Volume Three: The Middley Bit!
Dearest gentle readers… no wait, I think that one is taken 😉 I am back with the third article in the Busy Brussels series and this one is sure to show you some of Brussels’ highlights.
We’re going to take a look at our third and middle day of our trip: what we did, ate, saw, drank, and I’m not sure you’ll need much more! This day had everything, and plenty of it. Day Three was our busiest day starting before 9am and ending, let’s just say ‘fairly late’.
To re-set the scene, it’s December the 14th and we’ve spent two days getting to grips with this international and Europe-centric city. We’ve just chipped the iceberg of Brussels’ highlights and after a missed opportunity stemming from a few little mishaps, we were ready to go full-steam-ahead!
You’re reading Volume Three – The Middley Bit.
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Voyage and Discover
Busy day, let’s crack on. We’ve already got our Brussels Card, and all in all, we saw four museums, two churches, three peeing statues, two restaurants and three bars. In sum, a buttload of Brussels’ highlights to tell you about, and some to advise you against seeing.
So much to do, so little time… that one is taken too, sorry Mary-Kate and Ashley!
Day Three
Our first stop was the Grand Place and the Hotel de Ville. As we had already glimpsed it the day before all lit up, I felt I could get another 15 mins shut-eye. We left the hotel at 9am and set off out to see as many of Brussels’ highlights as possible.
9:05-9:30 Hotel de Ville
Arriving at 9:20, we spent around 10 minutes soaking up the breath-taking buildings in the daylight and even went through the archway into the courtyard just at the base of the Hotel de Ville (Town Hall). The architecture is stunning and intricate on every building but the Museum and the Hotel de Ville are my two favourites. “Gothic” may in fact by quite an understand for the style of these buildings. Construction began on the Hotel de Ville back in 1401 and has seen centuries of history, bombardments and guild parades.
Here are some stunning photos of the magnificent Town Hall by night. Isn’t that just…. wow 🙂
We didn’t take a tour of the Hotel de Ville on this trip, but I think it’s something I may like to do in future. If I could say anything about this building, and the square where it resides, I would have to say this is one of the Brussels’ highlights you must see in person. With your own eyes. Otherwise, as hard as one might try, you won’t get the full effect or experience. I tried to photograph it, but believe me, it’s much better in person.
Here are some photos of the square’s buildings:
9:40-9:45 Zinneke Pis
If you’ve spent your whole life dreaming of seeing a statue of a dog relieving themselves, then your dreams have come true: This could be one of the Brussels’ highlights for you. I’m a poet and boy, do I know it!
There are three statues in Brussels depicting creatures peeing. The world-famous Mannekin Pis, the less-famous Jeanneke Pis and the barely-heard-of Zinneke Pis. We went ahead and saw all three, albeit the Mannekin Pis wasn’t on our itinerary per say, as we passed it a few times whilst on the way to different places. It’ll come up later, I promise.
Anyway, the peeing dog. It’s a dog who is peeing against a bollard. Quite a realistic statue although quite a basic one at that. Nothing to write home about really. I’d probably say you could give this one a miss on your own itineraries. We arrived and left exactly on time: a sign of good timekeeping to come? Surely, the photo on the right fulfils all your peeing dog statue dreams.
9:55-11:15 Museum of the City of Brussels
Entering with a school group when the museum opened at 10am exactly, we left our belongings in a token-operated locker (very common and popular in Brussels) and started our visit. We didn’t leave until 11:25, so ten minutes behind schedule.
Surprisingly, the museum was fairly small and it was spread over three levels. I’ve already said the outside of the building is one of Brussels’ highlights, but what about the inside? There are some lovely paintings (one of the highlights for me), interesting artistic dining artifacts and the original Mannekin Pis statue.
The Building
Also know as the Maison du Roi, or King’s House, it used to be a wooden bread market in the 13th century, but was built into a prestigious building worthy enough to rival the Hotel de Ville in the 15th century and French King Charles V owned it at one point. The building was destroyed in the 16th century, whereby Victor Jamaer rebuilt it into the current neo-gothic style.
Tantalising titbit: We actually saw Victor Jamaer’s private house which he’d built in 1874. It was close to our hotel and was very pretty. Indeed, it caught my eye in the street with its interesting style, compared to the others around it. Not exactly what I’d call one of Brussels’ highlights, but an interesting spot of history nonetheless.
