Guidebook for Brussels
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Grand-Place
Wonderful architecture and great beer :)
Wonderful church façade overlooking a nice small square full of little restaurants. Venue for a Saturday fruit market too.
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Place Ste. Catherine
Place Sainte-CatherineWonderful church façade overlooking a nice small square full of little restaurants. Venue for a Saturday fruit market too.
Plaine de Jeux Quai A la Houille
143 Quai à la HouilleLocal little playground for kids...
A pedestrian street full of shops... Can find a span of different price choices.
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Gare Du Nord station
A pedestrian street full of shops... Can find a span of different price choices.
Belgium is famous not only for its beer, but also for its comic books... If you are into that, you won't want to miss this destination.
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I-Museum ye-Comic Book ye-Brussels
20 Rue des SablesBelgium is famous not only for its beer, but also for its comic books... If you are into that, you won't want to miss this destination.
A lovely shopping experience - the old way, under a glass dome the length of the street...
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Neuhaus Brussel Galerie de la Reine
A lovely shopping experience - the old way, under a glass dome the length of the street...
Another street full of sea-food restaurants... An interesting experience in the summer when the owners are haggling with you at the doorstep to try and win over customers from their neighbours...
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Rue des Bouchers
Rue des BouchersAnother street full of sea-food restaurants... An interesting experience in the summer when the owners are haggling with you at the doorstep to try and win over customers from their neighbours...
I like this museum for its display of all the Manneken Pis costumes... And you can watch a video from the secret camera on Manneken Pis, recording visitors comments and reactions to its peeing...
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Iziko leMibhetshu yeBrussels
I like this museum for its display of all the Manneken Pis costumes... And you can watch a video from the secret camera on Manneken Pis, recording visitors comments and reactions to its peeing...
A wonderful art nouveau building worth visiting just for the architecture even if you are not into old music instruments... They also have a cafe on the roof-top...
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Iziko lezintombe
2 Rue Montagne de la CourA wonderful art nouveau building worth visiting just for the architecture even if you are not into old music instruments... They also have a cafe on the roof-top...
This is an interesting under-ground experience of Brussels. You literally walk on the age-old cobble stones and see the remains of the first palace of Brussels...
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Beer Museum
7 Place des PalaisThis is an interesting under-ground experience of Brussels. You literally walk on the age-old cobble stones and see the remains of the first palace of Brussels...
Open to visitors once a year - in August... Well worth a visit if you happen to be here then...
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I-Royal Palace ye-Brussels
16 Rue BrederodeOpen to visitors once a year - in August... Well worth a visit if you happen to be here then...
Lovely area, with antique shops and all the major belgian 'chocolatiers'... There is an antiquities market there every Saturday...
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ING
20 Rue de la RégenceLovely area, with antique shops and all the major belgian 'chocolatiers'... There is an antiquities market there every Saturday...
Brussels is full of painted buildings. Here you can see on of my favourite ones (picture in a picture in a picture...). Plus a cafe next to it gives you a lovely view of the dome of Grand Place...
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Kolenmarkt
Rue du Marché au Charbon KolenmarktBrussels is full of painted buildings. Here you can see on of my favourite ones (picture in a picture in a picture...). Plus a cafe next to it gives you a lovely view of the dome of Grand Place...
A place to go for a drink... Plenty of bars, cafes and restaurants situated around a magnificent big tree...
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Halles Saint-Géry - Agora bruxelloise
1 Pl. Saint-GéryA place to go for a drink... Plenty of bars, cafes and restaurants situated around a magnificent big tree...
A magnificent building visible in a straight line all the way to the European quarter... Open to visitors, so feel free to poke around their court rooms....
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Law Courts of Brussels
1 Pl. PoelaertA magnificent building visible in a straight line all the way to the European quarter... Open to visitors, so feel free to poke around their court rooms....
Lovely square for a bite or a lunch... And you can take a free lift up to Palais de Justice afterwards, to avoid the steep hill....
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Ascenseur des Marolles
Place PoelaertLovely square for a bite or a lunch... And you can take a free lift up to Palais de Justice afterwards, to avoid the steep hill....
Known as the posh shopping area... If you like brand names and don't mind steep price tags, this is the place to go...
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Avenue Louise
Known as the posh shopping area... If you like brand names and don't mind steep price tags, this is the place to go...
I love walking around the two lakes and admiring the beautiful houses along the way... And the walk leads to another lovely park at l'Abbaye de Cambre...
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Flagey
I love walking around the two lakes and admiring the beautiful houses along the way... And the walk leads to another lovely park at l'Abbaye de Cambre...
If you need a calm place to rest for a bit, this is a place to go...
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Abdij ter Kameren
Abbaye de la CambreIf you need a calm place to rest for a bit, this is a place to go...
A big park for a family day out, biking, playing frisby or simply for a stoll... And there is a nice restaurant where one can sit down as well...
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IBois de la Cambre
A big park for a family day out, biking, playing frisby or simply for a stoll... And there is a nice restaurant where one can sit down as well...
A remnant from the 1958 Expo, this is now a landmark by which Brussels is identified around the world... You can visit the separate 'balls' of the structure which often contain interesting exhibitions
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Atomium
1 Pl. de l'AtomiumA remnant from the 1958 Expo, this is now a landmark by which Brussels is identified around the world... You can visit the separate 'balls' of the structure which often contain interesting exhibitions
The best tea house in town... Nice atmosphere, nice tea, nice chocolates...
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Frederic Blondeel
39 Rue de GanshorenThe best tea house in town... Nice atmosphere, nice tea, nice chocolates...
If you fancy seeing the seat of one of the EU main institutions... Plus there is a nice little park behind it...
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Espace Léopold
60 Rue WiertzIf you fancy seeing the seat of one of the EU main institutions... Plus there is a nice little park behind it...
Food Scene
One of our favourite sea food restaurants. Very small, but doesn't disappoint.
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Restaurant La Marée
99 Rue de FlandreOne of our favourite sea food restaurants. Very small, but doesn't disappoint.
Drinks & Nightlife
A go to place for all beer enthusiasts. This pub reportedly has a largest collection of beers from all over the world....
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Delirium Café
4 Impasse de la FidélitéA go to place for all beer enthusiasts. This pub reportedly has a largest collection of beers from all over the world....