Guidebook for Ville de Bruxelles
Sightseeing
Main tourist attraction. Although it is small like a mermaid in Copenhagen and surrounded by asian tourists like Mona Lisa.
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Manneken Pis
Main tourist attraction. Although it is small like a mermaid in Copenhagen and surrounded by asian tourists like Mona Lisa.
If you love old instruments it will be your favourite place) It is worth visiting restaurant at the top of the art nouveaux building.
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Iziko lezintombe
2 Rue Montagne de la CourIf you love old instruments it will be your favourite place) It is worth visiting restaurant at the top of the art nouveaux building.
Jeanneke Pis
10-12 Imp. de la FidélitéA sister of Manneken Pis
I love this place for picnic and meditating. Close to a beautiful abbey.
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Abdij ter Kameren
Abbaye de la CambreI love this place for picnic and meditating. Close to a beautiful abbey.
Got a skateboard? Use it! Or simply observe the guys flipping, jumping and falling...
Skatepark Place de la Chapelle
27 Rue des UrsulinesGot a skateboard? Use it! Or simply observe the guys flipping, jumping and falling...
Arty neighbourhood with a lot of bars and some special ambiance (and cheaper prices than in the center).
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Parvis de Saint-Gilles station
Arty neighbourhood with a lot of bars and some special ambiance (and cheaper prices than in the center).
Drinks & Nightlife
Good electro music. And artisanal lunch menu tue-fri until 6 pm.
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RECYCLART
13 ManchesterstraatGood electro music. And artisanal lunch menu tue-fri until 6 pm.
My favourite bar with a nice sunny terrace and wi fi. Good and experimental kitchen, lunch for 10 euros and artisanal new belgian tapas in the evening.
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Le Dillens
11 Pl. Julien DillensMy favourite bar with a nice sunny terrace and wi fi. Good and experimental kitchen, lunch for 10 euros and artisanal new belgian tapas in the evening.
Stylish flemish brasserie with belgian beer, sausages, cheeses and eternal spaghettis for affordable price!
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Monk
22 Rue Sainte-CatherineStylish flemish brasserie with belgian beer, sausages, cheeses and eternal spaghettis for affordable price!
If you want to eat for free you have to check out this place on Wed. and Fr. 18-20h. You will get free tapas to your drink. Very cult place, slightly cheaper than its brothers in a centre.
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Barbeton
114 Rue Antoine DansaertIf you want to eat for free you have to check out this place on Wed. and Fr. 18-20h. You will get free tapas to your drink. Very cult place, slightly cheaper than its brothers in a centre.
A place for exhibitions, chess playing, flea markets and a bar. Free entrance (payed toilet)
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Halles Saint-Géry - Agora bruxelloise
1 Pl. Saint-GéryA place for exhibitions, chess playing, flea markets and a bar. Free entrance (payed toilet)
Yes we have a concert venue at our street. Solidarity aperos, holidays, movie screenings, black metal festivals and punk concerts... Check FB program!
Voldersstraat 47
47 Rue des FoulonsYes we have a concert venue at our street. Solidarity aperos, holidays, movie screenings, black metal festivals and punk concerts... Check FB program!
Magasin 4
158 Av. du PortVery good venue for very alternative music.
Everyone swear you have to visit this place but personally I am not a fan. Too high prices, small portions only tourists.
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Moeder Lambic
8 Pl. FontainasEveryone swear you have to visit this place but personally I am not a fan. Too high prices, small portions only tourists.
Zebra
33 Pl. Saint-GéryPopular drinking place, young public and terrace outside
Food Scene
Japanese supermarket with real Japanese bento boxes to go (during the dinner time) and the best (and freshest) sushi in town beginning by 5 euros. To be visited by midday.
TAGAWA
119 Chau. de VleurgatJapanese supermarket with real Japanese bento boxes to go (during the dinner time) and the best (and freshest) sushi in town beginning by 5 euros. To be visited by midday.
A very good French bakery. Somewhat expensive, but really tasty.
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Charli
34 Rue Sainte-CatherineA very good French bakery. Somewhat expensive, but really tasty.
They have a real terrace, a terrace with a roof and a cafe. Always nice hostel ambiance, affordable prices and good games.
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ViaVia Brussels
74 Quai aux BriquesThey have a real terrace, a terrace with a roof and a cafe. Always nice hostel ambiance, affordable prices and good games.
Nice moroccan restaurant in the neighbourhood. Good couscous on Friday evening. Otherwise tajines and and other typical dishes...