Inside
Back to the museum. Overall, I really like crockery and kitchenalia: beautiful plates, funky serving dishes and interesting cruet sets. Above all, I have a great appreciation for food-themed or food-shaped items, second only to animal-shaped crockery. This museum certainly gave me both. There were dishes in the shape of cabbages, asparagus and ducks. Either the tops, or their wings, were the lid. Take a look, but the photos don’t do them justice!
Upstairs there was some really nice paintings of the city and historical moments, as well as religious artifacts, a spade commemorating an event that never took place and a charismatic lion taking a break from the modelling industry. In addition, there was a fabulous, interactive scale model of how the city looked centuries ago: my boyfriend would have loved this. Not to mention, the wonderfully ornate stained-glass windows lining the staircase showcasing various coats of arms.
The Mannekin Pis is a symbol of Brussels, and indeed the people here. They love him and consider him one of Brussels’ highlights. And tourists love him. The former statue was stolen and not found until much later in a ditch. He’s been lovingly repaired and given residence in the Museum. You can also see several of his outfits and costumes he has been gifted by other nations and organisations. Quite funny, but more than that, quite a nice story of people coming together, or pee-ople (see what I did there?). More about him later.
The Paintings
Forgive me for rabbiting on, but I wanted to highlight my favourite two paintings in the museum. This first, on the left, is aptly called: The Town Hall and the Sunday Market and was painted in 1887. I like this painting as it is so realistic, I feel I could jump right into it. It helps that not too much has changed with the architecture and building placement in today’s Grand Place, and I feel it is almost like a photograph of history right there. We saw a similar painting depicting a market in front of the Town Hall, yet I felt this one painted by Cornelis Dommershuizen, seems more real, and less fairy-tale. On balance, I also love a good, ornate frame.
This second painting, on the right, grim it may be, was painted within 6 months of the fire itself. You get many historical events that have been painted perhaps 200, 300, 1469 years after taking place. Even portraits of people can often be created decades or centuries after their passing. But this Anonymous, wonderful son of a gun painted their impression of the terrible events of 13th-14th August, 1695, very shortly afterwards in 1695.
I’m not going to talk about the use of colour, because it will become blindly obvious that I haven’t a clue. However, it’s bright, eye-catching and you can almost ‘feel the heat’ from the flames engulfing the city and destroying the life and buildings as its residents knew.
All in all, I’d certainly add this to the list of Brussels’ highlights and I’d recommend making a visit. Important mobility information: This museum does not have a lift, so may be unsuitable for persons with reduced mobility. Most of the fun stuff is up a flight or two of stairs.
11:25-11:40 Eglise Notre-Dame Du Sablon
Having passed this church the previous day, we spent 15 minutes here, as per schedule, yet still running ten minutes behind: arrived at 11:35 and left at 11:50.
It was a beautiful church. The stained-glass windows were epic. Look at the colours!
One of the first things you notice is the very high ceiling which stretches up above you. The building is white stone so it’s quite light inside, and on top of the ornate pulpit and decorative alters, there are small paintings lined with gold around the walls depicting various religious scenes. Their organ is quite teeny, so wouldn’t be on the radar for a good music scene, one would imagine, but should you wish to make a donation to the church, they also offer card readers to accept larger donations. Make of that what you will…
A funny feature about this church, would be the double door to enter. Like many churches, there are two doors you must pass through, however, in this church the first door is right on top of the second. Barely a few inches between them and so you open the first door, to be greeted almost instantly with a dead end. You must then open the second door but for a moment, it looks like a fake door you might find on a movie set.
11:50-12:30 Café Leffe
I hadn’t booked or planned anywhere specific for lunch. The idea was to find a local wee café to chill out. We saw an awesome-looking place called Café Leffe and whilst we had our doubts regarding price and potential tourist-trapness, we went inside. Boy, was I glad we did. We arrived at 12:00 and left around 12:50. Currently 20 minutes behind schedule.
It was pretty nicely decorated inside, including a stained-glass window effect panel in the centre of the room. The beer list was wonderful and there were so many option – the most we’d seen so far on any establishment’s menu. I was able to use my phone charger to get some juice, and connect to the Wifi so I couldn’t really want for anything more, as a traveller. Pretty perfect.
