Gare de Bruxelles-Nord, Brussels, June 2026
I had admired this clock tower as I went through the Gare Nord station on my way to Antwerp. On my way back I just had to jump off to take a look at this striking piece of post-war modernism (built in 1952).
Now over to all of you. Do come and join us in our Saturday six-word musings.
I’ll admit that many of us openly break the numeric rule and share far more words (all excellent of course!) so the key rule is to have a title of six words – and then create around that the post that you desire! Perhaps in bunches of 6 words if you’re feeling inspired.
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Copyright Debbie Smyth, 4 July 2026
Posted as part of Six Word Saturday
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Travel with Intent 
https://juckplotz.de/2026/07/05/sun-rays-through-katedrala-sv-vita-six-word-saturday/
A little late, but hopefully not too late
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Never too late 🙂
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Trains are so convenient in Belgium. Easy to hop on and off when there are so many. That train station in Antwerp was worth the ticket price!!
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It is quite something and worth getting off for.
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Oh yes, that’s a great bit of architecture!
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A Tall building…for a moment I thought you had the days mixed up (or had I missed Saturday 🙂 ) Here is my 6WS link :- https://davidoakes-images.com/2026/07/04/6ws-6-word-saturday-challenge-97/
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Ha ha! You read my mind, David. I nearly changed it to become my Sunday tall post as I was lacking inspiration but then I thought of something else.
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Nice one! I have also done that 😂..when the ticket allows to break the journey. My entry here:
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And a striking tower it is! Here’s my 6: https://suejudd.com/2026/07/04/not-somewhere-i-have-visited-recently/
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It’s an impressive tower. …. ehhh… is there a café in the vicinity?
https://picturesimperfectblog.com/2026/07/04/i-can-never-resist-this-here/
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Looking for something to go with the cheesecake?
I think there were plenty but I don’t hang around, just walked back to the centre of town. Where I would ah e been if I hadn’t got off the train!!
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😋😁
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Great example of a modernist structure for a railway station. Inside must have been amazing.
Here’s my SWS
https://bushboy.blog/2026/07/04/just-couldnt-resist-getting-on-here/
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Not really. But I had plants of station glamour in Antwerp
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Well, we were in Bruxelles-Midi recently. No time to enjoy architecture. Instead we had to deal with the fall-out from being unlucky travellers on the shambles Deutsche Bahn has become. Bruxelles Nord looks more interesting!
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Yes, I certainly wouldn’t call Midi attractive. But a brilliant hub if the trains run! I actually stayed at Midi (in hotel not on the platform) on my last trip as the tram links from there are pretty good.
I’d heard Deitsche Bahn had a lot of issues but it’s never impacted me. 🤞
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Lucky you. They were an utter nightmare. It was enough to say ‘DB’ at the Eurostar Info desk when we’d comprehensively missed our connection for them to require no further explanation. And the train info board at Hamburg showed a long list of trains (cancelled) or trains (delayed) or in our case, both!
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Great clock tower. I’d get out to get a photo as well. Here are my 6: https://fakeflamenco.com/2026/07/04/250th-red-white-and-blue-celebration/
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