Brussels, Royal Saint-Hubert Galleries Christmas Shopping for Chocolate. Belgium Walking Tour [HD]

The Royal Saint-Hubert Galleries are an ensemble of glazed shopping arcades in central Brussels where many exquisit chocolate shops are located. Designed and built by architect Jean-Pierre Cluysenaer between 1846 and 1847, the galleries precede other famous 19th-century European shopping arcades such as the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan (Italy) and The Passage in St Petersburg (Russia). The galleries consist of two major sections, each more than 100 metres (330 feet) in length (respectively called Galerie du Roi/Koningsgalerij, meaning "King's Gallery", and Galerie de la Reine/Koninginnegalerij, meaning "Queen's Gallery"), and a smaller side gallery (Galerie des Princes/Prinsengalerij, meaning "Princes' Gallery"). The main sections (King and Queen's Gallery) are separated by a colonnade at the point where Rue des Bouchers/Beenhouwersstraat crosses the gallery complex.