I ordered the Belgian equivalent of bangers and mash (sausages, mashed potatoes and gravy). The sausage was very meaty, although to look at it, it was quite a sad looking flaccid member either exhausted or feeling very sorry for itself. The mashed potato was very lumpy to the point I was unsure you could call it ‘mashed’… maybe ‘dropped’? It was warm although not hot. The dish was okay, but overall, I did not think it worth the 17,50€ price tag. In reality though, from what we saw of Brussels prices, this was fairly standard. Check out the Belgian Speciality menu, as well as the beer menu, both draught and bottles. The prices are on the right.
One of my Brussels’ highlights had to have been the beer I ordered though. My namesake beer: Victoria. Read all about it further down in my Belgian Beer Notes but by gosh, it was my favourite beer of the trip!
12:40-13:40 Royal Museum of Fine Art
Still 20 minutes behind schedule, but not feeling any pinch just yet as I know we can make the time back, we enjoyed a one-hour visit of the Art Gallery from 13:00 to 14:00. Spread over two floors, the gallery was interesting enough, but I can’t say it was one of my Brussels’ highlights. I’ll say that straight away.
In particular, this museum seemed to feature a lot of Dutch paintings of women with really high foreheads. And they especially seemed to like their still life paintings, and those featuring dead animals in the process of being prepared for eating. Now, I don’t dislike those paintings, it was merely an observation.
My two favourite paintings were the Still-Life with a Bearded Man Crock and a Nautilus Shell Cup by Maerten Boelema De Stomme and a painting I did not grab the name or artist for. It’s a mystery.
The Nautilus Shell Cup was just in stunning detail. The photos on google do not do it justice compared to the original. I thought it could have been a photograph, the details so finite and sharp. The cup is very unusual: these cups were among the most treasured artifacts and were examples of marvellous combinations of nature and craftmanship. In the 16th and 17th centuries, when this painting was made (1622-1645), these cups were very fashionable and desired by collectors. Interestingly, nautilus cups symbolise the growing globalism of the 17th-century economy. The shell itself coming from the oceans of the Indo-Pacific region, and would have travelled to Europe on a Dutch trade ship.
As for the mystery painting, I love the detail on the thistle. The spikes are so realistic, I fear just touching the painting or frame with prick your finger. The surrounding tender fruit and the butterfly delicately brushing the thistle flower offer a softer alternative to the harsh and jaggy leaves and thorns. They seem to make the spiky plant feel welcome, like it’s part of their group and they accept it, regardless of spikes. They know to be careful; but they also that they’re not in danger. Or something like that.
13:45 -15:15 Musical Instrument Museum
I hated this place. Sorry, that was rude. This place was rather boring with the exception of a few areas. We made up some time here, once I saw there was nothing truly of interest, interactive or any guitars. We arrived at 14:08 and left at 15:00.
My main motivations for including this museum in our itinerary was Ben’s enjoyment of music, specifically playing the guitar. I saw that it was included with the Brussels card, and that was that.
Some of the more decorative organs and harpsichords were cool, and there was an international display of bagpipes from around the world. Violin and string instruments were quite well covered, but the closest we got to guitars was some bizarre-looking things that might be an alien’s Pictionary attempt at a guitar, should they be playing with a 6-year-old.
At this point, there were lots of youngsters in the museum, as well as tourists and so for such a dark and dingy place, it was rather very loud as certain school groups were encouraged to blow down large horns. Super…
There were rows and rows of instruments with just a name on the corresponding tag. Even the audio guide doesn’t give any information about the relative instrument: although, it does play a bit of the instrument so you could hear what it sounded like. This got old quite fast though, for me. Admittedly, I didn’t really give a hoot what it sounded like, when I knew nothing else about the thing and it was just stuck in a case with 45 other similar things.
All in all, I’d say this is not one of Brussels’ highlights. It was pretty naff and the second floor was only comparatively better. But then again, to each their own. Maybe only go if it’s free though…
16:25-16:40 St. Michael and St. Gudula Cathedral
We had planned to visit this cathedral after the Museum of the National Bank of Belgium. However, the museum had changed addresses and so we actually passed the cathedral along the way. We spent ten minutes here from 15:20 to 15:30, after battling down streets of cobbles, to my utter delight. Cobbles are great to look at: very cultural and historical. But after days of walking, they are just ow.
There was a choir practising in the cathedral when we entered and this was quite cool. The place seemed more communal and a more ‘working condition’ place of worship. There were different hand-made displays all around the perimeter of the inside made by or for different racial or religious groups for the holiday period. It seems very inclusive and interesting.
