Jean’s BXL guidebook - a tip of an iceberg of things....

Jean
Jean’s BXL guidebook - a tip of an iceberg of things....

My favorite Museums/Art centers

Power art house; from expo to concert to restaurant to...
215 helybéli ajánlásával
Bozar station
215 helybéli ajánlásával
Power art house; from expo to concert to restaurant to...
Contemporary cultural house, bar, concerts, shows + best roof terrace. Check the programme.
73 helybéli ajánlásával
Beursschouwburg
20 Auguste Ortsstraat
73 helybéli ajánlásával
Contemporary cultural house, bar, concerts, shows + best roof terrace. Check the programme.
Surrealiste, like Belgium ;-)
489 helybéli ajánlásával
Magritte Múzeum
1 Pl. Royale
489 helybéli ajánlásával
Surrealiste, like Belgium ;-)
Art nouveau master piece.
433 helybéli ajánlásával
Horta Múzeum
27 Rue Américaine
433 helybéli ajánlásával
Art 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.
35 helybéli ajánlásával
ADAM Brüsszel Design Múzeum
1 Belgiëplein
35 helybéli ajánlásával
Plasticarium - 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...
10 helybéli ajánlásával
Az Európai Történelem Háza
135 Rue Belliard
10 helybéli ajánlásával
Great place to understand - or not - what Europe is/or should be about...
Amazing museum dedicated to the arts of the 2.0 generation.
111 helybéli ajánlásával
Mima
41 Quai du Hainaut
111 helybéli ajánlásával
Amazing museum dedicated to the arts of the 2.0 generation.
Little gem fashion museum.
11 helybéli ajánlásával
Fashion & Lace Museum
12 Rue de la Violette
11 helybéli ajánlásával
Little gem fashion museum.
Space dedicated to the Art Brut, to be discovered!
13 helybéli ajánlásával
Art & Marges Musee
314 Rue Haute
13 helybéli ajánlásával
Space dedicated to the Art Brut, to be discovered!
Beautiful Art Nouveau building dedicated to the 9th art.
196 helybéli ajánlásával
Brussels Comic Book Museum
20 Rue des Sables
196 helybéli ajánlásával
Beautiful Art Nouveau building dedicated to the 9th art.
Contemporary Art Center, unfairly often forgotten.
15 helybéli ajánlásával
Centrale for Contemporary Art
45 Pl. Sainte-Catherine
15 helybéli ajánlásával
Contemporary Art Center, unfairly often forgotten.
Small but worth checking!
ISELP contemporary art center
31 Bd de Waterloo
Small 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?
71 helybéli ajánlásával
Vasútvilág
5 Pl. Princesse Elisabeth
71 helybéli ajánlásával
Fantastic 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/
23 helybéli ajánlásával
Wiels station
23 helybéli ajánlásával
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/
38 helybéli ajánlásával
Közép-Afrikai Királyi Múzeum
13 Leuvensesteenweg
38 helybéli ajánlásával
Freshly 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/
26 helybéli ajánlásával
Villa Empain
67 Av. Franklin Roosevelt
26 helybéli ajánlásával
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/
Galila's P.O.C
Galila's P.O.C
295 Avenue Van Volxem
Galila's P.O.C
Zaventem Ateliers
Zaventem Ateliers
15 Fabrieksstraat
Zaventem Ateliers
Best approach/project/collaboration in art since 2000
6 helybéli ajánlásával
Alice Gallery
4 Rue du Pays de Liège
6 helybéli ajánlásával
Best approach/project/collaboration in art since 2000
Great Bar close by
38 helybéli ajánlásával
Flamingo
177 Rue de Laeken
38 helybéli ajánlásával
Great Bar close by
Great to discover the city for under (the) ground...
9 helybéli ajánlásával
Musée des Égouts
Porte d'Anderlecht
9 helybéli ajánlásával
Great 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.
Fondation blan
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
52 helybéli ajánlásával
RECYCLART
13 Manchesterstraat
52 helybéli ajánlásával
Great Art Center Project, just rehoused in old Refinery. Check the programme. www.recyclart.be
Beautifully different, off and so on, chilled. Check the programme. www.lelac.info
Le Lac
82a Rue Ulens
Beautifully different, off and so on, chilled. Check the programme. www.lelac.info
Creative Hub. Check the programme for activities.
LaVallée
39 Rue Adolphe Lavallée
Creative 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
12 helybéli ajánlásával
BIP
2 Koningsstraat
12 helybéli ajánlásával
Visitor 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.
10 helybéli ajánlásával
Waer Waters
21 Rodenberg
10 helybéli ajánlásával
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.
Just a great place to sip a drink - the owner and the deco make the place !
7 helybéli ajánlásával
Marcelle - Débit de Boissons
15 Pl. du Samedi
7 helybéli ajánlásával
Just 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 :-)
8 helybéli ajánlásával
Cabaret Mademoiselle
53 Rue du Marché au Charbon Kolenmarkt
8 helybéli ajánlásával
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 :-)
Great Art Nouveau Bar and Restaurant. Unique
9 helybéli ajánlásával
De Ultieme Hallucinatie
316 Rue Royale
9 helybéli ajánlásával
Great Art Nouveau Bar and Restaurant. Unique
Best of the best patisserie in town... nothing to add!
7 helybéli ajánlásával
Brian Joyeux
3 Rue du Congrès
7 helybéli ajánlásával
Best of the best patisserie in town... nothing to add!
By the Royal Palace - Pocket parc - beautiful
7 helybéli ajánlásával
Stuyvenberg park
7 helybéli ajánlásával
By the Royal Palace - Pocket parc - beautiful
Open bar in old Hospice
Jardin Hospice
7 Rue du Grand Hospice
Open bar in old Hospice
My favorite Thai Street food - lunch only Monday- Friday
Khaimook Thai street food
68 Chaussée d'Anvers
My favorite Thai Street food - lunch only Monday- Friday
Best Ice cream
12 helybéli ajánlásával
Glacier Bargello
5 Pl. de la Liberté
12 helybéli ajánlásával
Best Ice cream
Best fries in town....
Friterie Frituur
162 Rue de Laeken
Best fries in town....
https://www.grand-hospice.brussels/jardin/
Jardin Hospice
7 Rue du Grand Hospice
https://www.grand-hospice.brussels/jardin/
Best Healthy lunch :-)
Super Fourchette
3 Rue des Hirondelles
Best 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.
62 helybéli ajánlásával
La Monnaie De Munt
Place de la Monnaie
62 helybéli ajánlásával
Contemporary Opera and Dance in the building where the Belgium revolution started. Check the programme.
Art Center. Check the programme.
73 helybéli ajánlásával
Beursschouwburg
20 Auguste Ortsstraat
73 helybéli ajánlásával
Art Center. Check the programme.
Contemporary Dance and Shows. Check the programme.
53 helybéli ajánlásával
Kaaitheater
19 Sq. Sainctelette
53 helybéli ajánlásával
Contemporary Dance and Shows. Check the programme.
Flemish Royal Theatre - contemporary dance and theatre - loads of shows in English. Check the programme.
37 helybéli ajánlásával
KVS - Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg
7 Quai aux Pierres de Taille
37 helybéli ajánlásával
Flemish Royal Theatre - contemporary dance and theatre - loads of shows in English. Check the programme.
Great concerts - pop, rock, electronic music... Check the programme.
109 helybéli ajánlásával
Le Botanique
3 Kruidtuinlaan
109 helybéli ajánlásával
Great concerts - pop, rock, electronic music... Check the programme.
Once of the busiest concert hall in the world. Check the programme.
133 helybéli ajánlásával
Ancienne Belgique
110 Bd Anspach
133 helybéli ajánlásával
Once 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 helybéli ajánlásával
Bozar station
215 helybéli ajánlásával
Concerts, films, theatre from classic to contemporary. Check the programme. www.bozar.be/en
Fresh Speaking National Theatre. Check the programme.
27 helybéli ajánlásával
Théâtre National de la Communauté Française
111 Emile Jacqmainlaan
27 helybéli ajánlásával
Fresh Speaking National Theatre. Check the programme.
Electronic lovers - open minded
12 helybéli ajánlásával
C12
116 Rue du Marché Aux Herbes
12 helybéli ajánlásával
Electronic lovers - open minded
Incredibibold art programatic, coupled up with 2 great performances spaces, a bar, terrasse and snacks. Beautiful old/new building/transformation/rehabilitation :-)
37 helybéli ajánlásával
KVS - Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg
7 Quai aux Pierres de Taille
37 helybéli ajánlásával
Incredibibold 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
Barge Great food - raw decors
Ieperlaan 33
33 Boulevard d'Ypres
Barge Great food - raw decors
Mix between culture, historical heritage, "colonial past/pin" and a "M'as tu vu" game...
198 helybéli ajánlásával
Zavel
198 helybéli ajánlásával
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)...
113 helybéli ajánlásával
Marollen
113 helybéli ajánlásával
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)
198 helybéli ajánlásával
Zavel
198 helybéli ajánlásával
Art Galleries, Antiques shops, stylish boutiques and chocolates shop + its Wednesday evening food market (6-10pm)

