(DK Eyewitness) Top 10 Travel Guide - Brussels, Bruges, Antwerp & Ghent

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Lunch Spots, Bistros, Brasseries


those who need it, Pas Partout also
PRICE CATEGORIES
For a three-course meal for one with half takes on unemployed individuals as
a bottle of wine (or equivalent meal), chefs to learn a new trade. They serve
taxes and extra charges. the cheapest steak frites in town.
€ under €40 €€ €40–60 €€€ over €60 De Belegde Boterham
5
MAP K4 • Kleine Sint-Amands-
Bistro de Pompe
1 straat 5 • 050 34 91 31 • Closed Sun
MAP K4 • Kleine Sint-
• €
Amandstraat 2 • 050 61 66 18 A minimalist “lunch boutique”
• Closed Sun D, Mon • €€ specialising in open sandwiches
This very popular bistro serves an along with soups, salads and cakes.
excellent-value weekday lunch
Salade Folle
menu. On offer are hearty meals and 6
salads. Intimate relaxed atmosphere. MAP K5 • Walplein 13–14
• 0474 36 25 33 • Closed Sun & Mon
• €
A deservedly popular lunch spot and
tearoom serving light, mainly vege-
tarian dishes, including soups,
salads, and homemade cakes.
Lotus
7
MAP L4 • Wapenmakersstraat
5 • Open 11:30am–2pm Mon–Sat • €
This lovely vegetarian café is housed
in the former residence of prolific
painter Jacob van Oost.
Blackbird
8
MAP L3 • Jan van Eyckplein 7
Elegant Bistro Christophe • 050 34 74 44 • Closed Mon • €
An elegant, charming and health-
Bistro Christophe
2 conscious spot for breakfast, lunch
and tea, particularly noted for its
MAP L5 • Garenmarkt 34
• 050 34 48 92 • Closed lunch, Tue & wholesome salads and sandwiches.
Wed • €€€
In’t Nieuw Museum
Lovely little bistro, which is favoured 9
by locals, serving well-judged MAP M4 • Hooistraat 42
Belgian-French cuisine. • 050 33 12 80 • Closed Wed • €€
In this old family-run tavern, the meat
Het Dagelijks Brood
3 is cooked on an open fire (evenings)
in a 17th-century fireplace. The atmos-
MAP K4 • Philipstockstraat 21
• € phere is traditional and very friendly.
Or “Le Pain Quotidien” in French, this
Gran Kaffee de Passage
café is part of a chain providing whole- 0
some sandwiches on crusty bread, MAP K4 • Dweersstraat 26
plus pâtisserie and other snacks. • 050 34 02 32 • Closed Mon • €
A wonderful dark-wood dining room
Pas Partout
4 lit mainly by candles is the setting
for this restaurant. Gran Kaffee is
MAP L4 • Kruitenbergstraat 11
• 050 33 51 16 • Closed Sun • € highly respected for its solid, good-
Set up to provide inexpensive food for value Belgian dishes.
See map on p90
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Antwerp


Set on the Broad River Scheldt, at the gateway
to the North Sea, Antwerp is one of the leading
trading cities of northern Europe; and in the
early 17th century it was one of the great cultural
centres too. The city has had its share of suffering
– battered by the religious wars of the 16th
century, cut off from the North Sea by treaty with
the Netherlands from 1648 to 1795, and bombed
in World War II. These historical ups and downs
have endowed the city with a keen edge, like its
Exhibit, Museum famous diamonds. This dynamic energy is seen
Aan de Stroom today in its hip bars, restaurants and nightclubs.
AREA MAP OF ANTWERP
ParkPark
500 metres
500 metres WillemdokWillemdok 2 km 2 km 300 metres300 metres Spoor NoordSpoor Noord
DUBOISSTRAAT
Top 10 Sights DUBOISSTRAAT
ORANJESTRAAT
GODEFRIDUSKAAI
ST-ALDEGONDISKAAI
see pp101–3 ST-ALDEGONDISKAAI GODEFRIDUSKAAI ORANJESTRAAT VISÉSTRAAT LANGE LOBROEKSTR.
VISÉSTRAAT
LANGE LOBROEKSTR.
