Guidebook for Brussels

Laura
Guidebook for Brussels

Food Scene

Best pizzeria in town!
14 locals raden deze aan
Mirante
13 Plattesteen
14 locals raden deze aan
Best pizzeria in town!
Very fresh and good Irish fish&chips restaurant. Really close to this restaurant, there is the "Peck 47", a nice bar/tea room, perfect to chill and enjoy your time!
60 locals raden deze aan
Bia Mara
41 Rue du Marché aux Poulets
60 locals raden deze aan
Very fresh and good Irish fish&chips restaurant. Really close to this restaurant, there is the "Peck 47", a nice bar/tea room, perfect to chill and enjoy your time!
Great bagel and hamburger restaurant
26 locals raden deze aan
Rachel (Bagels & Burgers)
100 Rue du Marché au Charbon Kolenmarkt
26 locals raden deze aan
Great bagel and hamburger restaurant
Far, but for me it is the best "mussels restaurant", with 69 different choices! Excellent! If you leave the place before 8:20 pm, you get a discount (something like -20% I think).
44 locals raden deze aan
Le Zinneke
26 Place de la Patrie
44 locals raden deze aan
Far, but for me it is the best "mussels restaurant", with 69 different choices! Excellent! If you leave the place before 8:20 pm, you get a discount (something like -20% I think).
Open 24h/24 or almost, especially during week-ends!
18 locals raden deze aan
McDonald's
21 Chau. d'Ixelles
18 locals raden deze aan
Open 24h/24 or almost, especially during week-ends!
Very good lobster restaurant, with a good menu, not so expensive (33 euros/person)! You have to try the 1/2 lobster "rugbyman". This area is full of "fish restaurants", a must-do in Brussels.
6 locals raden deze aan
Rugbyman n°Two
12 Quai aux Briques
6 locals raden deze aan
Very good lobster restaurant, with a good menu, not so expensive (33 euros/person)! You have to try the 1/2 lobster "rugbyman". This area is full of "fish restaurants", a must-do in Brussels.
A very good fishbar. A classic!
208 locals raden deze aan
Mer du Nord
45 Pl. Sainte-Catherine
208 locals raden deze aan
A very good fishbar. A classic!
In case you need your Starbucks coffee...
11 locals raden deze aan
Starbucks
1 Pl. Charles Rogier
11 locals raden deze aan
In case you need your Starbucks coffee...
Good and relaxing café. Good wifi inside. Try their fruits/vegetables juices! The staff speaks English.
53 locals raden deze aan
Woodpecker 47
47 Rue du Marché aux Poulets
53 locals raden deze aan
Good and relaxing café. Good wifi inside. Try their fruits/vegetables juices! The staff speaks English.
A decent Indian restaurant.
6 locals raden deze aan
Bombay Inn
38 Rue de la Fourche
6 locals raden deze aan
A decent Indian restaurant.
If you want to eat ribs ('all you can eat' menu), THIS IS THE PLACE!
48 locals raden deze aan
Amadeo
26 Rue Sainte-Catherine
48 locals raden deze aan
If you want to eat ribs ('all you can eat' menu), THIS IS THE PLACE!
A very good (and cheap) maki restaurant. Be careful, this small restaurant is new and trendy, so you may have to wait a bit... You have to order at the counter, and then take a table.
131 locals raden deze aan
Makisu
5 Rue du Bailli
131 locals raden deze aan
A very good (and cheap) maki restaurant. Be careful, this small restaurant is new and trendy, so you may have to wait a bit... You have to order at the counter, and then take a table.
A HUGE bookshop, very nice to spend time there! There is also a bar/cafeteria inside the bookshop, very nice to spend some time there.
32 locals raden deze aan
Filigranes
39 Av. des Arts
32 locals raden deze aan
A HUGE bookshop, very nice to spend time there! There is also a bar/cafeteria inside the bookshop, very nice to spend some time there.
An experience: eat in this Ethiopian restaurant, with your hands!
61 locals raden deze aan
Kokob
10 Rue des Grands Carmes
61 locals raden deze aan
An experience: eat in this Ethiopian restaurant, with your hands!
Good selection of tea, and 10% discount for students. But avoid the breakfast there.
Pepper Mint Tea Room
11 Rue des Grands Carmes
Good selection of tea, and 10% discount for students. But avoid the breakfast there.
Fairtrade coffee bar, with a very friendly staff. Good products. They have the wifi.
Boom
7 Rue Pletinckx
Fairtrade coffee bar, with a very friendly staff. Good products. They have the wifi.
Au Suisse is a Belgian institution. They make good homemade sandwiches! But be prepared to wait a bit.
28 locals raden deze aan
Au Vieux Bruxelles
35 Rue Saint-Boniface
28 locals raden deze aan
Au Suisse is a Belgian institution. They make good homemade sandwiches! But be prepared to wait a bit.
Sympathic restaurant with the basis of breads, and good brunch during the week-end. Go there is you ant to see the Jeu de Balle flea market!
L' Arrière Pays
60 Rue des Minimes
Sympathic restaurant with the basis of breads, and good brunch during the week-end. Go there is you ant to see the Jeu de Balle flea market!
Belgian tapas restaurant
6 locals raden deze aan
TapaSoif Namur by Canette
26 Rue des Brasseurs
6 locals raden deze aan
Belgian tapas restaurant
A very good 'trendy' place for a brunch (22euros/person). You can also go there for a coffee or breakfast!
20 locals raden deze aan
Yeti
Rue de Bon Secours
20 locals raden deze aan
A very good 'trendy' place for a brunch (22euros/person). You can also go there for a coffee or breakfast!
Sympathic belgian restaurant (with burgers), with a good terrasse
74 locals raden deze aan
Houtsiplou
9 Pl. Rouppe
74 locals raden deze aan
Sympathic belgian restaurant (with burgers), with a good terrasse
Beautiful restaurant, with an atmosphere of the 19th century. 'Typical' Belgian meals (boulettes, etc), but not really cheap.
34 locals raden deze aan
Greenwich Café Bruxelles
7 Rue des Chartreux
34 locals raden deze aan
Beautiful restaurant, with an atmosphere of the 19th century. 'Typical' Belgian meals (boulettes, etc), but not really cheap.