Breakfast

Friendly local Bakery where East meet West
Boulangerie Pâtisserie Agbalo
9B Chaussée d'Anvers
Friendly local Bakery where East meet West
Best bakery counter minutes away.... get in the line ;-)
16 helybéli ajánlásával
C'est Si Bon
46 Quai des Charbonnages
16 helybéli ajánlásával
Best bakery counter minutes away.... get in the line ;-)
French Bakery.... minutes away
118 helybéli ajánlásával
Charli
34 Rue Sainte-Catherine
118 helybéli ajánlásával
French Bakery.... minutes away
Kids heaven place - great staff
44 helybéli ajánlásával
Chicago Café
45 Rue de Flandre
44 helybéli ajánlásával
Kids 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
30 helybéli ajánlásával
Tour & Taxis
86C Av. du Port
30 helybéli ajánlásával
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
Great contemporary place
31 helybéli ajánlásával
La Patinoire Royale
15 Rue Veydt
31 helybéli ajánlásával
Great contemporary place
Rich collection
Cloud Seven
7 Quai du Commerce
Rich collection
Best sunset terrace nearby central station
Château Moderne
Best sunset terrace nearby central station
The whole collection of costumes of our (little) famous Mannekenpis
GardeRobe MannekenPis
19 Rue du Chêne
The whole collection of costumes of our (little) famous Mannekenpis
Best rooftop bar/restaurant
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
283 helybéli ajánlásával
Ghent
283 helybéli ajánlásával
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
25 helybéli ajánlásával
Genk
25 helybéli ajánlásával
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
97 helybéli ajánlásával
Damme
97 helybéli ajánlásával
Most bucolic small town, minutes away from Bruges where time stopped and Stork Paradise
Great city - same country - other world
148 helybéli ajánlásával
Liège
148 helybéli ajánlásával
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
14 helybéli ajánlásával
Charleroi
14 helybéli ajánlásával
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