Arcade galleries in Brussels

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The shopping galleries in Brussels are multiple covered walkways in the center of the capital city of Belgium. The galleries form glass-roofed pedestrian streets on which shops are situated.

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Royal Saint-Hubert Galleries Galeries royales Saint-Hubert Bruxelles.JPG
Royal Saint-Hubert Galleries

History

Most of these gallery "passages" were built in the first half of the 19th century. Brussels had about 50 such galleries around 1850, of which a few still exist.

List of arcade galleries in Brussels

NameConstruction finishedImage
Bortier Gallery (Galerie Bortier / Bortiergalerij)1847 Galerie Borthier 01.JPG
Center Gallery (Galerie du centre / Centrumgalerij)1952 Centrumgalerij2.jpg
Horta Gallery (Galerie Horta / Hortagalerij)Officially designed by Victor Horta, but re-opened in 2009. Ingang Brussel Centraal.jpg
Royal Saint-Hubert Galleries (Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert / Koninklijke Sint-Hubertusgalerijen)1846 Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert.jpg
Northern Gallery (Passage du Nord / Noorddoorgang)1882 2043-03920-Noorddoorgang.jpg
Ravenstein Gallery (Galerie Ravenstein / Ravensteingalerij)1958 Gallery Ravenstein in Brussels.jpg

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