EVERAERTSSTRAAT
Cafés & Restaurants
Cafés and Restaurants OUDELEEUWENRUI DE PRETSTRAAT DE PRETSTRAAT EVERAERTSSTRAAT HALENSTRAAT
OUDELEEUWENRUI
ORTELIUSKAAI BROUWERSVLIET
HALENSTRAAT
OUDE
VELDSTRAAT
OUDE
see p106 I TA L I E LE I I TA L I E LE I STEENWEG STEENWEG STUIVENBERG-STUIVENBERG- VELDSTRAAT
PLEINPLEIN
V. KERCKHOVEN
Shops
Shopping ORTELIUSKAAI BROUWERSVLIET FA L C O N R U I R U I V. KERCKHOVENSTR. STR.
ONDERWIJSSTR.
FA L C O N
LEGUIT
LEGUIT
ST-JANS-
see p105 ST-PAULUSSTR. PAARDENMARKT ST-JANS- GASSTRAAT GASSTRAAT ONDERWIJSSTR.
PLEIN PLEIN
KLAPDORP
LANGE SCHOLIERSSTR.
PAARDENMARKT
Best of the rest
The Best of the Rest NOSESTR. NOSESTR. KLAPDORP LANGE SCHOLIERSSTR.
ST-PAULUSSTR.
HANDELSTRAAT
see p104 VENUSSTRAAT VENUSSTRAAT VEKESTRAAT DIEPESTR. HANDELSTRAAT HandelHandel
DIEPESTR.
Bars and clubs
Bars and Clubs JORDAENSKAAI JORDAENSKAAI L. KOEPOORTSTR. L. KOEPOORTSTR. RODESTRAAT RODESTRAAT I TALI E LE I I TALI E LE I ElisabethElisabeth
ST-ELISABETHSTR.
VEKESTRAAT
see p107 KUIPERSSTR. PRINSSTR. ST-ELISABETHSTR. DUINSTRAAT RAAT
DUINST
PRINSSTR.
KUIPERSSTR.
LANGE BEELDEKENSSTR.
OSSEN-OSSEN-
MARKTMARKT OSYST R AAT OSYST R AAT ROTTERDAMSTR. DAMBRUGGE- STRAAT LANGE BEELDEKENSSTR.
KEIZER
KEIZERSTR. STR.
LANGE BEELDEKENSSTR.
K IPDO LANGE BEELDEKENSSTR. LANGE VAN BLOERSTR.
OFFERANDESTR.
K IPDO RP RP
SUIKERRUI
SUIKERRUI
BEATRIJSLAAN BEATRIJSLAAN E. VAN DIJCKKAAI E. VAN DIJCKKAAI REYNDERSSTR. GROEN-GROEN- LA NG E NI EU WE ST R A AT A AT ROOSEVELTROOSEVELT AstridAstrid OFFERANDESTR. CONSTITUTIESTR. W E TSTR A AT
ROTTERDAMSTR.
LANGE VAN BLOERSTR.
MINDERBROEDERSRUI
MINDERBROEDERSRUI
ST JACOBSMARKT
ST JACOBSMARKT
GroenplaatsGroenplaats
FRANKLINFRANKLIN
DAMBRUGGE- STRAAT
LA NG E NI EU WE ST R
KERKSTR. KERKSTRAAT
PLAATSPLAATS
PLAATSPLAATS
REYNDERSSTR.
W E TSTR A AT
MeirMeir
SCHOENMARKT
SCHOENMARKT
GEMEENTESTR.
LEYSSTR.
M
KONINGINKONINGIN
M EIR EIR LEYSSTR. OperaOpera KEYSERLEI GEMEENTESTR. CARNOTSTRAAT KERKSTR. KERKSTRAAT
STEENHOUWERSVEST
STEENHOUWERSVEST
DE DE
CONSTITUTIESTR.
ASTRIDPLEINASTRIDPLEIN
KEYSERLEI
S c h e l d t S c h e l d t P LA N TI NK AA I P LA N TI NK KLOOSTERSTR. AA I KLOOSTERSTR. AUGUSTIJNENSTR. KAMMENSTR. K.GASTHUISSTR. GRAAN-GRAAN- SCHUTTERSHOFSTR. FRANKRIJKLEI FRANKRIJKLEI QUELLINSTR. QUEL
H ELM ST R A
CARNOTSTRAAT
WAPPER
WAPPER
SCHUTTERSHOFSTR.
