Mini-Europe Brussels Belgium

Mini Europe in Brussels is home to about 350 monuments from across Europe. It is located within the entertainment park called Brupark alongside an amusement park, a water park and the Atomium. This all culminates into a day trip that’s worth building into your itinerary especially if you have children and you’re not able to take them to 80 cities in one trip; you can show them in about 4 hours the key highlights of Europe without stepping on another airplane.

Brussels Mini Europe was a team effort commissioned by the Belgian government and opened by Prince Philip in 1989. The 24,000 square kilometers of park is filled with 1:25 scaled models which resemble surprisingly well the actual buildings, sites and monuments of famous Europe cities. You can walk past the Grand Place in one minute and come face to face with a rumbling Mount Vesuvius in the next! Since the entire area is outdoors, all the miniatures are built to withstand rain, hail, sunshine and snow. Some of the models have moving parts, such as the Thalys train, which travels proudly past the historical monuments, rivers and streams of Mini Europe.

It is definitely worth taking a camera and some children with you to play on some of the games and take photos with the miniatures, which are actually quite large. There are a lot of children running around on their school trips and with their parents.

Although it would never replace the real experience of visiting historical places in Europe, Mini Europe Brussels has them all in one place to allow you to compare the immense sizes of each, as well as give some quick education on each of the buildings with even a quick glimpse at the architectural styles of European cities.

Opening hours vary throughout the year but it is normally from 9:30am to 6pm.

During the summer months July and August the park closes at the later time of 8pm. There are also “Mini-Europe by night” evenings which include fireworks and the park will open until midnight. The exact dates are posted on the website annually.

Adults…13.40€
Children…10.00€

Location
The park is located on tram lines 7 or metro stop “Heysel”. It is at the edge of Brussels where the Atomium is located, large scale model of a molecule.

Address
Mini-Europe
Bruparck
B-1020 Brussels (Laken)
e-mail: info@minieurope.eu
www.minieurope.eu