The Grand Place, which is a huge plaza surrounded by magnificent buildings, is at the heart of Brussels. The architecture is absolutely amazing. Many of the buildings have gold colored details that sparkle in the sun. It is truthfully quite grand, hence the name of the plaza.
This plaza was recently featured in Time magazines's One Hundred Most Important Places in the World, published in 2011. The article stated that most European plazas have a church as their focal point. The Grand Place in Brussels does not. Instead of religion, it exalts commerce. The craftsman guilds were the ones to erect the buildings, each one trying to show their importance by creating something more magnificent than the others. They certainly gave each other a run for the money.
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