Guidebook for Brussels

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Guidebook for Brussels

Food Scene

The place which is former classical style bank is really unique with its glass roof, famous too for its special toilets with walls of see-through glass which gets opaque when you're in, ~ 30-40€
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Belga Queen
32 Rue du Fossé aux Loups
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The place which is former classical style bank is really unique with its glass roof, famous too for its special toilets with walls of see-through glass which gets opaque when you're in, ~ 30-40€
Near the St Gery Halls one of the main bars areas in town, ~ 15-20€
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Greenwich Café Bruxelles
7 Rue des Chartreux
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Near the St Gery Halls one of the main bars areas in town, ~ 15-20€
A bit similar as the Greenwich but more contemporary, ~ 15-20€
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La Fin de Siècle
3 Av. de l'Armée
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A bit similar as the Greenwich but more contemporary, ~ 15-20€
Ring and then you'll be welcomed upstairs, sort of communal table very stylish with great atmosphere, ~ 20-25€
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Les Filles
46 Rue du Vieux Marché aux Grains
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Ring and then you'll be welcomed upstairs, sort of communal table very stylish with great atmosphere, ~ 20-25€
Next to a nice pub called the "Walvis", it serves tasty Flemish carbonades. ~ 15-20€
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Bistro du Canal
208 Rue Antoine Dansaert
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Next to a nice pub called the "Walvis", it serves tasty Flemish carbonades. ~ 15-20€
Little fish and seafood dishes & ideal for brunches. ~ 10-15€
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Mer du Nord
45 Pl. Sainte-Catherine
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Little fish and seafood dishes & ideal for brunches. ~ 10-15€
Meat offal food specialities. ~ 20€
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Viva M'Boma
17 Rue de Flandre
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Meat offal food specialities. ~ 20€
Really famous restaurant where it's really worth to get. Probably better to book in advance. ~ 25 à 40€
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Henri
113 Rue de Flandre
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Really famous restaurant where it's really worth to get. Probably better to book in advance. ~ 25 à 40€
Typical Belgian Bistrot food. ~ 20-25€
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Le Selecto
95 Rue de Flandre
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Typical Belgian Bistrot food. ~ 20-25€
Chinese restaurant one of the best of Brussels. ~ 15-20€
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Beijingya
8 Rue Melsens
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Chinese restaurant one of the best of Brussels. ~ 15-20€
Very good-smelly and tasty Ethiopian food which you eat with your hands and kind of bread pancakes. ~ 20-25€
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Toukoul - Ethiopian Rest Bar - Cultural House
34 Rue de Laeken
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Very good-smelly and tasty Ethiopian food which you eat with your hands and kind of bread pancakes. ~ 20-25€
Good reference of Thai-Vietnamese food in Brussels. ~ 15-20€
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Fanny Thai
36 Rue Jules Van Praet
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Good reference of Thai-Vietnamese food in Brussels. ~ 15-20€
Trendy and tasty mediterranean food restaurant. ~ 25-35€
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Bonsoir Clara
22 Rue Antoine Dansaert
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Trendy and tasty mediterranean food restaurant. ~ 25-35€
Contemporary and high quality "Italian restaurant in the nice area of Sainte Catherine. ~ 15-25€
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Le Fornostar
65 Quai au Bois à Brûler
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Contemporary and high quality "Italian restaurant in the nice area of Sainte Catherine. ~ 15-25€
Perfect for a breakfast out the studio or a lunch too, Place du Sablon just next to the studio street. ~ 6-12€
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Le Pain Quotidien
11 Rue des Sablons
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Perfect for a breakfast out the studio or a lunch too, Place du Sablon just next to the studio street. ~ 6-12€
Bio and vert natural food restaurant, directly in the street of the house). ~ 20-25€
Soul
20 Rue de la samaritaine
Bio and vert natural food restaurant, directly in the street of the house). ~ 20-25€
Highly recommended by Michelin guide and Trip Advisor, French gastronomy and cozy atmosphere. ~ 30-40€
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L'Idiot du Village
19 Rue Notre-Seigneur
