BrusselsPictures.com » shopping http://www.brusselspictures.com Photo Blog Covering the City of Brussels, Belgium Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:23:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Passage du Nord http://www.brusselspictures.com/2008/01/06/passage-du-nord/ http://www.brusselspictures.com/2008/01/06/passage-du-nord/#comments Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:55:51 +0000 admin http://www.brusselspictures.com/2008/01/06/passage-du-nord/ Built in between 1881 and 1882 the Passage du Nord is small a shopping arcade that crosses from boulevard Adolph Max to rue Neuve.

 

The gallery stands between the house of cats at one end and the luxurious Hotel Métropole at the other

It is decorated by a group of children carved by Albert Desenfans

They are supposed to represent day and night

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