Brussels - Anything interesting there?

[Spudders]

Going to be working in Brussels during the week for the next couple of months. My understanding is that it's one of the most boring places on earth, & asking about hasn't really changed that.

 

So far I've heard it's good for beers, waffles & chocolate & that it's got a seedy nightlife. I've also heard it's full of peados (not sure if this is connected to the seedy nightlife! ).

 

Any of you been there? What's it like?

[miserableoldgit]

We went for a long week-end there 5 or 6 years ago and we enjoyed it. Grand Place is very nice. I have an interest in History and there is an enormous museum which is well worth a visit. We also went to the Battlefield at Waterloo, just outside Brussels, which again is worth visiting. But my guess is that this isn`t what you want!

[Spudders]

My understanding is that it's one of the most boring places on earth

 

there is an enormous museum which is well worth a visit. We also went to the Battlefield at Waterloo, just outside Brussels, which again is worth visiting. But my guess is that this isn`t what you want!

:lol: Hummm, you may well be right there mog, however after enough weeks there I may change my mind & find these suggestions seem interesting, so it's all useful info, as I do have the option to stay over weekends as well if I wanted too, cheers

[Chez]

Grand Place is worth a look at night, but you'll certainly be disappointed with the Manneken Pis.

[Fowllyd]

If you like the Art Nouveau style, visit the Horta museum (basically Horta's own house, preserved for posterity). There's plenty of good places to eat in and around Grand Place - try a waterzoooi (I think that's how it's spelt).

[for_heaven's_Saint]

Go to the pub with over 2000 beers!

[Spudders]

Go to the pub with over 2000 beers!

 

Now we're talking

[Verbal]

Moules frites. It's the national dish.

[Sergei Gotsmanov]

Now we're talking

 

I would check the sell by dates.

 

Drink some Leffe. It may be owned by one of the global players but it is very nice.

[Spudders]

But they sell Leffe on offer in Lidl. Surely if there are 2000 beers in a bar, there must be better choices than that!

[Crazy Diamond]

Well the horses apparently have to wear nappies, that's fairly interesting.

[Spudders]

:lol: WTF!!!!

[moonraker]

If you like a good steak to Vincent's Restaurant http://www.restaurantvincent.com/

[Crazy Diamond]

:lol: WTF!!!!

 

True story. I also hear they're obsessed with chips.

 

Belgium was actually founded by a group of people from Winchester - it's an entirely artificial country.

[belgrave]

Grand place is nice. Centre has god bars & history. Ok for a week or two. Pricey.

[Crazy Diamond]

:lol: WTF!!!!

 

[Sergei Gotsmanov]

But they sell Leffe on offer in Lidl. Surely if there are 2000 beers in a bar, there must be better choices than that!

 

If I saw 2000 beers on offer then as I say I would check the sell by date. Drink Leffe because when in Rome and all that.

[Whitey Grandad]

I have spent a couple of short stops there courtesy of the European Broadcasting Union. There's also the Atomium and the Comic Strip Museum: http://www.comicscenter.net/en/home

 

Rue de Bouchers has some restaurants.

[Lighthouse]

You could huddle under a 50 euro brolly in the p*ssing rain for 3 days drinking Jupiler and eating waffles.

Edited 8 July, 2012 by Lighthouse

[Spudders]

ummmmmmmm waaaaaaaaaaffles

[saint_in_munich]

Belgium has some fantastic trappist beers, westmuller double and triple is good and if you can get hold of west vleteren its well worth a try ( my spellings are probably bad). They like their fries with mayo but they also do a meat sauce for them which is excellent. There is a lot of weird people on Belgium.

[JPTCount]

spent a night there there a few months ago, very pretty. smells of waffles, and yes delirium has 2000 plus beers, my missus had a chocolate beer, foul!

[Brussels Saint]

Brussels is fairly crap outside of the main downtown sites already mentioned if you visit as a tourist and don't know where to look. Delve a little deeper however and you can find a truely energetic, modern metropolis with just about anything and everything you need.

 

What do like doing, I'll point you in the right direction.

[Brussels Saint]

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Edited 8 July, 2012 by Brussels Saint
Double post. Fecking iPad

[Whitey Grandad]

True story. I also hear they're obsessed with chips.

 

Belgium was actually founded by a group of people from Winchester - it's an entirely artificial country.

 

French fries are said to have been invented in Belgium, a much underrated country in my view.

[vindaloo73]

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At the last count there were 2500 beers, I only have 2435 more beers to go!

Go to Celtica Pub near Grand Place, all beers €2

[Chez]

If you like a good steak to Vincent's Restaurant http://www.restaurantvincent.com/

 

would be my recommendation too, best fish restaurant in town. Pricey, but top notch.

[miserableoldgit]

French fries are said to have been invented in Belgium, a much underrated country in my view.

I agree. I have been there a few times and have always enjoyed my time there. Really doesn`t deserve the stereotypical image that most people have of it.

[Whitey Grandad]

I agree. I have been there a few times and have always enjoyed my time there. Really doesn`t deserve the stereotypical image that most people have of it.

 

We've had the best French bread ever in Spa.