Essentials

Cheap, and close to our flat
49 locals raden deze aan
Lidl
26 Rue Van Artevelde
49 locals raden deze aan
Cheap, and close to our flat
Another supermarket, very close to our flat
118 locals raden deze aan
AD Anspach
63 Bd Anspach
118 locals raden deze aan
Another supermarket, very close to our flat
Biological market, full of fresh fruits and vegetables. This is where I buy the food! It is an institution here.
104 locals raden deze aan
De Biomarkt
58 Rue des Tanneurs
104 locals raden deze aan
Biological market, full of fresh fruits and vegetables. This is where I buy the food! It is an institution here.

Shopping

The best comic shop in town :)
189 locals raden deze aan
Brussels
189 locals raden deze aan
The best comic shop in town :)
Very big bookshop (with a part dedicated to English books), 9 sections, each one with a great atmosphere and a restaurant! Very nice. Every wednesday during summer, free cinema screenings.
35 locals raden deze aan
Cook & Book
1 Pl. du Temps Libre
35 locals raden deze aan
Very big bookshop (with a part dedicated to English books), 9 sections, each one with a great atmosphere and a restaurant! Very nice. Every wednesday during summer, free cinema screenings.
Great (comics) bookshop. If you are one of our hosts, you may get a small discount...
Librairie Flagey
29 Pl. Eugène Flagey
Great (comics) bookshop. If you are one of our hosts, you may get a small discount...
Rue Dansert (starts at Bourse), full of 'trendy' shops (furnitures, clothes...)
19 locals raden deze aan
Dansaert station
19 locals raden deze aan
Rue Dansert (starts at Bourse), full of 'trendy' shops (furnitures, clothes...)
Main street for shopping in Brussels, with the well-known brands (H&M, Zara etc).
279 locals raden deze aan
Rue Neuve
Rue Neuve
279 locals raden deze aan
Main street for shopping in Brussels, with the well-known brands (H&M, Zara etc).
Well known street with 'fancy' shops (the "best" part is close to the city center)
263 locals raden deze aan
Avenue Louise
263 locals raden deze aan
Well known street with 'fancy' shops (the "best" part is close to the city center)
Another nice place for shooping, + great bars/restaurants in this area.
66 locals raden deze aan
Baljuwstraat
Rue du Bailli
66 locals raden deze aan
Another nice place for shooping, + great bars/restaurants in this area.
The best speculoos and biscuits!
49 locals raden deze aan
Maison Dandoy
14 Rue Charles Buls
49 locals raden deze aan
The best speculoos and biscuits!
VERY good chocolates
33 locals raden deze aan
Neuhaus
27 Grand Place
33 locals raden deze aan
VERY good chocolates
An amazing and big shop of toys and everything children would dream of!
Grasshopper (The)
39-43 Rue du Marché Aux Herbes
An amazing and big shop of toys and everything children would dream of!