In my eyes, the inside wasn’t as pretty as the outside, which was rather impressing. Almost like a version of Notre Dame. There were some pretty terrifically colourful stained-glass windows though and as you may know, I love a good stained-glass window. On the half hour mark, it was playing “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” and this was festive as… lovely Christmas fudge 😊
Probably not one of our Brussel’s highlights, but pretty and festive.
15:25-16:25 Museum of the National Bank of Belgium
Due to the aforementioned change of abode, we visited this museum at 15:35-16:35. Being a weirdo who collects coins and banknotes, I quite enjoyed this museum. It was something different. Quirky and unique. Me to a T, you may say.
The audio guides were and the tour entrance were free to everyone. The audio guide was not especially interesting, unfortunately, and there wasn’t too much to listen to. There was a weird system of pointing the device at a display to scan it and it starts to play the audio. You may have guessed that this was not very reliable.
As to be expected, there were some coins on display and some interesting write-ups about them. The banknotes are always prettier to look at, I think, as there are colours and more images.
Something I did learn was that Victor Hugo owned bank shares in the Bank of Belgium. He gave some to his mistress, who then gave them back to him at a later date. The bank wrote to him to confirm transfer of ownership of these shares, to which Victor Hugo wrote a confirmation in response. You can learn more about the Bank of Belgium shares, click here.
Victor Hugo was a famous French author who was in living in Brussels in exile. He was politically exiled for badmouthing Napoleon III when the latter took absolute control of France in 1851. Victor moved to Brussels, then went further afield to Jersey and ended up in Guernsey in 1855 for 15 years.
I had heard of Victor Hugo through my own coin and banknote collection. This coin and note are from my own collection, and are French Francs. ‘Note’ that the signature is the same as the letter 😉
16:40-16:45 Jeanneke Pis
Quite miraculously perfectly on time, we arrived to see the Jeanneke Pis at 16:40. Barely even needing 5 minutes to see this, and our minds quite fixed on the adjacent Delerium Café where our next fix of Belgium Beer was waiting, it was a short viewing. Similar to the Mannekin Pis and the morning’s Zinneke Pis, the Jeanneke Pis is a statue/water fountain of a little girl peeing.
Strange colourful cards surround the wee lassie as she’s widdling. Not entirely sure what that’s about. Compared to the little boy weeing and the dog coking its leg, I felt more uncomfortable by seeing the statue of the little girl weeing. Maybe because I am a girl, and I understand the vulnerable position she is in? Perhaps because it’s more ‘shocking’ or unusual to see a little girl popping a squat, whereas everyone since the Ancient Greeks and beyond have carved male genitals and little boys peeing. Regardless, I wasn’t really a fan. Not one of Brussel’s highlights for me. Neverthless, it is opposite an ABSOLUTE Brussels’ highlight: the Delerium Café.
16:50-17:50 Delerium Café
Again, miraculously perfectly on time, and for the last time on this day, we arrived here at 16:50 and stayed until 18:10.
Prior to our trip, I had heard that the Delerium Café was a bit like a tourist trap. Overpriced, over busy and not worth it. Whilst I agree it is pricey, and totally understand we got lucky with the moderately quiet café we entered, I felt it was certainly worth its status of being one of Brussels’ highlights.
Just check out the three full boards of draught beer, dotted with a couple of ciders. So much choice!
With an average price of 9€+ a pint, it would be certainly a pricey evening to spend all your time there, but I bet you’d have a cracking time. I saw some tables with a beer flight, which would allow you to try several small glasses of different beers, but I have a feeling this was around 30€.
We had time for two half pints each, of which my first came in a cute Delirium glass I was sooooo tempted to take home. I was good, however, and didn’t. A wonderland for beer lovers: the level of choice of draught beers alone was enough to rocket this to my top spot for pubs/bars in Brussels.
I totally agree that the décor and atmosphere was probably nicer/less touristy in other places. And without a doubt, the price was better elsewhere. However, the choice was unrivalled and as a pursuer of different beers to sample, this was a big attraction. One of my top Brussels’ highlights.
For my beer notes, click here to jump to the section.
17:50-18:50 Chez Leon Restaurant True arrival/departure time: 18h15-19h30
For the evening entertainment, I did not envisage staying ‘on schedule’ and that was absolutely fine. We’d been on the go all day, we wanted to relax just a wee bit, if that was allowed on our trip.
