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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Hôtel Van Eetvelde +

The Van Eetvelde Hotel was built in 1895 by Victor Horta for Edmond Van Eetvelde, Secretary General for the Congo, who wanted to show his social success with a house that could accommodate receptions. Showcasing the distinctive features of the Horta style, the house has a superb rotunda glass roof...

Art nouveau Interiors
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La vie quotidienne à l'Hôtel Solvay +

De 1894 à 1898, le maître de l'Art nouveau Victor Horta construit pour Armand Solvay, le fils du célèbre industriel Ernest Solvay, un prestigieux hôtel de maître. Construction majeure de Horta, l'hôtel Solvay a en outre conservé tous ses éléments d'origine : mobilier, luminaires, tentures et objets...

Art nouveau Interiors
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Solvay House +

Considered one of the major constructions of Victor Horta, the Art Nouveau master, the Solvay house (1894) has fortunately kept its original furniture, lightings, upholstery and pieces of art. Listed by the UNESCO, this World Heritage construction is a unique gem, for which the meaning of “total...

Art nouveau Interiors
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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 Marolles and the Art Nouveau +

A kindergarten, a social housing estate or an artist's studio... so many buildings with different functions to which Art Nouveau architects lent their talent! In the heart of one of the oldest districts of Brussels, the visitor will discover buildings of all kinds, less known than the prestigious...

Art nouveau Heritage
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The Max Hallet Hotel +

Built in 1902-1905 for the lawyer and politician Max Hallet by the leader of Art Nouveau - the architect Victor Horta - the Hotel Max Hallet (1904) opens its doors on a magical universe mixing curves and counter-curves, precious materials and polychrome glass.
The house is now inhabited and has...

Art nouveau
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Tour & Taxis and his history +

The old industrial area of Tour en Taxis, consisting of warehouses, offices and a gigantic station housed in a large hall built at the beginning of the 20th century, was disaffected in 1987 and partially restored since 2001 to accommodate businesses, restaurants and major cultural events. The site...

PECA Industrial architecture Art nouveau Heritage