AUGUSTIJNENSTR.
CentraalCentraal
K.GASTHUISSTR.
StationStation
KAMMENSTR.
OMMEGANCKSTR.
ST.ANDRIESST.ANDRIES VLEMINCKVELD MARKTMARKT MEISTR. MEISTR. HERENTALSESTR. LANGE HERENTALSESTR. LANGE ZooZoo TU R NHO UTS EB A AN AN
FR AN KR IJKL EI
GASTHUISSTR.
PLAATSPLAATS
THEATER-THEATER-
KLOOSTERSTR.
KLOOSTERSTR.
LANGE
BEGIJNENSTR.
CO C KE RI L LK AA I SCHELDESTRAAT PREKERSTRAAT NATIONALESTRAAT NATIONALESTRAAT TERNINCKSTR. LANGE GASTHUISSTR. ST-JORISPOORT FR AN KR IJKL EI RUBENSLEI QUINTEN MATSIJSLEI KIEVITSTR. PELIKAANST
CO C KE RI L LK AA I
BEGIJNENSTR.
PLEINPLEIN
PLOEGSTR.
TU R NHO UTS EB A
PLOEGST
KETSSTR
RUBENSLEI
PROVINCIESTR.
PREKERSTRAAT
VLEMINCKVELD
LANGE
ZONSTRAAT
ZONSTRAAT
LANGE
KIEVITSTRAAT
LANGE
LANGE
OEDENKOVENSTR.
LEOPOLDSTR.
LEOPOLDSTR.
KIEVITSTR.
TERNINCKSTR.
ST-ROCHUSSTR.
ST-ROCHUSSTR.
LAN G ST R A AT R A AT
ST-JORISPOORT
LAN G ST
VAN BREESTRAAT
KRONEN- BURGSTR.
VOLKSTRAAT
KRONEN- BURGSTR.
SCHELDESTRAAT
VRIJHEIDSTR.
WA A LSE K A A I
COCKERILLKAAI WA A LSE K A A I VL A AM SEK AAI LEOPOLD DE LEOPOLD DE VOLKSTRAAT DE VRIÈRESTR. VRIJHEIDSTR. B R ITSE L E I VAN BREESTRAAT StadsparkStadspark SIMONSSTR. SIMONSSTR. SOMERSSTR. SSTR. K RO O NS TR
COCKERILLKAAI
SOMER
VL A AM S EK A A I
QUINTEN MATSIJSLEI
VA N E YCK
PlantinPlantin
B R ITSE L E I
VA N E YCK LE I LE I
STERLINGERSTR.
WAELPLAATS
WAELPLAATS
JUSTITIESTRAAT
JUSTITIESTRAAT
TOLSTRAAT
TOLSTRAAT
JACOB JORDAENSSTR.
PL ANTIN EN MORE TU
PL ANTIN EN MORE TU S L EI S L EI
DE VRIÈRESTR.
LANGE LEEMSTR.
CONSCIENCESTR.
CONSCIENCESTR.
LANGE LEEMSTR.
A M E R I K A L E I
A M E R I K A L E I PALEISSTRAAT ANSELMOSTRAAT MO LENSTRAAT MECHELSESTEENWEG JACOB JORDAENSSTR. CHARLOTTALEI BELGIËLEI BELGIËLEI MERCATORS OOSTENSTRAATT STRAAT ROLWAGEN- STRAAT ROLWAGEN- KLE
PALEISSTRAAT
MERCATORS
CHARLOTTALEI
MO LENSTRAAT
OOSTENSTRAAT
LAMORINIÈRESTRAAT TRAA
KASTEEL- STRAAT
KASTEEL- STRAAT
RUDOLFSTRAAT
RUDOLFSTRAAT
KLEINEBEERSTR.
ANSELMOSTRAAT
MECHELSESTEENWEG
GROTEHONDSTR.
