Guidebook for Ville de Bruxelles

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Guidebook for Ville de Bruxelles

Sightseeing

Main tourist attraction. Although it is small like a mermaid in Copenhagen and surrounded by asian tourists like Mona Lisa.
485 locals recommend
Manneken Pis
485 locals recommend
Main tourist attraction. Although it is small like a mermaid in Copenhagen and surrounded by asian tourists like Mona Lisa.
If you love old instruments it will be your favourite place) It is worth visiting restaurant at the top of the art nouveaux building.
427 locals recommend
Musical Instruments Museum
2 Rue Montagne de la Cour
427 locals recommend
If you love old instruments it will be your favourite place) It is worth visiting restaurant at the top of the art nouveaux building.
A sister of Manneken Pis
77 locals recommend
Jeanneke Pis
10-12 Imp. de la Fidélité
77 locals recommend
A sister of Manneken Pis
I love this place for picnic and meditating. Close to a beautiful abbey.
75 locals recommend
Abdij ter Kameren
Abbaye de la Cambre
75 locals recommend
I love this place for picnic and meditating. Close to a beautiful abbey.
Got a skateboard? Use it! Or simply observe the guys flipping, jumping and falling...
Skatepark Place de la Chapelle
27 Rue des Ursulines
Got a skateboard? Use it! Or simply observe the guys flipping, jumping and falling...
Arty neighbourhood with a lot of bars and some special ambiance (and cheaper prices than in the center).
188 locals recommend
Parvis de Saint-Gilles station
188 locals recommend
Arty neighbourhood with a lot of bars and some special ambiance (and cheaper prices than in the center).

Drinks & Nightlife

Good electro music. And artisanal lunch menu tue-fri until 6 pm.
52 locals recommend
RECYCLART
13 Manchesterstraat
52 locals recommend
Good electro music. And artisanal lunch menu tue-fri until 6 pm.
My favourite bar with a nice sunny terrace and wi fi. Good and experimental kitchen, lunch for 10 euros and artisanal new belgian tapas in the evening.
108 locals recommend
Le Dillens
11 Pl. Julien Dillens
108 locals recommend
My favourite bar with a nice sunny terrace and wi fi. Good and experimental kitchen, lunch for 10 euros and artisanal new belgian tapas in the evening.
Stylish flemish brasserie with belgian beer, sausages, cheeses and eternal spaghettis for affordable price!
125 locals recommend
Monk
22 Rue Sainte-Catherine
125 locals recommend
Stylish flemish brasserie with belgian beer, sausages, cheeses and eternal spaghettis for affordable price!
If you want to eat for free you have to check out this place on Wed. and Fr. 18-20h. You will get free tapas to your drink. Very cult place, slightly cheaper than its brothers in a centre.
91 locals recommend
Barbeton
114 Rue Antoine Dansaert
91 locals recommend
If you want to eat for free you have to check out this place on Wed. and Fr. 18-20h. You will get free tapas to your drink. Very cult place, slightly cheaper than its brothers in a centre.
A place for exhibitions, chess playing, flea markets and a bar. Free entrance (payed toilet)
165 locals recommend
Halles Saint-Géry - Agora bruxelloise
1 Pl. Saint-Géry
165 locals recommend
A place for exhibitions, chess playing, flea markets and a bar. Free entrance (payed toilet)
Yes we have a concert venue at our street. Solidarity aperos, holidays, movie screenings, black metal festivals and punk concerts... Check FB program!
Voldersstraat 47
47 Rue des Foulons
Yes we have a concert venue at our street. Solidarity aperos, holidays, movie screenings, black metal festivals and punk concerts... Check FB program!
Very good venue for very alternative music.
15 locals recommend
Magasin 4
158 Av. du Port
15 locals recommend
Very good venue for very alternative music.
Everyone swear you have to visit this place but personally I am not a fan. Too high prices, small portions only tourists.
164 locals recommend
Moeder Lambic
8 Pl. Fontainas
164 locals recommend
Everyone swear you have to visit this place but personally I am not a fan. Too high prices, small portions only tourists.
Popular drinking place, young public and terrace outside
25 locals recommend
Zebra
33 Pl. Saint-Géry
25 locals recommend
Popular drinking place, young public and terrace outside

