Heritage day 1

This week-end is heritage days. So early this morning I went to see some of it. This year: Industrie.
First visite called: glaciere. Today an administrative building

But under it a huge storage where they used to store ice, before fridges exist

And also hang meet because of course it was cold

This room was full of ice!

Then direction a former coffee factory, now some offices and apartments. Could just see the outside...

This is a former wine factory

With some art nouveau style

This was the factory with the offices of the bosses watching the employees

Yeah free wine distribution, or not....

I love this style, a bit like Eiffel

Small break to have a salmon bagel and some limonade, outside between 2 showers :-)

Back to the wine building, still nothing to drink...

And then direction a former Waucquer textile factory

with it's art nouveau counter

and impressive lift

This is where they used to cut the textiles

and the catalog of what they offered

Today this is national archives of Brussels

Not so convenient for paper...

Beautiful stairs

 And old pair of scissors
All that I have seen was always with free tour

Statue outside
And tomorrow day 2!

European commision

 At and near the european commission

Actually there  are buildings everywhere

I especially like this one, pretty amazing

You have different styles and status everywhere

I think in this building they take care of children

This one is called caprice des dieux because of its shape

And nearby a parc to relax, well was not this week-end because it is raining like crazy....

This one is also pretty big...

With all the european flags

And of course the euro
Next step visit the parliament when there is a session :-)

park du cinquantenaire

When I saw pictures of it, I first though oh this is Berlin

But no, this is really in Brussels

Look waffles

although it looks so similar :-)

Inside there is q big museum that I have to visit, but there are so many museums here, I need more time!

Day trip in Aix-La-Chapelle

Aix la Chapelle, Germany is not too far from Brussels by train

There you can visit the cathedral with some tombs

Very very old doors

And an amazing celling, even if my picture is not that good

So high with brights colors

This city was the favorite of Charlemagne, and where many german kings were crowned

Looks like a donjon

Absinthe

This ine is an old restaurant, I really the all wooden style

One of the main square, so sunny that day

and the huge city hall

The city has kept all the old buildings which make s it very interesting to visit

Like the fountain with people playing around