A little trip to Brussels

Some basic information about Brussels• Where's Brussels?

 

Some basic information about Brussels• How to arrive?• By plane: www.ryanair.com • By bus: www.eurolines.es 

• Let's learn something about its history.• Bishop Saint Géry builts a chappel over a Swamp at the end of the first

millenium (Broek: swamp + Sell: Chappel= Broeksell > Brussels).• Charles V reings the country but his descendants loose it all, and Belgium

turns french in 1795.• Belgium recovers independence in 1830 and King Leopold I does great

things for the country: colonies, big buildings,...• In 1958 Brussels becomes the capital of the European Union. This year

Brussels celebrates the Universal Exposition; the main atraction: the Atomium,...

 • Let's take a walk into the city using Google

Earth.

Brussels and comics

• Important areas for the comic in the world: United States, Japan and Europe.

• In Europe, Franco-Belgian comics are the reference. They are known as BDs, an abbreviation of bande dessinée.

• Belgium is the birth place of important characters like:

The Smurfs by Peyo

Gaston Lagaffe by André Franquin

Lucky Luke by Morris and René Goscinny

And, of course, Tintin by Herge

Brussels and comics

• Brussels has an important place for comics: o The Belgian Comic Strip Centre: www.cbbd.be

Brussels and comics

• There's a route across the city where you can find comic characters in the walls of the buildings: is the Comic Strip Walk.

• Let's see the Comic Strip Walk in Google Earth.

•  2009 is the year of the comics in Brussels

 

Having fun in Brussels

• Tipical food:o Chipso Beer, o Mussels,o Chocolate.

 

Having fun in Brussels

• Some interesting places to visit that i have kept in...o 11870.com 

Useful links

• Tourism Office of Wallonie and Brussels:o http://www.opt.be/accueil/es/index.htmlo http://www.belgica-turismo.es/

• Brussels Capital Region Website:o http://www.bruxelles.irisnet.be/es/citoyens/home.s

html• Brussels International - Tourism & Congress

o http://www.brusselsinternational.be/wabxlint/en/visitor/brussels-tourism-visit.act

Software and services used in this speech

• Google Docs: http://docs.google.com • Google Earth: http://earth.google.es • Panoramio: http://www.panoramio.com • 11870.com: http://11870.com • Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net 

Bonus:• Flickr: 

http://www.flickr.com/places/Bélgica/Brussels-Capital%20Region/ 

And, before ending...