Northern Quarter, Brussels

Northern Quarter Quartier Nord (French) Noordwijk (Dutch)
Neighbourhood
Brussels' Northern Quarter business district
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Coordinates: 50°51′29″N 4°21′33″E / 50.85806°N 4.35917°E / 50.85806; 4.35917
Country	Belgium
Region	Brussels-Capital Region
Municipality	City of Brussels Saint-Josse-ten-Noode Schaerbeek
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	1000, 1030, 1210
Area codes	02

The Northern Quarter (French: Quartier Nord [kaʁtje nɔʁ] or Espace Nord [ɛspas nɔʁ]; Dutch: Noordwijk [ˈnoːrtʋɛik] ^ⓘ or Noordruimte [ˈnoːrtˌrœymtə]) is the central business district of Brussels, Belgium. Like La Défense in Paris, the Docklands in London or the Zuidas in Amsterdam, the Northern Quarter consists of a concentrated collection of high-rise buildings where many Belgian and multinational companies have their headquarters.

The Northern Quarter roughly covers the area between the Quai de Willebroeck/Willebroekkaai near the Brussels Canal, railways along Brussels-North railway station and the northern side of the Small Ring (Brussels' inner ring road). The territory is thus split between the municipalities of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Schaerbeek and the City of Brussels.^[1]

The area is characterised by high-rise buildings, most around 100 metres (330 ft) tall. Over half of the twenty tallest buildings in Belgium are located in the Northern Quarter. The area has around 1,200,000 m² (13,000,000 sq ft) of office space occupied by 40,000 workers. It has an additional 8,000 residents.