Food Scene

Japanese supermarket with real Japanese bento boxes to go (during the dinner time) and the best (and freshest) sushi in town beginning by 5 euros. To be visited by midday.
TAGAWA
119 Chau. de Vleurgat
Japanese supermarket with real Japanese bento boxes to go (during the dinner time) and the best (and freshest) sushi in town beginning by 5 euros. To be visited by midday.
A very good French bakery. Somewhat expensive, but really tasty.
118 locals recommend
Charli
34 Rue Sainte-Catherine
118 locals recommend
A very good French bakery. Somewhat expensive, but really tasty.
They have a real terrace, a terrace with a roof and a cafe. Always nice hostel ambiance, affordable prices and good games.
56 locals recommend
ViaVia Brussels
74 Quai aux Briques
56 locals recommend
They have a real terrace, a terrace with a roof and a cafe. Always nice hostel ambiance, affordable prices and good games.
Nice moroccan restaurant in the neighbourhood. Good couscous on Friday evening. Otherwise tajines and and other typical dishes...
Maurice Lemonnierlaan 185
185 Boulevard Maurice Lemonnier
Nice moroccan restaurant in the neighbourhood. Good couscous on Friday evening. Otherwise tajines and and other typical dishes...
Looks like nothing from outside. Very good (and not very expensive) libanese from inside.
Bergensesteenweg 11
11 Bergensesteenweg
Looks like nothing from outside. Very good (and not very expensive) libanese from inside.
Best pizza marinara in town. Good ambience for a date. Very italian.
6 locals recommend
Il Nobile
24 Pl. Fernand Cocq
6 locals recommend
Best pizza marinara in town. Good ambience for a date. Very italian.
Very good pizza, italian finesse, but somewhat expensive and a bit experimental for traditional italian food.
8 locals recommend
Divin°
56 Rue des Chartreux
8 locals recommend
Very good pizza, italian finesse, but somewhat expensive and a bit experimental for traditional italian food.
Pasta, pasta and pasta! The really best in town, not overcooked... Feel like at home.
Rue de Flandre 50
50 Rue de Flandre
Pasta, pasta and pasta! The really best in town, not overcooked... Feel like at home.
Good french restaurant with reasonable prices. Check it out. I will not recommend it to vegetarians, but to those who is eager to try all the types of foie gras.
Domaine de Lintillac
25 Rue de Flandre
Good french restaurant with reasonable prices. Check it out. I will not recommend it to vegetarians, but to those who is eager to try all the types of foie gras.
Cookies. Best Belgian cookies.
49 locals recommend
Maison Dandoy
14 Rue Charles Buls
49 locals recommend
Cookies. Best Belgian cookies.
Authentic Belgian sandwiches? Here you will find the best on. Dare to try Ocean salad with shrimps and salmon for only 7 euros to go.
Magdalenasteenweg 5
5 Rue de la Madeleine
Authentic Belgian sandwiches? Here you will find the best on. Dare to try Ocean salad with shrimps and salmon for only 7 euros to go.
American style coffee shop. Coffee, smoothies, canapé and wifi. Attention, no toilet.
8 locals recommend
Coffee Company
8 locals recommend
American style coffee shop. Coffee, smoothies, canapé and wifi. Attention, no toilet.
Very very small italian espresso and aperetivo cafe. Stylish and funny. (no wifi)
8 locals recommend
Moka - Coffee & Pastry
5 Rue des Riches Claires
8 locals recommend
Very very small italian espresso and aperetivo cafe. Stylish and funny. (no wifi)
Good Italian pizza for nearly student price. The owner is not Italian but a real pizzaiolo
12 locals recommend
Da Momo Pizzeria
268 Chau. de Waterloo
12 locals recommend
Good Italian pizza for nearly student price. The owner is not Italian but a real pizzaiolo
Real ambient portuguese bakery.
34 locals recommend
Pâtisserie Garcia
75 Av. de la Couronne
34 locals recommend
Real ambient portuguese bakery.
A new place for all the strange varieties of Belgian waffles. A touristic place with a lot of people. Advantage? The waffles are really fresh.
6 locals recommend
Waffle Factory
30 Rue du Lombard
6 locals recommend
A new place for all the strange varieties of Belgian waffles. A touristic place with a lot of people. Advantage? The waffles are really fresh.
Centro Pablo Iglesias - the MOST Spanish tapas in Brussels. Cheap and without tourists. Dinners start from 7 pm.
Ropsy Chaudronstraat 7B
7B Rue Ropsy Chaudron
Centro Pablo Iglesias - the MOST Spanish tapas in Brussels. Cheap and without tourists. Dinners start from 7 pm.
BEST Belgian restaurant in town. Point.
48 locals recommend
Restobières
9 Rue des Renards
48 locals recommend
BEST Belgian restaurant in town. Point.
There are a lot of Ethiopian restaurants, but Kokob is unique. You will share the food with the others. The place is cozy, but not too cheap.
61 locals recommend
Kokob
10 Rue des Grands Carmes
61 locals recommend
There are a lot of Ethiopian restaurants, but Kokob is unique. You will share the food with the others. The place is cozy, but not too cheap.
The CHEAPEST Belgian restaurant with a choice of tapas. ))) But not the best one. Still it is good for your budget.
The Smalle Steen
32 Rue des Pierres
The CHEAPEST Belgian restaurant with a choice of tapas. ))) But not the best one. Still it is good for your budget.

