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Hi guys, Myself and Bravogolf are heading to brussels for some Belgian beer at the end of January. Not got a clue about the place, where to go, what to do, great pubs...we'll be there for 4 days, Thursday to Sunday. What we're looking for, worldy-wise folk, is information about hotels, hints and tips, secret passages, special moves that sort of thing .gif) |
Brussels, a guide if you please
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istandfreed 2,438 posts
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daithi90 3,275 posts
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Registered 14 years agoMy uncle works with EU over there so I was over visiting last year. With Paris, it's my favourite city I've been to. Stayed just off Place De Luxembourg which was nice and central.
Be sure to visit Grand Place. It's a beautiful gothic market square.
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StarchildHypocrethes 33,974 posts
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Registered 17 years agoPablo's Disco Bar is where the cool kids go! -
Don't call me Brussels. -
Syrette 51,181 posts
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Registered 19 years agoYou after gay bars? -
PM me. I'll be happy to shout you a drink if you're free one evening after work. Mini EG-meet and all that. -
istandfreed 2,438 posts
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Registered 15 years agoThanks guys, thanks Otto we'll definitely give you a shout, we're heading over on the 24th .gif)
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otto wrote:
PM me. I'll be happy to shout you a drink if you're free one evening after work. Mini EG-meet and all that.
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StarchildHypocrethes 33,974 posts
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Registered 17 years agoBrussels is a pretty good night out, you should have a cracking time. We went there for a flying 24 hour, no sleep, visit for my birthday a few years ago. Pablo's Disco Bar is the only firm memory I have though, and even that's a little hazy -
Excellent! I'll be around.
Some advice previously given, still valid. -
istandfreed 2,438 posts
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Registered 15 years agoWith a name like "Pablo's Disco Bar" we have to go there -
Dizzy 3,716 posts
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Registered 20 years agoLet me know, I can take you guys out for a guided tour. -
daithi90 3,275 posts
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Registered 14 years agoJust saw otto's post in that thread about not visiting the Atomium. If only I'd been told that. 
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go to the wallaby park, it was cool when I was about 6
that's all I I know about Brussels -
Red-Moose 5,344 posts
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Registered 19 years agoistandfreed wrote:
Hi guys,
Myself and Bravogolf are heading to brussels for some Belgian beer at the end of January. Not got a clue about the place, where to go, what to do, great pubs...we'll be there for 4 days, Thursday to Sunday.
What we're looking for, worldy-wise folk, is information about hotels, hints and tips, secret passages, special moves that sort of thing
don't drive. It's fucking chaos, and populated by incredibly rude people who can't indicate.
Car parks are designed by retarded people who think Howl's Moving Castle is an ideal model to base multi-storey parking on.
Belgian beer is also filth, but incredibly high in alcohol content to make up for the poor taste.
In fact, skip Brussels and go to Ghent or Bruges, much much nicer. Brussels does have one good aspect though, the Ring 0 road, which will allow you to skip out of Belgium and head straight for Germany without ever havign to deal with Belgians, especially if you fill up in Kent and drive economically.
BTW, no surprise that Ghent and Bruges are in Flanders.
/awaits flames
/torches Lisbon Treaty II -
daithi90 3,275 posts
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Salaman 24,162 posts
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Registered 17 years agoGet a train to Ghent for the day. Takes 30 minutes to get there and you can have a walk about town and see the sites in a few hours, stop off for a few beers and then get a train back to Brussels.
If you're there for 4 days, 3 days of Brussels is plenty.
I'd come out and join you lot and Otto but funny enough I'm probably in London for a training that week. -
chopsen 21,958 posts
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Registered 16 years agoRed Moose wrote:
Belgian beer is also filth,
You what?
Best thing in Brussels is the train station. Takes you to lots of fun places.
Red Moose wrote:
In fact, skip Brussels and go to Ghent or Bruges, much much nicer. Brussels does have one good aspect though, t
Now you're talking -
Any cheap, central relatively decent hotels that you lot care to recommend? -
daithi90 3,275 posts
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Registered 14 years agoI stayed in the Renaissance Hotel. Nicest hotel I've ever been in. -
Dirtbox 92,595 posts
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daithi90 3,275 posts
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Registered 14 years agoAspic wrote:
Not sure what your budget is, but there is a hotel just behind Grand Place called The Royal (I think). Veyr very plush but has excellent deals making it quite affordable. Most of the rest of the stuff in Belgium is a train ride away so I would definitely base yourself in Brussels and just travel out.
Royal Windsor? -
daithi90 wrote:
Aspic wrote:
Not sure what your budget is, but there is a hotel just behind Grand Place called The Royal (I think). Veyr very plush but has excellent deals making it quite affordable. Most of the rest of the stuff in Belgium is a train ride away so I would definitely base yourself in Brussels and just travel out.
Royal Windsor?
Cheers, will do some Googling now -
[Slip] 1,027 posts
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Registered 17 years agoI want to do Nemo 33 at some point next year along with chocolate and beer of course! -
daithi90 3,275 posts
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Registered 14 years agoMake sure to buy a chocolate baby with it's wang out. -
daithi90 3,275 posts
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Registered 14 years agoI couldn't remember where I stayed so I was googling away and that was where I thought I'd stayed, but it wasn't it turned out. -
azurelas_2 2,157 posts
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Registered 16 years agoRed Moose wrote:
Belgian beer is also filth, but incredibly high in alcohol content to make up for the poor taste.
What the fuck? Well, the commercial stuff (Stella, Jupiler, Maes) isn't exceptional, but try Moinette, Westmalle Tripel, Saint-Feuillen and Palm and tell me they're shit.
Anyway, since I actually live in Brussels, avoid
- The North Station
- Saint-Guidon (it's in an area called Anderlecht)
- Using public transport after midnight. I's not in the media, but Brussels is a very dangerous place at night.
If you can, Laeken is also well worth a visit. -
the_dudefather wrote:
Walibi, it's in Wavre not Brussels and it's a shitty deathtrap.
go to the wallaby park, it was cool when I was about 6
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Red Moose wrote:
Wow, a double whammy of utter stupidity, well done. /golfclap
Belgian beer is also filth, but incredibly high in alcohol content to make up for the poor taste.
Brussels does have one good aspect though, the Ring 0 road -
Hey, Brussels is awesome, the Mappa Mundo (close to the Ancienne Belgique) has the best Mojito's in the city, maybe we can have a mini EG-meet there ?
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