{"id":21974,"date":"2021-04-27T19:57:57","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T17:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.korei.be\/?page_id=21974"},"modified":"2025-10-28T14:23:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T13:23:29","slug":"walk-new-focal-points-along-the-north-south-connection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.korei.be\/en\/are-you-looking-for-an-activity-for-your-association-your-company-your-customers-or-for-your-family-or-friends-then-youve-come-to-the-right-place\/walk-new-focal-points-along-the-north-south-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"New focal points along the North-South connection"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-image21974_a9f809-89 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image21974_a9f809-89 size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.korei.be\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/UrbanMedia6320_JP2012_013-hpr-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-53486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.korei.be\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/UrbanMedia6320_JP2012_013-hpr-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/staging.korei.be\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/UrbanMedia6320_JP2012_013-hpr-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.korei.be\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/UrbanMedia6320_JP2012_013-hpr-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.korei.be\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/UrbanMedia6320_JP2012_013-hpr-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/staging.korei.be\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/UrbanMedia6320_JP2012_013-hpr-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/staging.korei.be\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/UrbanMedia6320_JP2012_013-hpr-1320x879.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/staging.korei.be\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/UrbanMedia6320_JP2012_013-hpr-600x399.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><p>Brussels has always been a hub in the centre of Europe. Even though today they look like narrow and winding medieval alleys, at the time they were the highways that connected the city from East to West with the outside world and they all converged on Grand-Place.<\/p><p>Brussels was then the centre of Europe,\nsituated between the world port of Bruges, Cologne, the great trading metropolis\non the Rhine and Paris, the largest city north of the Alps. All these trade\nroutes crossed at the deepest point of the valley: the Senne waterway. The\ntopographical feature of the city was the height difference of more than 40m\nbetween uptown and downtown Brussels, with magnificent viewpoints and axis\nconnections which developed over time.<\/p><p><strong>The main urban development intervention of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century \u2013 the North-South railway connection \u2013 has turned around the historically main orientation of the city <\/strong>and completely transformed the perspective into a concrete fault line. Today we experience it as a dividing line for motorised traffic with fragmented working-class neighbourhoods on both sides. It is high time to develop a vision where public green spaces, reorganisation of traffic and integration of housing are part of the equation.<\/p><p><strong>The City of Brussels has commissioned a multidisciplinary team to find solutions for the future of the North-South railway connection and to develop a master plan.<\/strong> The intention is to interweave the city with East-West connections by making use of the hill that connects the upper and lower parts of the city into a coherent whole.<\/p><p>The section will be transformed into a\nresidential and habitable ecosystem. In addition, transport will be adapted,\nspaces will be developed with new uses and meeting places for sports, culture,\nresearch, catering, all supported by the synergies between the different\nplayers.<\/p><p>Are you also interested to know more about the guidelines of this master plan which will again anchor the North-South railway connection with the East-West connections of the city An introduction to what was, what is and what will be!<\/p><p><strong>Practical information<\/strong><br>Long walk of 2h30<br>Meeting place: Congress Column, place du Congr\u00e8s\/Congresplaats, 1000 Brussels<\/p><p>Short walk of<strong><em> <\/em><\/strong>1h30<br>Meeting place: Main entrance Central Station, carrefour de l\u2019Europe\/Europakruispunt, 1000 Brussels<\/p><p>Please ask your quote for the guided tour via this form:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.korei.be\/en\/reservation\/\">Reservation \u2013 Korei guided tours<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Junction: from north to south and from uptown to downtown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":16578,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21974","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"Korei","author_link":"https:\/\/staging.korei.be\/en\/author\/admin\/"},"comment_info":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.korei.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.korei.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.korei.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.korei.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.korei.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21974"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/staging.korei.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53499,"href":"https:\/\/staging.korei.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21974\/revisions\/53499"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.korei.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.korei.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}