Sep 26, 2026 · 5 min · 6 segments
Very Orla talks about the history of a grand shopping mall in Brussels and the history of the praline chocolate. For nore travelblogs and podvcasts follow me on the socials .
Jean-Pierre Clusinart was tasked with designing and revigorating a poor part of Brussels by creating a space that had weddings and shops and for somewhere to stroll and be seen.
The galleries comprise of three shopping arcades, the Queen's Gallery, the King's Gallery and the Princess Gallery.
Sadly, no Princess Gallery, but anyway.
Victor Hugo, who wrote letters from his gallery apartment during his Brussels exile from 1851 to 1870.
The English author lived in nearby Pontchartnat and Heger and wrote about the arcade.
The arcade housed the world's first cinema in Belgium.
And it was a pafe films cinema, which opened in 1896.
And it's hosted many scientific and political demonstrations during its early decades.
Jean-Pierre Clusinart was tasked with designing and revigorating a poor part of Brussels by creating a space that had weddings and shops and for somewhere to stroll and be seen.
The galleries comprise of three shopping arcades, the Queen's Gallery, the King's Gallery and the Princess Gallery.
Sadly, no Princess Gallery, but anyway.
Victor Hugo, who wrote letters from his gallery apartment during his Brussels exile from 1851 to 1870.
The English author lived in nearby Pontchartnat and Heger and wrote about the arcade.
The arcade housed the world's first cinema in Belgium.
And it was a pafe films cinema, which opened in 1896.
And it's hosted many scientific and political demonstrations during its early decades.
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