Country Info
- Brussels
- Capital
- Euro (EUR)
- Currency
- 10,258,762
- Population
- BE
- Country Code
Brussels Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Brussels, Belgium
Beer, chocolate and waffles?
... the movie starring David Wenham or because you went to a Catholic school in the 1960s. Tuesday we spent the day in Brussels visiting some of the local spots including: the Grand Place/Grote Markt, the famous Mannekin Pis fountain, the ...
Let the trip begin! - Belgium
... an almost perfectly preserved medieval town; compete with knights and coats of arms on various buildings. One hour from Brussels by train though the countryside littered with windmills and small hamlets and, you arrive only to be instantly beckoned ...
Gettin' Brusseled
... tiny statue of a boy peeing - Mady told us that the Belgians love it because it represents their ironic sense of humour. Brussels is a really interesting city, it is in the French part of Belgium so everyone speaks French, but all of the signs are ...
Brussels- home of the MOST beer
... I may as well just take the other and buy them a beer at the bar tonight. Speaking of the bar, there's one in Brussels called Delirium where I ended up last night with two Australian men, a group of Scottish students, and an American who works for ...
No sprouts to be found
... walk around, but compared to the places I've already visited, not the most interesting. As many of you know, I planned to be in Brussels during the musical fireworks. These I am proud to say, I was able to see. They were pretty cool, definately the most ...
Souper à Bruxelles
Après quelques jours de repos, je me rends à Bruxelles avec Yannic pour rendre visite à ma cousine. Je ne l'ai pas vu depuis près de six mois et j'ai très hâte de la revoir. Nous passons vraiment une très chouette soirée et c'est très ...
Biere et du chocolate
Thank god. Four nights in the same city; a record! Brussels was all we hoped for, modern, efficient, a wealth of culture...and the worlds best beer and chocolate. We spent 4 fabulous days drinking and eating the above, respectively. Sunday 26th Feb ...
Belgium beer/ Belgium waffles U WIN!!!!
... That night led to round two which is when we tried Monk beer which is beer that has been brewed for years and has over 9 percent alcohol and another belgium beer that is sour yet smooth from local brussels bacteria that they put in it. WOW what a ...
Waffles in Brussels
... and bleeding. Anyway, after the museum I continued wandering and went to get yet another Waffle – a proper Brussels one this time (square softer waffle with icing sugar on top). After this I had pretty much seen ...
Paris Days 2 and 3 and Brusels Day 1
... culture gives my a twinge of guilt that I did not continue to take French. This afternoon we walked around Brussels. It is like a fairytale world in which the rules of nutrition do not apply. The shop windows alternate between the different ...
What do you call Belgiam Waffles in Belgiam?
I wanted to get back to Brussels before we lost all memory. Brussels was an incredible city. When we arrived in Brussels people were arguing about cabs. As I was using maps and slowly getting us more lost, David quickly pulled up an ...
adventures in travel
... i really got frustrated, sure ive been to bigger stations in say latin america but they are just straight this one in brussels shoots up and off in ever direction and it musta been rush hour because it was packed and chotic i had no clue which ...
Brussels
... went to a pub one night which holds the Guiness Book of World records record of having the most beers on offer - 2004! Andy had to sample! There was live music on too... that was interesting.... but fun. So Brussels was cool... hope you like the ...
Euro World Cup fever
Where else can you get everyone supporting everyone. Supporting teams that are a million miles away from them. Singing there chants in odd accents. Then Europe during the World ...
Arrival in Europe
After one heck of a long plane ride with virtually no sleep at all, we arrived at Brussels at 7:30am in the morning. I am completely tired, and we arrived in some confusion. It seemed like no one was sure what to do. We did have about 8 ...
Last Entry
Things Frank will remember : cold month of May, meeting great people, eating potatoes and sauerkraut, the wonderful world of the Curonian Spit, helping Ingrid realize her dream(s) Things Ingrid will remember : the signs of devotion and loss ...
Day 10: Sunday March 22nd 2008
Last day! Sunday was spent traveling, I had no time for sight seeing. I spent the time in between my arrival in London at 7 and my plane's departure playing air hockey with an Australian who was backpacking across the globe. I beat him handily, as he was ...
Onward to the Mainland!
... spoken here and we want to learn as much as possible with Paris being next on the travel agenda for Friday. Bonsoir for now! PS from Lisa - We're in a hotel!! A HOTEL! A real hotel with a mini-bar and everything!!! WOO HOO!! Brussels is a GREAT ...
Blown Away by Brussels
... in the breathtaking night views of the Grand Palace square and chatting with the characters who we met along the way. Brussels has 3 national languages -- French, German, and Flemish -- with French being the major language spoken in the city center. This ...
These boots are made for walking...
...and that's what they did all day! Beaucoup de marche mais somme toute, une autre très belle journée! Moi qui pensait être en vacances....déjà sur le piton à 7h pour être sur de prendre des photos au lever du soleil. Ben y en a pas eu de lever, ...
Ouf, arrivés saints et saufs... À la bière!!!!
Arrivé en sol europééen! Le trajet en avion s'est bien déroulé. Nous voulions dormir le plus possible pour pouvoir être fonctionnel à notre arrivée…ce ne fût pas chose facile. ! Avec très peu de sommeil et beaucoup d’excitation, ...
Paris back to Brussels
... tonight in order to go from Brussels to London in the morning because it is much much cheaper to book a round trip ticket between Brussels and London than to book a one way from London to Brussels at the beginning of the trip and then a one way from ...
The game is afoot...
... trains. Soon the French, then Belgium countryside flashed by in a hurry, hellbent to get us to Brussels, and none to soon. After arriving at Brussels Midi station, storing our luggage in a luggage bin ...
Waffles, chocolate and the unlikely beer convert!
... tour of town by our hosts. It was great to have some local knowledge. We headed out to the Atomium. An iconic building in Brussels originally constructed for Expo '58, the 1958 Brussels World's Fair. The time was flying by and we decided that it was time ...
Another Belgian duo city
... started hitch-hiking back and I was surprised by the time it took before someone took me along. Anyhow I got a ride and reached Brussels North, I thought of passing by to say hi to people but finally I gave up and started walking in direction of ...
Just stopping by....
just stopped on the way to Bruges.... if i could have stored my bags for a wee bit i would've gone exploring..... damn those who blow up things! ...