Ixelles
Ixelles is a district located very close to the city centre and linked with it by underground and bus lines. However if you like walking you may get to the centre on foot as well. There are shops, restaurants, hotels and cafes in the quarter. You may relax yourself in one of the most picturesque parks in Brussels called Leopolds Park. In the park European Parliament has its seat. There are also few great Belgian theatres in Ixelles: Varia and Nouveau Theatre de Belgique. If you like to spend your time in museum, then you should go to: Musee des Siences Naturelles or Wiertz Museum.
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Jardin du Roi
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The French name
Jardin du Roi literally means 'King’s Garden' and it indeed has an air of luxury and sophisticated taste to it, with the carefully kept lawns and its geometrical symmetry. There is also a number of statues that decorate the facility. The King’s Garden is said to have the
Ixelles Ponds Park
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The Ponds of Ixelles are such an important feature of Brussels that despite the fact that many of them were drained, a whole district, in fact a whole municipality, is named after this natural site. Today, there are two ponds left and they are situated between the General de Gaulle and
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