Place of Brouckère. <M> Brouckère. It is one of the most prestigious squares of the city, and was named as such in honor of Broukère Charles, who was mayor of the city and a professor at the Free University of Brussels. Nearby there are several buildings of the nineteenth century French style aesthetic, the Hôtel Métropole named above, the Hôtel Continental designed in 1874 by Eugène Carpentier and a pair of contemporary glass buildings added in the 1960s. NOTICE OF COKE COCACOLA