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'''Brussels''' ([[Dutch language|Dutch]]: ''Brussel''; [[French]]: ''Bruxelles'') is the capital city of [[Belgium]]. It has a population of 1,187,890<ref>https://www.belgium.be/en/about_belgium/country/Population/</ref> ([[Brussels Capital Region|Capital Region of 19 municipalities]]), the municipality of Brussels has about 150,000 inhabitants.<ref>http://www.brussels.info/facts/</ref> Brussels is a bilingual enclave within the Dutch-speaking region of [[Flanders]].
'''Brussels''' ([[Dutch language|Dutch]]: ''Brussel''; [[French]]: ''Bruxelles'') is the capital city of [[Belgium]]. It has a population of 1,187,890<ref>https://www.belgium.be/en/about_belgium/country/Population/</ref> ([[Brussels Capital Region|Capital Region of 19 municipalities]]), the municipality of Brussels has about 150,000 inhabitants.<ref>http://www.brussels.info/facts/</ref> Brussels is a bilingual enclave within the Dutch-speaking region of [[Flanders]].
The city is headquarters of the [[European Union]], and the term 'Brussels' is frequently used as a synonym for the EU and its tortuous bureaucracy. The Commission, Council and Parliament of the EU all meet in Brussels employing some 30,000 people which makes Brussels a target for more [[lobbyist]]s than in [[Washington DC]].
The city is headquarters of the [[European Union]], and the term 'Brussels' is frequently used as a synonym for the [[EU]] and its tortuous [[bureaucracy]]. The [[European Commission]], [[European Council]] and [[European Parliament]] all meet in Brussels employing some 30,000 people which makes Brussels a target for more [[lobbyist]]s than in [[Washington DC]].
[[NATO]] is also headquartered in Brussels where approximately 4000 people work for the political structure of NATO.<ref>http://www.nato.int/structur/tenders/newhq3/index.htm</ref>
[[NATO]] is also headquartered in Brussels where approximately 4000 people work for the [[political]] structure of NATO.<ref>http://www.nato.int/structur/tenders/newhq3/index.htm</ref>
Brussels was home to the 1958 Worlds Fair for which the [[Atomium]], a 103 meter tall building blown up 165 billion times which represents a unit cell of an iron crystal, was built.
Brussels was home to the 1958 Worlds Fair for which the [[Atomium]], a 103 meter tall building blown up 165 billion times which represents a unit cell of an iron crystal, was built.