How To Use This E-Book

Getting Around the e-Book

This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Brussels, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.

The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Brussels, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.

In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.

Maps

All key attractions and sights in Brussels are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.

Images

You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Brussels. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.

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Table of Contents

Brussels’s Top 10 Attractions

Top Attraction #1

Top Attraction #2

Top Attraction #3

Top Attraction #4

Top Attraction #5

Top Attraction #6

Top Attraction #7

Top Attraction #8

Top Attraction #9

Top Attraction #10

A Perfect Day In Brussels

Introduction

Historic Town

Trading Places

Natives and Foreigners

A Brief History

The Middle Ages

The Burgundians

Habsburg Rule

Inquisitions, Shells and Beheadings

Revolution to Revolution

Independence at Last

World Wars and International Leadership

Historical Landmarks

Where To Go

The heart of the city

The Grand-Place

The Hôtel de Ville

Houses of the dukes and guilds

L’Ilot Sacré

Place de la Monnaie to Place de Brouckère

The cathedral

Comic Strip Centre

The Lower City

Place Royale

Art museums

Parc de Bruxelles and Palais Royal

Le Sablon

Les Marolles

Beyond the Old City

To the East

To the South

To the West

To the North

Heysel

The Royal Estate at Laeken

Environs of Brussels

Tervuren

Waterloo

Excursions

Antwerp

Antwerp’s Town Hall

Printing and art

Rubens House

Museum of Modern Art

Diamonds galore

Bruges

Tours by Carriage and Boat

The Markt

The Burg and Town Hall

Basilica of the Holy Blood

Groenerei and Huidenvettersplein

Museum of Fine Arts

Hans Memling Museum

The Begijnhof

The old quaysides

Ghent

The Church of St Nicholas

St Bavo’s Cathedral

Korenlei and Graslei

Gravensteen

Patershol

Citadelpark

What To Do

Shopping

What to Buy

Entertainment

Theatre and Music

Nightlife

Festivals

Sports

Brussels for Children

Calendar of Events

Eating Out

When to Eat

What to Eat

Main Dishes

Vegetables

Seafood

Desserts

Snacks

Drinks

Reading the Menu

To Help You Order…

…and Read the Menu in french

…and in Dutch

Restaurants

Brussels

Grand-Place/Ilot Sacré/fish market

Le Sablon/Les Marolles

Beyond the Old City

Upper City

Antwerp

Bruges

Ghent

A–Z Travel Tips

A

Accommodation (see also Youth hostels and Budgeting for your trip)

Airport

B

Bicycle hire

Budgeting for your trip

C

Car hire

Climate

Clothing

Crime and safety (see also Emergencies and Police)

D

Driving (see also Car hire)

E

Electricity

Embassies, Consulates and High Commissions

Emergencies (see also Crime and safety and Police)

G

Gay and lesbian travellers

Getting there

Guides and tours

H

Health and medical care

L

Language

M

Media

Money

O

Opening hours

P

Police (see also Crime and safety and Emergencies)

Post offices

Public holidays

T

Telephones

Time zones

Tipping

Toilets

Tourist information

Transport

V

Visas and entry requirements

W

Websites

Y

Youth hostels

Recommended Hotels

Brussels

Grand-Place/Ilot Sacré/fish market

Upper City

Beyond the Old City

Antwerp

Bruges

Ghent

Dictionary

English–French

English–Dutch