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46.1 km
289 m
03h04
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Stage 1: ten poets from around the world were inspired by Brussels to produce unique poems.

Stage 2: Belgian artists gave shape to the words of the poets by creating visual works.

The result? Ten poems and visual works have now been grafted into several of the capital’s neighbourhoods.

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Difficulty level: Medium (77/100)

Length: 46.1 km

Duration: 03h04


Total ascent: 289 m

Maximal slope: 3.4 %

Average slope: 0 %

Net ascent: 0 m

Total descent: 289 m

Roads and subsoil

Paved roads: 44.7 km (97 %)

Cobblestones: 0 m (0 %)

Scenery

Car free roads: 4 km (9 %)

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        Start and end of the route

        Closest address to start: Boulevard Général Jacques - Generaal Jacqueslaan, Elsene, Belgium
        Closest address to end: Boulevard Général Jacques - Generaal Jacqueslaan, R21, Elsene, Belgium

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        Places of interest

        1. MUR XL - Emilio López-Menchero & Chantal Maillard

          0 · POI

          Multilingualism plays a central role in MUR XL, a frieze of enamel plates by Emilio …

          Passa Porta
        2. Museum of Natural Science

          0 · Natural history museum
          The Museum of Natural science exhibits the famous Iguanodons of Bernissart. They were found in a …
          Dromos
        3. Leopold Park

          0 · Park
          The Leopold Park park was opened to the public in 1880 after as the unpopular Royal Zoological …
          Dromos
        4. Cinquantenaire

          0 · City park
          The Parc du Cinquantenaire or Jubelpark k]) is a large public, urban park of 30 ha in the …
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        5. Art & History Museum

          0 · Museum
          The Art & History Museum is a public museum of antiquities and ethnographic and decorative arts …
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        6. Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History

          0 · Museum
          The Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History is a military museum that occupies the …
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        7. Passing by - Peter Weidenbaum & Agnieszka Kuciak

          0 · POI

          Peter Weidenbaum based his work on the hustle and bustle
          that characterises Montgomery. He …

          Passa Porta
        8. Brussels

          0 · Municipality
          Brussels got a lot of negative attention in 2015-2016 because of the terror attacks in Paris and …
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        9. De appel / La pomme — Christophe Terlinden & Abdellatif Laâbi

          0 · POI

          By attaching a bronze apple to the end of a pole the artist Christophe Terlinden has created a …

          Passa Porta
        10. Le Mutsaert / De Mutsaard — Christian Israel & Miriam Van hee

          0 · POI

          By “poetically contaminating” about fifty street name-boards Christian Israel allows Miriam Van …

          Passa Porta
        11. Royal Greenhouses of Laeken

          0 · Greenhouse
          The Royal Greenhouses of Laeken are a fine example of Art Nouveau. Due to the enormous size it …
          Dromos
        12. Onze-Lieve-Vrouwkerk / Eglise Notre-Dame

          0 · Church
            Just two paces from the royal palace of Laeken, the church, which is on a small remodelled …
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        13. Laeken Cemetery

          0 · Cemetery
          Laeken Cemetery in Brussels, Belgium, is the city's oldest cemetery still in function and the …
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        14. Mbogo où es-tu, waar ben je? - Els Opsomer & Kasele Laïsi Watuta

          0 · POI

          The work plays with the different angles of view offered by the land and the surrounding …

          Passa Porta
        15. Charneca & Memória - Filip van Dingenen & Paulo Teixeira

          0 · POI

          ‘Reading Teixeira’s poem is like walking through a landscape. A journey from the city to the …

          Passa Porta
        16. René Magritte Museum

          0 · Museum
          It’s here, in this garden, that Magritte and his friends threw their costume parties. They …
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        17. Molenbeek Palimpsest - Henri Jacobs & Evgeni Bunimovich

          0 · POI

          Running along the Molenbeek canal is a promenade built in the spring of 2010 and designed by the …

          Passa Porta
        18. Time capsule - Richard Venlet, Sophie Nys & Fabio Scotto

          0 · POI

          To further explore the idea of both making Fabio Scotto’s poems accessible and preserving them for …

          Passa Porta
        19. Place des Martyrs

          0 · Square
          The Place des Martyrs is a historic square in central Brussels, Belgium. Its current name, meaning …
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        20. Hotel Métropole

          0 · Hotel
          The Hotel Métropole was a five-star luxury hotel in central Brussels, Belgium. Built in an …
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        21. Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert

          0 · Shoppingstreet
          The Royal Saint-Hubert Galleries is an ensemble of three glazed shopping arcades in central …
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        22. Place Sainte-Catherine

          0 · Square
          The square in front of St. Catherine was built in 1870. Originally there was a water tank here. …
          Dromos
        23. Sint-Nikolaaskerk

          1 · Church
          The Sint-Nikolaas church has been rebuilt several times during the centuries. The first version …
          Dromos
        24. Café le Cirio

          0 · Pub
          Café le Cirio is a typical Art Nouveay Café, designed by architect H. Coosemans. The interior of …
          Dromos
        25. Grand Place

          0 · Square
          There is a small statue of the scientist Rembert Dodoens at the Samblon, next to the statue of the …
          Dromos
        26. Falstaff

          1 · Restaurant
          The pub Falstaff is named after the character John Falstolf, made famous by William Shakespeare in …
          Dromos
        27. Bourse premetro station

          0 · Metrostation
          Bourse - Grand-Place/Beurs - Grote Markt premetro station is a premetro station in central …
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        28. Trees of Circular Motion / The Streets of La Roue — Orla Barry & Mimi Khalvati

          0 · POI

          The Irish artist Orla Barry used the poems of Mimi Khalvati as the basis for her permanent …

          Passa Porta
        29. Je bent de meervoudige taal — Tu es la langue plurielle /Dora García & Sabah Zouein

          0 · POI

          The sculpture reflects the melancholy tone that Dora García encountered both in the commune of …

          Passa Porta
        30. La Cambre Abbey

          0 · Abbey
          La Cambre Abbey or Ter Kameren Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in the City of Brussels, …
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        MUR XL - Emilio López-Menchero & Chantal Maillard
        Museum of Natural Science
        Leopold Park
        Cinquantenaire
        Art & History Museum
        Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History
        Passing by - Peter Weidenbaum & Agnieszka Kuciak
        Brussels
        De appel / La pomme — Christophe Terlinden & Abdellatif Laâbi
        Le Mutsaert / De Mutsaard — Christian Israel & Miriam Van hee
        Royal Greenhouses of Laeken
        Onze-Lieve-Vrouwkerk / Eglise Notre-Dame
        Laeken Cemetery
        Mbogo où es-tu, waar ben je? - Els Opsomer & Kasele Laïsi Watuta
        Charneca & Memória - Filip van Dingenen & Paulo Teixeira
        René Magritte Museum
        Molenbeek Palimpsest - Henri Jacobs & Evgeni Bunimovich
        Time capsule - Richard Venlet, Sophie Nys & Fabio Scotto
        Place des Martyrs
        Hotel Métropole
        Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert
        Place Sainte-Catherine
        Sint-Nikolaaskerk
        Café le Cirio
        Grand Place
        Falstaff
        Bourse premetro station
        Trees of Circular Motion / The Streets of La Roue — Orla Barry & Mimi Khalvati
        Je bent de meervoudige taal — Tu es la langue plurielle /Dora García & Sabah Zouein
        La Cambre Abbey
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