The Queen’s Gallery

The Queen's Gallery, in Brussels

The Queen's Gallery is part of the sublime Saint-Hubert Galleries, among the oldest covered passages of Europe. The Brussels audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this elegant passage of 1847, a jewel of nineteenth-century architecture.

One of the oldest covered passages of Europe

The Queen's Gallery is part of the sublime Saint-Hubert Galleries, built in 1847 and among the oldest and most beautiful covered shopping galleries of Europe. Under an elegant glass roof that lets in the light, this passage deploys long neo-Renaissance façades punctuated with pilasters, arcades and statues. Lined with refined boutiques, historic cafés, chocolate makers and theatres, the gallery embodies the elegance and the art of living of nineteenth-century Brussels. A sheltered and chic place of promenade, a stone's throw from the Grand-Place, it is an architectural jewel and a high place of strolling in the Belgian capital.

What to see

Here you stroll under the elegant glass roof, along the neo-Renaissance façades adorned with pilasters and statues, lined with refined boutiques, historic cafés and chocolate makers. The Queen's Gallery is a jewel of the Saint-Hubert Galleries, among the oldest of Europe. It is a must-see stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Queen's Gallery, in the Saint-Hubert Galleries, lies a stone's throw from the Grand-Place, in the heart of Brussels, reachable on foot. It is a public covered passage, freely accessible; the boutiques, cafés and theatres have their own hours. You discover it during a walk in the centre.

When were the Saint-Hubert Galleries built?

In 1847; they are among the oldest and most beautiful covered shopping galleries of Europe, and the Queen's Gallery is part of them, under its elegant glass roof.

Where is the Queen's Gallery?

In the Saint-Hubert Galleries, a stone's throw from the Grand-Place, in the heart of Brussels, in Belgium.