Maurice Lemonnierlaan 185
185 Boulevard Maurice LemonnierNice moroccan restaurant in the neighbourhood. Good couscous on Friday evening. Otherwise tajines and and other typical dishes...
Looks like nothing from outside. Very good (and not very expensive) libanese from inside.
Bergensesteenweg 11
11 BergensesteenwegLooks like nothing from outside. Very good (and not very expensive) libanese from inside.
Best pizza marinara in town. Good ambience for a date. Very italian.
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Il Nobile
24 Pl. Fernand CocqBest pizza marinara in town. Good ambience for a date. Very italian.
Very good pizza, italian finesse, but somewhat expensive and a bit experimental for traditional italian food.
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Divin°
56 Rue des ChartreuxVery good pizza, italian finesse, but somewhat expensive and a bit experimental for traditional italian food.
Pasta, pasta and pasta! The really best in town, not overcooked... Feel like at home.
Rue de Flandre 50
50 Rue de FlandrePasta, pasta and pasta! The really best in town, not overcooked... Feel like at home.
Good french restaurant with reasonable prices. Check it out. I will not recommend it to vegetarians, but to those who is eager to try all the types of foie gras.
Domaine de Lintillac
25 Rue de FlandreGood french restaurant with reasonable prices. Check it out. I will not recommend it to vegetarians, but to those who is eager to try all the types of foie gras.
Maison Dandoy
14 Rue Charles BulsCookies. Best Belgian cookies.
Authentic Belgian sandwiches? Here you will find the best on. Dare to try Ocean salad with shrimps and salmon for only 7 euros to go.
Magdalenasteenweg 5
5 Rue de la MadeleineAuthentic Belgian sandwiches? Here you will find the best on. Dare to try Ocean salad with shrimps and salmon for only 7 euros to go.
American style coffee shop. Coffee, smoothies, canapé and wifi. Attention, no toilet.
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Coffee Company
American style coffee shop. Coffee, smoothies, canapé and wifi. Attention, no toilet.
Very very small italian espresso and aperetivo cafe. Stylish and funny. (no wifi)
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Moka - Coffee & Pastry
5 Rue des Riches ClairesVery very small italian espresso and aperetivo cafe. Stylish and funny. (no wifi)
Good Italian pizza for nearly student price. The owner is not Italian but a real pizzaiolo
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Da Momo Pizzeria
268 Chau. de WaterlooGood Italian pizza for nearly student price. The owner is not Italian but a real pizzaiolo
Pâtisserie Garcia
75 Av. de la CouronneReal ambient portuguese bakery.
A new place for all the strange varieties of Belgian waffles. A touristic place with a lot of people. Advantage? The waffles are really fresh.
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Waffle Factory
30 Rue du LombardA new place for all the strange varieties of Belgian waffles. A touristic place with a lot of people. Advantage? The waffles are really fresh.
Centro Pablo Iglesias - the MOST Spanish tapas in Brussels. Cheap and without tourists. Dinners start from 7 pm.
Ropsy Chaudronstraat 7B
7B Rue Ropsy ChaudronCentro Pablo Iglesias - the MOST Spanish tapas in Brussels. Cheap and without tourists. Dinners start from 7 pm.
Restobières
9 Rue des RenardsBEST Belgian restaurant in town. Point.
There are a lot of Ethiopian restaurants, but Kokob is unique. You will share the food with the others. The place is cozy, but not too cheap.
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Kokob
10 Rue des Grands CarmesThere are a lot of Ethiopian restaurants, but Kokob is unique. You will share the food with the others. The place is cozy, but not too cheap.
The CHEAPEST Belgian restaurant with a choice of tapas. ))) But not the best one. Still it is good for your budget.
The Smalle Steen
32 Rue des PierresThe CHEAPEST Belgian restaurant with a choice of tapas. ))) But not the best one. Still it is good for your budget.
Arts & Culture
I am a big pacifist, but the entrance here is for free. The whole building and the military technic is impressive. Especially the aviation hall. If you like steampunk and history of technic!
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I-Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and of Military History
3 Parc du CinquantenaireI am a big pacifist, but the entrance here is for free. The whole building and the military technic is impressive. Especially the aviation hall. If you like steampunk and history of technic!
Trashiest and the most alternative cinema in town. Very punk. The bar underground (you do not have to buy a ticket to enter) is worth visiting. Sometimes they have vegan dishes to offer but... Hush!
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Nova
3 Rue d'ArenbergTrashiest and the most alternative cinema in town. Very punk. The bar underground (you do not have to buy a ticket to enter) is worth visiting. Sometimes they have vegan dishes to offer but... Hush!
