During warm months, like June, July or August, plenty of people like to take a longer weekend off, to explore some interesting metropolis. Nowadays, thanks to cheap airline companies, Polish travelers have a multiple offers to choose, and sometimes final decision may be different. If you don’t know which city is worth to be seen you have to go to the Brussels.
Travel for a song
Because of huge amount of Poles, who are living in Belgium nowadays, small airline companies are offering decent flights to Brussels couple times during the week. But if you like to pay very small price for a ticket you need to know when to travel. Dates like Christmas are the most popular, cause Polish people are coming home to meet their families. That is why airline carriers are upraising prices to gain even more. If you like to travel during the summer try to book a flight couple of months ahead, to get the best price. At the start of the sale a big discount is possible, so do not miss your chance.
The best monuments
Brussels do not have such popular monuments as Paris or Barcelona, but still you will have in there multiple buildings worth to be visited. one of the finest is the headquarter of city hall, amazing, Gothic building raised in the fifteenth century. It is very rare example of medieval secular architecture in this part of Europe. Another one is Galleries de Saint Honore, also Gothic and beautiful, constructed in the same century. Also the cathedral of saint Michael is amazing example of Gothic architecture, it is a bit older, construction started in the beginning of fourteenth century. A lot less conventional, but also interesting is Atomium, modern statue situated in the center of a city. It is popular meeting place for citizens, around it plenty odf restaurants and shops are placed. And if you like to see how the local queen and king are living, you need to take a tour around Royal Palace.
Another attractions
True symbol of Brussels is the statue of peeing boy, named Manneken Pis, it was constructed in the sixteenth century and many legends are connected with the story. If you are logging for the best European monuments go for a trip to the Mini Europe, amazing park of miniatures. You will find in there monuments from Madrid, Rome, Paris and a lot more. If you are interested in art and culture, go for a trip to the Galeries Royales, complex of museums. Inside you will find paintings of Magritte, Rubens, Dali, Picasso, and a lot more.