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- Sep0
There's a great tour running along giant mural paintings with comic book art in the center of the city, if that's your thing.
http://users.skynet.be/martinod/…
- dog_opus0
Six foot four and full of muscles!
Left Rome and landed in Brussels.
- Llyod0
what kind of job only let's you stay at a place for 2 hours?
- rafalski0
Llyod, we had 1000 km to drive and we had accommodation on our way back in Germany, so there was no time to sightsee. Only managed to drive around centre for an hour.. surprised how stunning the city was.
We worked for ourselves, but it's pretty common that people only see the airport, the client, a few taxi cabs and a hotel interior when sent on business trip to a nice city. Sad? Yes, but still more interesting than sitting 8 hours at the office :)
- rafalski0
I'm going this weekend. Any recommendations?
- moth0
I've been there a few years back but can't honestly remember much.
I just spent the weekend drinking beer....
If you were to hop on a train to Antwerp - I've just got back from there and could give you some great recommendations.
- too bad there isn't much time for extra cities, will save for next timerafalski
- moth0
...including a bar with 200 gins, and another bar with 500 beers.
- miespaties0
Near the Midi Station, there is a famous market every Sunday morning called the "Zuidmarkt" (or Marche du Midi in French). If you go around noon, you get great deals for fruit & flowers because otherwise they throw them away.
This bar is great: http://www.ultiemehallucinatie.b…, but more near the North station. Pretty much walking distance if you're up for it.
Then, more in the center: (The) Monk
http://www.gobots.be/items.php?p… and the whole area around the Rue Antoine Dansaert is pretty cosy...
- bezul5550
Don't forget about chips - Pomme Frites ;)
- lowimpakt0
i have to go to brussels from time to time with work and it's always the Eurostar into Midi. It seems safe enough but not exactly pretty.
as someone once said - Brussels isn't a city that sets out to impress you.... but there are some nice bars etc.
last time I was there I stayed in Downtown BXL - which is a nice B&B (small hotel) walking distance from the main square. I would recommend it as a cheapish but nice place to stay.
http://www.downtownbxl.com/
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel…If i ever go back with the girlfriend we'll definitely stay there.
- Georges0
hhhm how should I put it,
Bruxelles is nice and everything, but you're going to be dead bored starting the third day.
Here's what you should do the fourth day.
wake up early, let say around 9 go straight to La gare du Midi and take the train to Amsterdam but get out at "Rosenthal". once you there get some bud and take the train back to bruxelles. it will take you around 2 or 3 hours if you're fast enough and don't over smoke in amsterdam.
(btw: if you don't want to go back to bruxelles, go to Anvers its quite nice and you'll get the cold air and grey sky from the north see (if you are in the rap game go get some diams)).lets say you decide to come back. once you're back at the Midi station, get the train and go to namur (i'm not sure the name of the exact zone, get some help from the tourist desk), outside the town there's a tundra zone, full of quicksand hole and dinosaur fossils. its amazing and if you're baked its even better. watch out for those holes if you don't want to get lost :).
when you're done ride the train and go to luxembourg or france for a quick sausage refill. this trip can be done in a day if done well, but the tundra is so fuckn amazing that if I was you i'll stay there at least 2 days.Cheers
- rafalski0
Hey that's cool! I just told a coworker people in Brussels paint comics on their houses and saw a few of these on flickr..
What's the story behind ?
- rafalski0
bumpin...
- rafalski0
lowimpakt,
I haven't booked yet but there's still plenty of options, ie. on www.hostelworld.com
My airport bus takes off from around Midi, this B&B seems well located for that purpose. Do you know if you can leave your luggage with them after you've checked out?
- lowimpakt0
you can walk to midi in about 10 minutes or so. it's two metro stops.
I imagine you could leave your luggage there.
as far as I remember most of the bars nearby are gay bars but if that's not your thing it's a 5 or 10 minute walk into the centre...
p.s. how's the weather in dublin at the moment? myself and herself are heading back home tonight for the weekend!!!