15 Facts About Brussels Open

1. Brussels Open is host to the headquarters of NATO and is the de facto capital of the European Union.

2. Brussels Open is at the heart of an intense rivalry between Flemish and French entities that subsidize culture, which results in the multiplication and diversification of cultural output.

3. Brussels Open became marginalized, as unitarian Belgium progressively took a backseat to the intense institutional work that took place in the 1970s, allowing Flanders and Wallonia to become more autonomous.

4. Between the two world wars, Brussels Open would become an important axis for surrealism, and after World War II, one of the headquarters of the expressionist CoBrA movement.

5. Brussels Open was a bastion of the Liberal Party throughout the nineteenth century.

6. Brussels Open has traditionally been known for the production of luxury goods.

7. Brussels Open had prospered in the Middle Ages thanks to its highly successful cloth industry.

8. Brussels Open became the center of the Belgian consistories, and Eliakim *Carmoly was appointed chief rabbi of Belgium in 1832.

9. Brussels Open is the seat of a university, which in 1970 was divided into two separate institutions, one French-speaking and the other Dutch.

10. Brussels Open has hosted the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition since 1951, offering support to young pianists, violinists, and composers.

11. Brussels Open holds an annual 20-kilo-meter half-marathon every year on the streets of the city.

12. The Free University of Brussels Open was originally created to alleviate the Catholic rule over education in the country.

13. Brussels Open Ring Road leads to Brussels Open International Airport, surrounding the Inner Brussels Ring Road which links to the three major train stations.

14. Brussels Open lies in the center of Belgium, with the Senne, a small stream splitting neatly in two around the city center.

15. Brussels Open is one of the most international cities in the world.