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
Bortier Gallery (Galerie Bortier / Bortiergalerij) 1847
Center Gallery (Galerie du centre / Centrumgalerij) 1952
Horta Gallery (Galerie Horta / Hortagalerij) Officially designed by Victor Horta, but re-opened in 2009.
Royal Saint-Hubert Galleries (Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert / Koninklijke Sint-Hubertusgalerijen) 1846
Northern Passage (Passage du Nord / Noorddoorgang) 1882
Ravenstein Gallery (Galerie Ravenstein / Ravensteingalerij) 1958

References

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