Originally posted by SallyAnne
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Well you looked so stylish I thought you batted for the other camp - thats like the ultimate compliment!
I couldn't imagine you ever having a hair out of place!
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Originally posted by PRC1964I've never been there, but I remember Fleetwood talking about Avenue Louise (I think). Might not be SA's kind of thing though.
Forgot. There is not a lot to do on a Sunday as most places are closed.
I think the antiques markets of the petit Sablon area are open so that is worth a mooch around, but don't expect too many bargains (or decent antiques for that matter).
Have a drink in the bars in the Grand Place. There is one somewhere that has coffins for tables and serves beer in skulls (never found it, directions anyone).
The alley ways just off hold the famous sea food restaraunts, though many are a bit touristy for my liking. St Catherine is similar and on one of the side streets there is an all you can eat ribs place (road from St Catherine to Rue Ansbach) though I cant recall its name.
I liked St Gery. Start in the Mappa Mundi and drink your way through the menu. There are a couple of nice Thai restaraunts here too.
The Corbeau just round the corner serves beer by the yard (cant remember what the glass was called), but gets rowdy later on, Sal might like that.
There is a sister statue to the manequin called the Janequin which I think is a much nicer statue and just across the alley from her is the "Delerium Cafe". It is downstairs in the cellar and boasts some 3000 beers in its list (plan for a long day).
A weekend in Brussels should not be spoiled by spending it in an Irish theme pub.
I will post anything else I remember.I am not qualified to give the above advice!
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There is a rum bar just off of Grand Place - can't think of the name of it but it's like a jungle inside and outside so it's not too hard to miss.
I got absolutely hammered in there.
Oh, and there's a cuban bar near there as well - tiny little place but pretty cool all the same.Call the copsComment
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Originally posted by freakydancerThere is a rum bar just off of Grand Place - can't think of the name of it but it's like a jungle inside and outside so it's not too hard to miss.
I got absolutely hammered in there.
Oh, and there's a cuban bar near there as well - tiny little place but pretty cool all the same.Comment
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Originally posted by The Lone GunmanAvenue Louise and Toison D'or are quite nice areas with some good bars and restaraunts (Fleeties fave bar is up there), but I cant see Sal exploring too far in 4 days. There is enough for a long weekend in the centre.
Forgot. There is not a lot to do on a Sunday as most places are closed.
I think the antiques markets of the petit Sablon area are open so that is worth a mooch around, but don't expect too many bargains (or decent antiques for that matter).
Have a drink in the bars in the Grand Place. There is one somewhere that has coffins for tables and serves beer in skulls (never found it, directions anyone).
The alley ways just off hold the famous sea food restaraunts, though many are a bit touristy for my liking. St Catherine is similar and on one of the side streets there is an all you can eat ribs place (road from St Catherine to Rue Ansbach) though I cant recall its name.
I liked St Gery. Start in the Mappa Mundi and drink your way through the menu. There are a couple of nice Thai restaraunts here too.
The Corbeau just round the corner serves beer by the yard (cant remember what the glass was called), but gets rowdy later on, Sal might like that.
There is a sister statue to the manequin called the Janequin which I think is a much nicer statue and just across the alley from her is the "Delerium Cafe". It is downstairs in the cellar and boasts some 3000 beers in its list (plan for a long day).
A weekend in Brussels should not be spoiled by spending it in an Irish theme pub.
I will post anything else I remember.
Avoid Midi market on a sunday unless you want to buy cheap veg or a knock-off pushbike.
The museums are all open on a Sunday but no shops. All touristy things are shut on a Monday.
Top of Louise/Ave De Waterloo (petit ring) very good shopping area if you have loadsamoney.
Avoid Rue de Bouchers (near grand place) for restaurants except Chez Victoire, Aux Armes de Bruxelles and maybe Chez Leon.
As LG says Louise v good. If you get the 94:93 tram and get of at Bailli stop there are loads of good restaurants/bars around Baili/Chatelain area - bit of trendier bruxelloise area (it ain't far, I used to live there and walk into work near the centre.)Comment
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Too be honest I'm always quite surprised when people recommend Ave' Louise, or thereabouts, whether for bars, shopping or anything else. Maybe it's an expat thing?
My two cents, apart from the various places which have already been suggested, is that if you go out for an evening, choose a particular area and stay there. Sure there's the metro, buses etc, but Brussels is very much a city in parts. It's certainly not like London where you can just head for the centre and wander about and find a place here or there, or after a few beers wander off in 'that direction' and hope to find something. As Rantor mentioned, things sometimes change very quickly.
The second of my two cents (again someone else’s suggestion) would actually be a trip to Antwerp, circa 45min, which I still find better for many of those things people might go away for a weekend for, i.e. food, drink, shopping, culture...and the railway station which was alone worth the trip according to a colleague at work.Comment
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except Chez Victoire
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Originally posted by The Lone GunmanHave a drink in the bars in the Grand Place. There is one somewhere that has coffins for tables and serves beer in skulls (never found it, directions anyone).
On the right is an alley (actually a number). It's about halfway down. Go down this alley. On the right after about 100 yards is a cellar bar. That's the bar.
Yep, tables are upturned coffins, drink out of skulls. Place was all decorated in basically black and red also lit primarily by ultra violet. Well weird and probably not the most ideal place for the clinically depressed though.Comment
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Originally posted by SallyAnneIf I've been drinking all day, chance are I'll be tucked up in bed every night at about 10Comment
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