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Opposite the Palais Royal, the Parc de Bruxelles is the most central of the city's larger parks, along whose tree-shaded footpaths civil servants and office workers stroll at lunchtime, or race to catch the metro in the evenings. They might well wish the greenery was a bit more interesting. Laid out in the formal French style in 1780, the park undoubtedly suited the courtly - and courting - rituals of the times, but today the straight footpaths and long lines of trees merely seem tedious, though the classical statues dotted hither and thither do cheer things up. Beside the park's southeast corner stands the Palais des Academies , a grand edifice that once served as a royal residence, but now accommodates the Francophone Academy of Language and Literature. Just beyond is the place du Trone , where the pompous equestrian statue of Leopold II was the work of Thomas Vincotte, whose skills were much used by the king - look out for Vincotte's chariot on top of the Parc du Cinquantenaire's triumphal arch. From place du Trone, it's a few minutes' stroll east to the EU Parliament building and the EU Quarter, or you can head north for the ten-minute walk along boulevard du Regent to the Musee Charlier
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