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Highly recommended by Michelin guide and Trip Advisor, French gastronomy and cozy atmosphere. ~ 30-40€
Typical Belgian food restaurant with a lot of dishes based on special Belgian beers). ~ 12-25€
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Nüetnigenough
25 Rue du Lombard
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Typical Belgian food restaurant with a lot of dishes based on special Belgian beers). ~ 12-25€
(Lebanese restaurant in the Blaes Street which serves good sandwiches, falafel and durums), 5-10€
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AL JANNAH
59 Rue Blaes
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(Lebanese restaurant in the Blaes Street which serves good sandwiches, falafel and durums), 5-10€
Contemporary Italian restaurant in the Rue Haute very nice. ~ 15-20€
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Easy Tempo
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Contemporary Italian restaurant in the Rue Haute very nice. ~ 15-20€
Directly next to the Place du Jeu de Balle the most important flea market of Brussels, good bread-pistolets with meat loaf, onions soups and beers, very cheap and simple but great. ~ 4-8€
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La Clef d'Or
1 Place du Jeu de Balle
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Directly next to the Place du Jeu de Balle the most important flea market of Brussels, good bread-pistolets with meat loaf, onions soups and beers, very cheap and simple but great. ~ 4-8€
Managed by a spanish association, it's a bar and in the same time a huge refectory where you can get all sorts of tapas for a good prices + Asturian cider. A very surprising place! ~ 7-12€
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Centro Cabraliego
171 Rue Haute
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Managed by a spanish association, it's a bar and in the same time a huge refectory where you can get all sorts of tapas for a good prices + Asturian cider. A very surprising place! ~ 7-12€
Ideally located next to the museums place and the Mont des Arts, an amazing golden sculpture decorates the ceiling. ~ 30-40€
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Kwint
1 Mont des Arts
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Ideally located next to the museums place and the Mont des Arts, an amazing golden sculpture decorates the ceiling. ~ 30-40€
Quiches, wraps, croques-monsieurs and plenty of very tasteful wines. ~ 12-15€
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Les Pénates
42 Rue de Vergnies
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Quiches, wraps, croques-monsieurs and plenty of very tasteful wines. ~ 12-15€
Little restaurant company located in various areas of Brussels including the Flagey and Saint Gilles, cut and weight pizzas slices system. ~ 6-10€
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MAMMA ROMA
5 Chau. de Vleurgat
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Little restaurant company located in various areas of Brussels including the Flagey and Saint Gilles, cut and weight pizzas slices system. ~ 6-10€
Friterie snack of the Place Flagey, the most famous and appreciated of Brussels certainly. ~ 3-5€
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Place Eugene Flagey
Place Eugène Flagey
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Friterie snack of the Place Flagey, the most famous and appreciated of Brussels certainly. ~ 3-5€
Little restaurant which offers the best burgers of Brussels. ~ 15-20€
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Les Super Filles du Tram
22 Rue Lesbroussart
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Little restaurant which offers the best burgers of Brussels. ~ 15-20€
Little restaurant a bit out from the move of the area, very intimate, good wines and comfortable sofas. ~ 10-15€
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Delecta
5 Rue Lannoy
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Little restaurant a bit out from the move of the area, very intimate, good wines and comfortable sofas. ~ 10-15€
Sushis restaurant, my favourite of Brussels, they even serve sushis with foie gras and it's cheap, it's not that far from the Flagey area near the are called Châtelains, next to Avenue Louise.
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Makisu
5 Rue du Bailli
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Sushis restaurant, my favourite of Brussels, they even serve sushis with foie gras and it's cheap, it's not that far from the Flagey area near the are called Châtelains, next to Avenue Louise.
Not that far from the canal and closer to the Halles Saint Géry, it's a concrete bar which explains its name "Bar-béton". It's raw and sophisticated aspect in the same time.
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Barbeton
114 Rue Antoine Dansaert
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Not that far from the canal and closer to the Halles Saint Géry, it's a concrete bar which explains its name "Bar-béton". It's raw and sophisticated aspect in the same time.
