords - Monument voor de Weldoeners der ArmenMonument
  • Monument CrespelMemorial
  • Monument in memory of Belgian soldiers who died in air serviceMemorial
  • Monument of the Thirteen ColonelsMemorial
  • Monument RavensbrückMemorial
  • Monument to the Belgian InfantryMonument
  • Monument to the Belgian pioneers in CongoMemorial
  • Monument to the DynastyMemorial
  • Monument to the ForestersMemorial
  • Monument to the Jewish ResistanceMemorial
  • Monument to the MarollesMemorial
  • Monument to the Quarries of Belgian BluestoneMemorial
  • Monument Wiertz - WiertzmonumentMemorial
  • Musée BELvue - BELvue MuseumMuseum
  • Musée bruxellois du Moulin et de l'Alimentation - Brussels Museum van de Molen en de VoedingMuseum
  • Musée Camille Lemonnier - Camille Lemonnier MuseumMuseum
  • Musée Charlier - CharliermuseumMuseum
  • Musée d’Art Spontané - Museum voor Spontane KunstMuseum
  • Musée de Chine des Missionnaires de Scheut - ChinamuseumMuseum
  • Musée de l'Église orthodoxe - Museum van de orthodoxe KerkMuseum
  • Musée de la Médecine - GeneeskundemuseumMuseum
  • Musée de la Porte de Hal - Hallepoort MuseumMuseum
  • Musée des ArbalétriersMuseum
  • Musée des Brasseurs belges - Museum van de Belgische BrouwersMuseum
  • Musée du CPAS de Bruxelles - Museum van het OCMW van BrusselMuseum
  • Musée du Tram - TrammuseumMuseum
  • Musée Fin de siècle - Fin de siècle MuseumMuseum
  • Musée Magritte MuseumMuseum
  • Musée Maurice Carême - Maurice Carême MuseumMuseum
  • Musée Meunier MuseumMuseum
  • Musée Oldmasters - Oldmasters MuseumMuseum
  • Musée schaerbeekois de la bière - Schaarbeeks BiermuseumMuseum
  • Musée Wiertz MuseumMuseum
  • Museum for Natural Sciences of BelgiumMuseum
  • Museum of Erotics and MythologyMuseum
  • Museum of IxellesMuseum
  • Museum of the GueuzeMuseum
  • Museum of the National Bank of BelgiumMuseum
  • Museum René Magritte MuséeMuseum
  • Musical Instruments MuseumMuseum
  • My gay mythology — a monument to everyoneMemorial
  • National Basilica of the Sacred HeartAttraction
  • National Monument to the Jewish Martyrs of BelgiumMemorial
  • National Museum of the ResistanceMuseum
  • Obélisque Anspach - Obelisk AnspachMemorial
  • Observation towerObservation tower
  • Observation towerObservation tower
  • OnumentMemorial
  • Orts FountainMemorial
  • Palace of Charles of LorraineCastle
  • Palace of JusticeAttraction
  • Palace of National IndustryCastle
  • Palace of the Count of FlandersCastle
  • Palace of the Marquess of AsscheCastle
  • Palais des Académies - AcademiënpaleisCastle
  • Parc Josaphat - JosaphatparkAttraction
  • ParlamentariumMuseum
  • Paul JansonMemorial
  • Pavilion of Human PassionsMuseum
  • Pensionnat HégerMemorial
  • Pierre le Grand - Peter de GroteMemorial
  • Pierre Van HumbeeckMemorial
  • Pierre-Théodore VerhaegenMemorial
  • Pieter Bruegel the ElderMemorial
  • PlanetariumMuseum
  • Poelaert elevatorsAttraction
  • Pro PatriaMonument
  • PushkinMemorial
  • Queen Astrid MemorialMemorial
  • Raymond FoucartMemorial
  • Robert SchumanMemorial
  • Rouge Cloître - Rood KloosterMuseum
  • Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military HistoryMuseum
  • Royal PalaceAttraction
  • Royal Palace of LaekenCastle
  • Saint Michael and Gudula CathedralAttraction
  • Salvador AllendeMemorial
  • Sewer MuseumMuseum
  • Stock ExchangeAttraction
  • Stoclet PalaceCastle
  • The Children's MuseumMuseum
  • Théophile VerbistMemorial
  • Tintin et Milou - Kuifje en BobbieAttraction
  • Tomb of the Unknown SoldierMemorial
  • Tour d’Eggevoort - EggevoorttorenAttraction
  • Tour Noire - Zwarte TorenAttraction
  • Tower of TournaiAttraction
  • Train WorldMuseum
  • Urban Folly II: Emilie Louise FlögeMemorial
  • Václav Havel's PlaceMemorial
  • Van Buuren Museum & GardensMuseum
  • Villa gallo-romaine - Gallo-Romeinse villaArchaeological site
  • Villa Marie-MirandeAttraction
  • Villa SchonenbergCastle
  • VischhuisAttraction
  • WittockianaMuseum
  • Wounded but Still Standing in Front of the InconceivableMemorial

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Frequently asked questions

How many attractions are there in Brussels-Capital?

The Outdoor Pitstop map shows 239 points of interest in Brussels-Capital, 21 of them with a page of their own with a photo and a story.

What are the best known attractions in Brussels-Capital?

Among others Manneken Pis, Brussels Town Hall, House of European History, Royal Palace and Atomium.

Which attractions in Brussels-Capital have an audio tour?

19, including Manneken Pis, Brussels Town Hall, House of European History, Royal Palace and Atomium.

How does an audio tour work?

When you are at the place, the Outdoor Pitstop app tells its story in about two minutes, in English or Dutch. With Pro you check in and hear the whole story.

Which town has the most attractions?

Brussels (146), then Ixelles - Elsene (19), Anderlecht (13) and Schaerbeek - Schaarbeek (11).

Which memorials are there in Brussels-Capital?

100, including 9/11 and Article 5 Memorial, Godfrey of Bouillon, Leopold II, 150 years of Railways in Belgium and Armenian Genocide memorial of Brussels.

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