Porte de Hal metro station

The Halle Gate (French: Porte de Hal, Dutch: Hallepoort) is a former medieval city gate and the last vestige of the second walls of Brussels, Belgium. Built between 1381 and 1383, it was heavily restored in the 19th century in its current neo-Gothic style by the architect Henri Beyaert. It is now a museum dedicated to the medieval City of Brussels, part of the Royal Museums of Art and History (RMAH).The Halle Gate is located on Boulevard du Midi/Zuidlaan between the City of Brussels and Saint-Gilles municipalities. This site is served by Brussels-South railway station, as well as by the metro and premetro (underground tram) station Porte de Hal/Hallepoort on lines 2, 3, 4 and 6.

The Fortifications of Brussels (French: Fortifications de Bruxelles, Dutch: Vestingwerken van Brussel) refers to the medieval city walls that surrounded Brussels, Belgium, built primarily to defend the city but also for administrative reasons. There were two stages of fortifications of Brussels; the first walls, built in the early 13th century, and the second walls, built in the late 14th century and later upgraded. Today, only a few sections of either remain.

Parvis de Saint-Gilles/Sint-Gillis Voorplein is part of the Brussels Metro, situated in the Saint-Gilles commune of the Brussels capital region, Belgium. Opened on 3 December 1993, the station forms part of a southerly extension to the north–south premetro line (formerly line 3), which originally linked the Brussels-North railway station and Brussels-South railway station. The underground station serves the 3, 4, 33 and 51 trams and there is a surface connection to the 48 bus route. The main entrance is from the church square (parvis, voorplein) of Saint-Gilles/Sint-Gillis for which it is named. The current church, which dominates the site, designed by Victor Besme and built in the 1860s, is eclectic in style. It replaced an earlier church, on which work commenced in 1595 but did not finish until 1765, which in turn had replaced a 13th-century building which was demolished in 1578 to strengthen the fortifications of Brussels. The walls of the station are covered with blue tiles inscribed with the text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in French and Dutch. This work, entitled Dyad, was undertaken by artist Françoise Schein.

The Place du Jeu de Balle (French) or Vossenplein (Dutch) is a square located in the heart of the Marolles/Marollen district of the City of Brussels, Belgium. It holds a famous flea market.

The Marolles (French, French pronunciation: ​[maˈʁɔl]) or Marollen (Dutch, Dutch pronunciation: [maˈrɔlə(n)]) is a popular historic neighbourhood of downtown Brussels, Belgium, situated between the Palace of Justice and Brussels-South railway station. Its inhabitants are called Marolliens. Lying at the heart of Marolles are the Chapel Church and the Place du Jeu de Balle/Vossenplein. Major arteries of the district include the Rue Haute/Hoogstraat, the Rue Blaes/Blaesstraat and the Rue des Tanneurs/Huidevetterstraat. This area is served by Porte de Hal/Hallepoort metro station on lines 2 and 6 of the Brussels Metro. The traditional Brabantian dialect of Brussels (known as Brusselian, and also sometimes referred to as Marols or Marollien) was widely spoken in the Marolles until the 20th century. It still survives among a small minority of inhabitants called Brusseleers (or Brusseleirs), many of them quite bi- and multilingual in French and Dutch.

The Brussels Independent Film Festival, previously known as the Brussels International Independent Film Festival, or le Festival International du Film Indépendant de Bruxelles, has taken place since 1974. It originally focused on Super 8 films and today is a showcase for many kinds of independent films. The festival has hosted filmmakers such as Pedro Almodovar, François Ozon, and Nanni Moretti. Its initial incarnation ran for 38 years before funding and resource shortfalls suspended it for a six-year hiatus in 2012, until its revival in 2018.

Hôtel des Monnaies (French) or Munthof (Dutch) is a Brussels metro station on the southern segment of lines 2 and 6. It is located under the small ring, near the University Medical Centre of Saint Peter, in the municipality of Saint-Gilles, south of the City of Brussels (Belgium). One of its entrances is on Rue de l'Hôtel des Monnaies/Munthofstraat, after which it is named, and where Belgian currency used to be minted. The station opened on 2 October 1988. During the construction, work on the metro tunnels ran up against the foundations of Brussels' old city walls, which ran 10 metres (33 feet) beneath ground level. These walls now form part of the station.

The Lemonnier premetro station is an underground tram station in the City of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium. It is located near the crossroad between the Maurice Lemonnier boulevard and the small ring road. It is part of the North–South Axis tunnel which crosses the city center from the Brussels-North railway station to the Albert premetro station. Additional tunnel exits exist at the Brussels-South railway station as well as at the Lemonnier premetro station, allowing trams to leave or enter the tunnel at those points. Currently, tram routes 51 and 82 enter the tunnel at Lemonnier toward the South. Tram routes 3 and 4 as well as evening routes 31, and 32 also stop at Lemonnier. The station is decorated with paintings by Hamsi Boubeker. On a lower floor there is unused second station with two platforms. In the tunnel between Annessens and Lemonnier there is a tunnel towards this station.

The Archives of the City of Brussels (French: Archives de la Ville de Bruxelles, Dutch: Archief van de Stad Brussel) preserves documents related to the City of Brussels (Belgium) and its history. It holds the third largest collection of newspapers and periodicals in Belgium. The public can access its collections through its online catalog, visiting the archive itself, or visiting a museum exhibiting loaned items.

The Tour du Midi (French) or Zuidertoren (Dutch), both meaning South Tower, is a 38-storey, 148 m (486 ft) skyscraper constructed between 1962 and 1967 in Brussels, Belgium. The tower is the tallest building in Belgium, and was the tallest in the European Economic Community when it was built until it was surpassed by Tour Montparnasse in Paris in 1972. Tour du Midi stands adjacent to Brussels-South railway station. The building's facade was reclad in 1995-1996 with unitised glass panels using double glass solarbel silver, and it can accommodate about 2,500 office workers. It was built for the Belgian Pensions Administration, which still occupies it today.

Horta premetro station is a stop on the Brussels Metro. It is located on the north–south Brussels premetro line in the Saint-Gilles commune of the Brussels capital region, Belgium. It was opened on 3 December 1993.

The Avenue Fonsny (French) or Fonsnylaan (Dutch) is a major street in the Saint-Gilles municipality of Brussels, Belgium, connecting the Place de la Constitution/Grondwetplein on the south-west of the Small Ring to the municipality of Forest. It is continued in Forest by the Avenue Van Volxem/Van Volxemlaan. It runs parallel to the Belgian railway line 96. One entry to Brussels-South railway station is on the Avenue Fonsny.