Guidebook for Brussel
Sightseeing
Tourists, businessmen, beggars, the whole melting pot of Brussels meets at the stairs of La Bourse. Sitting on the stairs you can see the city flow in front of you.
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Beursplein
Place de la BourseTourists, businessmen, beggars, the whole melting pot of Brussels meets at the stairs of La Bourse. Sitting on the stairs you can see the city flow in front of you.
A beautiful green labyrinth between heavy traffic and buildings of shiny glass. Also concert hall. On the other side of the boulevard you have the finance tower with a brand new park.
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Le Botanique
3 KruidtuinlaanA beautiful green labyrinth between heavy traffic and buildings of shiny glass. Also concert hall. On the other side of the boulevard you have the finance tower with a brand new park.
Food Scene
Take lunch in Le Temps d'une pose, where Sandrine serves cheap Belgian dishes and breakfast. Daily special for 8€. (7:00 - 18:00, you can eat any time till 18h)
Lakensestraat 116
116 Rue de LaekenTake lunch in Le Temps d'une pose, where Sandrine serves cheap Belgian dishes and breakfast. Daily special for 8€. (7:00 - 18:00, you can eat any time till 18h)
Squat - Vegetarian people's kitchen on Sunday evening (19:00) with diverse crowd of punks with mohawks, dreadlocks and families with children. Pay what you want.
Koningsstraat 123
123 Rue RoyaleSquat - Vegetarian people's kitchen on Sunday evening (19:00) with diverse crowd of punks with mohawks, dreadlocks and families with children. Pay what you want.
Drinks & Nightlife
Bravoo is a bar where you can get small dishes for soft prices. Mainly Mediterranean. Downstairs is a jazz club with concerts (brovbxl.com)
Rue d'Alost 7
7 Rue d'AlostBravoo is a bar where you can get small dishes for soft prices. Mainly Mediterranean. Downstairs is a jazz club with concerts (brovbxl.com)
Brown bar area. Start at MONK, make your way down the street and end up at MERLO. If you manage to visit all bars in one night, you'll have at least 6 new friends :) Just hope you remember their faces
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Vlaamsesteenweg
Rue de FlandreBrown bar area. Start at MONK, make your way down the street and end up at MERLO. If you manage to visit all bars in one night, you'll have at least 6 new friends :) Just hope you remember their faces
Newest club in town - electronic music from the 80s, 90s and 00s, oldschool electro, hacienda house and boombap hiphop.
Rue de la Vierge Noire 10
10 Rue de la Vierge NoireNewest club in town - electronic music from the 80s, 90s and 00s, oldschool electro, hacienda house and boombap hiphop.
Cocktails, people, atmosphere and outdoor heaters
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Halles Saint-Géry - Agora bruxelloise
1 Pl. Saint-GéryCocktails, people, atmosphere and outdoor heaters
Shopping
Street filled with cheap multinationals (Zara, H&M, Primark, ...) Hema sells the cheapest breakfast in town (next to Primark)
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Rue Neuve
Rue NeuveStreet filled with cheap multinationals (Zara, H&M, Primark, ...) Hema sells the cheapest breakfast in town (next to Primark)
Everything Else
Touristic heart of Brussels. Pricy terraces. Across the square from the Town Hall you'll find the City Museum (4€), with a scale mofel of Brussels the way it looked around 1200 (with the Zenne River)
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Grand-Place
Touristic heart of Brussels. Pricy terraces. Across the square from the Town Hall you'll find the City Museum (4€), with a scale mofel of Brussels the way it looked around 1200 (with the Zenne River)
Watching the panorama on Poelaert Square. There is a free glass elevator between downtown and uptown. The Palace of Justice was the largest building of Europe when it was builded in 1883.
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Poelaertplein
Place PoelaertWatching the panorama on Poelaert Square. There is a free glass elevator between downtown and uptown. The Palace of Justice was the largest building of Europe when it was builded in 1883.
bike rentals: Point Vélo/fietspunt at north station, at central station, at Midi/South 10€/day (better bikes than the yellow Villo-bikes)
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Station Brussel-Noord
76 Rue du Progrèsbike rentals: Point Vélo/fietspunt at north station, at central station, at Midi/South 10€/day (better bikes than the yellow Villo-bikes)
red light district, where women sit behind windows to call men in for sex. Strangly enough, Rue de Brabant around the corner is one of the busiest Arab and Turkish shopping streets.
Aarschotstraat
Rue d'Aerschotred light district, where women sit behind windows to call men in for sex. Strangly enough, Rue de Brabant around the corner is one of the busiest Arab and Turkish shopping streets.
Arts & Culture
During the day Recyclart is a train station. At night it turns into a spot for concerts & parties. They program dubstep, free jazz, techno and acid synth wave. Every night is different.
Ursulinenstraat 21
21 Rue des UrsulinesDuring the day Recyclart is a train station. At night it turns into a spot for concerts & parties. They program dubstep, free jazz, techno and acid synth wave. Every night is different.
The Brussels City Theatre
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KVS - Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg
7 Quai aux Pierres de TailleThe Brussels City Theatre