Feel like reading a book or a German in English, Dutch or French? Welcome, the entrance is free (you need a card only to borrow the book)
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Muntpunt Library
6 Pl. de la MonnaieFeel like reading a book or a German in English, Dutch or French? Welcome, the entrance is free (you need a card only to borrow the book)
Going to the opera can be expensive but if you are under 30 try to check the special offers on the website.
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La Monnaie De Munt
Place de la MonnaieGoing to the opera can be expensive but if you are under 30 try to check the special offers on the website.
It is a monumental temple of justice and it's impressive. Not everyone knows that you can freely enter (after a short security check) to observe the monumental architecture inside. Weekdays only
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Law Courts of Brussels
1 Pl. PoelaertIt is a monumental temple of justice and it's impressive. Not everyone knows that you can freely enter (after a short security check) to observe the monumental architecture inside. Weekdays only
This place really worth it (if you love surrealism)
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I-Magritte Museum
1 Pl. RoyaleThis place really worth it (if you love surrealism)
Essentials
The closest very big supermarket. And it's almost entirely Polish. You can begin by not only tasting Belgian beers.
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Anneessensplein
Place AnneessensThe closest very big supermarket. And it's almost entirely Polish. You can begin by not only tasting Belgian beers.
Typical Belgian chain. Very big store, somewhat expensive, but best place to buy veggie food and wines.
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AD Anspach
63 Bd AnspachTypical Belgian chain. Very big store, somewhat expensive, but best place to buy veggie food and wines.
"Okay compact" another little supermarket of French Colruyt Group. Friendly prices for a small store.
Grootsermentstraat 7
7 Rue du Grand-Serment"Okay compact" another little supermarket of French Colruyt Group. Friendly prices for a small store.
Shopping
Cheap Supermarket. Very fresh fruits and vegetables for the cheapest store prices. They sell some Belgian products as well, but I would not recommend to take is there. It is a German chain. )
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Lidl
26 Rue Van ArteveldeCheap Supermarket. Very fresh fruits and vegetables for the cheapest store prices. They sell some Belgian products as well, but I would not recommend to take is there. It is a German chain. )
If it is raining it is the shopping mall to be. In the basement there is a big Carrefour with all the Belgian corner and all possible selection of food the tourist has to bring home from Brussels.
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Zigzag City 2
123 Rue NeuveIf it is raining it is the shopping mall to be. In the basement there is a big Carrefour with all the Belgian corner and all possible selection of food the tourist has to bring home from Brussels.
Russian food and souvenir shop (in case you always wanted to buy a "shapka", matrioshka or caviar)
Keizerslaan 27
27 Boulevard de l'EmpereurRussian food and souvenir shop (in case you always wanted to buy a "shapka", matrioshka or caviar)
Little brazilian-portuguese shop with a possibility to drink portuguese coffee and eat a nata.
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Horta station
Little brazilian-portuguese shop with a possibility to drink portuguese coffee and eat a nata.
Want to make a tapas party at home? Visit spanish economato... Cheeses, olives, sausages, bread sweets, wines and much more...
Economato Gonzalez sprl
9 Esp. de l'EuropeWant to make a tapas party at home? Visit spanish economato... Cheeses, olives, sausages, bread sweets, wines and much more...
The best choice of low price second hand books in the whole Brussels. Also in foreign languages (English, Spanish, Russian, Italian etc.)
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Pêle-Mêle Bruxelles
59 Bd Maurice LemonnierThe best choice of low price second hand books in the whole Brussels. Also in foreign languages (English, Spanish, Russian, Italian etc.)
The best Ethnic store in Brussels. They have ALL the food from all over the world! And friendly prices!
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FreshMed
35 Rue de l'EscadronThe best Ethnic store in Brussels. They have ALL the food from all over the world! And friendly prices!
A little local Belgian supermarket. Prices are relatively high. There is another one some blocks away.
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Proxy Fabriques
1C Rue des FabriquesA little local Belgian supermarket. Prices are relatively high. There is another one some blocks away.
Angelopoulos Fine Greek Wine & Food
39 Bd d'YpresReal Greek food shop.
Parks & Nature
The best place for calm in Brussels. There are much more parks connected to this garden in Brussels. All offering nice walk, fresh air and not too overcrowded.
Bloemist van Stuyvenberg
The best place for calm in Brussels. There are much more parks connected to this garden in Brussels. All offering nice walk, fresh air and not too overcrowded.