Jean’s BXL guidebook - a tip of an iceberg of things....
My favorite Museums/Art centers
Bozar station
Power art house; from expo to concert to restaurant to...
Contemporary cultural house, bar, concerts, shows + best roof terrace.
Check the programme.
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Beursschouwburg
20 Auguste OrtsstraatContemporary cultural house, bar, concerts, shows + best roof terrace.
Check the programme.
I-Magritte Museum
1 Pl. RoyaleSurrealiste, like Belgium ;-)
I-Horta Museum
27 Rue AméricaineArt nouveau master piece.
Plasticarium - biggest collection of plastic design objects in the world + temporary expo to combine with visit of the Atomium.
You won't be disappointed.
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ADAM Brussels Design Museum
1 BelgiëpleinPlasticarium - biggest collection of plastic design objects in the world + temporary expo to combine with visit of the Atomium.
You won't be disappointed.
Great place to understand - or not - what Europe is/or should be about...
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House of European History
135 Rue BelliardGreat place to understand - or not - what Europe is/or should be about...
Mima
41 Quai du HainautAmazing museum dedicated to the arts of the 2.0 generation.
Fashion & Lace Museum
12 Rue de la VioletteLittle gem fashion museum.
Art & Marges Musee
314 Rue HauteSpace dedicated to the Art Brut, to be discovered!
Beautiful Art Nouveau building dedicated to the 9th art.
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I-Museum ye-Comic Book ye-Brussels
20 Rue des SablesBeautiful Art Nouveau building dedicated to the 9th art.
Contemporary Art Center, unfairly often forgotten.
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Centrale for Contemporary Art
45 Pl. Sainte-CatherineContemporary Art Center, unfairly often forgotten.
ISELP contemporary art center
31 Bd de WaterlooSmall but worth checking!
Fantastic new museum about train...
Did you know that this building sits where the first train station on the continent once stood?
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Umhlaba wezitimela
5 Pl. Princesse ElisabethFantastic new museum about train...
Did you know that this building sits where the first train station on the continent once stood?
Center of Contemporary Art housed in old brewery, worth the trip!
http://www.wiels.org/en/
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Wiels station
Center of Contemporary Art housed in old brewery, worth the trip!
http://www.wiels.org/en/
Freshly reopened - beautiful tram ride to get there.
https://www.africamuseum.be/
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I-Royal Museum for Central Africa
13 LeuvensesteenwegFreshly reopened - beautiful tram ride to get there.
https://www.africamuseum.be/
A jewel of Brussels’ Art Deco, centre of art and dialogue between cultures of the East and the West - the Boghossian Foundation
https://www.villaempain.com/en/
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Villa Empain
67 Av. Franklin RooseveltA jewel of Brussels’ Art Deco, centre of art and dialogue between cultures of the East and the West - the Boghossian Foundation
https://www.villaempain.com/en/
Galila's P.O.C
295 Avenue Van VolxemGalila's P.O.C
Zaventem Ateliers
15 FabrieksstraatZaventem Ateliers
Alice Gallery
4 Rue du Pays de LiègeBest approach/project/collaboration in art since 2000
Flamingo
177 Rue de LaekenGreat Bar close by
Musée des Égouts
Porte d'AnderlechtGreat to discover the city for under (the) ground...
This foundation does not want to be a gallery or a museum but a place of meeting and creation, a place where words are expressed, a place of effervescence, of comings and goings where artists come and go. A place where we meet, where we eat, where we drink… a living place.
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This foundation does not want to be a gallery or a museum but a place of meeting and creation, a place where words are expressed, a place of effervescence, of comings and goings where artists come and go. A place where we meet, where we eat, where we drink… a living place.
My little secrets
Great Art Center Project, just rehoused in old Refinery.
Check the programme.
www.recyclart.be
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RECYCLART
13 ManchesterstraatGreat Art Center Project, just rehoused in old Refinery.
Check the programme.
www.recyclart.be
Le Lac
82a Rue UlensBeautifully different, off and so on, chilled.
Check the programme.
www.lelac.info
LaVallée
39 Rue Adolphe LavalléeCreative Hub.
Check the programme for activities.
Visitor center + Arsene 50 offers half-price tickets for performances and concerts for the same day.
www.arsene50.brussels
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BIP
2 KoningsstraatVisitor center + Arsene 50 offers half-price tickets for performances and concerts for the same day.
www.arsene50.brussels
Amazing Spa just outside the city - make sure you book on their website.
Take the bus 355 just downstairs of the building. +/- 30 min ride.
Last bus ride back to the city around 9pm - check the timetable on google map.
