Destination: BELGIUM
Sights * Cathédrale St.-Michel et Ste.-Gudule * Centre Belge de la Bande Dessinée * Grand' Place * Musée Horta * Musée Royal de l'Armée et d'Histoire Militaire * Musée de la Ville de Bruxelles * Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique	Centre Belge de la Bande Dessinée The rather plainly named Centre Belge de la Bande Dessinée (Belgian Center for Comic Strip Art) encompasses a dazzling celebration of the strip cartoon, the bande dessinée. The strip cartoon is closely associated with Belgium, not least in the shape of Hergé's (Georges Rémi's) famous character Tin Tin, created in 1929. The form has strong design links to art nou-veau and it is an added delight that the museum building was designed in 1906 as a fabric shop by Victor Horta, the most distinguished of art nouveau architects. Address: rue des Sables 20 Phone: 02 219 1980 Open: Tue.-Sun. 10-6 (reading room: Tue.-Thu. noon-5, Fri. and Sun. noon-6, Sat. 10-6) EMuseum restaurant Bus: 29, 38, 60, 63, 65, 66, 71; tram 23, 52, 55, 56, 81, 90, 92, 93, 94 Metro: Botanique, Gare Centrale or Rogier Admission: more than €4 (includes reading room)	COUNTRY Belgium REGION CITIES Brussels   Things To Know   Sights   Essential Info   Features Bruges Ghent MAPS World Europe TRAVEL BOOK