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  • 27-03-2009 1:02am
    #1
    DirkVoodoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,504 ✭✭✭✭


    Hey,

    I'm heading over to Belgium at the start of April to do the Tour of Flanders sportif. I'm staying with a friend and due to financial limitations I had to travel a day earlier and stay a day later than I need to.

    Do, while my friend is working on the friday and the monday, I need some sights and things to do to fill my day.

    Google seems to only throw up beer and chocolate in Brussels where I am staying. The only other mention was "mini-Europe".

    Anyway, I'm partial to a bit of culture, museums and the like. Won't be looking to travel to far from Brussels, I would prefer to be on foot for the day. Does anyone have any suggestions for 2 days of travel? I will give the beer and chocolate a shot anyway, so that's one thing to do so far!


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  • #2
    upmeath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,492 ✭✭✭upmeath


    Manneken Pis, the Atomium. There's a huge new bar after opening in the last while, Delirium I think it's called, and it stocks over 2,000 different beers from around the world. Try to save a few for return visits, don't try them all on your first visit! The EU quarter is to be avoided.


  • #3
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Drink Kwak beer :D


  • #4
    DirkVoodoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,504 ✭✭✭✭DirkVoodoo


    Thanks for the replies guys, I'll have to save the beer for the sunday. That's plenty of stuff to do so, also thinking about cycling out to Gent for a bit of a wander.

    Appreciate it!


  • #5
    upmeath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,492 ✭✭✭upmeath


    Maybe head the other way, into Wallonia. I think Liege has buckets full of character compared to Ghent. Charleroi is dodgy, as is Namur, but I really liked Liege.


  • #6
    Thomas_S_Hunterson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭Thomas_S_Hunterson


    Bruges is a nice spot apparently, and Ansterdam is only a couple of hours on the train :pac:


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  • #7
    upmeath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,492 ✭✭✭upmeath


    Mr.S wrote: »
    Delirium has been open for years, but yeah its a great spot to try out:D

    http://www.deliriumcafe.be/

    My bad! I saw it featured in the Ryanair in-flight magazine in January and on 4 visits to Brussels in the last 18 months nobody ever told me about Delirium, I assumed it was a relatively new thing!


  • #8
    SarahSassy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,145 ✭✭✭SarahSassy


    There is also a cartoon museum which is fun.. A train to Bruges and a wander would be a nice idea...


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