Musée des Soeurs Noires, Brussels

Name: Musée des Soeurs Noires
Address: 1 Parvis de la Basilique - Basiliekvoorplein, Brussels, Belgium

#115 among attractions in Brussels

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The National Basilica of the Sacred Heart is a Roman Catholic Minor Basilica and parish church in Brussels, Belgium. The church is dedicated to the Sacred Heart, inspired by the Basilique du Sacré-Coeur in Paris. Symbolically, King Leopold II laid the first stone of the basilica in 1905 during the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of Belgian Independence. The construction was halted by the two World Wars and finished only in 1969. Belonging to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mechelen–Brussels, it is one of the largest churches by area in the world. ()

Local name: Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Bruxelles Completed: 1970 (54 years ago)Architectural style: Art DecoCapacity: 3500Coordinates: 50°52'1"N, 4°19'2"E

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1 Parvis de la Basilique - BasiliekvoorpleinKoekelberg (Parc Elisabeth)Brussels Belgium

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Musée des Soeurs Noires – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Basilica of the Sacred Heart, La Fonderie, René Magritte Museum, Ganshoren.

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Church, Sacred and religious sites, Museum
Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Brussels
5 min walk • The National Basilica of the Sacred Heart is a Roman Catholic Minor Basilica and parish church in Brussels, Belgium. The church is dedicated to the Sacred Heart, inspired by the Basilique du Sacré-Coeur in Paris.
1.3 miSE
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
La Fonderie, Brussels
33 min walk • La Fonderie, Brussels Museum of Industry and Labour is a museum of industrial history in Brussels, Belgium. It collects objects, documents and oral history on the city’s industrial past and visualises the working history of Brussels.
1 miNE
Museum, History museum, René Magritte
René Magritte Museum, Brussels
27 min walk • René Magritte Museum is a museum in Jette, a municipality in Brussels, Belgium, devoted to the Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte. The museum is located at 135, rue Esseghem/Esseghemstraat, in the house where Magritte lived and worked for 24 years, between 1930 and 1954.
0.5 miNW
Area
Ganshoren, Brussels
13 min walk • Ganshoren is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the north-western part of the region, it is bordered by Jette, Koekelberg, and Sint-Agatha-Berchem, as well as the Flemish municipality of Asse.
1 miW
Area
Sint-Agatha-Berchem, Brussels
26 min walk • Berchem-Sainte-Agathe or Sint-Agatha-Berchem is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the north-western part of the region, it is bordered by Ganshoren, Koekelberg and Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, as well as the Flemish municipalities of Asse and Dilbeek.
1.4 miSE
Canal
Brussels Canal, Brussels
36 min walk • The Brussels Canal is a section of waterway in Brussels, Belgium. It generally refers to the northernmost portion of the Brussels–Charleroi Canal and the southernmost section of the Brussels–Scheldt Maritime Canal or Willebroek Canal.
1.4 miSE
50°51'17"N • 4°20'31"E
iMAL, Brussels
35 min walk • Museum, Art gallery
0.7 miN
Forts and castles
Rivieren Castle, Brussels
19 min walk • Rivieren Castle is a twelfth-century castle in Ganshoren, Brussels, Belgium. Rivieren Castle is situated at an elevation of 40 meters.
1 miSE
Area
Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Brussels
27 min walk • Molenbeek-Saint-Jean or Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, often simply called Molenbeek, is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium.
0.7 miNE
Area
Jette, Brussels
19 min walk • Jette is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the north-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Ganshoren, Koekelberg, and Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, as well as the Flemish municipalities of Asse and Wemmel.
1.4 miSE
Museum, Art museum
MIMA the Millennium Iconoclast Museum of Art, Brussels
37 min walk • The Millennium Iconoclast Museum of Art, more commonly known as the MIMA is a museum of urban art and culture 2.0 located in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean in the Brussels region.

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Which popular attractions are close to Musée des Soeurs Noires?

Nearby attractions include Musée d'Art Religieux Moderne - Museum van Moderne Religieuze kunst, Brussels (1 min walk), Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Brussels (5 min walk), Ganshoren, Brussels (13 min walk), Brasserie de la Senne, Brussels (15 min walk).

How to get to Musée des Soeurs Noires by public transport?

The nearest stations to Musée des Soeurs Noires:

Bus

Collège Sacré-Cœur - Heilig Hartcollege • Lines: 212, 213, 214, 355, 87, N16 (3 min walk)
Riethuisen • Lines: 13, 213, 214, 53, 87, N16 (4 min walk)

Tram

Bossaert-Basilique - Bossaert-Basiliek • Lines: 19 (4 min walk)
Collège Sacré-Cœur - Heilig Hartcollege • Lines: 19 (4 min walk)

Metro

Simonis • Lines: 2, 6 (17 min walk)
Elisabeth • Lines: 2, 6 (17 min walk)

Train

Simonis (17 min walk)
Jette (28 min walk)