Situated on the everlasting building site of Place Flagey you can find one of the most popular bars in Brussels. Café Belga is a must for students and expats especially on a Friday evening or a Saturday noon.
The cafe is fairly large and in the …
In Mechelen I have had the fortune to visit a very nice brewery called Het Anker. In the brewery you have a very good restaurant and there is also a very nice and cheap hotel.
In the brewery they make some really tastful beers; Gouden Carolus Cla…
The first time I arrived in Brussels many years ago I had the pleasure of running into Belgian beer for the first time. After walking around in the city we ended up at a bar or café called La Lunette.
The bar is famous - we didn´t know this the…
One of the best bars or café's in the central Brussels after my taste is the "La Mort Subite" - The bar is one of the old brown café's as they call it down here.
La mort subite - "until the sudden death" is a place that is rich on the real flavo…
Every Tuesday and Thursday evening I have the possibility to visit my favorit café where I can sit and read, listen to french music in a very relaxing enviroment. The café is almost always empty in the evening when I visit it since it is primarily …
One of my favourite bars in my home area is the bar Le Chatelain situated at Place Chatelain. The bar or bistro is an enormously cosy place. It is usually the place I take the last beer or drink before I got home after a good evening in the neighbour…
If you are looking for an Irish pub where the atmosphere is great and you can mingle with open hearted people I recommend that you visit the Michael Collins Bar in Rue Du Bailli. It is a traditional Irish pub with what is required; loads of different…
If you are comming to Brussels and are looking for a good meal in some very fashionable surroundings you just have to visit Belga Queen. Belga Queen has a Brasserie, oyster bar, beer bar, cigar bar. Belga Queen has a fresh cuisine with…
Café De l’Opera is situated on the Place de la Monnaie or Muntcentrum in Dutch and next to the city Opera. The cafe is a very nice and cosy, it is both bar and restaurant and the service is good; often with a smile and a sharp remark. They serve h…
This bar is situated in the Chatelain area and at Rue du Bailli. The bar is situated on a corner which hosts 4 bars and it is a great place to sit outside in the sun to follow the calm traffic and shopping.
The bar is very modern and trendy and i…
Just next to where I work in the Place De Brouckère you can find "Café Les Postiers", which is one of the places I like to visit after work on a Friday evening with some colleagues.
Originally "Café Les Postiers" was situated in front of the …
Very close to the old Beurs or stock exchange you can find a blues bar named The Bizon.
The Bizon is a small and narrow bar which has a blues atmosphere with its dark wood on the walls which are covered with memorabilia from former concerts or gu…
Just around the corner from where I live the Ethnic Lounge Bar is situated. It is a place which you walk by most of the days and evening without noticing but every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night the little bar is crowded with fresh and hip peopl…
This café is an institution in the Marolles district and the Jeu-de-Balle plaza. The café has been open for more than 20 years; the café opens its doors at 5am in the morning to welcome traders of second hand wares before they hit the streets. The…
Every major city has at least a handful of Irish pubs and Brussels has as well, but this is not to my opinion one of the best. Situated in the middle of the city near the Bourse, actually just opposite, you have the building where the green Irish col…
This is one of the best places in Brussels to listen to all kinds of Jazz, Cuban music or whatever. As they state on their homepage; You are not in Chicago or New Orleans, you are in Ixelles, but if you are under the impression of being somewhere els…
One of the restaurants or bars with the best view over the Grote Markt in Mechelen is the De Witte Vos. I have been coming there a couple of times now and the main reason has been the excellent view over the beautiful town square.
Inside in the r…
Puro is a very modern bar, cafe and restaurant. The place is rather large and is build up in to two levels and a few more sections. The decoration is modern; kept in dark wood, white and yellow colours.
Puro is situated in the heart of the city of …
This old bar is situated on the town square of Mechelen and just next to the impressive but unfinished St Rumoldus' Cathedral, which is a witness of the Mechelen's proud past.
The Cathedral still dominates the skyline and the cathedral houses two…
Waiting for friends, family or others in an airport that are being delayed is usually pretty boring. You end up following a Tv monitor with a blinking delay.
In Zaventem it is the same but one way to make time go a little faster is by visiting the…
On the wonderful small and cosy Oude Graanmarkt you can enjoy the real Brussels life walking by. The square is just next to the old fish market and it is one of the best trafficked squares measured by pedestrians.