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Waer Waters
21 RodenbergAmazing Spa just outside the city - make sure you book on their website.
Take the bus 355 just downstairs of the building. +/- 30 min ride.
Last bus ride back to the city around 9pm - check the timetable on google map.
Just a great place to sip a drink - the owner and the deco make the place !
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Marcelle - Débit de Boissons
15 Pl. du SamediJust a great place to sip a drink - the owner and the deco make the place !
Show start around 9pm - be there to secure a great spot.
You will have a great laugh... if you understand french or just enjoy the show :-)
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Cabaret Mademoiselle
53 Rue du Marché au Charbon KolenmarktShow start around 9pm - be there to secure a great spot.
You will have a great laugh... if you understand french or just enjoy the show :-)
De Ultieme Hallucinatie
316 Rue RoyaleGreat Art Nouveau Bar and Restaurant.
Unique
Brian Joyeux
3 Rue du CongrèsBest of the best patisserie in town...
nothing to add!
Iphaki yase-Stuyvenberg
By the Royal Palace - Pocket parc - beautiful
Jardin Hospice
7 Rue du Grand HospiceOpen bar in old Hospice
Khaimook Thai street food
68 Chaussée d'AnversMy favorite Thai Street food - lunch only Monday- Friday
Glacier Bargello
5 Pl. de la LibertéBest Ice cream
Friterie Frituur
162 Rue de LaekenBest fries in town....
Jardin Hospice
7 Rue du Grand Hospicehttps://www.grand-hospice.brussels/jardin/
Super Fourchette
3 Rue des HirondellesBest Healthy lunch :-)
Great chef, local Guinean Senegalese Ivorian restaurant.
THE REINVENTION OF AFRICAN CUISINE
Welcome to a space where food, drink and service are made exclusively. Welcome to where African cuisine meets class.
Chaussée d'Anvers 84, 1000 Bruxelles
Chez Diallo - Restaurant Tele Jazz
Great chef, local Guinean Senegalese Ivorian restaurant.
THE REINVENTION OF AFRICAN CUISINE
Welcome to a space where food, drink and service are made exclusively. Welcome to where African cuisine meets class.
Chaussée d'Anvers 84, 1000 Bruxelles
Café National
The Café National offers a wide selection of healthy, fresh and vitaminized products during the day. For breakfast, lunch or simply a coffee. The cooking is based on seasonal, organic and quality products and favours short circuits and small producers who cultivate with respect for the land.
Open Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm.
Bar National
The Bar National offers a varied menu of wines, beers and soft drinks with a strong focus on sustainability: short circuit, less sugar, organic and fairtrade. A daily special and individual portions are also available.
Open on performance evenings from 18:00.
Resto National
Café National
The Café National offers a wide selection of healthy, fresh and vitaminized products during the day. For breakfast, lunch or simply a coffee. The cooking is based on seasonal, organic and quality products and favours short circuits and small producers who cultivate with respect for the land.
Open Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm.
Bar National
The Bar National offers a varied menu of wines, beers and soft drinks with a strong focus on sustainability: short circuit, less sugar, organic and fairtrade. A daily special and individual portions are also available.
Open on performance evenings from 18:00.
Damn Good café
Coffee shop
Specialty coffee & sandwiches, everything homemade 🫶
Mon-Fri 7:30-18:00
Sat 10:00-18:00
Closed on Sunday
Damn Good Café
Damn Good café
Coffee shop
Specialty coffee & sandwiches, everything homemade 🫶
Mon-Fri 7:30-18:00
Sat 10:00-18:00
Closed on Sunday
Opening hours
You can find the KVS Café on the first floor of the KVS BOX.
Opening hours café Opening hours kitchen
MON > FRI 10.30am - 6pm MON > FRI noon - 14.30pm
KVS Café
Opening hours
You can find the KVS Café on the first floor of the KVS BOX.
Opening hours café Opening hours kitchen
MON > FRI 10.30am - 6pm MON > FRI noon - 14.30pm
Theatre, Dance, Concert, Performing centers.
Check their agenda - always possible to find tickets at the door if sold out. Come 45' before and add yourself on the waiting list.
Contemporary Opera and Dance in the building where the Belgium revolution started.
Check the programme.
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La Monnaie De Munt
Place de la MonnaieContemporary Opera and Dance in the building where the Belgium revolution started.
Check the programme.
Beursschouwburg
20 Auguste OrtsstraatArt Center.
Check the programme.
Kaaitheater
19 Sq. SaincteletteContemporary Dance and Shows.
Check the programme.
