Group tours

Discover Brussels with Arkadia's network of professional guides, historians, art historians and architects! We offer a series of original guided tours for groups, focused on specific themes or with a particular approach.

These tours are available in French, Dutch, German, English, Italian, Spanish, Russian or Hungarian. One guide is provided for each group of 15, 20 or 25 people, depending on the capacity of the place.

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Exploring the historical city centre +

This fascinating circular walking tour will take you from the hilltop Royal district down to the ancient streets and markets of the city centre in the valley below. On the way we will pass the remains of the city walls, in search of the soul of the mediaeval city.

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From Place Flagey to La Cambre Abbey +

The district of Ixelles' ponds, where many mansions were built for the wealthy bourgeoisie, offers a stunning panorama on Brussels' architecture and particularly Art nouveau and Art Déco architecture.

Art Deco Art nouveau Heritage
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INR : House of radio – « The Flagey Liner » +

The INR or « the sound factory » is a marvellous example of aesthetics espousing technical achievements to meet the requirements of radio work. Between Art Deco and modernism, the shape of the building reminds us of the fascination that the 1930s had for the architecture of machines and particularly...

Art Deco Interiors Heritage
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Ixelles Cemetery +

If there is a single place in Brussels which enables you to wander and discover the greatest Belgian artists of the 19th and 20th, it is indeed the Ixelles cemetery. Here, the architects Victor Horta and Adrien Blomme rest in peace next to writers or musicians such as Charles de Coster or Eugène...

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MIMA + Street Art +

Discover urban art in Brussels in company of our guide! Either hidden or apparent, of modest or enormous size, the multifaceted aspect of Street Art will amaze you. You will explore the MIMA, a young museum of international stature dedicated to accessible and thriving contemporary creation. The site...

Industrial architecture Contemporary art Brussels, city of art Heritage Street art
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Petit Sablon Garden and Egmont Parc +

Facing the Sablon church, Petit Sablon square stands as one of the little gems of Brussels center: a neo-renaissance garden, adorned by a collection of sculptures made by the most talented Belgian artists of the 19th century. Whereas this garden is quite visible, Egmont park has always made itself...

Parks & gardens Heritage
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Quiz about Bruxelles

You think you know all the recesses in Brussels city centre? Well, we are not so sure…In teams, with a roadbook in hand, you will step back in time and tackle Brussels city center!

On the agenda: observation – enigmas - brain storming - a light tasting of sweets - challenges

In places such as the most...

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Solvay Library +

The Solvay Library, the magnificent setting of the former Institute of Sociology, was created under the impulse of Ernest Solvay and built by the architects Constant Bosmans and Henri Vandeveld. Inaugurated in 1902, the Solvay Institute of Sociology is one of the most prestigious remains of the...

Art nouveau Interiors Heritage
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The Gare Maritime+

This former freight station has been turned by Neutelings Riedijk Architects into a city where it never rains. The impressive Art nouveau steel structure covering the site was renovated by Jan De Moffarts and the Bureau Bouwtechniek.  

The "Gare Maritime" is an energy neutral building : renewable...

Industrial architecture Art nouveau Heritage
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The hidden side of Brussels Rally +

This mysterious and unusual tour will take you to hidden places of the capital by discovering several underground places!

Will you get lost in the former palace of Charles V ? Do you know the "Grand-Serment Crossbowmen Guild"?

The visit will end with a crossbow shooting demonstration: thrills...

Rallyes interactifs Heritage Rallyes