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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Entre Art Déco et modernisme à Etterbeek +

L'avenue Nouvelle et ses alentours nous offrent un panorama de maisons et immeubles Art Déco et modernistes très surprenants. Un bel exemple est la maison d'angle de Victor Coppé, une merveille d'architecture au style très épuré que les propriétaires ont repeinte en hommage à la palette de Morandi.

Art Déco 2025 Modernist architecture Art Deco
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Les passages couverts à Bruxelles : des Galeries Royales à la Galerie Ravenstein +

Bruxelles comptera jusqu'à 50 passages couverts dans les années 1850 et exportera le modèle vers plusieurs autres villes de Belgique. Inaugurées en 1847, les Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert sont parmi les plus anciennes d'Europe.

Modernist architecture Neo-classical architecture Heritage

Old porcelain factory Demeuldre-Coché +

This former porcelain factory, built in 1830, used to produce quantities of decorative porcelain and earthenware for the creations of famous architects such as Victor Horta and Paul Saintenoy. The latter's tiles can be found on the façade of the Old England building (now the Museum of Music...

Eclectic architecture Industrial architecture Art nouveau Interiors
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Renovating the Solvay mansion : behind the scenes +

The owner of the Solvay hotel has launched the complete renovation of the street façade : window frames, glass, metalwork and supporting beams. On top of the guided tour of the mansion, our guide will explain the surprising details of the renovation.

Art nouveau Interiors

The Hôtel Winssinger +

Special opening of the Hôtel Winssinger!

With its large white stone façade, the Hôtel Winssinger was designed between 1894 and 1897 by Victor Horta in a ‘total art’ spirit dear to the master of Art Nouveau. The architect incorporated a spacious staircase bathed in light and a winter garden enhanced...

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 been...

Art nouveau Interiors Heritage
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The Solvay mansion and its technical innovations +

Between 1894 and 1898, Victor Horta built the most prestigious Art nouveau mansion in Brussels for Armand Solvay, son of the famous industrialist Ernest Solvay. A major building by Art nouveau master Victor Horta, it has kept all its original elements : furniture, lights, curtains and works of art. ...

Art nouveau Interiors
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The World of Banksy +

Banksy is undoubtedly today’s most famous and controversial street artist. The Banksy Museum resolutely sets out to introduce Banksy and his unusual approach through the creativity he has shown in the streets all over the world. There was no question in the mind of the curating team of simply...

PECA Art Contemporary art Exhibitions Street art
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Architecture contemporaine autour du Botanique +

À l’heure des grands projets de rénovation/transformation du patrimoine architectural, industriel et culturel de notre chère capitale, nous vous proposons une promenade autour du quartier Botanique

Industrial architecture Modernist architecture Contemporary art Heritage
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Aristocratic Brussels, Sablon area and surroundings +

Being a prime art and commercial area, the Sablon area proudly discloses its picturesque lanes, its magnificent church and its prosperous and busy square. Gradually shaped along centuries, from the middle-ages till modern times, this gem is undoubtedly one of the most charming areas of the city...

Heritage