Around the Place Sainte Catherine, a Flemish bar with for once in while some great gigs, nice decoration, I like the toilets sinks.
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Monk
22 Rue Sainte-Catherine
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Around the Place Sainte Catherine, a Flemish bar with for once in while some great gigs, nice decoration, I like the toilets sinks.
Small and intimate atmosphere bar of the Rue de Flandres, red lighting ambience.
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Vlaamsesteenweg 37
37 Rue de Flandre
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Small and intimate atmosphere bar of the Rue de Flandres, red lighting ambience.
Just beside the KVS, the National Flemish Theater, not that far from the Sainte Catherine area, very large bar recently decorated, ideal for an aperitif.
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Flamingo
177 Rue de Laeken
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Just beside the KVS, the National Flemish Theater, not that far from the Sainte Catherine area, very large bar recently decorated, ideal for an aperitif.
Very large open space in Art Déco style located on the groundfloor of the former national TV-radio buildings, really unique place in Brussels.
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Café Belga
18 Pl. Eugène Flagey
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Very large open space in Art Déco style located on the groundfloor of the former national TV-radio buildings, really unique place in Brussels.
Typical bar-café-brasserie of Brussels, art nouveau decoration with colored glass details very nice, you can get quickly some food as lasagnes, spaghettis, wraps.
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Brasserie Verschueren
11 Parv. de Saint-Gilles
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Typical bar-café-brasserie of Brussels, art nouveau decoration with colored glass details very nice, you can get quickly some food as lasagnes, spaghettis, wraps.
As nice as Brasserie Verschueren especially in summer with the terraces, you can get some food too, very good goat cheese and bacon salad, very cheap!
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As nice as Brasserie Verschueren especially in summer with the terraces, you can get some food too, very good goat cheese and bacon salad, very cheap!
Unbelievable cupcakes!
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Lilicup
65 Rue du Page
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Unbelievable cupcakes!
Next to the Café Central still in the Saint-Géry area, some little and very intimate gigs, most of jazz and organic music too, even during the day not only the evenings: http://www.zebrabar.be/
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Zebra
33 Pl. Saint-Géry
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Next to the Café Central still in the Saint-Géry area, some little and very intimate gigs, most of jazz and organic music too, even during the day not only the evenings: http://www.zebrabar.be/
Café Kafka (just next to Saint-Géry, with various kinds of music as electronic, acoustic, world music and sometimes gigs on sunday): https://www.facebook.com/pages/Caf%C3%A9-Kafka/188789167829337
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Café Kafka
21 Rue des Poissonniers
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Café Kafka (just next to Saint-Géry, with various kinds of music as electronic, acoustic, world music and sometimes gigs on sunday): https://www.facebook.com/pages/Caf%C3%A9-Kafka/188789167829337
The atmosphere is very cozy, it's even possible to eat sit down on sofas. Very good and various dishes like burgers with truffle sauce, "salades liégeoises" with duck, good pastas and salades plates.
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Le Malte
30 Rue Berckmans
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The atmosphere is very cozy, it's even possible to eat sit down on sofas. Very good and various dishes like burgers with truffle sauce, "salades liégeoises" with duck, good pastas and salades plates.
Ideal place for having a brunch, a very large indoor space with a courtyard beside and very nice decorations of design, vintage and artistic objects. Try Croque-Madames or Cheesburgers, they're nice!
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Chicago Café
45 Rue de Flandre
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Ideal place for having a brunch, a very large indoor space with a courtyard beside and very nice decorations of design, vintage and artistic objects. Try Croque-Madames or Cheesburgers, they're nice!
Many choices of special meat dishes on the blackboard menu (delicious leg of lamb, Chimay carbonnades, chili con carne, goulash, veal, etc). Definitely worth and the atmosphere is cozzy!
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9 et Voisins
1 Rue Van Artevelde
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Many choices of special meat dishes on the blackboard menu (delicious leg of lamb, Chimay carbonnades, chili con carne, goulash, veal, etc). Definitely worth and the atmosphere is cozzy!

