Guidebook for Brussels
Essentials
The best bakery in Brussels, hands down. Everything there is yummy. They also serve very good coffee.
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Charli
34 Rue Sainte-CatherineThe best bakery in Brussels, hands down. Everything there is yummy. They also serve very good coffee.
Large bio-everything shop with super nice staff. Fresh vegetables to deodorant.
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färm.saintecatherine
43 Quai au Bois à BrûlerLarge bio-everything shop with super nice staff. Fresh vegetables to deodorant.
Large supermarket. It can get a long line at the cash, but it always moves quickly. Open on Sundays also.
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AD Anspach
63 Bd AnspachLarge supermarket. It can get a long line at the cash, but it always moves quickly. Open on Sundays also.
Chinese (and other exotics) supermarket. You find the weirdest things here, even when you weren't looking for them. Quite good value.
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Kam Yuen Supermarket
2 Rue de la Vge NoireChinese (and other exotics) supermarket. You find the weirdest things here, even when you weren't looking for them. Quite good value.
Food Scene
Fantastic ice cream, hot chocolate, crepes and waffles. Everything is house made and delicious.
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Frederic Blondeel
39 Rue de GanshorenFantastic ice cream, hot chocolate, crepes and waffles. Everything is house made and delicious.
Fantastic fresh fish restaurant. You can also buy fish ready to make at home. Just give Jo and the team a call.
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Beaucoup Fish
2 Rue Van GaverFantastic fresh fish restaurant. You can also buy fish ready to make at home. Just give Jo and the team a call.
Our favourite Thai in Brussels. Really good, really fast, open at all times, super friendly staff, good price. They also do take away.
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Yaki
52 Rue du MidiOur favourite Thai in Brussels. Really good, really fast, open at all times, super friendly staff, good price. They also do take away.
Do yourself a favour and do "apéro" at the Noordzee. Stand on Place Sainte Catherine along with tourists and locals alike and sip some white whine whilst enjoying bites ofBelgian North Sea specialties
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Mer du Nord
45 Pl. Sainte-CatherineDo yourself a favour and do "apéro" at the Noordzee. Stand on Place Sainte Catherine along with tourists and locals alike and sip some white whine whilst enjoying bites ofBelgian North Sea specialties
Beautiful Belgian restaurant. It used to be a bank, so you can enjoy a drink (and a cigar) in the bar situated in the vault room downstairs. Super cool (and a bit expensive, but worth it).
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Belga Queen
32 Rue du Fossé aux LoupsBeautiful Belgian restaurant. It used to be a bank, so you can enjoy a drink (and a cigar) in the bar situated in the vault room downstairs. Super cool (and a bit expensive, but worth it).
Steak frites and moules. The true Bruxellois resto, very local. You can get horse steak, too. It's rather noisy and a bit chaotic, but that is part of the charm.
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Le Pré Salé
20 Rue de FlandreSteak frites and moules. The true Bruxellois resto, very local. You can get horse steak, too. It's rather noisy and a bit chaotic, but that is part of the charm.
Le Fornostar
65 Quai au Bois à BrûlerThe best pizza in Brussels!
Henri
113 Rue de FlandreA fresh take on Belgian classics. Always delicious.
Excellent Ethiopian restaurant and culture house, fab decor. Their lamb is to die for... A word of warning, though: portions are HUGE (yes, really).
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Toukoul
34 Rue de LaekenExcellent Ethiopian restaurant and culture house, fab decor. Their lamb is to die for... A word of warning, though: portions are HUGE (yes, really).
Fritland
49 Rue Henri MausIt's Belgium. You gotta have fries.
Falstaff
19 Rue Henri MausAmazing Art Nouveau interior.
Ellis Gourmet Burger
4 Pl. Sainte-CatherineWhen you feel like having a burger...
Rue du Vieux Marché aux Grains
Rue du Vieux Marché aux GrainsGreat square for a drink on a terrace on a sunny day.
Drinks & Nightlife
A true Belgian "Brown Bar". If you want to see how the locals do it, this is the place to go.
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Roskam
9 Rue de FlandreA true Belgian "Brown Bar". If you want to see how the locals do it, this is the place to go.
A Belgian "brown bar" off the beaten path. Go there to experience life as a Bruxellois. Lots of beer (evidently) and a good choice of whiskey.
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Café Merlo
80 Quai aux BriquesA Belgian "brown bar" off the beaten path. Go there to experience life as a Bruxellois. Lots of beer (evidently) and a good choice of whiskey.
Monument of Brussels nightlife. Cocktail bar with original 1930's interior, open until the early hours (you have to ring the bell though). Occasional live jazz.
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L'Archiduc
6 Rue Antoine DansaertMonument of Brussels nightlife. Cocktail bar with original 1930's interior, open until the early hours (you have to ring the bell though). Occasional live jazz.
Very touristy bar with a young crowd, but they have literally thousands of beers. If there's something particular you are looking for, this is the place.
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Delirium Café
4 Impasse de la FidélitéVery touristy bar with a young crowd, but they have literally thousands of beers. If there's something particular you are looking for, this is the place.
Shopping
High street shopping with all major chains (and you can also snack on a gaufre).
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Rue Neuve
Rue NeuveHigh street shopping with all major chains (and you can also snack on a gaufre).
A Passage into Rue Neuve, with some shops. It includes a fantastic knives and cutlery shop (royally appointed!) and a cool little oyster bar.
Passage du Nord
Passage du NordA Passage into Rue Neuve, with some shops. It includes a fantastic knives and cutlery shop (royally appointed!) and a cool little oyster bar.
Rue Antoine Dansaert
Rue Antoine DansaertDesigner shopping for the hip crowd.
Brussels
The best comic book store in town.
The Collector
26 Rue de la BourseIf you like vinyl, check out this shop!
Entertainment & Activities
If you come to Belgium you must go to the Comic Strip Museum.
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Brussels Comic Book Museum
20 Rue des SablesIf you come to Belgium you must go to the Comic Strip Museum.
Fantastic interactive museum, beautiful Art Deco building, and a great cafe/restaurant on the top floor with one of the best views of Brussels. They do brunch on Sundays, too.
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Museum musikalischer Instrumente
2 Rue Montagne de la CourFantastic interactive museum, beautiful Art Deco building, and a great cafe/restaurant on the top floor with one of the best views of Brussels. They do brunch on Sundays, too.
Arts & Culture
An exhibition hall by day, a bar at night. Place Saint-Géry is a great place to go for a drink (to this or other bars).
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Halles Saint-Géry - Agora bruxelloise
1 Pl. Saint-GéryAn exhibition hall by day, a bar at night. Place Saint-Géry is a great place to go for a drink (to this or other bars).
Multiplex cinema. They have an Art Deco room worth the price of a ticket alone to visit.
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UGC De Brouckère
38 Pl. De BrouckèreMultiplex cinema. They have an Art Deco room worth the price of a ticket alone to visit.
Ancienne Belgique
110 Bd AnspachGreat concert venue. Check out their programme!
Great concert venue in historical botanical garden. Check out their programme!
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Botanique station
Great concert venue in historical botanical garden. Check out their programme!
Sightseeing
Grand-Place
The most beautiful square in the world.