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Heading north from the Centre Belge de la Bande Dessinee along rue du Marais , you'll soon hit the petit ring and, on the other side, an attractive park , whose carefully manicured woods, lawns and borders are decorated by statues and a tiny lake. The park slopes up to Le Botanique , an appealingly grandiose greenhouse dating from 1826. The building once housed the city's botanical gardens, but these were moved out long ago and the place has been turned into a Francophone cultural centre. Despite the proximity of the traffic-congested boulevards of the ring road, it's a pleasant spot, though be warned that dodgy characters haunt its precincts in the evening. After Le Botanique, an obvious choice is to push on into St Josse, but alternatively, it's a quick walk west to place Rogier , from where glistening new office blocks march up rue du Progres to the recently revamped Gare du Nord .
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