0 metres0 metres 500500 SINT-LAUREISSTR. SINT-LAUREISSTR. SOLVYNSSTRAAT SOLVYNSSTRAAT ISABELLALEI LAMORINIÈRESTRAAT TRAAT GROTEHONDSTR. DRAAK-DRAAK-
PLAATSPLAATS
LANGE LEEMSTRAAT
LANGE LEEMSTRAAT
ISABELLALEI
0 yards0 yards 500500 3 km 3 km 650 metres
650 metres
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Antwerp 2
Grote Markt
MAP T1 • Stadhuis: guided tours
only, book three weeks ahead (ask at
tourist office, Grote Markt 13, 03 232
01 03; tour in English 2pm Sun) • Adm
The main square of Antwerp is
one of the great gilded arenas of
Belgium. The city authorities made a
virtue of its unusual “dog-leg” shape
and slope by commissioning sculptor
Grote Markt with its central fountain Jef Lambeaux (1852–1908) to create
an eye-catching fountain, placed off-
Onze-Lieve-
1 centre, with its water spilling out
Vrouwekathedraal
onto the cobbles. It depicts Brabo, a
This huge Gothic cathedral, a city legendary Roman soldier who freed
landmark, contains several splendid the port of Antwerp by defeating
works by Rubens (see pp32–3). the giant Antigoon and throwing his
severed hand (hand-werpen) into the
AREA MAP OF ANTWERP river. The Italian-influenced Stadhuis
(town hall) dominates the square.
500 metres
500 metres WillemdokWillemdok 2 km 2 km 300 metres300 metres ParkPark Built in the 1560s, its grand
DUBOISSTRAAT Spoor NoordSpoor Noord horizontals are offset by the upward
DUBOISSTRAAT
ORANJESTRAAT
GODEFRIDUSKAAI
ST-ALDEGONDISKAAI
ST-ALDEGONDISKAAI GODEFRIDUSKAAI ORANJESTRAAT VISÉSTRAAT LANGE LOBROEKSTR. curve of the roof-corners.
VISÉSTRAAT
LANGE LOBROEKSTR.
EVERAERTSSTRAAT
Cafés & Restaurants OUDELEEUWENRUI I TA L I E LE I I TA L I E LE I DE PRETSTRAAT DE PRETSTRAAT EVERAERTSSTRAAT STUIVENBERG- HALENSTRAAT
OUDELEEUWENRUI
ORTELIUSKAAI BROUWERSVLIET
ORTELIUSKAAI BROUWERSVLIET STEENWEG STEENWEG PLEIN PLEIN VELDSTRAAT 3
HALENSTRAAT
VELDSTRAAT
OUDE
OUDE
Rubenshuis
STUIVENBERG-
V. KERCKHOVENSTR.
Shops LEGUIT LEGUIT FA L C O N R U I R U I ST-JANS-ST-JANS- V. KERCKHOVENSTR. A rare chance not only to visit
ONDERWIJSSTR.
FA L C O N
NOSESTR.
KLAPDORP
LANGE SCHOLIERSSTR.
PAARDENMARKT
Best of the rest NOSESTR. ST-PAULUSSTR. KLAPDORP VENUSSTRAAT VENUSSTRAAT PAARDENMARKT PLEINPLEIN DIEPESTR. GASSTRAAT LANGE SCHOLIERSSTR. ONDERWIJSSTR. the house and studio of one of the
great stars of European art, but also
ST-PAULUSSTR.
HandelHandel
HANDELSTRAAT
JORDAENSKAAI JORDAENSKAAI KUIPERSSTR. PRINSSTR. I TALI E LE I I TALI E LE I ST-ELISABETHSTR. DUINSTRAAT RAAT home looked like (see pp34–5).
GASSTRAAT
DIEPESTR.
Bars and clubs L. KOEPOORTSTR. L. KOEPOORTSTR. VEKESTRAAT RODESTRAAT RODESTRAAT ElisabethElisabeth HANDELSTRAAT to see what a 17th-century patrician
ST-ELISABETHSTR.
VEKESTRAAT
PRINSSTR.
KUIPERSSTR.
DUINST
LANGE BEELDEKENSSTR.
OSSEN-
OSSEN-
KEIZER
MARKT
MARKT OS YS T R A AT OS YS T R A AT ROTTERDAMSTR. DAMBRUGGE- STRAAT LANGE BEELDEKENSSTR.
KEIZERSTR. STR.
LANGE BEELDEKENSSTR.