Arts & Culture

I am a big pacifist, but the entrance here is for free. The whole building and the military technic is impressive. Especially the aviation hall. If you like steampunk and history of technic!
74 locals recommend
Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and of Military History
3 Parc du Cinquantenaire
74 locals recommend
I am a big pacifist, but the entrance here is for free. The whole building and the military technic is impressive. Especially the aviation hall. If you like steampunk and history of technic!
Trashiest and the most alternative cinema in town. Very punk. The bar underground (you do not have to buy a ticket to enter) is worth visiting. Sometimes they have vegan dishes to offer but... Hush!
44 locals recommend
Nova
3 Rue d'Arenberg
44 locals recommend
Trashiest and the most alternative cinema in town. Very punk. The bar underground (you do not have to buy a ticket to enter) is worth visiting. Sometimes they have vegan dishes to offer but... Hush!
Feel like reading a book or a German in English, Dutch or French? Welcome, the entrance is free (you need a card only to borrow the book)
10 locals recommend
Muntpunt Library
6 Pl. de la Monnaie
10 locals recommend
Feel like reading a book or a German in English, Dutch or French? Welcome, the entrance is free (you need a card only to borrow the book)
Going to the opera can be expensive but if you are under 30 try to check the special offers on the website.
62 locals recommend
La Monnaie De Munt
Place de la Monnaie
62 locals recommend
Going to the opera can be expensive but if you are under 30 try to check the special offers on the website.
It is a monumental temple of justice and it's impressive. Not everyone knows that you can freely enter (after a short security check) to observe the monumental architecture inside. Weekdays only
203 locals recommend
Law Courts of Brussels
1 Pl. Poelaert
203 locals recommend
It is a monumental temple of justice and it's impressive. Not everyone knows that you can freely enter (after a short security check) to observe the monumental architecture inside. Weekdays only
This place really worth it (if you love surrealism)
489 locals recommend
Musée Magritte Museum
1 Pl. Royale
489 locals recommend
This place really worth it (if you love surrealism)

Essentials

The closest very big supermarket. And it's almost entirely Polish. You can begin by not only tasting Belgian beers.
6 locals recommend
Anneessensplein
Place Anneessens
6 locals recommend
The closest very big supermarket. And it's almost entirely Polish. You can begin by not only tasting Belgian beers.
Typical Belgian chain. Very big store, somewhat expensive, but best place to buy veggie food and wines.
118 locals recommend
AD Anspach
63 Bd Anspach
118 locals recommend
Typical Belgian chain. Very big store, somewhat expensive, but best place to buy veggie food and wines.
"Okay compact" another little supermarket of French Colruyt Group. Friendly prices for a small store.
Grootsermentstraat 7
7 Rue du Grand-Serment
"Okay compact" another little supermarket of French Colruyt Group. Friendly prices for a small store.

Shopping

Cheap Supermarket. Very fresh fruits and vegetables for the cheapest store prices. They sell some Belgian products as well, but I would not recommend to take is there. It is a German chain. )
49 locals recommend
Lidl
26 Rue Van Artevelde
49 locals recommend
Cheap Supermarket. Very fresh fruits and vegetables for the cheapest store prices. They sell some Belgian products as well, but I would not recommend to take is there. It is a German chain. )
If it is raining it is the shopping mall to be. In the basement there is a big Carrefour with all the Belgian corner and all possible selection of food the tourist has to bring home from Brussels.
50 locals recommend
Zigzag City 2
123 Rue Neuve
50 locals recommend
If it is raining it is the shopping mall to be. In the basement there is a big Carrefour with all the Belgian corner and all possible selection of food the tourist has to bring home from Brussels.
Russian food and souvenir shop (in case you always wanted to buy a "shapka", matrioshka or caviar)
Keizerslaan 27
27 Boulevard de l'Empereur
Russian food and souvenir shop (in case you always wanted to buy a "shapka", matrioshka or caviar)
Little brazilian-portuguese shop with a possibility to drink portuguese coffee and eat a nata.
38 locals recommend
Horta station
38 locals recommend
Little brazilian-portuguese shop with a possibility to drink portuguese coffee and eat a nata.
Want to make a tapas party at home? Visit spanish economato... Cheeses, olives, sausages, bread sweets, wines and much more...
Economato Gonzalez sprl
9 Esp. de l'Europe
Want to make a tapas party at home? Visit spanish economato... Cheeses, olives, sausages, bread sweets, wines and much more...
The best choice of low price second hand books in the whole Brussels. Also in foreign languages (English, Spanish, Russian, Italian etc.)
12 locals recommend
Pêle-Mêle Bruxelles
59 Bd Maurice Lemonnier
12 locals recommend
The best choice of low price second hand books in the whole Brussels. Also in foreign languages (English, Spanish, Russian, Italian etc.)
The best Ethnic store in Brussels. They have ALL the food from all over the world! And friendly prices!
8 locals recommend
FreshMed
35 Rue de l'Escadron
8 locals recommend
The best Ethnic store in Brussels. They have ALL the food from all over the world! And friendly prices!
A little local Belgian supermarket. Prices are relatively high. There is another one some blocks away.
21 locals recommend
Proxy Fabriques
1C Rue des Fabriques
21 locals recommend
A little local Belgian supermarket. Prices are relatively high. There is another one some blocks away.
Real Greek food shop.
Angelopoulos Fine Greek Wine & Food
39 Bd d'Ypres
Real Greek food shop.

Parks & Nature

The best place for calm in Brussels. There are much more parks connected to this garden in Brussels. All offering nice walk, fresh air and not too overcrowded.
Bloemist van Stuyvenberg
The best place for calm in Brussels. There are much more parks connected to this garden in Brussels. All offering nice walk, fresh air and not too overcrowded.