Flemish Royal Theatre - contemporary dance and theatre - loads of shows in English.
Check the programme.
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KVS - Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg
7 Quai aux Pierres de TailleFlemish Royal Theatre - contemporary dance and theatre - loads of shows in English.
Check the programme.
Great concerts - pop, rock, electronic music...
Check the programme.
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Le Botanique
3 KruidtuinlaanGreat concerts - pop, rock, electronic music...
Check the programme.
Once of the busiest concert hall in the world.
Check the programme.
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Ancienne Belgique
110 Bd AnspachOnce of the busiest concert hall in the world.
Check the programme.
Concerts, films, theatre from classic to contemporary.
Check the programme.
www.bozar.be/en
215 abantu bendawo batusa
Bozar station
Concerts, films, theatre from classic to contemporary.
Check the programme.
www.bozar.be/en
Fresh Speaking National Theatre.
Check the programme.
27 abantu bendawo batusa
Théâtre National de la Communauté Française
111 Emile JacqmainlaanFresh Speaking National Theatre.
Check the programme.
C12
116 Rue du Marché Aux HerbesElectronic lovers - open minded
Incredibibold art programatic, coupled up with 2 great performances spaces, a bar, terrasse and snacks.
Beautiful old/new building/transformation/rehabilitation :-)
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KVS - Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg
7 Quai aux Pierres de TailleIncredibibold art programatic, coupled up with 2 great performances spaces, a bar, terrasse and snacks.
Beautiful old/new building/transformation/rehabilitation :-)
Neighborhoods
Barge, is for foodies. Great for lunch and dinner.
Not to be missed
Ieperlaan 33
33 Boulevard d'YpresBarge
Great food - raw decors
Mix between culture, historical heritage, "colonial past/pin" and a "M'as tu vu" game...
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Zavel
Mix between culture, historical heritage, "colonial past/pin" and a "M'as tu vu" game...
Great neighbourhood full of second hand and vintage shops with its daily fee market (8am - 1pm). Enters the great shops on rue Haute and Rue Blaes to rediscover the past(s)...
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Marollen
Great neighbourhood full of second hand and vintage shops with its daily fee market (8am - 1pm). Enters the great shops on rue Haute and Rue Blaes to rediscover the past(s)...
Art Galleries, Antiques shops, stylish boutiques and chocolates shop + its Wednesday evening food market (6-10pm)
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Zavel
Art Galleries, Antiques shops, stylish boutiques and chocolates shop + its Wednesday evening food market (6-10pm)
Breakfast
Boulangerie Pâtisserie Agbalo
9B Chaussée d'AnversFriendly local Bakery where East meet West
C'est Si Bon
46 Quai des CharbonnagesBest bakery counter minutes away.... get in the line ;-)
Charli
34 Rue Sainte-CatherineFrench Bakery.... minutes away
Chicago Café
45 Rue de FlandreKids heaven place - great staff
Sightseeing
Incredible history, the amazing warehouse from the 1900 transformed in a mix of multitude of activities.
Amazing reconversion of old and new fonctions.
"Our covered Ramblas" to be discovered 7/7
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Tour & Taxis
86C Av. du PortIncredible history, the amazing warehouse from the 1900 transformed in a mix of multitude of activities.
Amazing reconversion of old and new fonctions.
"Our covered Ramblas" to be discovered 7/7
La Patinoire Royale
15 Rue VeydtGreat contemporary place
Cloud Seven
7 Quai du CommerceRich collection
Château Moderne
Best sunset terrace nearby central station
GardeRobe MannekenPis
19 Rue du ChêneThe whole collection of costumes of our (little) famous Mannekenpis
The Hoxton, Brussels
Best rooftop bar/restaurant
Antwerp
A true diamond city
Vibrant Flemish city - so rich of history and diversities.
Has one of my favorite museum https://www.museumdrguislain.be
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Ghent
Vibrant Flemish city - so rich of history and diversities.
Has one of my favorite museum https://www.museumdrguislain.be
Old zoo - where cosmopolitan chicken project was born.
Wont leave you indifferent
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Genk
Old zoo - where cosmopolitan chicken project was born.
Wont leave you indifferent
Most bucolic small town, minutes away from Bruges where time stopped and Stork Paradise
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Damme
Most bucolic small town, minutes away from Bruges where time stopped and Stork Paradise
Liège
Great city - same country - other world
Capitalisme killed it - or its name - but people, project, life its happening there... How to use what they left us and grow....? Charleroi is a LAB
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Charleroi
Capitalisme killed it - or its name - but people, project, life its happening there... How to use what they left us and grow....? Charleroi is a LAB