I built Brussels Town Hall in Minecraft

Bruxelles, ma (pou)belle. Recreated the town hall in MC.

215 points Little_Weird2039

I genuinely thought the first pic was the irl version to then compare yours to. Insane work

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29 points MattValois

Thank you!!

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11 points Stressmove

What he said. Epic level of dedication. That is just amazing.

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7 points MattValois

Thank you very much!!

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5 points Apprehensive_You_298

As a Belgian I love that it is almost TOO much off to the left (I know that IRL it is off center), this is phenominal work!

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8 points MattValois

The architect should have jumped off the tower for this!

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35 points SmolTovarishch

Hey I know you from WBC builds, pioneers in minecraft creative mode honestly!

https://preview.redd.it/h6z8wuyvdccg1.png?width=2340&format=png&auto=webp&s=08b12745381531b40fbc3dfa77e6b76eab6e697a

Here was my attempt for the tower, I quit the building though 😂

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22 points MattValois

I'm on WBC, yes :) I think you should continue your build, it looks great!

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6 points SmolTovarishch

You did absolutely great work man, you were long an inspiration for me

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4 points MattValois

That's the greatest compliment, thank you :)

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17 points Nu7s

Very nice!

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10 points MattValois

Thanks!!

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11 points Kagrenac8

Above the general impressiveness of the build, great use of shaders!

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5 points MattValois

Thank you!

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11 points vince1171

Impressive. It took me a few seconds to realise the first picture was an in-game screenshot and not a photo xD

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2 points MattValois

Thank you haha!!

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11 points ChooCupcakes

You made it asymmetrical........

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31 points Marcel_The_Blank

that's because it is.

legend has it, the architect only realised after the building was completed, and jumped from the top. they put a star in the Grote Markt to point where he landed.

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11 points ChooCupcakes

Yeah that was the joke, I was suggesting OP should also recreate that with Steve in Minecraft :)

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8 points MattValois

As long as I don't have to jump lol

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1 points BR0NO

Honestly that would be hilarious, jump from it in survival mode as if you've just realised your mistake

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9 points MattValois

Real life building is too ;)

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3 points yorifant

not just the building, but these pictures are VERY well made!

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1 points MattValois

Thank you very much!

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3 points 2wicky

Amazing! Are you planning to do the entire square as well?

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2 points MattValois

Thank you! I might continue the project at some time, yes ;)

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5 points Wrong-Hospital-911

It's beautifully done

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7 points MattValois

Thank you!

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2 points CharlesWoeste

Where did you get the plans?

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1 points MattValois

All just via google, there's more than enough public resources to recreate the build more or less accurately :) In fact I mostly used streetview for this haha

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2 points Human_Complaint_1133

i tought the first 4 were real pictures for comparison, on the 5th i realised they werent

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1 points MattValois

Thank you!!

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2 points ThatrandompersonJD

I was scrolling to find the Minecraft one untill I realized at the last pic that they all were. Amazing!

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1 points MattValois

Thank you!!!

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3 points Pablo_Escobear_

That is insane! How much time did you spend on it?

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4 points MattValois

Thank you! A few evenings :)

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2 points SpodermanBE

Congrats! Very beautiful.

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1 points MattValois

Thanks!!

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2 points AvatarGandhi

Do you have world downloads somewhere? Would love to see some of your builds in MC myself

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2 points MattValois

It's on a private server with other people's build, so no downloads unfortunately. :)

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2 points Superslim-Anoniem

If you ever do want to, there's a mod called litematica you can use to make a schematic that can be pasted into any world, or even used to build the thing in survival!

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2 points MattValois

I'll keep that in mind , thank you ;)

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1 points Mt_Incorporated

is your pc on fire yet?

Also great built btw

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2 points MattValois

Thank you! No flames yet :D

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1 points WestBackground9444

Eindelijk een full detail, mooi werk

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1 points MattValois

Dankjewel!

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1 points TheMyzzler

Damn that's sick, you should send this to local media.

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2 points MattValois

No idea who I'd send this to, maybe they find it via this post haha

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1 points TheMyzzler

https://www.bruzz.be/meld-nieuws

I'd be surprised if they didn't want to write an article about that :)

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1 points MattValois

Thank you! I'll consider sending something in :)

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1 points theta0123

I love it when people do this stuff. Absolutely beautifull work

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1 points MattValois

Thank you!!

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1 points YellowOnline

Fantastic work. I play Minecraft occasionally since Beta (10+ years!), and my houses still look like boxes.

Maybe you should try to recreate the whole Grote Markt.

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1 points MattValois

Thank you! I might do that, but right now my 'main' project is focused on recreating parts of leuven in MC ;)

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2 points Wise_Application5666

Have you done the Arenberg Castle by any chance?

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1 points MattValois

Not yet, I'm focusing on Leuven centrum first. I'd love to build it one day!

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1 points Wodan74

Vanilla Minecraft or modded?

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2 points MattValois

Vanilla. I'm using a texture pack that doesn't change too much. A lot of this was done via the (vanilla) debug_stick. I do use tools like worldedit to speed up the process, but technically all of this can be done without it too. The shaders help with the presentation of course :)

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1 points eravulgaris

It... looks real. Crazy.

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1 points MattValois

Thank you!!

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1 points Falrehn

Really cool! Did you use some mods? Some blocks look too miniaturized for the vanilla game (like the arms of some of the statues)

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1 points MattValois

Thanks! These are all vanilla blocks. Using the debug stick (a vanilla feature in creative) you can alter block states as you prefer, allowing for more detail :)

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1 points NiNieNielNiels

You're crazy

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2 points MattValois

I won't deny that!

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1 points italicnib

Epic!!

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1 points MattValois

Thanks!

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1 points Normal-Energy-8143

Amazing work ! Congratulations from my 8yo son who has been discovering Minecraft for a few months.

He has several books and explains to me non-stop things :) at this moment, he s into the Redstone possibilities 😁

He told me you could add flags :)

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1 points MattValois

I'm so glad he likes it! Flags would be a great addition, please tell him thanks for that idea!!

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1 points craftgig14

Nice to see you are still working on the project! Stunning as always.

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1 points MattValois

Thank you!!

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1 points The_Local_Belgian

Okay I thought this was a real picture at first. Nice work!

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2 points MattValois

Haha, thank you!

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1 points lucky-number-keleven

Can you make a symmetric version? It always bothered me the tower isn’t centered

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2 points MattValois

It adds to the charm! I like how both sides are somewhat different. If you do like a symmetrical vesion I can recommend the Wiener Rathaus ;)

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1 points razulian-

Holy shit it looks better than the real thing!

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1 points MattValois

Thank you!!

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1 points jagfb

Absolute legend

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1 points MattValois

Thanks!! :)

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-10 points Jatiszo

Crappy AI generated…

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8 points MattValois

https://preview.redd.it/f2aybgemcccg1.png?width=2560&format=png&auto=webp&s=b1243c02b1596700d8a489e241f1935e79c3b83d

Have a work in progress pic to prove I did build it :)

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1 points Oil_Extension

Neitiznot AI lol...

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