The Brussels Card is your entrance ticket to a long list of Brussels' museums and ALL the buses, trams and metros of the Brussels Public Transport Company (STIB), except for the lines L12 (Nato-Airport) and N71. For the National Botanical Gardens of Belgium and for the Wellington Museum you have to pay a small supplement as well.

SAVE MONEY WITH THE BRUSSELS CARD:

• Free admission to 24 museums
• Free public transport (STIB)
• Free city map
• Receive 25% discount in the selected attractions, cultural institutions, shops, restaurants and bars and 5% discount in designer boutiques.

Every card comes with a FREE guidebook with helpful information on the establishments associated with the card, as well as a city map - BOOK NOW!

This guide comes with your Brussels Card and explains everything about the museums below and about other discounts included in the Brussels Card:

The descriptions are in 4 languages: Dutch, German, French and English.

Begin today with a short walk to the famous Grand Place, world famous Market Square and the heart of Medieval Brussels. Here, you will hear about the history of the remarkable City Hall and quaint Guild Houses.

Next you will start the tour by luxury coach to see the beautiful St. Michael's Cathedral, the Congress Column and the Heyseldistrict with the world-famous Atomium. Marvel at the sight of the Chinese Pavilion and the Japanese Tower.

Passing the Royal Residence, return into the city center and see the Sablon district with countless antique dealer shops.

Your visit continues with a drive in front of the magnificent Palace of Justice and see the fashionable Louise Square. Passing the stately Royal Square, the Royal Palace and the Houses of Parliament arrive in the Cinquantenaire district, the Triumphal Arch, exceptional museums and splendid Art Nouveau houses are the highlights of this part of Brussels.

Here, you will also be at the very heart of the European Union: drive in front of the imposing EU buildings housing the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers.

On arrival in Ypres you will visit with your guide the old city center, including Cloth Hall, Town Hall, St. Martin's Cathedral, St. George's Memorial Church, Old Fish Market, the Menin Gate, the ramparts and the famous peace museum - In Flanders Fields.

The battlefields around Ieper are some of the most famous in the world. In the First World War the German and Allied armies fought for four years without achieving a decisive victory. The price in human lives was high - 1.2 million wounded and half a million dead.

In the Flanders Fields Museum, the focus is not on strategy or the commanding generals, rather on the common people, soldiers, children and nurses who all experienced these times in their own way. Computers, video projections, CD-Roms, and interactive models bring their history back to life.

After lunch in Ypres, continue your journey along the three front towns (Ieper, Diksmuide and Veurne) and follow the traces of the Great War, left behind in the Flemish landscape.

In Diksmuide you shall visit : the "Corridor of Death", a last remainder of the trenches from the First World War, the Ijzertoren (The Ijzer Tower), build in memory of the Battle of the Ijzer. On top of this tower, with the inscription A.V.V - V.V.K.(All for Flanders - Flanders for Christ), you can appreciate the beautiful panorama of the Flemish landscape.

Your last stop is Vladslo where you will make a stop at this German cemetery, because of its remarkable symbolic statue - The Mourning Couple from K?the Kollwitz, before returning to Bruges.