Social Events
Tour of Brussels
When:
Wednesday August 2, 2017 (14:30 - 18:00)
Price:
25 € per person (to be paid in cash upon registration in Brussels to the workshop organizers)
What to expect:
A guided bustour to discover all aspects of Brussels: the diversity of the city, the extremes and the contradictions, the problems and the challenges, and dynamics of Brussels. This tour will show the splendor of the Cinquantenaire, the green of the Brussels parks, the office developments in the Leopold district and the North Quarter, the urban dynamics around the channel and the popular districts like Matonge or Saint-Josse. It also includes a walk (in the area of the Grand Place) and a coffee/tea break (one drink for free).
How to register for this event:
Please specify during the online registration:
- if you want to participate,
- if you have accompanying persons that want to participate as well.
Note that the bus has a limited capacity (45 people) so the registration will be done on a "first come, first served" basis.
Access from venue:
We will gather at the main entrance of the Royal Observatory of Belgium at 14:15. The bus tour will start from there at 14:30. The bus will bring us back to the Royal Observatory of Belgium at 18:00 but will make a stop at the Best Western County House of Brussels and Hotel Capital Brussels on the way back.
Tour of the Royal Observatory Of Belgium
When:
Wednesday August 2, 2017 (18:15 - 19:15)
Price:
Free
What to expect:
Guided tour of the Royal Observatory of Belgium. This tour will include the Meridian room and its museum, the heliometer of Jean-Charles Houzeau de Lehaie, and the domes of the 45-cm telescope and the 1.2-m Ukkel Schmidt telescope.
How to register for this event:
Please specify during the online registration:
- if you want to participate,
- if you have accompanying persons that want to participate.
Access from venue:
The guided tour starts at 18:15 in the Meridian Room of the the Royal Observatory of Belgium and ends at 19:15 at main entrance of Royal Observatory of Belgium.
Workshop dinner
When:
Wednesday August 2, 2017 (19:30 - 22:30)
Price:
50 € per person (to be paid in cash upon registration in Brussels to the workshop organizers)
What to expect:
An appetizer, a three-course Italian menu and a coffee or tea at the restaurant Pasta Commedia are included.
How to register for this event:
Please specify during the online registration:
- if you want to participate,
- if you have accompanying persons that want to participate too.
The restaurant can host at maximum 80 people.
Access from venue:
We will gather at the main entrance of Royal Observatory of Belgium at 19:15 to walk together to the restaurant (walk of ~10 minutes). We will walk back from the restaurant to the main entrance of the Royal Observatory of Belgium at 22:30. The participants who do not want to walk are requested to arrange their transport themselves.
Useful links
Click here for a map that indicates the location of the restaurant where the workshop dinner will take place (green).
Links with touristic information about Brussels:
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