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Home » Theater Guide » Location » Belgium » Brussels » Cinema Arenberg
Also known as Galeries Cinema, Arenberg-Galeries Cinema

Cinema Arenberg

Brussels, Belgium
Koninginnegalerij, Galerie de la Reine 26
, Brussels 1000 Belgium
(map)
+32.02.512.8063
Status: Open
Screens: Twin
Style: Art Deco
Function: Movies (Family), Movies (First Run), Movies (Independent)
Seats: 392
Chain: Independent
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
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The Cinema Arenberg is near the Grand Place in the covered galleries. The nearest Metro stop is the Gare Centrale. A space within the gallerie exhibited Belgium's first film in 1896.

The Galleries Cinema opened in 1939, with an Art Deco style and the foyer remains intact today. In 1973 the auditorium was split laterally into two screens and there are traces of the Art Deco style decoration still to be seen in the lower one. As of 2009, Salle 1 has 212 seats and Salle 2 has 180 seats.

Newer European arthouse films are often shown in this stylish cinema. The Ecran Total Festival every summer shows over 90 films with 900 screenings.

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Cinema Arenberg (Official)
Contributed by Howard B Haas

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2006 exterior photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/delafuente/274067772/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deepblue66/168818675/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deepblue66/195273400/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9167573@N07/582987829/

2007 exterior photo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39318778@N00/1716313752/

posted by HowardBHaas on Dec 2, 2007 at 5:49am
The first film was not shown in that cinema, but in the same gallery.The premises where those of a newspaper called "La Chronique".
The cinema was first called Galeries (1939-1987).Then Arenberg-Galeries (1987-2006) and from
april 2006 : Arenberg
posted by cinema-ke on Oct 27, 2008 at 1:48am
The first public showing of the Lumiere process in Belgium was indeed held in a theatre in this indoor gallery, but not as the earlier poster says, at the current location of the Arenberg, but elsewhere. This was on 1 March 1896, not 1895.
posted by irishcine on Oct 27, 2008 at 2:44am
Cinema Arenberg website.

posted by Lost Memory on Oct 27, 2008 at 8:15am
Photo taken this month of larger auditorium facing the curtained screen:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sblackley/3524961472/
posted by HowardBHaas on Jun 6, 2009 at 6:46pm
2008 photo of one of the auditoriums, facing screen:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/smmot/2698766289/
posted by HowardBHaas on Jun 6, 2009 at 6:53pm
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