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Notes BRUSSELS. 10. Route. 9D
all return via Place de Brouckére. — h. Bourse-Gare Maritime-Laeken (yel-
low), as by the Jette line to St. Jean-Baptiste (see p. 94), thence via Rue
Ribaucourt; termini in Laeken at the Maison Communale and Rue Steyls.
Motor ee (Autobus). 4, Porte dAnvers (Pl. D, 1), Place de
é and Porte de Louvain (Pl. F, 3; p. 494), — 2. Gare
- Rue de la Paix (Pi. 6), Avenue Louise
nd Gare du Midi (Pl. C, B, 6, 5). — Other
Theatres. Thédire Royal de la sonnaie (Pl. D, 3; p. 126), Place de la
Monnaie, for operas only; open almost every in autumn, winter, and
i Performances begin at 7 or8 p- ™. Fauteuils d’ orchestre and palcon
middle bce (loges de face) in the second balcony 6 fr.; parquet
(between the stalls ane Ba 5 4 side-boxes (loges de cété) in the second
3 3 ts previously secured (‘en location’)
eee de location open daily 10-4 o’clock. —
3, 4), Rue de la Loi, built in 1782, comedies,
at 8.15(closed in summer). Stalles d’orchestre 4,
.; box-office open 10-5. — Thédtre des
in the Galeries St. Hubert (p.126;
and stalles des premiéres
Aus guste-Orts, near the Place de la
a illes. — Thédtre du Vaudeville, in
leries St. Hubert ( de la Reine 15), comedies and broad
. — Thédtre Moliére (P1. ¥ , Rue du Bastion, for dramas (in winter)
and operettas Gn summer). Théalre Flamand or Viaamsche Schouwburg
(Pl. D, 4), Rue Laeken (clos ed in summer). — Thédtre de V Alhambra
(Pl. D, 2), Boul rd de la Senne 18, for dramas. — Thédtre de 1 Alcazar
ach ad Actor
yal du nC (P1.
5 perfor ee Ss D
parquet and s
Galeries (P}. D, 3
closed in summer);
fr. — Théatre de lV Olympia,
se (Pl: C, oO) comedies and v
operette
fauteuils d’orchestre
Rue
(BED Rue d’Arenberg, for farces. — Scala, Place de Brouckére and
Rue des Augustins (8.30 p.m.). — Cir Cirque Royal (P]. E, 3), Rue de
l’Enseignement tc ed in summer). — Music HAULS Palais d’Eté (P1. C,
s in the Hall Sentrales (p. 182), Rue G beginning at 8.15 p.m.
(1-4 fr.), skatir < in winter (Dec.-Feb.) eatled: ‘pole Nord’, adm. 1-2 fr.
Concerts in win
Concerts Ysaye and Concerts Populaires, each 4-6 times
in winter in the Th re de la Monnaie (see above; classical music; low
prices). The general rehearsal (répé zénérale) on the previous day
is also worth attending. e famous conce of the Conservatoire Royal
de aust ique (P1. D, 5; p. 105) are rarely a ible to strange as nearly
all the are held by regular subse , hows 7, May oc-
casionally be obtained in th : ps Op; Conservatorium. —
Open-air concerts (weather permitting) in tie Park daily in summer (May
to Sept. or Oct. p-m. Cony orchestra; military music on Sun. & Thurs. is
ait the Vauxhall (P). E p- 100), at the N.E. corner of the Park, 8.3
10 p.m., from May to ist (1 fr.; orchestra of the Théatre de la Manes:
often with disting ed soloist Ds in the Bois de la Cambre (p. 142), on San.
and Thurs., 3-5 p.m. In winter a band plays every Sun. at 3 p.m. in the
Marché de la Madeleine (P1. D, 4;
Art Exhibitions. Cercle Artistiqu
above), La Libre E.
March only); Rubens
Gelgium (‘Salon de
and Ghent.
Sporting Clubs. Touring Club de Belgique (p. xxi), Rue Royale (Passage
de la Bibliotheque 4, near the statue of Count Bellia Pl. E, 4); Ligue
Vélocipédique Belge, Rue Neuve 145; Aulomobile Club de Belgique, Avenue
dela Toison-d’Or 17; Brussels Cricket & Lawn Tennis Club, Avenue de Long-
champ (tramway), hon c. Rue Africaine 5 Cercle Sportif Anglo-Belge
(cricket and hockey), hon. sec. Rue Roya 21; Royal Golf Club, Chateau
Ravenstein, Teryueren: Aero ub de Belgique, Avenue Marnix.
Horse Races (comp. notices in the street-cars): ‘Concours Hippiques
in the Pare du Cinquantenaire (p. 136); also the Hippodromes of Boits-
fort (see p. 147) and Groenendael (p. 147).
t Littéraire, at the Vauxhall (see
hétique, at the Musée de Peinture Moderne (p. 142; in
Club, Rue Royale 198. The chief art exhibition of
sique’) is held alternately in Brussels, Antwerp,
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