Museum Van Buuren

If you want a break from central Brussels the perfect place to go is Van Buuren museum, a hidden pearl of Art Deco architecture and design located in Uccle, an aristocratic district of Brussels. The building served as a residence of the banker and amateur artist David van Buuren and his wife Alice, constructed in 1928 and designed in the style of the Dutch villas of the time: asymmetrical façades with different levels, covered in red hand-made bricks, arranged in a subtle interplay of lines. Surrounded by magnificent gardens, the house is carefully designed down to the smallest detail and presents an impressive collection of paintings and sculptures by renowned artists from the 16th to the 20th century: works by P.Bruegel and his sons, as well as from Fantin-Latour and Ensor, Signac, Braque, and outstanding representatives of the Belgian school. The rooms are richly and most elegantly decorated with precious wood, Labrador marble, unique tapestries, design rugs, spectacular stain-glasses and exclusive luminaires. There is an amazing unity of style between the six spaces of the gardens and the house.