The Royal Palace of Belgium

The Royal Palace of Belgium is opposite the Parliament buildings and borders the Royal Park, Belgium is a constitutional monarchy much the same as England. The Palace acts as the office for King Albert and is the place where he carries out his duties as the Head of State. Foreign dignataries are often entertained in the large staterooms at the Palace. The King and Queen actually reside at the Palace of Laeken.

The Throne Room is very impressive it is over 150 feet long it has an elaborate mosaic parquet floor and is lit by eleven chandeliers. Other rooms on view are the Blue Room, the Louis XVI Music Salon with its ebony piano inset with copper and semi-precious stones, the Goya Room, hung with tapestries modeled on paintings by the Spanish Court painter, the Empire Room, the two White Salons and the Mirror Room, paneled in elaborately carved oak with four ceiling-high mirrors set between fluted marble columns.

Remember if the flag is flying the king is home!! The Royal Palace of Belgium is open to the public in the summer only. It is open from 10:30am until 4:30pm and the admission is free