The shopping galleries in Brussels are multiple covered walkways in the center of the capital city of Belgium. The galleries form glass-roofed pedestrian streets on which shops are situated.
History
Most of these gallery "passages" were built in the first half of the 19th century. Brussels had about 50 such galleries around 1850, of which a few still exist.
List of arcade galleries in Brussels
| Name | Construction finished | Image |
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| Bortier Gallery (Galerie Bortier / Bortiergalerij) | 1847 |
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| Center Gallery (Galerie du centre / Centrumgalerij) | 1952 |
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| Horta Gallery (Galerie Horta / Hortagalerij) | Officially designed by Victor Horta, but re-opened in 2009. |
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| Royal Saint-Hubert Galleries (Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert / Koninklijke Sint-Hubertusgalerijen) | 1846 |
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| Northern Passage (Passage du Nord / Noorddoorgang) | 1882 |
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| Ravenstein Gallery (Galerie Ravenstein / Ravensteingalerij) | 1958 |
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References
- (in Dutch) About the Horta Gallery
- (in Dutch) History about Ravenstein