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The Walk of Europe

We offer 6 thematic paths. Each path connects the Schuman roundabout to an adjoining street and highlights a theme of European construction. Explore each axis, support the personalities already proposed, or suggest a new one, with your own arguments.

The Founding Fathers

Rue de la Loi (Berlaymont side)

This first stretch of the walk honours the statesmen who, from 1950 onwards, designed the political and institutional architecture of a united Europe — from the Schuman Declaration to the creation of the first European Communities.

Robert Schuman Jean Monnet
PHS
WH
4 personalities Discover this path

Peace & Reconciliation

Avenue de Cortenbergh (towards the Cinquantenaire)

This axis pays tribute to those who turned former enemies into partners, making Franco-German and European reconciliation the lasting foundation of peace on the continent.

Winston Churchill Konrad Adenauer Alcide De Gasperi
HK&FM
6 personalities Discover this path

Democracy & Human Rights

Rue Froissart (towards the European Parliament)

Heading towards the European Parliament, this path celebrates the voices that advanced democracy, universal suffrage and fundamental rights at the heart of the European project.

MK
NI
Simone Veil
VH
7 personalities Discover this path

Economy & Single Market

Rue Stévin

This axis highlights the builders of the single market and shared prosperity, who made economic cooperation the quiet but powerful engine of European integration.

Joseph Bech Johan Willem Beyen
SM
JD
5 personalities Discover this path

Culture, Education & Civil Society

Rue Archimède

Beyond purely political circles, this path honours the intellectuals, educators and civic activists who shaped the European ideal in universities, citizens' movements and culture.

SDM
HB
MM
3 personalities Discover this path

Youth & Federalism

Rue de la Loi (Cinquantenaire / Etterbeek side)

Looking to the future, this final axis is dedicated to the pioneers of European federalism and to the new generations called upon to carry the European adventure forward — a path deliberately left open to citizen proposals.

AS
UH
2 personalities Discover this path