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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Street Art +

Round the corner of a street, on a wall or on a façade, urban art creations are blooming about everywhere. But why? By whom? How? This guided tour will attempt to answer these questions and will allow young people to improve their knowledge and understanding of this modern art, which keeps evolving...

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Street Art Rally: a challenge for you!

The tour guide will make you discover urban art in Brussels. Either hidden or visible, of modest or of a several meters size, the large diversity of these projects alongside the streets will amaze you. Throughout this visit, in teams, you will have to take up challenges submitted by the tour guide...

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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...

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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 Palace of Justice and the Marolles +

This walk full of contrasts will take you from the labyrinths of the Palais de Justice to the disorderly and cheeky streets of the Marolles, from the Belgian judicial activity to the rebellious and zwanzeur spirit of a typically Brusseleir district!

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The Pelgrims house +

Thanks to a magnificent restoration, the Pelgrims house has been returned to its former glory!

This eclectic mansion, attributed to architect Adolphe Pirenne, hides behind a Flemish neo-Renaissance-inspired façade an interior that has been partially redesigned in Art Deco style. Initially inhabited...

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The Pursuit of Democracy – an Active Participatory Tour+

Book a visit for your group that focuses on the concept of democracy and reflect about it in “slow looking” at the House of European History’s collection objects. This visit is available in English, French, German and Dutch, lasts approximately 90 minutes and is based on public participation...

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the Town Hall of Saint Gilles +

Arkadia invites you to discover the beautifully decorated rooms of the Town Hall of Saint Gilles.

The Town Hall of Saint Gilles is the work of Albert Dumont (1853-1920), a self-taught architect whose work is marked by the French and Flemish Renaissance. It is characterised by its French neo...

Saint-Gilles Architecture Heritage
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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...

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Tour et Taxis : Investigate +

Something odd has happened at Tour &Taxis, and the investigators need your help to shed light on this case. During this investigation, you will have to find clues, solve enigmas, tap into your observation skills and your ability to deduce, all this on the massive site of Tour &Taxis. Your...

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