68 Route 12. BRUSSELS. Theatres.
3. From the Station du Nord to the Station du Midi by the Lower
Boulevards (PI. C, B, 1-6). .
4. From Laeken through the Rue du Progres to the Station du Nord
and by the Inner Boulevards (PL D, C, 1-5) to the Station du Midi (white
boards and green lamps).
5. From the Rue du Pavilion in Schaerbeek to the Station du Nord
and via the Inner Boulevards to the Station du Midi and St. Gilles (black
boards and yellow lamps).
6. From the Place Liedts in Schaerbeek to the Station du Nord (PL E, 1)
and via the Inner Boulevards to the Station du Midi and Forest (yellow
boards, red lamps).
7. From Laeken by the Chaussee d'Anvers, Rue de Laeken, Rue van
Artevelde, and Chaussee de Mons to Cureghem and Anderlecht.
8. From the Impasse du Pare (PL E, 3) through the Rue de la Loi to
the old drill-ground.
9. From the Place Royale (PI. E, 4) through the Rue Belliard to the
Pare Liopold (PI. G, 5).
10. From the Place Royale through the Rue de la Regence, Avenue
Louise, Chaussee de Charleroi, and Avenue Brugman to Uccle (PI. D, 6).
Steam Tramway from the Place Madou (PL F, 3) to the Central
Cemetery at Evere and from the Place de Namur, at the beginning of the
Rue de Namur (PL E, 5), to the Bois de la Cambre.
Theatres. Thidlre Royal de la Monnaie (PI. D, 3), Place de la Mon¬
naie, for operas only; open almost every day in autumn, winter,
and spring. Performances begin at 7, and last till 11 or later. Fauteuiis
d'orchestre and premieres loges 6 fr.; balcon (reserved seats in front of
the best boxes) and secondes loges 5 fr.; parquet (between the stalls and
pit), and secondes loges, at the side, 4 fr.; troisiemes loges and parterre
(pit) 2 fr.; seats previously secured ('en location') cost i/i-l fr. each ad¬
ditional; bureau de location open daily 12-3 o'clock. — Thiatre Royal des
Galeries St. Hubert (PI. 66, D 3; operas, dramas, comedies, vaudevilles), in
the Passage of that name (p. 94), with accommodation for 1500 spectators;
best boxes 5 fr. — Theatre du Pare (PI. 67; E, 3, 4), comedies, vaude¬
villes , dramas; best seats 5 fr. — Thiatre Moliere (PL 68; E, 5), Rue
du Bastion, for dramas and vaudevilles; best seats 5 fr. — Alcazar
Royal, Rue d'Arenberg (PI. D, 3 ; opera bouffe); best boxes 4'/2 fr. — Eden
Thiatre, Rue de la Croix de Fer (PL E, F, 3), for spectacular pieces; adm.
2 fr., reserved seats extra. — Thidlre Flamand or Alhambra ('Nationaal
Tooneel'; PL 71, D 2), Rue du Cirque.
Concerts in winter in the new Conservatoire de Musique (PI. 11; D, 5),
Rue de la Regence, at the corner of the Petit-Sablon, given by the mem¬
bers of the Conservatoire Royal de Musique; admission 1-3 fr. — 'Concerts
populaires et classiqnes' generally twice a month, on Sundays at 1 p.m.,
in the Alhambra (see above). — Open-air concerts in the Park daily in
summer (1st May to 31st August) 3-4.30 p.m. (Sun. 1-2.30 p.m.); at the
Vauxhall (PI. E, 3,4), at the N.E. corner of the Park, concert by the
orchestra of the royal theatre at 8 p. m. (1 fr.).
Popular Festivals. 'Kermesse' about the end of July, and the anniver¬
sary of the Revolution, 23rd-26th Sept. (Procession in the Cathedral), on
which occasions Flemish merriment becomes somewhat boisterous. —
Horse Races, several times annually, at the Hippodrome, on the road to
Boitsfort (see p. 103).
Embassies. American Minister, Hon. N. Fish, Rue Ducale 47; Consul,
J. Wilson, Esq., Place du Trone 1. — British Envov, Hon. Hussey Vivian,
Rue de Spa 2; Vice-Consul, T. J. Maltby, Esq., Rue d'Edimbourg 35.
English Church Service at the Church of the Resurrection Rue Stassart
(PL E, 6; services at 8.30, 11, 3.45, and 7); at Christchurch, Rue Crespel,
Avenue de la Toison d'Or (11 a.m. and 7 p.m.); and at the Protestant
Church in the Rue Belliard (12 noon and 4 p.m.). French Protestant
services in the last-named church, in the Chapelle du Boulevard de l'Ob-
servatoire, and in the Chapelle du Musee. German Protestant services
also in the last-named. Flemish Protestant service at Rue Blaes 70. —
Synagogue, Rue de la Regence, see p. 90.
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