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Cinquantenaire Park
A grand park built for Belgium's 50th birthday, with a triumphal arch and museums of art and history, cars and the army.
- Open
- Always; the museums close on Mondays
- Price
- Free; paid for the museums
- Time Needed
- 2 hours
- Address
- Parc du Cinquantenaire, 1000 BrusselsDirections
- Getting There
- Mérode or Schuman station (metro 1 and 5).
Why Go
King Leopold II had the park laid out for the 1880 exhibition marking 50 years of independence, and the triumphal arch was finished in 1905. Its wings hold the Art & History Museum, with antiquities and medieval treasures, a vintage car museum and the army museum.
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