A fascinating and enormous collection of natural history exhibits stained by a dark colonial legacy.

Only museum in the world devoted to bookbinding and book arts holds a permanent collection representing five centuries.

Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.

Head underground and take a tour of the city's working sewer system, and see the underground river Senne, which defined Brussels for centuries before being covered in the 19th century.

This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."

A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.

This non-profit theatre in the heart of Brussels is dedicated to hosting independent films.

This modern arts center is built around a gem of late-Baroque architecture.

From Tintin to the Smurfs, Europe's greatest graphic icons are celebrated in a grand Art Noveau gallery.

The Belgian royal family's private depot now stands abandoned and forgotten alongside the tracks.

This recently restored crypt was once plagued by liquefying coffins and exploding caskets.

This impressive collection of skulls and bones was gathered by an ex-zookeeper who took advantage of a pig plague.

The Belgian library displays burned books that were salvaged from the fires of both world wars.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

This former guildhall with a bacon-like exterior is now home to a museum covering 600 years of Antwerp's musical history.

Most prolific publishing house in the 1600s open to the public.

An open-air sewer system that was covered piece-by-piece over 300 years.

A 14th-century fortified keep showcases the masterpieces of an ingenious 20th-century clockmaker.