K IPDO LANGE BEELDEKENSSTR. LANGE VAN BLOERSTR.
OFFERANDESTR.
K IPDO RP RP
SUIKERRUI
SUIKERRUI
BEATRIJSLAAN BEATRIJSLAAN E. VAN DIJCKKAAI E. VAN DIJCKKAAI REYNDERSSTR. GROEN- LA NG E NI EU WE ST R A AT A AT ROOSEVELTROOSEVELT AstridAstrid OFFERANDESTR. CONSTITUTIESTR.
ROTTERDAMSTR.
LANGE VAN BLOERSTR.
MINDERBROEDERSRUI
MINDERBROEDERSRUI
ST JACOBSMARKT
ST JACOBSMARKT
GroenplaatsGroenplaats
FRANKLINFRANKLIN
DAMBRUGGE- STRAAT
LA NG E NI EU WE ST R
GROEN-
KERKSTR. KERKSTRAAT
PLAATSPLAATS
PLAATS
PLAATS
REYNDERSSTR.
W E TSTR A AT
W E TSTR A AT
MeirMeir
SCHOENMARKT
SCHOENMARKT
GEMEENTESTR.
LEYSSTR.
M
M EIR EIR LEYSSTR. OperaOpera KEYSERLEI GEMEENTESTR. CARNOTSTRAAT KERKSTR. KERKSTRAAT
KONINGINKONINGIN
STEENHOUWERSVEST
STEENHOUWERSVEST
DE DE
CONSTITUTIESTR.
ASTRIDPLEINASTRIDPLEIN
KEYSERLEI
S c h e l d t S c h e l d t P LA N TI NK AA I P LA N TI NK KLOOSTERSTR. AA I KLOOSTERSTR. AUGUSTIJNENSTR. KAMMENSTR. KAMMENSTR. K.GASTHUISSTR. K.GASTHUISSTR. GRAAN-GRAAN- SCHUTTERSHOFSTR. FRANKRIJKLEI FRANKRIJKLEI
H ELM ST R A
CARNOTSTRAAT
WAPPER
WAPPER
SCHUTTERSHOFSTR.
AUGUSTIJNENSTR.
CentraalCentraal
StationStation
NATIONALESTRAAT
NATIONALESTRAAT
OMMEGANCKSTR.
ST.ANDRIES VLEMINCKVELD MARKTMARKT MEISTR. MEISTR. HERENTALSESTR. LANGE HERENTALSESTR. LANGE ZooZoo TU R NHO UTS EB A AN AN
ST.ANDRIES
GASTHUISSTR.
FR AN KR IJKL EI
PLAATS
PLAATS
THEATER-THEATER-
KLOOSTERSTR.
KLOOSTERSTR.
LANGE
CO C KE RI L LK AA I SCHELDESTRAAT KRONEN- BURGSTR. TERNINCKSTR. LANGE GASTHUISSTR. ST-JORISPOORT LEOPOLDSTR. FR AN KR IJKL EI RUBENSLEI RUBENSLEI QUINTEN MATSIJSLEI KIEVITSTR. PELIKAANSTR. PELIKAA
BEGIJNENSTR.
BEGIJNENSTR.
CO C KE RI L LK AA I
PLEINPLEIN
PLOEGSTR.
PLOEGST
TU R NHO UTS EB A
KETSSTR
PROVINCIESTR.
PREKERSTRAAT
PREKERSTRAAT
VLEMINCKVELD
ZONSTRAAT
LANGE
LANGE
ZONSTRAAT
KIEVITSTRAAT
Koninklijk Museum
4
LANGE
LANGE
OEDENKOVENSTR.
LEOPOLDSTR.
KIEVITSTR.
voor Schone Kunsten
TERNINCKSTR.
ST-ROCHUSSTR.
ST-ROCHUSSTR.
LAN G ST R A AT R A AT
ST-JORISPOORT
LAN G ST
VAN BREESTRAAT
KRONEN- BURGSTR.
SCHELDESTRAAT
WA A LSE K AAI
VRIJHEIDSTR.
