Palace of Academies, Brussels

The City of Brussels (French: Ville de Bruxelles French: [vil də bʁysɛl] or alternatively Bruxelles-Ville French: [bʁysɛl vil]; Dutch: Stad Brussel Dutch: [stɑd ˈbrʏsəl] or Brussel-Stad) is the largest municipality and historical centre of the Brussels-Capital Region, as well as the capital of the Flemish Region (from which it is separate) and Belgium. The City of Brussels is also the administrative centre of the European Union, as it hosts a number of principal EU institutions in its European Q…