{"id":9298,"date":"2026-03-29T15:14:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T15:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/9298\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T15:14:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T15:14:15","slug":"european-union-headquarters-and-groote-markt-brussels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/9298\/","title":{"rendered":"European Union headquarters and Groote Markt, Brussels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Scenes-Brussels-headquarters-European-Union-Groote-Markt.jpg\" alt=\"Tour Belgium's capital to observe its bustling commerce center, the EU's headquarters, and the Groote Markt\" class=\"rounded super-video-thumbnail vertical-false\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n            Tour Belgium&#8217;s capital to observe its bustling commerce center, the EU&#8217;s headquarters, and the Groote Markt\n        <\/p>\n<p>\n                Scenes of Brussels, including the European Union headquarters and Groote Markt.\n            <\/p>\n<p>\n            Encyclop\u00e6dia Britannica, Inc.\n        <\/p>\n<p>Encyclop\u00e6dia Britannica, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>Scenes of Brussels, including the European Union headquarters and Groote Markt.<\/p>\n<p>A look at all four \u201cstates\u201d of the Martin Droeshout engraved portrait of William Shakespeare, first published with the 1623 First Folio of Shakespeare&#8217;s plays.<\/p>\n<p>Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about how countries decide where to locate their capital cities.<\/p>\n<p>Contunico \u00a9 ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz<\/p>\n<p>Learn about the historic landmarks, streets, diamonds, fashions, and food in Antwerp, Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>Contunico \u00a9 ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz<\/p>\n<p>Learn about the founding of the Dutch Republic.<\/p>\n<p>Encyclop\u00e6dia Britannica, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>African colonization changed history\u2014and the map.<\/p>\n<p>Contunico \u00a9 ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz<\/p>\n<p>Learn how Belgian chocolates are made.<\/p>\n<p>Contunico \u00a9 ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz<\/p>\n<p>The European Commission&#8217;s canteen features a variety of menus.<\/p>\n<p>Encyclop\u00e6dia Britannica, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s no wonder that the man called the Little Corporal has captivated the public for 200 years.<\/p>\n<p>        Transcript<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tNARRATOR: Brussels, the capital of Belgium, is also the headquarters of the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>It is an important center for commerce and industry, hosting many banks and national and multinational corporations.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the best known of the city\u2019s traditional products is Brussels lace.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Richly decorated buildings in the historical center\u2014Groote Markt, or &#8220;Big Market&#8221;\u2014demonstrate the wealth of Brussels, traditional crossroads of Europe&#8217;s trade routes.<\/p>\n<p>                Last Modification: <\/p>\n<p>Mar. 26, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tour Belgium&#8217;s capital to observe its bustling commerce center, the EU&#8217;s headquarters, and the Groote Markt Scenes of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9299,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[307,18,4422,4421,305,4420,4419,3042,4423],"class_list":{"0":"post-9298","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brussels","8":"tag-britannica","9":"tag-brussels","10":"tag-dictionary","11":"tag-encyclopaedia","12":"tag-encyclopedia","13":"tag-online","14":"tag-reference","15":"tag-store","16":"tag-thesaurus"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116313120123791577","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}