Our Readers Discoveries in Brussels

We recently posted a blog post about Paris, filled with our travellers’ recommendations on what to do in the city of lights. Well this post is dedicated to...

ArtisanArt

ArtisanArt is an exhibition which covers the whole craft industry. As such, it has an enormously broad appeal. Women may not be interested in artisan beers but...

Liège-Guillemins train station

If you fancy going somewhere further a field once you’ve arrived in Brussels then hoping on a high speed train to Liège couldn’t be a better place...

A Little Art Break to Brussels

Following on from the Little Fashion Break in Paris we did a couple of weeks ago last week we had another Little Break, this time to Brussels with some lovely art...

About Brussels

Neighbourhoods in Brussels: Ixelles/Elsene In Ixelles you’ll find a serene and tranquil alcove in busy Brussels, the beautiful Bois de la Cambre forest, parks, ponds, and the Abbaye de la Cambre, which was founded in 1196 by the Sisters of the Cistercian Order. The building... [Read more]

August 6, 2010

Take in the atmosphere of the Grand Place in Brussels

While Brussels can’t compete with Istanbul in terms of it bridging two continents, it is nonetheless still a fusion of many parts: Brussels is the area of Belgium where French meets Flemish, where the historic feel of towns like Bruges intermingles with the hip vibe of a city buzzing... [Read more]

July 6, 2010

Explore Brussels on a Segway Tour!

We’ve recently discovered a cool new way of exploring the Belgium’s capital city, Brussels. Running for 5 months from the 1st May until the 26th September 2010, you can book tours of the city on a Segway! If you haven’t heard of a Segway before, it’s a traveling... [Read more]

June 24, 2010

Brussels Flower Carpet

As if Brussels’ Grand Place – one of the world’s most beautiful squares – was not spectacular enough, every two years the Belgians cover it with a carpet of flowers, with this year being the fourteenth time this magnificent carpet since it was first created... [Read more]

April 11, 2010

Our Readers Discoveries in Brussels

We recently posted a blog post about Paris, filled with our travellers’ recommendations on what to do in the city of lights. Well this post is dedicated to another one of our core destinations, Brussels, and has been written based on suggestions from fans of our Facebook fan... [Read more]

April 6, 2010

Discover The Plasticarium in Brussels

The Plasticarium is a museum in Brussels with the most extensive collection of plastic objects in the world. It has been assembled by a man called Philippe Decelle and every piece has been collected from his passion for saving plastic objects from destruction, and thus preserving... [Read more]

December 19, 2009

Truc Troc at the Bozar Centre

While it may seem like we plug many events at the Bozar Centre for Fine Arts on this site, this is mainly because of the sheer frequency of innovative events which are on offer there. Truc Troc is just the latest in a long line and no doubt more will come up in the future. The first... [Read more]