Guidebook for Brussels

Laura
Guidebook for Brussels

Food Scene

Best pizzeria in town!
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Mirante
13 Plattesteen
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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!
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Bia Mara
41 Rue du Marché aux Poulets
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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
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Rachel (Bagels & Burgers)
100 Rue du Marché au Charbon Kolenmarkt
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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).
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Le Zinneke
26 Place de la Patrie
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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!
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McDonald's
21 Chau. d'Ixelles
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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.
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Rugbyman n°Two
12 Quai aux Briques
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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!
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Mer du Nord
45 Pl. Sainte-Catherine
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A very good fishbar. A classic!
In case you need your Starbucks coffee...
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Starbucks
1 Pl. Charles Rogier
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In case you need your Starbucks coffee...
Good and relaxing café. Good wifi inside. Try their fruits/vegetables juices! The staff speaks English.
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Woodpecker 47
47 Rue du Marché aux Poulets
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Good and relaxing café. Good wifi inside. Try their fruits/vegetables juices! The staff speaks English.
A decent Indian restaurant.
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Bombay Inn
38 Rue de la Fourche
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A decent Indian restaurant.
If you want to eat ribs ('all you can eat' menu), THIS IS THE PLACE!
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Amadeo
26 Rue Sainte-Catherine
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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.
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Makisu
5 Rue du Bailli
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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.
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Filigranes
39 Av. des Arts
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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!
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Kokob
10 Rue des Grands Carmes
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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.
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Au Vieux Bruxelles
35 Rue Saint-Boniface
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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
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TapaSoif Namur by Canette
26 Rue des Brasseurs
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Belgian tapas restaurant
A very good 'trendy' place for a brunch (22euros/person). You can also go there for a coffee or breakfast!
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Yeti
Rue de Bon Secours
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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
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Houtsiplou
9 Pl. Rouppe
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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.
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Greenwich Café Bruxelles
7 Rue des Chartreux
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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
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Lidl
26 Rue Van Artevelde
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Cheap, and close to our flat
Another supermarket, very close to our flat
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AD Anspach
63 Bd Anspach
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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.
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De Biomarkt
58 Rue des Tanneurs
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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 :)
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Brussels
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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.
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Cook & Book
1 Pl. du Temps Libre
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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...)
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Dansaert station
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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).
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Rue Neuve
Rue Neuve
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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)
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Avenue Louise
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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.
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Baljuwstraat
Rue du Bailli
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Another nice place for shooping, + great bars/restaurants in this area.
The best speculoos and biscuits!
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Maison Dandoy
14 Rue Charles Buls
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The best speculoos and biscuits!
VERY good chocolates
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Neuhaus
27 Grand Place
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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).
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Neuhaus Brussel Galerie de la Reine
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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
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Manneken Pis
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You can't miss it
European Institution. You can visit it for free, as well as the "Parlementarium"
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Espace Léopold
60 Rue Wiertz
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European Institution. You can visit it for free, as well as the "Parlementarium"
main attraction in Brussels... (there is free wifi there)
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Grand-Place
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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).
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Kungliga slottet i Bryssel
16 Rue Brederode
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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...
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Atomium
1 Pl. de l'Atomium
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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.
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Vossenplein
Place du Jeu de Balle
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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.
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Musical Instruments Museum
2 Rue Montagne de la Cour
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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!
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Ancienne Belgique
110 Bd Anspach
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Great concerts!
Opera of Brussels. free wifi in the place de la monnaie
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La Monnaie De Munt
Place de la Monnaie
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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.
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Magritte-museet
1 Pl. Royale
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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!
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UGC De Brouckère
38 Pl. De Brouckère
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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!
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Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bryssel
23 Rue Ravenstein
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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!
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Bruxelles Central station
Carrefour de l'Europe
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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
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De Brouckèreplein
Place De Brouckère
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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.
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Vossenplein station
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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)
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Bois de la Cambre
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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
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Jubelparken
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nice park
Biological supermarket, really big, with a lot of nice products.
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färm.saintecatherine
43 Quai au Bois à Brûler
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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.
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Pierre Marcolini
1 Rue des Minimes
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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.
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Swimming pools of Brussels city
28 Rue du Chevreuil
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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.
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Madame Moustache
7 Quai au Bois à Brûler
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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.
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Fontainasplein
Place Fontainas
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Another nice bar, with a small and cheap menu for meals, homemade. Nice terrasse.
Famous Puppets theatre, typical of Brussels.
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Royal Puppet Theater Toone
66 Rue du Marché Aux Herbes
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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.
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Zavel
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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.
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Halles Saint-Géry - Agora bruxelloise
1 Pl. Saint-Géry
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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!
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Bonnefooi
8 Rue des Pierres
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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.
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Delirium Café
4 Impasse de la Fidélité
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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!!
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Bar Les Gens Que J'aime
15 Rue du Midi
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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...
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Goupil Le Fol
22 Rue de la Violette
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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
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RECYCLART
13 Manchesterstraat
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An 'underground' bar, with events and exhibitions. http://fr.yelp.be/biz/recyclart-bruxelles