When I visited Brussels in February, Mini Europe was closed, so I visited it when I returned to Brussels in April. Mini Europe is a huge "model village", but the "village" is Europe. The park contains over 350 monuments of famous buildings at 1/25 scale from all of the European countries. I spent just over two hours taking in the different models, and there are 2.5 hectares to explore.
In addition to the modern buildings, there are a few areas of early history in the form of Viking houses, medieval scenes, a castle with legends, and Roman battles. There are also miniature scenes to go with the different models, and some of these depict modern events such as a Pride festival, Brexit, climate activists, and much more. Apparently some of the models are designed to look like specific current and historical figures.
Mini Europe is next to the Atomium (covered in my post here), which I visited in February.
I enjoyed my visit to Mini Europe, and I had the best sunny day for it. Unfortunately part of the model was closed off as there was some event going on, so I did not get to see Greece nor part of Italy. The detail on the models is impressive.
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