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- Brussels
- Capital
- Euro (EUR)
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- 10,258,762
- Population
- BE
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Brussels Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Brussels, Belgium
Brussels
I stopped over today for a few hours in Brussels on my way to San Sebastian, Spain. This is a pretty nice place. There isn't a lot of history that I am too familiar with here, but there are lots of cool buildings, churches, and ...
Waffles, Chocolate, Beer, Lace & a Peeing Statue
... high speed train, which honestly didn't feel like it was moving faster than any other train I've been on) Anyway, Brussels is AWESOME. Because the Brussels and Paris trip is one combined trip everyone was just focusing their excitement on ...
A few hours in Brussels
... Belgian waffles and some Belgian chocolate (not very impressive), nevertheless we feel we achieved a token state of experience in Brussels. I would write more but I am on a french computer and their keyboards are very different and the strange locations ...
Brussels
One word: waffles. Oh yeah and beer. Not a lot happened here. just stopped through becasue our flight to Moscow is out of here tomorrow. Peace out ...
Arrivée à Bruxelles et autre
Donc... Nous sommes arrivés à Brussel dans l'après-midi aujourd'hui. Nous restons pour la première fois (de notre vie) dans un Bed & Breakfast. Ici, ça s'appelle la villa Zarin. Nous sommes à 2 pas du centre de ...
Joyeuses Pâques !
Pour Pâques, nous avons été invités à dîner chez les grand-parents de Yannic à Bruxelles. Les fêtes de famille me manquent beaucoup ici et je suis super enthousiaste à l'idée d'un dîner de famille. Ca doit être super difficile de se rebâtir ...
Brussels or Bust...
... didn't care where I was going, was to choose the next train leaving. And just like that, I was on my way to Brussels. The ticket was fairly inexpensive, (unbeknownst to me that I would later pay handsomely). I had about 10 minutes before the ...
Just season it & enjoy!
... day grew on. The following day we decided to do something child friendly and our door man insisted we explore the Brussels Expo Science Center (held World Expo- 1958) Great! We saw the largest molecules! They had many interests for families of ...
Europe, finally here
Just a quick stopover on the way to Scotland. This was the only place I had a real language difficulty - nearly missed my bus to catch the plane!! I did try ...
Day 8 - Lambic Tour
This was another "sleep-in" day for us. Christine dropped off more fresh croissants and bread, so we ate breakfast in our room again. After breakfast, we took the metro back to the Grand Place, and found the tourist information center. We inquired ...
HC meeting party Brussels
... . What a lame guy, his business won't survive long. Remember to ignore: Café L'Espérance at Place Jourdan in Etterbeek, Brussels! By midnight, most people either left or went to town to continue to party. Though as usual, the crowd splitted and ...
"Science really gets my atoms going"
... a stupidly low tolerance for heat, we were shoved on a train with about one million other people who also wanted to go to Brussels-- already complained about that in the last post. Once again, it was a lovely end to our Eurail experience. ...
Travelling Through Belgium
Travelled across France into Belgium, stopping off in Gent where i sampled some very nice chocolate ;)... ...
Back to Babylon - With a Vengeance!!
Wow, some flip-over. My life has made a 180 degree switch within a couple of days. I am a working man. And not just working - a hard working man. I be waking up every morning at 6:00 (cant skip my yoga ;) And i get to work at 9:30 and return ...
Brussels, Belgium
... . It originally was not meant to be a monument of great importance, but apparently has become the most well known symbol for Brussels. Apparently this little guy's costume is changed quite regularly, and word is that when he gets changed, he pees beer ...
En Belgique!
... I have so much to tell you all, but no time. Yes, it IS exam week here in Dijon! Here's a quick overview of Brussels: 1) Waffles=YES!!! Beer=GROSS!!!! I loved the waffles...they are amazing. I had 2 waffles...and I've been dreaming of them ever ...
Brussels
... so much bandwidth per month and we've already used almost all of it. Well we're actually back in leuven today. We went to Brussels this morning for a day trip, which was pretty cool, I was a bit hung over though cause it was the manager of the hostel's ...
Doing Brussels in style
... out a fabulous beer. (Sorry Stella, Leffe gets my vote) A little later, we head to one of the more unusual attractions in Brussels - the Toone Theatre. This puppetteering group has been run continuously by a family for the last 150+ years, and put on ...
Wat een vader lijden kan
Door de weersomstandigheden zijn we beperkt in onze actieradius, oftewel gekluistert aan onze vaste ...
Bruxelles!!!
13 août 2007 Ok, à 3, tout le monde pouffe de rire! 1... 2... 3... HAHAHAHAHA! Si j'avais su que pratiquement tous les musées à Bruxelles sont fermés le lundi, j'aurais planifié mon voyage autrement! En fait, je serais arrivée plus tôt hier ...
Road trip to Belgium
... ; Then we were off. I found it a little shocking that neither of them had a map. We basically got to Brussels just by following signs. I was thinking that Dad would find this really unbelievable. Our plan was to spend Saturday ...
Invade Belgium? Why not.
... and up to 50,000 tourists per day. And Belgian mussels. And Belgian beer. And Belgian chocolate. And Belgian waffles. In Brussels they speak French. In Bruges they speak Dutch. I now speak Francodutchglish, and no one - not even myself - can ...
Ville Veillers Abbey
... a lazy morning, my mom recommended Ed, Soogine, and I go to visit one of the old abbey ruins an hour or so away from Brussels. The abbey was a very large complex set of buildings. Because it was so destroyed, it was hard to imagine what it would have ...
The place we never saw.
After a quick journey on the Euro Star we arrived in Brussels, as the train had been delayed we realised we only had 10 minutes to get to the next train. Or so we ...
Brussels for a weekend
En espanol... El sábado por la mañana, fui a Bélgica. Mi amiga de Nueva Zelanda, Leana, iba a venir también, pero se olvidó de su pasaporte. Además, perdí el tren y tenía que comprar un nuevo billete de 75 libras. En Bruselas, me encontré con ...
Belgium Waffles rock!!
... indeed rock, they are the yummiest thing i have had in a long time...we then went to a Pub and had a Brussels brewed beer, Belgium itself has the highest number of different beers than anywhere in the world. This beer was quite fruity and not like ...
Why on earth am I going travelling and to where?
... got no commitments here - not even a flat (ah the joy of aparthotels!). Plus I've got some very sweet friends scattered around Belgium who are looking after my worldly goods (Thanks everyone, you've really made this whole thing a load easier than it would ...
31 Going on 18!
... and thought we should call a doctor. I told her he just drank a little too much and would be fine the next day. Overall Brussels is a lot of fun at night. It is easy to get around and everyone is friendly. It is not my favorite city for walking ...