The Chez Leon Restaurant was huge, and totally mussel-centric. I love mussels, and I didn’t know before arriving that this was the case. It was a pleasant surprise, to say the least. My reason for choosing this restaurant was simply location combined with we got 15% off the bill with the Brussels card voucher. Important to save pennies where we can!
The food took a wee while to come out, and the service was fairly slow all round, but tasted absolutely amazing. I got the “Beurre à l’ail gratinées” Mussels option which consisted of mussels with butter, garlic, fine herbs and cheese baked in the oven. Divine. I got a side of chips too, although there wasn’t much sauce to dip it in as the baked cheese was hard and crispy as opposed to melted and gooey.
The beer options were interesting as there were two beers with names akin to the restaurant itself: “Biere Léon” and “Pils ‘Georges’”. After some interrogation of the uninterested waiter, like pulling blood from a stone, I understood that the Pils ‘George’ was a beer called Cristal that was renamed for the restaurant. The Biere Léon, however, was brewed specifically for the restaurant, which I think indicates its status and sentiment among the Brussels residents. Find out more in my Beer Notes.
Our table neighbours tried to use a voucher for their meal too, but theirs was ripped in half and came from a flyer of sorts. It was refused by the restaurant staff, which was tough but fair enough. Luckily, I had grabbed a leaflet from our hotel that morning which gave the holder a discount in the restaurant. As a result, I offered this voucher to them as we used our Brussels’ Card voucher either way. Discounts for everyone!
Speaking to some locals in the bars later on, we learned that seemingly Chez Léon is a pillar of the community and a ‘old favourite’. It seems known for its good food and decent portions, but unfortunately was closing down due to bankruptcy. I have not, however, found out anything about this during my research and follow-ups for this article. From my post-trip research, I can see it’s a family-owned restaurant that’s been going since 1867. Check out the website and menu here (not affiliated). Either way, I’m still glad we went to what was clearly one of many people’s Brussel’s highlights.
19:00 Théâtre Royal de Toone Bar
Goodness knows what time we arrived here. But according to Google Timeline, we left around 21:20. In all honesty, I’d sort of given up with timings and was just trying to chill by this point.
My friend Amandine from my former job had recommended a couple of places to me and this was one of them. This bar is attached to a theatre, if you hadn’t have guessed by the name. Apparently, it’s a marionette or puppet theatre and the walls of the bar had a couple of puppets ‘hanging’ around. Literally, from the rafter beams. Actually, it looked a bit morbid… Anyway, I was told there was a room somewhere stuffed full off puppets on the roof. We didn’t see this room. You can see more about the theatre and the bar at this link.
In one corner of the bar, was a beer tour going on, to which I ear-wigged intently. It was rather interesting and entertaining and they were trying a Kwak. I also bought myself a Kwak from the bar here, but unfortunately the notes I wrote about it got lost. Soz guys. Love the glass though, it’s a real fun experience and something unique.
We got chatting to some nice locals next to us and the bar staff were super nice too, and even charged my almost-dead phone for me! I’d say it was interesting to go for, especially the beer in the cool glass is a fun experience. Not, for me, one of Brussels’ highlights, however.
19:55-? Goupil Le Fol Bar
We arrived at 21:30 and I think I’d rather not divulge what time we left. Let’s just say, this was our last place of the evening and first place in the morning. Quaint, cramped and reminded me of an old attic full of stuff crossed with an old caravan with possibly a seer and palm reader in it.
It’s got character oozing from the walls and it reminds me a little bit of Ballie Bar back in Edinburgh, if anyone has ever been, only more casual and ‘comfier’, or relaxed? We spent time in here chatting to different people and tables, and had ourselves a merry wee night.
My ex-colleague pal was right: it was a great bar. However, I had to disagree with her regarding it being ‘the best’ or favourite. It’s certainly one of the Brussels’ highlights, but in terms of beer choice, it did suck a bit.
They only had maybe 5 different beers, and they were all in bottles. There were no draught beers. In Brussels. The ‘bar’ was more like a counter with a glass barrier and you ordered your bottle or spirit mix there and took back to the table. It was nothing like a normal bar. But maybe that’s another curiosity?
