Last day in Brussels 4-24-15

Today was our last day in Brussels, I took this panorama from the square in front of the Hall of Justice which overlooks the older part of the city.  When we arrived there was a detachment of armed soldiers deploying and many vehicles arriving with sirens blaring.  The police arrived with sharpshooters and the entire front steps of the building were cleared.   It made us kind of nervous so we lingered only enough to take the picture and then cleared out.

Since our train didn't leave until 5:00pm we had time to catch the museum that was closed during the strike two days ago.   It is the museum of the Fin de Siecle (end of the Century, in this case the 19th) and it covers the range of art from the last romantics to the stark reality of the late industrial age, impressionism, art nouveau, pre-Raphaelite, etc.  A wonderful walk through Belgian art of the 19th century.  We're very glad we were able to see it.   It is however 5 sub-basements down from the -3 level. 


So the elevator out was really welcome and very innovative, all elevators should be so accommodating.