Guidebook for Brussels

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Guidebook for Brussels

Sightseeing

The most beautiful square in Europe!
913 locals recommend
Grand-Place
913 locals recommend
The most beautiful square in Europe!
Brussels most photographed attraction!
Manneken
42 Rue au Beurre
Brussels most photographed attraction!
Maybe the nicest area of Brussels, world famous for its fish restaurants and general relaxedness!
143 locals recommend
Place Ste. Catherine
Place Sainte-Catherine
143 locals recommend
Maybe the nicest area of Brussels, world famous for its fish restaurants and general relaxedness!
Go here on Sunday (but also on other days) for the famous flea market, its authentic atmosphere in Brussels oldest neighbourhood 'Marolles', and enjoy a croque monsieur or sandwich at La Clef d'Or!
364 locals recommend
Vossenplein
Place du Jeu de Balle
364 locals recommend
Go here on Sunday (but also on other days) for the famous flea market, its authentic atmosphere in Brussels oldest neighbourhood 'Marolles', and enjoy a croque monsieur or sandwich at La Clef d'Or!
To see where the king receives his visitors!
222 locals recommend
Royal Palace of Brussels
16 Rue Brederode
222 locals recommend
To see where the king receives his visitors!
King Leopold II's version of the Tuileries plus Arc du Triomphe in one!
522 locals recommend
Cinquantenaire Park
522 locals recommend
King Leopold II's version of the Tuileries plus Arc du Triomphe in one!
This parc is surrounded by the Royal Palace on the one side, and the Parliament on the other. Nice for jogging, walking, doing a picknick or reading a book by the many fountains. Concerts late August!
305 locals recommend
Brussels Park
305 locals recommend
This parc is surrounded by the Royal Palace on the one side, and the Parliament on the other. Nice for jogging, walking, doing a picknick or reading a book by the many fountains. Concerts late August!
One of Brussels' coolest places, full of bars, and surrounded by a beautiful lake. There's also a renowned concert hall annex cinema, together with one of Brussels' finest 'fritkots'!
265 locals recommend
Place Eugene Flagey
Place Eugène Flagey
265 locals recommend
One of Brussels' coolest places, full of bars, and surrounded by a beautiful lake. There's also a renowned concert hall annex cinema, together with one of Brussels' finest 'fritkots'!
Brussels' EU Parliament.
106 locals recommend
Espace Léopold
60 Rue Wiertz
106 locals recommend
Brussels' EU Parliament.
Another EU sightseeing!
32 locals recommend
Council of the European Union
175 Rue de la Loi
32 locals recommend
Another EU sightseeing!
A very upscale square full of antiques and Brussels best chocolatiers!
117 locals recommend
Place du Grand Sablon
Place du Grand Sablon
117 locals recommend
A very upscale square full of antiques and Brussels best chocolatiers!

Food Scene

The sandwiches and croque monsieurs 'de luxe' are best accompanied by a nice gueuze (Brussels' typical sour beer), on Sunday, watching over the flea market next door!
19 locals recommend
La Clef d'Or
1 Place du Jeu de Balle
19 locals recommend
The sandwiches and croque monsieurs 'de luxe' are best accompanied by a nice gueuze (Brussels' typical sour beer), on Sunday, watching over the flea market next door!
Brussels' best known fries place: a barack right in the middle of the square or 'fritkot'.
154 locals recommend
Maison Antoine
1 Pl. Jourdan
154 locals recommend
Brussels' best known fries place: a barack right in the middle of the square or 'fritkot'.
Perhaps the best coffee in Brussels!
43 locals recommend
OR Coffee
9 Rue Auguste Orts
43 locals recommend
Perhaps the best coffee in Brussels!

Drinks & Nightlife

A real 'fish bar'. Enjoy the gambas à la plancha, the famous shrimp croquettes at the outside comptoir, over a good glass of wine. Even better when it's sunny!
208 locals recommend
Mer du Nord
45 Pl. Sainte-Catherine
208 locals recommend
A real 'fish bar'. Enjoy the gambas à la plancha, the famous shrimp croquettes at the outside comptoir, over a good glass of wine. Even better when it's sunny!
Great bar, great atmosphere!
125 locals recommend
Monk
22 Rue Sainte-Catherine
125 locals recommend
Great bar, great atmosphere!
Perhaps the best known 'Flemish' bar around!
31 locals recommend
Roskam
9 Rue de Flandre
31 locals recommend
Perhaps the best known 'Flemish' bar around!
One of Brussels' gems for a late night beer; when on a bar crawl this should definitely be on it!
13 locals recommend
Café Merlo
80 Quai aux Briques
13 locals recommend
One of Brussels' gems for a late night beer; when on a bar crawl this should definitely be on it!
Right on one of Brussels' most bustling squares, this bar is frequented by the young and hip Eurocrat crowd. THE place to mingle.
6 locals recommend
Café des Halles
1 Pl. Saint-Géry
6 locals recommend
Right on one of Brussels' most bustling squares, this bar is frequented by the young and hip Eurocrat crowd. THE place to mingle.
A great place to spend a Sunday afternoon... or any afternoon or evening for that matter.
91 locals recommend
Barbeton
114 Rue Antoine Dansaert
91 locals recommend
A great place to spend a Sunday afternoon... or any afternoon or evening for that matter.
A great place for drinks and dancing in an antique interior!
61 locals recommend
Bonnefooi
8 Rue des Pierres
61 locals recommend
A great place for drinks and dancing in an antique interior!

Shopping

People who love trendy boutiques go here - and to Rue Dansaert of course.
17 locals recommend
Kolenmarkt
Rue du Marché au Charbon Kolenmarkt
17 locals recommend
People who love trendy boutiques go here - and to Rue Dansaert of course.
Brussels' most 'branché' shopping street: for authentic designers' clothes that you won't find anywhere else!
91 locals recommend
Rue Antoine Dansaert
Rue Antoine Dansaert
91 locals recommend
Brussels' most 'branché' shopping street: for authentic designers' clothes that you won't find anywhere else!
Brussels' longest shopping street includes numerous franchise stores and a mall in which you can get lost for hours.
279 locals recommend
Rue Neuve
Rue Neuve
279 locals recommend
Brussels' longest shopping street includes numerous franchise stores and a mall in which you can get lost for hours.

Arts & Culture

Belgium's most important and prestigious arts centre when it comes to exhibitions, concerts, festivals and even parties!
215 locals recommend
Bozar station
215 locals recommend
Belgium's most important and prestigious arts centre when it comes to exhibitions, concerts, festivals and even parties!