Sightseeing

Wonderful and very old shooping place. Inside this galerie, there is a great independent cinema 'cinéma galeries' (with films in original version/subtitles).
26 locals raden deze aan
Neuhaus Brussel Galerie de la Reine
26 locals raden deze aan
Wonderful and very old shooping place. Inside this galerie, there is a great independent cinema 'cinéma galeries' (with films in original version/subtitles).
Take the stairs, go up and enjoy one of the best views from Brussels (during the day and ALSO during the evening/night)!
SQUARE Brussels Meeting Centre
Mont des Arts
Take the stairs, go up and enjoy one of the best views from Brussels (during the day and ALSO during the evening/night)!
You can't miss it
485 locals raden deze aan
Manneken Pis
485 locals raden deze aan
You can't miss it
European Institution. You can visit it for free, as well as the "Parlementarium"
106 locals raden deze aan
Espace Léopold
60 Rue Wiertz
106 locals raden deze aan
European Institution. You can visit it for free, as well as the "Parlementarium"
main attraction in Brussels... (there is free wifi there)
913 locals raden deze aan
Grand-Place
913 locals raden deze aan
main attraction in Brussels... (there is free wifi there)
King's Palace. You can visit it for free during summer (you have to check for the days of opening).
222 locals raden deze aan
Koninklijk Paleis van Brussel
16 Rue Brederode
222 locals raden deze aan
King's Palace. You can visit it for free during summer (you have to check for the days of opening).
obviously, if you are a tourist you have to visit the symbol of the city...
518 locals raden deze aan
Atomium
1 Pl. de l'Atomium
518 locals raden deze aan
obviously, if you are a tourist you have to visit the symbol of the city...
Really nice place, to visit during the morning (up to noon). Everyday, it is a flea market. Good deal to make, but only if you know how to negociate.
364 locals raden deze aan
Vossenplein
Place du Jeu de Balle
364 locals raden deze aan
Really nice place, to visit during the morning (up to noon). Everyday, it is a flea market. Good deal to make, but only if you know how to negociate.
A beautiful building. The museum is not so interesting, unless you are a musician. On the top floor, there is a restaurant, with an amazing view.
427 locals raden deze aan
Muziekinstrumentenmuseum
2 Rue Montagne de la Cour
427 locals raden deze aan
A beautiful building. The museum is not so interesting, unless you are a musician. On the top floor, there is a restaurant, with an amazing view.

Arts & Culture

Great concerts!
133 locals raden deze aan
Ancienne Belgique
110 Bd Anspach
133 locals raden deze aan
Great concerts!
Opera of Brussels. free wifi in the place de la monnaie
62 locals raden deze aan
La Monnaie De Munt
Place de la Monnaie
62 locals raden deze aan
Opera of Brussels. free wifi in the place de la monnaie
Museum dedicated to the most Belgian painter (ever?). Advice: take your tickets a bit early (maybe on the internet), because this place has a limited capacity and is full of turists.
489 locals raden deze aan
Magritte Museum
1 Pl. Royale
489 locals raden deze aan
Museum dedicated to the most Belgian painter (ever?). Advice: take your tickets a bit early (maybe on the internet), because this place has a limited capacity and is full of turists.
Multiplex cinema (all films in Original version + subtitles in French and Netherlands). If you have a French UGC unlimited card, you can go to this cinema for free!
115 locals raden deze aan
UGC De Brouckère
38 Pl. De Brouckère
115 locals raden deze aan
Multiplex cinema (all films in Original version + subtitles in French and Netherlands). If you have a French UGC unlimited card, you can go to this cinema for free!
Great museum/cultural place, check out their special events, they do good things!
128 locals raden deze aan
Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussel
23 Rue Ravenstein
128 locals raden deze aan
Great museum/cultural place, check out their special events, they do good things!

