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Capital of Belgium in the heart of Europe. Seat of the institutions of the European Union and NATO. Brussels is a very international city. Belgium was one of the first countries in the world to industrialise. Brussels certainly was part of that. Historically the city was part of the territory of the Dukes of Brabant, which included the city of Antwerp and and the cities of Breda, Tilburg and S Hertogenbisch in the southern part of the Netherlands today. |