COCKERILLKAAI WA A LSE K AAI V L A AMS EK A A I LEOPOLD DE LEOPOLD DE VOLKSTRAAT VOLKSTRAAT DE VRIÈRESTR. VRIJHEIDSTR. B R ITSE L E I VAN BREESTRAAT StadsparkStadspark SIMONSSTR. SIMONSSTR. SOMERSSTR. SSTR. K RO O
SOMER
COCKERILLKAAI
V L A AMS EK A A I
MAP S3 • Leopold de Waelplaats
QUINTEN MATSIJSLEI
PlantinPlantin
VA N E YCK
B R ITSE L E I
• 03 224 95 50 • www.kmska.be
VA N E YCK LE I LE I
STERLINGERSTR.
WAELPLAATS
WAELPLAATS
JUSTITIESTRAAT
JUSTITIESTRAAT
Antwerp’s fine arts museum is
TOLSTRAAT
TOLSTRAAT
JACOB JORDAENSSTR.
PL ANTIN EN MORE TU
PL ANTIN EN MORE TU S L EI S L EI
DE VRIÈRESTR.
CONSCIENCESTR.
CONSCIENCESTR.
its full range of paintings, from
LANGE LEEMSTR.
LANGE LEEMSTR.
STRAAT
A M E R I K A L E I PALEISSTRAAT ANSELMOSTRAAT MO LENSTRAAT MECHELSESTEENWEG JACOB JORDAENSSTR. CHARLOTTALEI CHARLOTTALEI BELGIËLEI BELGIËLEI MERCATORS OOSTENSTRAAT STRAAT ROLWAGEN- KLEINEBEERSTR. DOLFIJNST
A M E R I K A L E I
PALEISSTRAAT
ROLWAGEN-
early Flemish “Primitives” to the
MERCATORS
SOLVYNSSTRAAT
MO LENSTRAAT
Symbolists. The Neo-Classical
LAMORINIÈRESTRAAT TRAA
KASTEEL- STRAAT
KASTEEL- STRAAT
RUDOLFSTRAAT
OOSTENSTRAATT
KLEINEBEERSTR.
ANSELMOSTRAAT
MECHELSESTEENWEG
0 metres0 metres 500500 SINT-LAUREISSTR. SINT-LAUREISSTR. SOLVYNSSTRAAT RUDOLFSTRAAT ISABELLALEI LAMORINIÈRESTRAAT TRAAT GROTEHONDSTR. DRAAK-DRAAK- building is undergoing an extensive
GROTEHONDSTR.
PLAATSPLAATS
LANGE LEEMSTRAAT
LANGE LEEMSTRAAT
ISABELLALEI
0 yards0 yards 500500 3 km 3 km 650 metres renovation until late 2018. For
650 metres
more information visit the website.
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THE RIVER SCHELDT
Old Antwerp lies on the east bank
of the River Scheldt (or Schelde).
The river is so broad that the modern
suburb on the west bank seems utterly
remote (it is linked by tunnels).
The Scheldt is deep enough to bring
large ships to Antwerp’s docks to
the north of the city. This easy access
to the North Sea has made Antwerp
Europe’s second-largest port.

and home of Plantin and his heirs.
It contains a large collection of rare
and precious books, and displays
of their illustrations.
Museum Aan de
Museum Vleeshuis 7
Stroom (MAS)
Museum Vleeshuis
5 MAP T1 • Hanzestedenplaats 1
• 03 338 44 00 • Open Apr–Oct:
MAP T1 • Vleeshouwerssstraat
38 • 03 292 61 00 • Open 10am–5pm 10am–5pm Tue–Fri & 10am–6pm
Thu–Sun • Adm • www. Sat & Sun; Nov–Mar: 10am–5pm Tue–
museumvleeshuis.be Sun; closed pub hols • Adm (free
With its turrets and towers and last Wed of month) • www.mas.be
Gothic detail, the “Meat House” is It is impossible to miss this towering
one of the most beautiful buildings dockside museum built of red sand­
of Antwerp. Built in 1501–4 as the stone and perspex. It uses the city’s
guildhouse of the butchers and a collection of ethno graphic and folk­
meat market, it is now used as a loric treasures to explore mankind
museum of music. The Museum and our interaction with the world.
Vleeshuis charts the history of
Museum Mayer
the city through its many forms of 8
musical expression, using historical van den Bergh
instruments, including harpsichords MAP T2 • Lange Gasthuisstraat
made by the famous Ruckers family, 19 • 03 338 81 88 • Open 10am–
manuscripts and a bell foundry. 5pm Tue–Sun • Adm (free last
Wed of month) • www.