Drinks & Nightlife

Main bars area of Brussels with around nice bars as Zébra, le Roi des Belges. Having a look into the central building of the Halles St Géry is really worth.
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Halles Saint-Géry - Agora bruxelloise
1 Pl. Saint-Géry
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Main bars area of Brussels with around nice bars as Zébra, le Roi des Belges. Having a look into the central building of the Halles St Géry is really worth.
Next to canal in the Flemish area of Central town, very nicely decorated and well located.
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Antoine Dansaertstraat 209
209 Rue Antoine Dansaert
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Next to canal in the Flemish area of Central town, very nicely decorated and well located.
Next to the Boulevard Anspach Avenue, just beside the Ancienne Belgique hall concerts venue, green dominant colour and nice mezzanine with decorative metal balustrades.
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Bonnefooi
8 Rue des Pierres
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Next to the Boulevard Anspach Avenue, just beside the Ancienne Belgique hall concerts venue, green dominant colour and nice mezzanine with decorative metal balustrades.
Next to the Saint Géry Halls, very cozy bar in Rue Antoine Dansaert with a circular mezzanine above the bar.
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L'Archiduc
6 Rue Antoine Dansaert
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Next to the Saint Géry Halls, very cozy bar in Rue Antoine Dansaert with a circular mezzanine above the bar.
The biggest Belgian special beers bar of Brussels, it's quite touristic but it's really worth to get inside and have a look on the beers menu.
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Delirium Café
4 Impasse de la Fidélité
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The biggest Belgian special beers bar of Brussels, it's quite touristic but it's really worth to get inside and have a look on the beers menu.
Same kind of musical program as the Ateliers Claus, it's in the Saint-Géry bars zone: http://lecafecentral.com/
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Café Central
14 Borgwal
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Same kind of musical program as the Ateliers Claus, it's in the Saint-Géry bars zone: http://lecafecentral.com/

Arts & Culture

It's the place of nice and experimental music to be: http://www.lesateliersclaus.com/
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Les Ateliers Claus
15 Rue Crickx
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It's the place of nice and experimental music to be: http://www.lesateliersclaus.com/
It's the museum of Arts in Belgium to be, exhibiting all of the styles from many periods: http://www.fine-arts-museum.be
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Musee Magritte Museum - Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
3 Rue de la Régence
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It's the museum of Arts in Belgium to be, exhibiting all of the styles from many periods: http://www.fine-arts-museum.be
Certainly the most complete collection of surréalisme paintings of Magritte: http://www.museemagritte- museum.be
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Musée Magritte Museum
1 Pl. Royale
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Certainly the most complete collection of surréalisme paintings of Magritte: http://www.museemagritte- museum.be
Like the "little brother" of the Musée des Beaux Arts, there are always exhibitions there most of the time for free, and some gigs as well and theatre shows, lectures too.
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Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussel
23 Rue Ravenstein
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Like the "little brother" of the Musée des Beaux Arts, there are always exhibitions there most of the time for free, and some gigs as well and theatre shows, lectures too.
Or called "Centrale électrique", same sorts of exhibitions in the Wiels but a bit smaller and the spaces are a bit industrial and rough too allowing all sorts of arts installations.
Place Sainte-Catherine 44
44 Place Sainte-Catherine
Or called "Centrale électrique", same sorts of exhibitions in the Wiels but a bit smaller and the spaces are a bit industrial and rough too allowing all sorts of arts installations.
Main Contemporary Art Center of Brussels which is a former industrial tower of modernism style, always a lot of exhibitions with temporary and permanent ones.
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Wiels
354 Av. Van Volxem
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Main Contemporary Art Center of Brussels which is a former industrial tower of modernism style, always a lot of exhibitions with temporary and permanent ones.

