The Royal Galleries Royal St-Hubert are in Brussels and represent a unique combination of cultural style and commercial spirit, united under a magnificent glass roof. Many justly consider them to be the most beautiful of the European galleries.

The Royal Galleries opened in June 1847 with the participation of the first brick of King Leopold and his two sons. A long arcade consisting of three parts (The King's Gallery, Gallery Queen and Prince's Gallery), built in the neo-Renaissance style by the architect Jean Pierre Claisenar, and crowned with a cylindrical vault of glass.

There are more than fifty boutiques located under a glass roof overlooking lots of sunlight. Without a doubt, such a great place, the air of which is saturated with an atmosphere of history and luxury, can only be occupied by stores selling the highest quality goods: souvenirs and household goods are sold in the King's Gallery, the Queen's Gallery is the hub of fashion shops. There is also a private sector where apartments can be rented.

If you are looking for an original gift that will certainly inspire delight, St. Hubert's galleries are the most suitable place. Here there are a lot of jewelry shops of all kinds: ancient, modern, ethnic, haute couture. There is also a cutlery shop, a shop selling gloves, a boutique of umbrellas and hats. Of course, shopping in the Belgian capital can not do without chocolate, here you will find several chocolate shops of famous brands.

As soon as the doors of St Huber's galleries were opened for visitors, the majestic passage immediately turned into a fashionable meeting place for the Brussels intelligentsia and famous people from creative circles. Victor Hugo, Alexander Dumas, the famous historian Edgar Keene, who came to listen to the lectures of French President Deschanel, visited here. Therefore, it is not surprising that in addition to high quality shops and restaurants, the galleries have wonderful bookstores (Tropismes and Librairie des Galeries), a theater (Théatre royal des Galeries) and a cinema (Arenberg-Galeries).

cinema-gallery "and" photo-gallery ", in which exhibitions of photographs are held and even master classes are given. There is also a Museum of Letters and Manuscripts, to which Albert Einstein's notes, letters from Serge Ginzburg and Brigitte Bardot have been preserved to this day.

Royal Galleries of St. Hubert in the evening

Entrance to the Royal Galleries of St. Hubert

Royal galleries of Saint Hubert