Everything Else

Gare Centrale (direct by train to Zaventem/Brussels National airport, and trains to Gent/Brugges/Antwerpen... etc). Exactly 1,0 km from the flat!
118 locals raden deze aan
Bruxelles Central station
Carrefour de l'Europe
118 locals raden deze aan
Gare Centrale (direct by train to Zaventem/Brussels National airport, and trains to Gent/Brugges/Antwerpen... etc). Exactly 1,0 km from the flat!
Metro station
13 locals raden deze aan
De Brouckèreplein
Place De Brouckère
13 locals raden deze aan
Metro station
A very famous flea market, open every morning, you have to pass by. typical! There is a swimming pool in the place, with a beautiful view over Brussels.
47 locals raden deze aan
Vossenplein station
47 locals raden deze aan
A very famous flea market, open every morning, you have to pass by. typical! There is a swimming pool in the place, with a beautiful view over Brussels.
A wonderful big park! There is a restaurant at the middle of a lake, worth it (even if the food is not fabulous, it is very romantic)
533 locals raden deze aan
Ter Kamerenbos
533 locals raden deze aan
A wonderful big park! There is a restaurant at the middle of a lake, worth it (even if the food is not fabulous, it is very romantic)
nice park
522 locals raden deze aan
Jubelpark
522 locals raden deze aan
nice park
Biological supermarket, really big, with a lot of nice products.
57 locals raden deze aan
färm.saintecatherine
43 Quai au Bois à Brûler
57 locals raden deze aan
Biological supermarket, really big, with a lot of nice products.
THE best chocolate in town, BUT very expensive. There is also a smaller shop in the Galerie de la Reine.
116 locals raden deze aan
Pierre Marcolini
1 Rue des Minimes
116 locals raden deze aan
THE best chocolate in town, BUT very expensive. There is also a smaller shop in the Galerie de la Reine.
This (municipal) swimming pool is on the top of a building, with a view on Brussels.
16 locals raden deze aan
Swimming pools of Brussels city
28 Rue du Chevreuil
16 locals raden deze aan
This (municipal) swimming pool is on the top of a building, with a view on Brussels.
If you want to dance during the night, on rock/blues/swing (etc) songs, you have to go here! Check their website for the programme.
142 locals raden deze aan
Madame Moustache
7 Quai au Bois à Brûler
142 locals raden deze aan
If you want to dance during the night, on rock/blues/swing (etc) songs, you have to go here! Check their website for the programme.
Another nice bar, with a small and cheap menu for meals, homemade. Nice terrasse.
12 locals raden deze aan
Fontainasplein
Place Fontainas
12 locals raden deze aan
Another nice bar, with a small and cheap menu for meals, homemade. Nice terrasse.
Famous Puppets theatre, typical of Brussels.
39 locals raden deze aan
Royal Puppet Theater Toone
66 Rue du Marché Aux Herbes
39 locals raden deze aan
Famous Puppets theatre, typical of Brussels.
Nice and posh area, with beautiful design and antiquities stores. Very nice to have a walk there. There is a beautiful church in the middle of the place du Sablon.
198 locals raden deze aan
Zavel
198 locals raden deze aan
Nice and posh area, with beautiful design and antiquities stores. Very nice to have a walk there. There is a beautiful church in the middle of the place du Sablon.

Drinks & Nightlife

Lots of nice bars, during the day AND the night! Every 1st Sunday of the month, there is a famous vintage market, from 12h to 18h.
165 locals raden deze aan
Halles Saint-Géry - Agora bruxelloise
1 Pl. Saint-Géry
165 locals raden deze aan
Lots of nice bars, during the day AND the night! Every 1st Sunday of the month, there is a famous vintage market, from 12h to 18h.
Great bar (for the night only), 1 min walk from the flat!
61 locals raden deze aan
Bonnefooi
8 Rue des Pierres
61 locals raden deze aan
Great bar (for the night only), 1 min walk from the flat!
THE beers bar for tourist, with an amazing decoration and hundreds of beers. You have to pass by, but please don't eat in the restaurants for tourists close to this bar.
368 locals raden deze aan
Delirium Café
4 Impasse de la Fidélité
368 locals raden deze aan
THE beers bar for tourist, with an amazing decoration and hundreds of beers. You have to pass by, but please don't eat in the restaurants for tourists close to this bar.
Not so cheap but really nice and beautiful bar, really confortable. Everything (or almost) is homemade. You will feel good there.
Ponti Corner
39 Rue Henri Maus
Not so cheap but really nice and beautiful bar, really confortable. Everything (or almost) is homemade. You will feel good there.
Cosy and beautiful bar (they also sell burgers, but it's not their specialty). Ask for a table in the tiny first floor, so cute!!
8 locals raden deze aan
Bar Les Gens Que J'aime
15 Rue du Midi
8 locals raden deze aan
Cosy and beautiful bar (they also sell burgers, but it's not their specialty). Ask for a table in the tiny first floor, so cute!!
A really strange bar, in a house, full of different places and tables. Their specialty is the wine with fruits. The atmosphere here will surprise you... Go and check! And add coins in the jukebox...
70 locals raden deze aan
Goupil Le Fol
22 Rue de la Violette
70 locals raden deze aan
A really strange bar, in a house, full of different places and tables. Their specialty is the wine with fruits. The atmosphere here will surprise you... Go and check! And add coins in the jukebox...
An 'underground' bar, with events and exhibitions. http://fr.yelp.be/biz/recyclart-bruxelles
52 locals raden deze aan
RECYCLART
13 Manchesterstraat
52 locals raden deze aan
An 'underground' bar, with events and exhibitions. http://fr.yelp.be/biz/recyclart-bruxelles