School trip to: Brussels!

Andre_idol · August 30th, 2009, 02:58 AM

Me and my school mates went to a school trip to Belgium in the last days of April. I confess that I didn´t know much about Belgium but i absolutely loved the country and i hope come back soon! Especially to Antwerp that was my favourite city

First night we stayed in a hotel in Brussels centre because we had to get up early to our visit to the European Parliament (main visit goal). The other 2 nights we stayed in Thuin and from there we visited Antwerp, Brugge and Gent.

The pics you´ll see are from Brussels, from the European Parliament and other buildings. Sorry the rush and sometimes the quality of the pics...school trip...tight schedule...camera´s problems

Okay let´s start in Delirium Cafe

Cellphone quality as you can see

European Council

European Comission

Tram

Rush hour!

Galeries St. Hubert

Galerie De La Reine

Almost there...

Town Hall - Cellphone quality

An awesome 2 minutes scottish show

This guy gave a hell of a show

...then he came back right on time for his beer

The guy from the left is very nice

Tintin up there!

Make a wish

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Hope you liked it

Mahratta · August 30th, 2009, 03:14 AM

Thanks for the tour! You covered areas that I didn't go to, thanks for posting

Looks like you had a good time.

Bristol Mike · August 30th, 2009, 10:44 AM

Very nice shots, a good mix of new and old. Also, you nicely captured the gradient in the underground, something I've never noticed in an underground train network before.

***christos-greece*** · August 30th, 2009, 10:58 AM

Very nice photos; thanks for the tour

Benonie · August 30th, 2009, 09:59 PM

The quality isn't thàt bad. Not at all, most are very good.
We don't often see photo's taken in the European quarter here.
Thanks for sharing, glad you liked our country!

Andre_idol · August 30th, 2009, 11:51 PM

Thanks

And yes, one of the main reasons to make this thread were the Parliament pics

pokistic · September 1st, 2009, 04:16 PM

One great school trip!

Joka · September 7th, 2009, 11:59 AM

Thanks for the tour, you don't see too much pictures from the European Parliament around here.

J.Silva · November 8th, 2009, 10:21 PM

ó Andre, so vi estre thread hoje... Foi-me bastante nostalgico! nao fazes ideia..
Foi pela Alcaides que foste a bruxelas nao foi? tambem fiz essa tour... uma semana, com tudo pago: Bruxelas, Paris, Nantes, Biarritz e Madrid!!

Ai se pudesse aproveitar tudo de novo... :p
Boa Fotoreportagem

Andre_idol · November 9th, 2009, 02:20 AM

Lembrei-me de pôr isto na assinatura

Yup, fui pela Alcaides.
Eu fiz um Tour pela Bélgica

Fantástico! Não foi tudo pago (apesar do subsidio da UE e "patrocinios

)...mas só se recebeu a factura umas semanas depois porque os professores pagavam as viagens de comboio e depois acertavamos contas...mas valeu bem a pena a centena de euros por esta semaninha.

Confesso que não esperava grande coisa da Bélgica, mais por não conhecer, e achei fantástica. Pena não ter fotos das outras cidades

Até andei em carrinhas da policia belga e tudo

se quiseres saber pormenores depois avisa

dutchmaster · November 9th, 2009, 05:36 AM

^ Já que estão a falar português..

Parabéns pelo thred, belas fotos, a Bélgica é um país ofuscado mundialmente, pouco conheço dela mas é sem dúvidas um belo pedacinho na europa, gostaria de conhecer.

Valeu!

hix · November 11th, 2009, 01:29 PM

Please write English. This is the international section.

Andre_idol · November 12th, 2009, 01:44 AM

won´t happen again

Krika Kriminals · December 10th, 2009, 02:46 PM

Great trip to the land of chocolate!

Thanks.

edubejar · December 10th, 2009, 07:12 PM

I liked the piece of art displayed above. France is always on strike, Spain has covered the whole country with concrete with its hasty development, and Italy is perpetually thinking or playing football. I didn't understand the other ones very well.

Andre_idol · December 11th, 2009, 02:59 AM

I didn´t know but a teacher told me that when that piece appeared had a lot of bad feedback. Well I can tell you about Portugal´s one. The pieces of meat above the country have the shape of our ex-colonies...see the irony?

The chocolates are indeed great Krika

Gzdvtz · December 11th, 2009, 09:36 AM

Yeah, it was all over the news, firstly because of some depictions of countries that made some people cross, secondly because this piece of art was supposed to be done by artists from different EU countries, the Czech author basically lied and did the job himself, a great job in fact.

giusever67 · January 29th, 2012, 09:44 PM

Very nice photos. Brussels is a beautiful city, clean and safe.
I lived there for 2 years and I can confirm it.

Benonie · January 30th, 2012, 02:42 PM

Glad to read that Giusever67! Welcome in the Skyscrapercityworld!
Where did you live before?

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Images of Brussels

Linguine · January 30th, 2012, 03:40 PM

beautiful thread for Brussels....more pics please.

August 30th, 2009, 03:14 AM	#2
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Andre_idol Fluorescent Adolescent Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Barcelos, Portugal Posts: 5,338 Likes (Received): 57	Thanks And yes, one of the main reasons to make this thread were the Parliament pics

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Andre_idol Fluorescent Adolescent Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Barcelos, Portugal Posts: 5,338 Likes (Received): 57	Lembrei-me de pôr isto na assinatura Yup, fui pela Alcaides. Eu fiz um Tour pela Bélgica Fantástico! Não foi tudo pago (apesar do subsidio da UE e "patrocinios )...mas só se recebeu a factura umas semanas depois porque os professores pagavam as viagens de comboio e depois acertavamos contas...mas valeu bem a pena a centena de euros por esta semaninha. Confesso que não esperava grande coisa da Bélgica, mais por não conhecer, e achei fantástica. Pena não ter fotos das outras cidades Até andei em carrinhas da policia belga e tudo se quiseres saber pormenores depois avisa __________________ School trip to: Brussels!

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Andre_idol Fluorescent Adolescent Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Barcelos, Portugal Posts: 5,338 Likes (Received): 57	won´t happen again __________________ School trip to: Brussels!

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Krika Kriminals BANNED Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 6 Likes (Received): 0	Great trip to the land of chocolate! Thanks.

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Andre_idol Fluorescent Adolescent Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Barcelos, Portugal Posts: 5,338 Likes (Received): 57	I didn´t know but a teacher told me that when that piece appeared had a lot of bad feedback. Well I can tell you about Portugal´s one. The pieces of meat above the country have the shape of our ex-colonies...see the irony? The chocolates are indeed great Krika __________________ School trip to: Brussels!

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