Everything Else

Very very near from home and often a lot of concerts as interesting as the ones of Ateliers Claus: http://www.recyclart.be
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RECYCLART
13 Manchesterstraat
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Very very near from home and often a lot of concerts as interesting as the ones of Ateliers Claus: http://www.recyclart.be
In the house street, in the basement and it's just a really surprising and unexpected space which is definitely worth to see, all types of events as theatre or music: http://www.lasamaritaine.be
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In the house street, in the basement and it's just a really surprising and unexpected space which is definitely worth to see, all types of events as theatre or music: http://www.lasamaritaine.be
It's mainly contemporary dance shows but sometimes gigs too, and from inside the existing church it's definitely good looking: http://www.brigittines.be
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Les Brigittines
1 Pt Rue des Brigittines
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It's mainly contemporary dance shows but sometimes gigs too, and from inside the existing church it's definitely good looking: http://www.brigittines.be
Very near the Grande Place it's as important as the Jazz Station but essentially focused on gigs and it's a restaurant in the same time too: http://www.themusicvillage.com
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The Music Village
50 Rue des Pierres
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Very near the Grande Place it's as important as the Jazz Station but essentially focused on gigs and it's a restaurant in the same time too: http://www.themusicvillage.com
Middle-size venue than the previous ones but not massive size neither, the program is much more developed and the gigs offer is more regular : http://www.vkconcerts.be/
VK concerts
76 Rue de l'Ecole
Middle-size venue than the previous ones but not massive size neither, the program is much more developed and the gigs offer is more regular : http://www.vkconcerts.be/
Other place where you could find other jazz gigs or other types of music shows: http://www.theatremarni.com
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Théâtre Marni
25 Rue de Vergnies
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Other place where you could find other jazz gigs or other types of music shows: http://www.theatremarni.com
For once in a while not always some gigs of jazz, world or alternative music and dj sets too: https://www.facebook.com/pages/LAm%C3%A8re-%C3%A0-Boire/166937240074311?fref=ts
Belvédèrestraat 8
8 Rue du Belvédère
For once in a while not always some gigs of jazz, world or alternative music and dj sets too: https://www.facebook.com/pages/LAm%C3%A8re-%C3%A0-Boire/166937240074311?fref=ts
In the same street of L'Amère à boire, just beside the Place Flagey and its Café Belga, music program very similar too.
Rue du Belvédère 18
In the same street of L'Amère à boire, just beside the Place Flagey and its Café Belga, music program very similar too.
The gigs program is a bit similar as the Ateliers Claus one, the place is high and large with something a bit of port and rough: http://www.magasin4.be/
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Magasin 4
158 Av. du Port
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The gigs program is a bit similar as the Ateliers Claus one, the place is high and large with something a bit of port and rough: http://www.magasin4.be/
Certainly the main jazz place of Brussels, it's only a venue it's also an exhibitions space about jazz: http://jazzstation.be
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Chaussée de Louvain railway station
193 Chau. de Louvain
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Certainly the main jazz place of Brussels, it's only a venue it's also an exhibitions space about jazz: http://jazzstation.be
Art Deco stunning building designed by Victor Horta with a rooftop terrace: http://www.mim.be/ http://brusselsmuseums.be/en/museum/71-musical-instruments-museum-mim
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Musical Instruments Museum
2 Rue Montagne de la Cour
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Art Deco stunning building designed by Victor Horta with a rooftop terrace: http://www.mim.be/ http://brusselsmuseums.be/en/museum/71-musical-instruments-museum-mim

Essentials

Very closed to the house, it's a former wines industry renovated and transformed. great space experience as well and the food is good, get there for having your breakfast will make you happy.
Rue des Tanneurs 58
58 Rue des Tanneurs
Very closed to the house, it's a former wines industry renovated and transformed. great space experience as well and the food is good, get there for having your breakfast will make you happy.
Supermarket of the Marolles area.
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Proxy Delhaize Rue Haute
221 Rue Haute
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Supermarket of the Marolles area.

Sightseeing

It's the main flea market of Brussels, wandering there between all these eclectic objets has something really fascinating.
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Vossenplein
Place du Jeu de Balle
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It's the main flea market of Brussels, wandering there between all these eclectic objets has something really fascinating.
At the bottom of this massive building (even bigger than St. Peter's Basilica in Roma) you can appreciate one of the most panoramic and impressive views on Brussels, especially with sunsets!
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Law Courts of Brussels
1 Pl. Poelaert
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At the bottom of this massive building (even bigger than St. Peter's Basilica in Roma) you can appreciate one of the most panoramic and impressive views on Brussels, especially with sunsets!
Beautiful contemporary public garden organized in terraces with great views on the city offering beautiful sunsets!
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Mont des Arts
Mont des Arts
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Beautiful contemporary public garden organized in terraces with great views on the city offering beautiful sunsets!
The beautiful Grande Place de Bruxelles, worth to have a look on it with the night lightings.
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Grand-Place
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The beautiful Grande Place de Bruxelles, worth to have a look on it with the night lightings.
Not that far from the house by feet you will see!
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Manneken Pis
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Not that far from the house by feet you will see!