text: Weekend getaways: Brussels for first-timers (Day 1) – The urge to discover
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  Arriving at the Bruxelles Central Station you can already appreciate Brussels charm: Mont des Arts and Sablon neighbourhood are a perfect start in the city. Mont des Arts is a museum quarter.
  Around three hectares of art where you can watch from a Chaplin film to a renewed tenor concert, see Renaissance paintings, discover culture, explore art history.
  This impressive gothic flamboyant style church is 65 meters high and 24 meters long. Its construction was started in the year 1400, but it took more than one century to be completed.
  Damaged by religious wars and the French Revolution, it was restored in the 19th century. These marvellous stained-glass windows date from around the 19th century and displays a color show on sunny days.
  The church is located at Rue des Sablons.
  Considered one of the most beautiful medieval squares in Europe, Grand Place or Grote Markt is the central square of Brussels, surrounded by opulent historic buildings dating from the 17th century. There is also located the city's Town Hall and the Museum of the City of Brussels.
  There's a street (Rue des Chapeliers) right by the square where you can find some really nice bars and restaurants – and the popular ones, like the Hard Rock.