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The site
At the beginning, this place is located in Molenbeek (left bank of the Senne), and around 1250 the Grand Béguinage of Brussels was established. As everywhere in our regions, this beguinage was suppressed during the French period (1803), and its heritage was handed over to the CPAS (which was then called "Les Hospices de Bruxelles").

Le Cirio

Restaurant next to the Bourse (Stock Exchange). Art Nouveau style (1886). Original aspect of the facade and interior (furniture and decorations): marble, fine columns, wrought iron chandeliers, velvet benches, counter, mirrors, skylight.

Spirito

A former Anglican church (Church of the Resurrection, 1874), desacralized since the 1950s, the Spirito is a nightclub and event venue.

The building has two floors for events, toilets and storerooms in the basement, 4 different bars, as well as many modular spaces that can accommodate from 20 to 650 people.
The hall has with state-of-the-art equipment (motorized spotlights, DJ kit, confetti cannon, LED screens, ...). There are also kitchens with electric service lift.

Appartements Sommeil

Two duplex apartments in a renovated house and workshop, right in the centre of Brussels and close to the canal. Mezzanine bedroom, rustic / zen bathroom .

Bohemian decoration, raw architecture: exposed brick, metal and concrete stairs, wooden beams.

Stairs, cellars, attics, inner courtyard. Small balconies / terraces with vis-à-vis.

TrainWorld

Train World is the official museum of the Belgian railways: a space of discovery with a poetic scenography by François Schuiten, it is also housed in the exceptional setting of the former Schaerbeek station (1887 and 1913).

Among the exceptional trains on display are steam locomotives, passenger cars from various periods inside which the visitor can walk and sit, a postal car, as well as two royal cars and a driving simulator. A 1950s gatekeeper's house is also located inside the museum!

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