Arcade galleries in Brussels


The shopping galleries in Brussels are multiple covered walkways in the center of the capital city of Belgium. The galleries form glass-roofed pedestrian streets on which shops are situated.

History

Most of these gallery "passages" were built in the first half of the 19th century. Brussels had about 50 such galleries around 1850, of which a few still exist.

List of arcade galleries

NameConstruction finishedImage
Bortier Gallery 1847
Centre Gallery 1952
Horta Gallery Officially designed by Victor Horta, but re-opened in 2009.
Royal Saint-Hubert Galleries 1846
Northern Gallery 1882
Ravenstein Gallery 1958