The arrests were part of an anti-terrorist operation across the city and the neighbouring Brabant region as well as in the Liege area on Sunday and Monday.
Six people were initially questioned after house searches but four of them were released, prosecutors said.
Police found military clothing and Islamic State propaganda and computer material which investigators are examining, but no weapons or explosives.
The searches were not linked to the November Paris attacks in which 130 people were killed.
Prosecutors said in a statement: "Our investigation revealed serious threats of an attack on symbolic places in Brussels during the celebrations for New Year's Eve."
The two held were accused of terror threats and participation in terrorist activity, with one of them allegedly "in the role of a leader and involved in recruiting".
It come after schools, universities and the Metro were shut down in Brussels for several days last month after authorities raised the alert over a "serious and imminent" terror threat.
Skynews
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