Parc du Cinquantenaire — Attraction in Brussels

Beautiful arched buildings in a park. The flower displays and hedgerows are regularly maintained. There is often an ice-cream and waffle van near the monuments. Worth a visit.

The park is bordered by expensive town houses that show some lovely facades.

Part of the park is dustbowl because the paths are made from sand and fine grit. The wind blows throughout, and gets in eyes and lungs. Really needs some proper and pretty graffiti proof laid out paths.

The park is sometimes partly strewn with glass: Those going barefoot beware , like dogs, bicycles, and children. Because of this the Brussels' city council have just ruled that glass bottles are banned from the park, which is a good sign. See, they do listen! (Ref two photos of brussels orders issued)

The public open spaces have not really been cleaned since 2020, and are full of smashed glass bottles, and rubbish. This park could have five stars if it were not for the smashed glass for people to cut themselves on. Why is there glass everywhere? Because groups of people congratulated during summer evenings and have a party under the arches :-) Tags /graffiti on an important monument. Never cleaned up.

Police started to check bags for glass bottles. Good.

One of the photos in the review shows the revelling from disk to dawn in the parc with subsequent glass bottle smashing. Luckily this has subsided because covid restrictions have stopped. I don't mind people partying in the park at night: Just please could clear up your mess when you leave, and not vandalise the place.

Lots of space for jogging, two playgrounds for children and a sports ground with race track and concrete caged in football pitches.

Two museums are encased inside the old monument, but the entrances stink of urine. There is a third museum around the side.

Most parts of the bushy areas in the park are used as an open air toilet. You'll catch cholera! There are no public toilets (unlike other Brussels' parks which free and maintained toilets). This worsens during the summer.

Summary: A lovely park with monuments and a maintenance and...

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