Brussels 2-Day Itinerary

A curated 2-day trip plan for Brussels, Belgium — featuring Grand Place, Place du Grand Sablon, Belgium Royal Museums of Fine Arts.

Day 1

Historic Center & Squares

9:00 AMGrand Place1.5 hours
The Grand-Place or Grote Markt is the central square of Brussels, Belgium. It is surrounded by opulent Baroque guildhalls of the former Guilds of Brussels and two larger edifices: the city's Flamboyant Town Hall, and the neo-Gothic King's House or Bread House building, housing the Brussels City Museum. The square measures 68 by 110 metres and is entirely paved.
10:45 AMPlace du Grand Sablon1 hour
The Sablon or Zavel is a neighbourhood and hill in the historic upper town of Brussels, Belgium. At its heart are two adjoining squares: the larger Grand Sablon (French) or Grote Zavel square in the north-west and the smaller Petit Sablon (French) or Kleine Zavel square and garden in the south-east, divided by the Church of Our Lady of Victories at the Sablon and the Rue de la Régence/Regentschapstraat.
12:00 PMBelgium Royal Museums of Fine Arts2.5 hours
World-class collection of Flemish Old Masters and modern Belgian art located near Sablon; break for lunch adjacent to museum.

Parks & Modern Landmarks

9:00 AMParc de Bruxelles1 hour
Brussels Park is the largest urban public park in central Brussels, Belgium. The park was formerly known and is still sometimes colloquially referred to as the Royal Park. It was the city's first public park, being originally laid out between 1776 and 1783 in a neoclassical style by the French architect Gilles-Barnabé Guimard and the Austrian landscape architect Joachim Zinner, as part of an urban project including the Place Royale/Koningsplein. The area of the rectangular park is 13.1 ha.
10:15 AMParc du Cinquantenaire1.5 hours
The Parc du Cinquantenaire or Jubelpark is a large urban public park of 30 ha in the easternmost part of the European Quarter in Brussels, Belgium.
1:00 PMAtomium2 hours
The Atomium is a landmark modernist building in Brussels, Belgium, originally constructed as the centrepiece of the 1958 Brussels World's Fair. Designed by the engineer André Waterkeyn and the architects André and Jean Polak as a tribute to scientific progress, as well as to symbolise Belgian engineering skills at the time, it is located on the Heysel/Heizel Plateau in Laeken, where the exhibition took place. It is the city's most popular tourist attraction, and serves as a museum, an art centre and a cultural destination.

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