Attractions and Events in Brussel
Brussels Beer Weekend
If you travel in the beginning of September to Brussels, you can visit the Brussels Beer Weekend that takes every jaar place at the Grand Place of Brussels. Visitors can taste the famous and less famous beers. While you taste the many beers you can enjoy the jazz bands and your children can participate the many organised activities. Taste definitely the famous Geuze and Lambiek beer!
Shopping in Brussels
Do you love shopping and do you want to discover the most beautiful shops during your citytrip to Brussels? The shops are very easy to reach, just stop at tube station "De Brouckère" and shop in the many international shops at Nieuwstraat. Visit also the neighborhood around the Dansaertstraat where you can discover the famous fashion clothes. Close to the Grand Place is the Agora Gallery located. This gallery used to be an alternative hippie gallery and is now an inspiring mix of clothes, jewels, purses and many other articles! Do you want to discover the big fashion names in Brussels? Take the tube to Louiza and enjoy the many luxurious quality articles!
Markets in Brussel
Do you like to walk around on markets? In Brussels you can visit the antiques market at Grand Sablon. On this cosy market you can discover and admire old coins, antiques, art and furniture. Come on a Saturday or a Sunday to the Sablon, only a few minutes walking from Central Station. On the Grand Place there is every week a flower market and every Sunday a bird market. The most famous and one of the biggest markets in Europe is the market at South Station. Every Sunday from 6 'o clock you can buy in the neighborhood of the South Station a lot of clothes, jewels, meat, vegetables, fruit, species and flowers. The Marollen is the most famous daily (7h-14h) flea of Brussels which is located at Place de Balle.
National Theatre - Munt
Do you want to spend a cosy evening in the opera? The munt is the National Theatre of Belgium and is locates in the heart of Brussels, close to the City Hall and the Grand Place.
Bruparck
Bruparck, located in the North-West of Brussels, is a leisure center with different touristic attractions. Oceade is the water paradise for each age! Come to relax in our sauna, solarium, whirlpool, steam bath, cold bath and have fun in our adventure slides and attractions!
Mini-Europa offers you the possibility to discover Europe in miniature (1/25). Admire the Eiffel Tower, Pisa, Big Ben and much more European monuments in mini! Go a night out to the Kinepolis movies, enjoy a dinner in Bruparck Village.
Brewery visit
Cantillon brewery is the Brussels Museum of the Geuze where you can see how they brew beer and where you can taste the traditional Geuze. Visit also the Belle-Vue brewery. Belle-Vue is the most famous Belgian fruit beer. Belgium is the country of beer, so visiting a brewery has to be on your top list!
Museum in Brussels
Lovers of chocolat, the Museum of Cacao and chocolat will be your favorite museum! Discover how cacao is processed to chocolat and learn how chocolates are made on a traditional manner.
Art lovers can enjoy the many preserved paintings, sculptures and drawings in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium. This Museum is divided in the Museum of Ancien Art (15th-18th century), the Museum for Modern Art (19th-20th century), the Wiertz Museum and the Meunier Museum.