World Trade Center (Brussels)

Complex of skyscrapers in Brussels, Belgium

World Trade Center (WTC)

WTC 1 and 2 seen from the Boulevard du roi Albert II/Koning Albert II-laan

General information
Status| Completed
Type| Office buildings
Location| Northern Quarter, Brussels, Belgium
Coordinates| 50°51′40″N 4°21′25″E﻿ / ﻿50.86111°N 4.35694°E﻿ / 50.86111; 4.35694
Completed|

* 1972 (WTC 1)
* 1976 (WTC 2)
* 1983 (WTC 3)[1]

Height
Roof|

* 102 m (335 ft) (WTC 1 and 2)
* 105 m (344 ft) (WTC 3)

Technical details
Floor count| 28 (all 3)[1]

The World Trade Center (WTC) is a complex of skyscrapers at the corner of the Boulevard du roi Albert II/Koning Albert II-laan and the Boulevard Simon Bolivar/Simon Bolivarlaan in the Northern Quarter central business district of Brussels, Belgium. Its three towers are among the tallest buildings in Belgium.

The complex was originally planned to have eight towers, all around the corner of the Boulevard du roi Albert II and the Boulevard Simon Bolivar. The two of these at the south-eastern corner of the intersection became the Proximus Towers and the two at the north-east the North Galaxy Towers.[1] Of the remaining four, two were built in the 1970s, one was built across the street in the 1980s, and the fourth was never built.[1]

In response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, hundreds of Belgians formed a hand-in-hand human chain around the Trade Center in tribute.

## Gallery

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* WTC 1 and 2

* WTC 3

* WTC 1 and 2 in early 2021 during their reconstruction

## See also

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* Belgium portal
* Architecture portal

* Astro Tower
* Finance Tower
* North Galaxy Towers
* Madou Plaza Tower
* Proximus Towers
* Rogier Tower

## References

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1. ^ a b c d World Trade Center, Brussels at Emporis[usurped]

## External links

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* Media related to World Trade Center (Brussels) at Wikimedia Commons

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Tallest buildings and structures in Belgium

Skyscrapers|

* Artevelde Tower
* Astro Tower
* Belgacom Towers
* Brusilia
* Finance Tower
* KBC Tower
* Madou Plaza Tower
* North Galaxy Towers
* Rogier Tower
* South Tower
* UP-Site
* World Trade Center
* Antwerp Tower

Radio and TV towers|

* Mechelen-Zuid water tower
* Sint-Pieters-Leeuw Tower
* VRT Zendstation Egem
* Wavre transmitter
* Zendmast Ruiselede (destroyed)

Other|

* Atomium
* Brussels Justice Palace
* Brussels Town Hall
* Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp
* Church of Our Lady, Bruges
* Pont de Wandre
* St Martin's Cathedral, Ypres
* St. Rumbold's Cathedral

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