Museum Plantin-
6 museummayervandenbergh.be
Moretus
Fritz Mayer van den Bergh (1858–91)
MAP T2 • Vrijdagmarkt 22 was an avid collector of art and
• 03 221 14 50 • Open 10am–5pm curios. When he died, his mother
Tue–Sun; closed public hols
• Adm (free last Wed of month)
• www.museumplantinmoretus.be
Christopher Plantin (c.1520–89) was
a French bookbinder who, in 1546,
came to Antwerp to set up his own
printing workshop. It became one
of the most influential publishing
houses in Europe during the late
Renaissance, producing Bibles,
maps, scientific books and much
more. The museum consists
essentially of the printing workshop Museum Mayer van den Bergh



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created a museum to display his A DAY IN ANTWERP
collections – some 5,000 items in all.
They include tapestries, furniture, Dock’s Cafe
stained glass, paintings and coins. Museum Vleeshuis
Grote Cathedral Rockoxhuis
Markt
Rockoxhuis
9 Sint-Carolus
MAP U1 • Keizerstraat 10–12
Borromeuskerk
• 03 201 92 50 • Open 10am–5pm De Boerentoren
Meir
Tue–Sun • Adm (free last Wed of Vagant Het Rubenshuis
month) • www.rockoxhuis.be Modepaleis Grand
Come here for a glimpse of the Museum Mayer Café Horta
grace and elegance of 17th-century van den Bergh Schuttershofstraat
patrician style. A series of rooms Maagdenhuismuseum
contains a fine collection of furniture, MORNING
paintings and artifacts. The house
is named after its owner, city mayor This day of gentle ambling
Nicholas Rockox (1560–1640), takes in many of the key sights
a philanthropist and a friend of Antwerp, as well as some of
and patron of Rubens. There are the best shopping streets. Start
off at the Museum Vleeshuis and
paintings and drawings by Rubens, head for the old city centre – the
Jordaens and Van Dyck, as well as Grote Markt (see p101) – and the
work by painter Frans Snyders cathedral (see pp32–3). Thread
(1579–1657), who lived next door. your way to Wijngaard straat,
and the fetching ensemble of
the Sint-Carolus Borromeuskerk
(see p104), before heading on
to the Rockoxhuis in Keizerstraat.
After this, walk south along
Katelijnevest to the Meir. The
tower block to your right,
with KBC on its crest, is the
Boerentoren, the highest building
in Europe when constructed in
1932. Head down the Meir to the
Rubenshuis (see pp34–5); you can
lunch here, or if you prefer at the
Grand Café Horta (see p106).
AFTERNOON
Now you’ve done the culture,
Stained-glass detail, Sint-Jacobskerk you can wander the neighbour-
Sint-Jacobskerk
0 hood’s shopping streets (see
p105). Schuttershofstraat is
MAP U2 • Lange Nieuwstraat
to Huidevettersstraat, the Nieuwe
73–75 • 048 605 54 39 • Open 1 Apr– a good place to start. It leads
31 Oct: 2–5pm daily • Adm Gaanderij Arcade, Korte Gasthuis-
Of all the churches in Antwerp, the straat and Lombarden vest. If
church of St James is noted for you are in the mood for more
having the richest interior – and for museums, the excellent Museum
Mayer van den Bergh and the
being the burial place of Rubens. Maagden huismuseum (see p104)
It was built in late Gothic style in the are just to the south. Or head
15th and 16th centuries by architects for Nationalestraat and Dries
who also worked on the cathedral. van Noten’s outlet, the beautiful
The church contains work by leading Het Modepaleis, (see p105), and
sculptors of the 17th century, such then down to Dock’s Café (see
as Lucas Faydherbe and Hendrik p106) or De Vagant (see p107)
Verbruggen, as well as paintings for refreshment.
by Rubens, Jordaens and Van Dyck.
See map on pp100–101
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The Best of the Rest


MUHKA
5
MAP S3 • Leuvenstraat 32
• 03 260 99 99 • Open 11am–6pm
Tue–Sun (11am–9pm Thu); closed
public hols • Adm • www.muhka.be
A former warehouse is home to
the cutting-edge Museum van
Hedendaagse Kunst, which is
all about contemporary art.
