Guidebook for Brussel
Drinks & Nightlife
This cosy typical Belgian bar you find just around the corner. It has many great Belgian beers on their list.
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Café Merlo
80 Quai aux BriquesThis cosy typical Belgian bar you find just around the corner. It has many great Belgian beers on their list.
Underneath the shade of trees you'll find the terraces of de Markten. A trendy bar with table service.
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Place Ste. Catherine
Place Sainte-CatherineUnderneath the shade of trees you'll find the terraces of de Markten. A trendy bar with table service.
Food Scene
The best chocolatier in town! Enjoy their artisanal produced chocolate with a tasty coffee in their Coffee place or watch the chocolate been made a few houses further! The smell is irresistable :-)
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Frederic Blondeel
39 Rue de GanshorenThe best chocolatier in town! Enjoy their artisanal produced chocolate with a tasty coffee in their Coffee place or watch the chocolate been made a few houses further! The smell is irresistable :-)
This popular restaurant offers great Belgian food.
It's quite small so bigger groups often have to wait a bit...for couples it's otherwise perfect.
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Nüetnigenough
25 Rue du LombardThis popular restaurant offers great Belgian food.
It's quite small so bigger groups often have to wait a bit...for couples it's otherwise perfect.
Late night and still want to have decent "Belgian" food, then you have to come here. They serve till almost midnight!
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La Fin de Siècle
3 Av. de l'ArméeLate night and still want to have decent "Belgian" food, then you have to come here. They serve till almost midnight!
Belle-epoque bar (think titanic interior) which offers great food as well!
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Greenwich Café Bruxelles
7 Rue des ChartreuxBelle-epoque bar (think titanic interior) which offers great food as well!
One of my favorites! It's a trendy new concept restaurant located in a beautiful restored house. Open kitchen and 2 big tables to join and...no menu! :-)
4 courses for 25€, arrive between 6-9pm!
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Les Filles
46 Rue du Vieux Marché aux GrainsOne of my favorites! It's a trendy new concept restaurant located in a beautiful restored house. Open kitchen and 2 big tables to join and...no menu! :-)
4 courses for 25€, arrive between 6-9pm!
Everything Else
Great place to go out! Usually organizes theme nights in sixties or eighties style.
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Madame Moustache
7 Quai au Bois à BrûlerGreat place to go out! Usually organizes theme nights in sixties or eighties style.
Sightseeing
The 600 years old City Hall, standing 97m tall and is an icon in the middle of the city.
I always call it "spot the 7 differences" building, because actually it's full of designfaults!
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Grand-Place
The 600 years old City Hall, standing 97m tall and is an icon in the middle of the city.
I always call it "spot the 7 differences" building, because actually it's full of designfaults!
Our national hero is actually an anti-hero. Belgians don't like 'look at me, shout out hero's! The legend tells that this boy saved Brussels from an defeat by peeing out a fuse...
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Manneken Pis
Our national hero is actually an anti-hero. Belgians don't like 'look at me, shout out hero's! The legend tells that this boy saved Brussels from an defeat by peeing out a fuse...
Beautiful park which gives you an excellent view on the city hall!
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Mont des Arts
Mont des ArtsBeautiful park which gives you an excellent view on the city hall!
Most of the museums are around this square, like for instance the Musée Margritte and MIM (go visit the terrace on the topfloor for a penthouse view on the city)!
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Place Royale Bruxelles
Place RoyaleMost of the museums are around this square, like for instance the Musée Margritte and MIM (go visit the terrace on the topfloor for a penthouse view on the city)!
One of the biggest buildings in the world! It's free to visit, just walk through the front door and see the dome...no picture can capture the magnitude of it! The building houses 26 courtrooms!
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Law Courts of Brussels
1 Pl. PoelaertOne of the biggest buildings in the world! It's free to visit, just walk through the front door and see the dome...no picture can capture the magnitude of it! The building houses 26 courtrooms!
The best lookout point of Brussels. It's so high up from the streets below, they installed an elevator!
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Poelaertplein
Place PoelaertThe best lookout point of Brussels. It's so high up from the streets below, they installed an elevator!
Great museum...all about the history of comic books, located in a beautiful warehouse made by famous architect Victor Horta in 1910.
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I-Museum ye-Comic Book ye-Brussels
20 Rue des SablesGreat museum...all about the history of comic books, located in a beautiful warehouse made by famous architect Victor Horta in 1910.
Beautiful square, definitely take a higher look at the buildings! You also find the oldest hotel of Brussels and Belgium here, called the Metropole, just pretend you stay there and have a look!
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De Brouckère
Beautiful square, definitely take a higher look at the buildings! You also find the oldest hotel of Brussels and Belgium here, called the Metropole, just pretend you stay there and have a look!
This is a big park, with large fountains and many benches to rest. It's between the Royal palace and the Federal Parliament. Fun fact: The architect of this park secretly put the masonry symbol in it
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Ipharki yaseBrussels
This is a big park, with large fountains and many benches to rest. It's between the Royal palace and the Federal Parliament. Fun fact: The architect of this park secretly put the masonry symbol in it
The bozar is a combination of opera, theater, exposition space and museum. They always offer one of the expositions for free!
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I-Palace yezobuciko ezinomzuzu, Brussels
23 Rue RavensteinThe bozar is a combination of opera, theater, exposition space and museum. They always offer one of the expositions for free!
This cinema complex takes you back to the glory days of cinema...only one room and a mix of plush velours seats and wooden seats! They usually play classic movies.
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Nova
3 Rue d'ArenbergThis cinema complex takes you back to the glory days of cinema...only one room and a mix of plush velours seats and wooden seats! They usually play classic movies.
Essentials
This is an unique second hand (flea) market...Why? Because it's open every day! Starts at 06am until 02pm.
The 2 streets around it, Hoogstraat and Blaesstraat, are filled with vintage and retroshops
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Vossenplein
Place du Jeu de BalleThis is an unique second hand (flea) market...Why? Because it's open every day! Starts at 06am until 02pm.
The 2 streets around it, Hoogstraat and Blaesstraat, are filled with vintage and retroshops
Arts & Culture
Lovely park with a difficult layout, making it almost like a mace :-)
In the royal greenhouse you can go to concerts almost every day!
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Botanique station
Lovely park with a difficult layout, making it almost like a mace :-)
In the royal greenhouse you can go to concerts almost every day!
Galerie Paris-Beijing Hôtel Winssinger
66 Rue de l'Hôtel des MonnaiesFree art gallerie in a beautiful art-nouveau building.