It was hard to get a nice photo for a couple of reasons. Firstly, I was tired, letting my hair down and did I mention tired? Secondly, it was quite dark inside and so photos did not turn out well. Thirdly, it was hard to capture the essence of the bar in the photographs. It was very much a ‘had to be there’ place. I did, however, get one of the best photographs of a flame, or indeed of anything non-living ever in my life. I can’t not show you. For better photos than I can show you, click here for the website.
My Belgian Beer Notes
While sipping the beautiful nectar that is beer, I write the first thoughts that come to my head. These may make sense, or they may not. They may be way off from the official tasting notes, or they may be bang on. My point is, they’re very personal, like a diary, and I don’t write them for anyone other than myself although I’m now sharing them with you.
There were up to three beers that I tried, but did not write about. Or rather, I wrote about them but somehow the write-up got deleted or lost. Westmalle, Pauwel Kwak and another I don’t have the name of.
Disclaimer: This paragraph relates to beer and therefore aimed at adults. As it’s a family-friendly article, any swear words have been removed (reluctantly), but I cannot remove the alcohol part. Adult content: Alcohol.
Beers I tried on Day Three:
- Victoria Anheuser–Busch InBev Strong Belgian Blond – 8.5% (Draught)
Beautiful gold colour. Nice head that does go down fairly rapidly but still there. Smells a bit fresh like maybe fish? Wow. Clarity. Deep flavour and sensation. Ends almost with a tiny whisky kick. It’s super nice. I’d reckon my favourite sampled on this visit.
- Delerium Noel Xmas Amber Ale – Brouwerij Huyghe – Christmas Amber Ale 10.0% (Draught)
Smells a bit whisky/herby. Full body. Quite a nice ambery colour. Not as deep or as much as it could be. Not my favourite but it’s quite “de qualité”. Nicer as gets into it but almost a hollow kind of taste. Almost colder than a winter warmer – in the Delerium Café
- Blanches des Nieges – Brouwerij Huyghe – Wheat/White 5.0% (Draught)
Stinks. Like a stinky old museum antique piece. This thing might have trenchfoot. Tastes like it too. Oh fudge no. No no no no no. Yuck. Like a mouthful of a WWII soldier’s boot water. No thank you. But Ben LOVES it.
- Quintine de Noel Xmas Amber Ale – Brasserie des Légendes – Christmas Amber Ale 7.8% (Draught)
Fruity smell. Clear but not crystak. Thinner than I thought. Nasal and a bit bitter at the end. Then a more rounded aftertaste. Balance is a bit off I think, but it’s certainly a Christmas beer. Hohoho.
- Campus – Brouwerij Huyghe – Pilsner 5.0% (Draught)
Smells crap again. Light slightly cheesy maize crisps. Weird. Perhaps a dodgy transition from Christmas beer. Not for me. Weird, light processed flavour. Probably should try alone.
- Biere Léon – St-Feuillien Brewery – Blonde – Top Fermented 6.5% (Draught)
Brewed for Chez Léon Restaurant. Quite full body, nice kind of flavour. Probably a slow one even though blonde. Quite warming. Could be mistaken for darker in blonde taste. Yeah, nice. Not what I get normally.
- Cristal (renamed George’s Pils) – Alken Maes Brewery – Lager 4.8% (Draught)
Renamed for the Chez Léon restaurant. Lager smell. Not massively fizzy. Quite chill actually. It’s honestly such a small taste. Literally nothing to write home about. Bit tinny maybe?
- Lutgarde Blonde – Abbaye d’Aywiers – Blond 6.0% (Bottle)
Smells a bit bad. Tastes alright. Mel. A bit like an IPA. Not terrible, easy-ish.
- Chimmay Bleu Dark Trappist – Chimmay Brewery – Dark 9.0% (Bottle)
Obviously, a Belgian classic and not the first sample: Dark. Bit trippy on the throat. It’s nice but not in a drinking ‘sesh’ context. It’s alright. It is nice for a longer evening. Deep and flavourful.
That brings us to the end of the Middley Bit. I’ve tried to highlight which places are and are not some of Brussels’ highlights but these are just my own opinion. If you have any places you think are Brussels’ highlights, let me know by leaving me a comment below!
I hope this was as informative and humour as usual, although if you have any requests or suggestions for what kinds of information you want to see from my travels, do let me know!
Stay tuned for the final Busy Brussels article and complete the deep-dive into our five-day exploration of Brussels.