One of the best things about thi…
Beside the unpronounceable name this is a great beer bar in the centre of Brussels. The cafe is situated on a very touristic path; it is just across of the Mannekin Pis and I can really recommend this wonderful bar.
The beer list is extensive and…
In the very hip quarter around Place St Géry you find an enormous amount of cosy bars and cafés. Every Friday this quarter is totally alive and full of people and is the weather good then you can hardly get in to any of the bars.
The Mezzo is a…
Le Lion Saint Gery is yet another bar in the very hip quarter around Place St Géry, where you can find an enormous amount of cosy bars and cafés. Every Friday this quarter is totally alive and full of people and is the weather good then you can har…
One of my favourite bars in Brussels in the Gecko cocktail bar situated at Place Saint-Gery 16, which is not far from the Beurs.
This bar was one of the bars where I really felt the strength of the Belgian beers. One of my Danish friends and I wa…
Some places are just fun to visit one them has been cafe Pushkin. I wondered why I entered and for sure it was due to the name. Cafe Pushkin used to be the best restaurant in Moscow and the Pushkin name is usually connected to the Russian writer Alex…
I know I have been hard on the security in Brussels airport but in general I actually like the airport. It always feels like you get your luggage fast because you walk half a walkathon but it feels like you are moving the right direction. I must also…
In the middle of the old city centre in Mechelen you can find a nice Greek restaurant behind the Cathedral.
Zorba is situated as one of two restaurants at the little square, just next to it you can find the smallest bar in Mechelen. The place has…
Just behind the cathedral and in its shadow in a tiny corner of Nieuwkerk you will find De Borrel-Babbel. The square where it is situated is enormously cosy and it attracts loads of people either walking by or looking for a space in the sun.
T…
This is another good bar in Mechelen next to the huge cathedral on the side that is behind the Grand Place or Grote Markt. This place is great when the sun is shining because then hundreds of people will be sitting outside and enjoying the life pass …
This cafe, bar occupies one of the best corners of the magnificent Place Chatelain. Situated next to the street where many of the restaurants are and over viewing the square attracts lots of people.
Most popular is to sit outside if the weather is…
Very cozy bar situated behind the church at the end of Rue Baillie. The bar has a fair amount of different beers and drinks. Their beer selection contains amongst other stuff of; Blanche d'Ardenne, Corsendonk Agnus, Duvel, Orval, Chimay blanche, Roch…
The Duke is another more classic Brussels like café situated on one of the best corners on Place Chatelain. This is the place I usually end up meeting people that I know. The best part of this place is that it is situated where all people are passin…
At the end of a long, small and narrow alley and very close to the Grand Place you can find this little bar if you are very lucky. Most of the way in to the bar, it looks like you are going to a dead end street full of blocked doors, but when you are…
My friend Maxime and I had put our mind up to an attack on some wine bars in the centre of Brussels. We had met a bit earlier that evening in one of our favourite bars; the Walvis. We had stayed there for around one hour before we wanted to check out…
This is a bar that is highly recommended by many of my friends from Brussels. Some might say that this one of the coolest bars in Brussels, and it is cool. Sometimes when you arrive late the doors will be closed and you can believe that it is a club …
This restaurant has not been open too long time; my guess is around 3 months. It is situated close to the city centre of Leuven approximately 5 minutes walk from the magnificent Town Hall. The view in to the restaurant is open and large modern window…
The place is situated inside a huge house and it covers many different functions during the day. In daytime you can have lunch there from 12.00 to 14.30 and in the evening it is restaurant between 18.00 and 23.30. At the same time there is a lounge b…
This is in general one of the more crowded bars at the St. Gery. It is a place where you can come almost any time a day; during the day it is a nice café with excellent view over the square and sitting outside in the summer is just great, drinking c…
If you are looking for a place with ambiance and atmosphere in the original Bruxelles fashion Chez Richard is a wonderful exponent of that.
The bar is almost open 24/7 and I had the pleasure of visiting late a Sunday afternoon and it was like havi…
In the neighbourhood of Chatelain you dont find that many real wine bars, but one of the best ones is The Oeno TK which is situated just behind the central and impresive Trinity Church, and only 100 meters from Place du Châtelain.
The delicious …
Approximately 1½ km south of Grand Place and at the end of Rue de Midi you can see this nice café. You have to cross the little square in order to arrive at Stalingradlaan where you find it on the corner. It is very easy to spot due to the nice gla…
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