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| − | + | '''Brussels''' ([[Flemish]]: ''Brussel''; [[French]]: ''Bruxelles'') is the capital city of [[Belgium]]. It has a population of 2 million (metropolitan area). Brussels is a bilingual enclave within the Flemish-speaking region of [[Flanders]]. | |
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| + | 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 lobbyists than in Washington DC. | ||
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| + | [[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> | ||
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| + | 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. | ||
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| + | Traditional New Year's Eve fireworks for 2007 in central Brussels were canceled due to a continuing terror threat in the Belgian capital. | ||
| + | <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,319112,00.html Brussels Cancels Traditional New Year's Eve Fireworks Due to Terror Threat], [[Associated Press]], [[Fox News Channel]], December 30, 2007</ref> | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
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| + | *[[Flemish School of Painting]] | ||
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| + | ==External Links== | ||
| + | *[http://www.naturalsciences.be/ Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences] | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | {{reflist|2}} | ||
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| + | [[Category:Capital Cities]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Belgian Cities and Towns]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Urban History]] | ||
Revision as of 03:21, December 27, 2011
Brussels (Flemish: Brussel; French: Bruxelles) is the capital city of Belgium. It has a population of 2 million (metropolitan area). Brussels is a bilingual enclave within the Flemish-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 lobbyists than in Washington DC.
NATO is also headquartered in Brussels where approximately 4000 people work for the political structure of NATO. [1]
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.
Traditional New Year's Eve fireworks for 2007 in central Brussels were canceled due to a continuing terror threat in the Belgian capital. [2]