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Very international, great architecture, cool people ;-)
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Bruxellisation (destroying old-time and often beautiful building to put ugly insignificant but more modern ones), looks a little sedate at first.
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163 Reviews I still wonder from were came the idea of building a fountain with the water streaming out a pipi, zizi or as used in Brussels and Brabant dialect a "pisellewiet" or "tichke". What we know is that according to documents from 15th c. there was at the same place already a stone statue called "...
111 Reviews The Atomium is a well known sight in Brussels but it was not intended to be a permanent structure. It was built for the 1958 Brussels world fair but it was so popular and enigmatic that it was retained long after the event and was in fact was restored in 2006 to ensure it's continuation well into...
8 Reviews and 520 Opinions I really enjoyed this hotel. The staff was extremely friendly and helpful -- providing me with a...
8 Reviews and 423 Opinions The Rocco Forte hotel amigo is considered the best in Brussels and is part of the Leading Hotels of...
30 Reviews There are a whole lot of seafood restaurants on the Quai aux Briques and we chose this one because it has a nice 3 course lunch menu for 23 euro. The restaurant overlooks a lovely square flanked by the St. Catherine's church. The metro stop is about 50 metres away and the Grand Place perhaps 10...
88 Reviews This restaurant is now very popular, it has expanded since my last visit a few years ago (I think they moved a few doors down) and the service is clearly suffering. These are good value with choices such as schrimp croquettes or snails for starters, rabbit, steack, salmon for mains, all cooked in...
98 Reviews Café-Bar XOXO is very cozy, with a great design, rich menu and the most adorable bartender ever! The place is near the metro station De Brouckere in downtown Brussels. There is also a public parking available. Free WiFi, TV and outdoor area to smoke or enjoy your drink during the summer. Highly...
41 Reviews Chez Johnny I think embodies a bit of the Belgian spirit. It's kitsch, quirky, does not take itself seriously and above all, knows how to have fun. People, if you're looking for cutting edge techno, this is not your place! First of all, Chez Johnny doesn't call itself a "nightclib" but a "party...
93 Reviews No 12 which is Express and no 21 which is slower (on sat and sundays there is no 12 service) go from the bus stops just outside the arrival hall. the tickets have to be bought in the machine. 4 euros one way in february 2013 and 27 euros for ten trips which is wonderful. Unfortunatlely if you dont...
100 Reviews The Thalys trains are a joint service of the Belgian, French, Dutch and German railways. They look like French TGV trains, which essentially is what they are. These trains can reach speeds of up to 300 kilometers per hour when the tracks permit. In practice, this means they are very fast between...
52 Reviews Saint Boniface is probably one of the most vibrant places in Brussels. It located between the avenue Louise, porte de Namur and place du Luxembourg. It's one unique places in brussels where you can find such a multicultural mix. It's visited by artists, bankers, eurocrats, young, older, you can hear...
57 Reviews IT IS NOW 100 YEARS AGO THAT JEAN (II) NEUHAUS INVENTED THE PRALINE IN BRUSSELS. Belgians use the word PRALINES for what is called "chocolates" by tourists. If outside the touristic centres you ask for chocolate you will get a bar of chocolate. The production of pralines in Belgium is now in hands...
39 Reviews Belgians take their frites very seriously, don't dare call them French fries! Why have they become known as French fries and not Belgian fries? The theory is that American soldiers during WWI tasted them and since French was the language spoken by the Belgians they were dubbed French fries. So what...
24 Reviews The Flemish University of Brussels VUB has just published a study about the languages spoken in Brussels. There are 104 different languages spoken in Brussels. I don't know if there were as many at the Tower of Babel? Nr 1 is French 88%, Nr 2 English 30%, Nr 3 Dutch 23%, Nr 4 Arab 18%, and Nr 5...
23 Reviews It is always possible to write that nothing bad happens in Brussels. Brussels politicians were especially strong in telling people that everything is fine and when criminals shoot at police with an AK 47 automatic assault riffle it was only a "fait divers". But that talk is now over and out...
34 Reviews Beware pickpocketers in front of Sheraton hotel! I was having a cigarette outside and my son was with me. A north African fella asked me a lighter. He asked where we were from. He started naming football teams from England. Suddenly they become 3 and one of them talking to my son and the other...
Restaurants around Grand' Place
42 Reviews The Rue des Bouchers looks very tempting in summer with all the tables spilling out of it's restaurants onto the narrow cobbled street but try not to be tempted by the pushy restaurant owners trying to drag you in to their establishment for their special "Tourist set menu". Whilst these 3 course...
15 Reviews The Atomium is an awesome sight to look at, and I recommend at least the trip to see it. The structure is imposing, and is an amazing piece of architecture. However, the trip to the top sphere is not worth the aggravation of the extremely long lines. When you finally do reach the observation area,...
71 Reviews Directly next door, at Avenue Palmerston, 2, an extension to Hôtel van Eetvelde (at Avenue Palmerston, 4) was designed by Victor Horta in 1898. Known as Hôtel Delhaye, this building has a beautifully detailed sandstone façade. It was designed to house a garage, an office and a billiard room for...
37 Reviews “The Congo Free State is unique in its kind. It has nothing to hide and no secrets and is not beholden to anyone except its founder.” — Leopold II, King of the Belgians, (1835-1909) Every spring, the Royal Greenhouses of Laeken (in Dutch, Koninklijke Serres van Laken, in French, Serres Royales de...
49 Reviews Leaving the Gare du Nord on the first day of my first visit in Brussels I was excited to see everything. There was one sight I would never have expected in a million years, but it drew me back. Just to make sure. Looking out the window of the car I saw something different--from anything I'd ever...
18 Reviews Genuine Belgians use the word PRALINES for what is called "chocolates" by tourists. If outside the touristic centres you ask for chocolate you will get a bar of chocolate. The production of pralines in Belgium is now in hands of a number of companies who have industrialized the process what does,...
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Antiques, comics murales, De skieven architek, the flea market on Place du Jeu de balle, Brussels dialect, fun & themed cafés: les Marolles area features those. Cosmopolitan Brussels Home of many...
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Brussels... been there several times and sure need to go back a few more times. I have only explored a very few musea and quite some city area's. I still haven't found the heart (or the soul) of this...
Gothic treasures , art nouveaux - a royal city!
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