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Welcome to Hilton!
Fully renovated 4-star property, conveniently located in the business district close to Antwerp Expo. The hotel is surrounded by a park and has its own garage. Public transport at 50 mtrs., 10 minutes to the historical city center. The hotel is known for its excellent service and great food.
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The 27-story hotel Hilton Brussels towers over Egmont Park in central Brussels and is located on the fashionable Boulevard de Waterloo and approximately eight miles from Brussels Airport. The Louise metro station, Sablon Square, antique markets, Place du Grand Sablon, and the Royal Palace are within walking distance of the hotel.
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Brussels is an exciting, modern city, yet it is rich in strikingly beautiful medieval and art nouveau buildings. It has outstanding museums and galleries and a vibrant cultural life. The heart of the capital city of Belgium lies inside a circle of main roads. The inner city can easily be explored within this circle on foot, by bus, or by tram. For areas outside it, there is an excellent subway system.

Over the centuries, Brussels (Bruxelles in French; Brussel in Flemish) has been ruled by every major power at or near its boundaries from the Romans to the Spanish to the Germans. Its colonial history provided a fitting prelude to its current status. Brussels has become an international business community composed of diplomats, lobbyists, and euro-politicians connected with NATO and the European Union. International business arrived in the past three decades, resulting in blocks lined with steel-and-glass office buildings. However, these modern edifices are only a few steps from the cobbled streets, splendid cafés, and graceful art nouveau architecture that speak to the city's eventful past.
See our City Guide for more information about Belgium
Belgium


Special Events & Entertainment in Belgium

January:
International Film Festival
This festival has been held for over 30 years. It features first release independent US and European films. It takes place at the Palais des Congrès 02/513-4130.

Antique Fair
The annual 10 day event is held at Brussels' Palais des Beaux-Arts in late January. It offers the best from antique dealers in Belgium and neighboring countries and is eagerly anticipated each year.

February:
International Cartoon and Animated Film Festival
This festival is a world premier of feature length films and about 100 shorts produced in Belgium and elsewhere.

Chocolate Passion Fair
Held on St. Valentine's weekend at Place du Grand Sablon. The theme is chocolate.

Carnival
Celebrated throughout Belgium with the largest and most popular celebration occurring one hour southwest of Brussels in Binche. The highlight is on Shrove Tuesday when the elaborately costumed local men dance in the town's central square.

Late April-early May:
The Royal Greenhouses
02/513-0770 at Laeken Palace near Brussels, with superb flower and plant arrangements, are open to the public for a limited period of about 10 days.

Festival van Vlaanderen
Brussels hosts this classical music festival, which continues until October.

May:
The Queen Elisabeth international music competition
02/513-0099 is one of the most demanding events of its kind. The categories rotate: in 2000 the theme was piano; in 2001 voice and in 2002 violin

The Kunsten Festival des Arts
02/512-7450 is a month-long international celebration of contemporary drama, dance, and music.

Late May:
The Brussels Jazz Marathon
0900/00606 The last weekend in May brings jazz bands and enthusiasts to the stages all over the city for a series of concerts. Gigs and informal sessions in more than 50 clubs and pubs, plus outdoor concerts in the Grand'place and Grand Sablon featuring leading jazz musicians. One ticket for all events, includes free shuttle between venues and public transport.

Brussels 20km Run
Annual competition held in the streets of the capital on a Sunday in mid -May which attracts about 20,000 runners.

June:
Battle of Waterloo
Every 5 years in mid-June the battle of Waterloo is re-enacted. The next scheduled re-enactment is in 2005.

Couleur Café
During the last weekend in June, world music, dance, rap and drums come together for a three day festival.

Late June or early July:
Ommegang
02/512-1961 takes over Brussels's Grand'place. It's a sumptuous and stately pageant reenacting a procession that honored Emperor Charles V in 1549. Book early.

Festival of Wallonia
Young Belgian musicians perform classical concerts throughout Brussels and Wallonia until October.

July:
Foire du Midi
This huge, annual month long fun fair runs from mid-July on the Blvd. du Midi. Large crowds, a ferris wheel, roller coasters, Belgian waffles, are all part of the enjoyment of the event.

July 21:
Belgium's National Day
is celebrated in Brussels with a military March, followed by a popular feast in the parc de Bruxelles and brilliant fireworks.

August 9:
A procession of "giants" parades from the Sablon to the Grand -Place and a maypole is planted there.

Mid-Aug.:
A flower carpet, painstakingly laid out, covers and transforms the entire Grand'place of Brussels for two days. Even years only; next in 2002.

Sept.-Dec.:
Every other year, the Europalia festival honors a different country with exhibitions, concerts, and other events amounting to a thorough inventory of its cultural heritage. In 2001 a country will be thus honored in Brussels and in other European cities .02/507-8550.

Les Nuits Botanique
A week of celebrating rock, international music and pop is held in the Botanique in mid-September.

2nd weekend in September:
On National Heritage Day on selected weekends in September 02/511-1840 buildings and monuments of architectural or historical interest throughout Belgium, that are not normally accessible to the public, are opened to all.

2nd weekend in December:
The European Christmas Market in the Grand'place in Brussels features the traditions and products of many different European Union countries.

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