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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]].
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. <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.
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>
== See also ==
*[[Flemish School of Painting]]
==External Links==
*[http://www.naturalsciences.be/ Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences]
==References==
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[[Category:Capital Cities]]
[[Category:Belgian Cities and Towns]]
[[Category:Urban History]]