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Published: 2015-08-08 16:38:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 449; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 2
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Brussels, August 8th 2015The former "Old England" warehouse at the Hofberg in Brussels, Belgium.
Built in Art-Nouveau Style; designed by architect Paul Saintenoy and engineer E. Wyhofski.
Constructed 1899; used by the "Old England" firm until 1972.
Home to the Musical Instruments Museum since 2000.
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A beautiful shot of a wonderful building. Β What a magnificent design!
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They just don't build them like that anymore...
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Well! I've been to Brussels and must have missed this. Good excuse to go again sometime! Nice picture
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I seem to remember seeing a building very similar to that in the Stephansplatz in Vienna, Austria.
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Ah chucks, reminds me I still have to upload my matte painting where everyone in my class used this building
We had to make a matte paining about Brussels in a distant future, but where everything is in Art Nouveau style, and this building just screams Art-Nouveau
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yes, it is true 
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Musical Instrument Museum sounds fun. *puts visit Brussels on bucket list*
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wonderful !! first time i see something different from you but a train...
i wonder how could i miss this building ...what street is this...Β
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This is the Hofbergstraat/Rue Montagne de la Cour, not far from the Brussels Central station. :3
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There actually are quite a few interesting buildings grouped together there - from the old Justice palace, to the Museum of Fine Art and the Magritte Museum, to the "Mont des Arts", the "Eglise Notre Dame du Sablon", the Synagogue of Brussels and the Music Conservatory - all at a stone's throw distance of one another (although I firmly advise you not to throw said stone... 
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this picture is not very nice ...may be you have a better one...
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The Justice Palace is an awkward and hard building to photograph - I was there earlier today, bit I feel my pictures are much worse than yours.
The scaffolding doesn't make things easier either. Β The whole building has been clad in it for so many years, they now actually had to start restoring the scaffolding itself as well!
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next time i'll try to reach it ..may be i've lost myself in the Petit Sablon area
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Brussels is an incredibly large city indeed...
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yes, i haven't explore it entirely too... may be you'll show something interesting Β during your trip...
i am not sure if saw synagogue ...
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The Grand Synagogue and the Royal Conservatory are built next to one another, so much so that at first it wasn't clear to me if they were one building, or two seperate ones...
www.google.be/maps/@50.839203,β¦
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that's why i missed it...
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Sorry for the late reply - the "Old England Company" was a general warehouse, which mostly sold clothes. Β They also - apparently - had quite a good restaurant.
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No problem my friend, Thank you for the reply!
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