15 November is King’s Day in Belgium, also known as Dynasty Day. Last summer, I visited, or rather revisited the Royal Palace in Brussels. It was my third time. The last time was in 2021.

This blog post is much shorter than I anticipated. Five years had passed, so the visit must be different, I expected. Not quite. I’d say 90% of the tour is exactly the same as in 2021. So you can find a description of the palace and the tour here. And looking back at, I don’t see what I can add. 

The difference: the mini exhibitions, and there were a lot of them. One on music and musical instruments, one on memory and memory loss, and one on Louise-Marie, the first queen. Oh and the façade has been cleaned. 

What didn’t help: the crowd. I don’t remember the visit being so popular last time. I guess back then there were still COVID-19 restrictions. 

So yes, a short post. But I did make photos. 

21 July & 15 November

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• 2025: BELGIUM | Naming towns and cities: municipalities with Dutch, French, English and other translations.
• 2025: How Belgium has changed in the last 25 years.
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• 2023: FREE STATE OF ANTWERP | The City could have run the parking lot.

Exploring Brussels

• BRUSSELS | La Fabrique en ville – Villa Empain – Chalet Robinson – Winter Wonders – Rêve d’Asie.
• REVIEW | ‘Belgian Railways Under Occupation: Between Collaboration and Resistance’ at Train World in Brussels.
• BELGIUM | Meise Botanic Garden.
• REVIEW | ‘Jules Verne 200: An Immersive Journey’ in Brussels.
• REVIEW | ‘A Century of Belgian Comics’ at the Comic(s) Art Museum Brussels by the Belgian Comic Strips Center.
• MUSEUM | House of European History in Brussels.
• Visiting the European Parliament in Brussels.
• RIDE & DINE | Brussels Tram Experience.
• REVIEW | M-Gallery Le Louise in Brussels.
• Inside the Royal Palace of Brussels.
• Brussels’ Atomium.
• REVIEW | Orient-Express exhibition at Train World, Brussels’ railway museum.
• The orange world of Design Museum Brussels.
• AfricaMuseum in Tervuren near Brussels.
• Brussels Planetarium.
• Brussels’ Gare Maritime.
• Brussels’ Pannenhuis Park and L28 Park.
• Brussels’ Senne Park.
• The Hotel. Brussels.
• REVIEW | ‘Royals & Trains’ exhibition at Train World in Brussels.
• Ducal and Imperial Palace of Coudenberg in Brussels.
• MIMA – Millennium Iconoclast Museum of Art in Brussels.
• Villa Empain in Brussels.
• Pullman Brussels Centre Midi.
• Autoworld automobile museum in Brussels.
• Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History in Brussels, Belgium.
• Royal Military Museum, War Heritage Institute, Brussels, Belgium.
• PHOTOS | Train World railway museum in Brussels.
• Josaphat Park and residential Schaerbeek.
• BRUSSELS | BELvue Museum of Belgium.