Sint-Carolus
6
Borromeuskerk
MAP T1 • Hendrik Conscienceplein 6
Red Star Line Museum exhibits • 03 231 37 51 • Open 10am–
12:30pm, 2–5pm Mon–Sat;
Red Star Line Museum
1 for religious services Sun
This church is renownded for its
MAP T1 • Montevideostraat 3
• 03 298 27 70 • Open 10am–5pm Baroque façade and its tragic loss
Tue–Sun; closed public hols • Adm of 39 Rubens’ paintings.
• www.redstarline.be
De Koninck Brewery
Between 1873 and 1934, Red 7
Star ocean liners departed Mechelsesteenweg 291
from Antwerp’s docks for the • 03 866 96 90 • Open 10am–6pm
United States, taking families Tue–Sun (last entry 4:30pm) • Adm
to a new life. This museum • www.dekoninck.be
explores their journey. Visitor centre and tours at
Antwerp’s most famous brewery.
Middelheim Museum
2 Cogels-Osylei
Middelheimlaan 61 • 03 288
33 60 • Open 10am–dusk Mon–Sat; 8
In the late 19th century, this
closed public hols area became a showcase for opulent
High-quality open-air sculpture architecture – some of the examples
park, with hundreds of modern are quite extraordinary.
and contemporary pieces. Maagdenhuismuseum
FotoMuseum Provincie
3 9
MAP T3 • Lange Gasthuisstraat
Antwerpen (FoMU)
33 • 03 338 26 20 • Open 10am–5pm
MAP S3 • Waalsekaai 47 • 03 242 Mon, Wed–Fri, 1–5pm Sat–Sun;
93 00 • Open 10am–6pm Tue– closed public hols • Adm
Sun • Adm • www. This quirky museum, with some
fotomuseum.be lovely old masters, is set in
Antwerp’s excellent an old orphanage.
museum of photography
ModeMuseum
and historical artifacts has 0
ever-changing exhibitions. MoMu
MAP T2 • Nationalestraat
Sint-Pauluskerk
4 • Open 10am–6pm Tue–Sun
28 • 03 470 27 70
MAP T1 • Veemarkt 13
• 03 232 32 67 • Open 1 • Adm • www.momu.be
Apr–31 Oct: 2–5pm daily Porridge bowl, A museum of haute
Gothic and Baroque fight Maagdenhuismuseum couture presenting
it out over the exterior of fashion in its social,
this endearing church. political and cultural context.
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Shopping


Het Modepaleis
Nieuwe Gaanderij
1 6
Arcade
MAP T2 • Nationalestraat 16
MAP T2 • Between Huidevettersstraat This elegant belle époque “flat iron”
and Korte Gasthuisstraat building is the main outlet for one
A good place to seek out fashion of Antwerp’s most fêted fashion
at a slightly lower price than the designers, Dries van Noten.
usual designer boutiques.
DVS
7
MAP U2 • Schuttershofstraat 9
(first floor)
A fashion boutique set up by
Dirk Saene (one of the famous
“Antwerp Six”) and carrying work by
other Antwerp luminaries, including
Walter Van Beirendonck, Veronique
Branquinho and Raf Simons.
Ann Demeulemeester
8
MAP S3 • Leopold de
Waelplaats/Verlatstraat
Only a short distance from the
MUHKA contemporary art gallery,
Demeulemeester’s shop displays
the uncompromising edge that has
Meir, busy with shoppers placed her at the forefront of fashion.
Meir
Diamondland
2 9
MAP V2 • Appelmansstraat 33A
MAP U2
The main shopping street is a broad Diamonds at lower prices than
pedestrianized avenue, fronted elsewhere in Europe. At the same
largely by high-street chain stores. time as purchasing that special ring,
you can learn about diamonds.
Grand Bazar Shopping
3
Center
MAP T2 • Beddenstraat 2
An elegant modern arcade shares
space with the Hilton hotel in the
shell of a former department store.
Nationalestraat
4
MAP T2
The heart of Antwerp’s haute-couture
fashion district offers boutiques
by many world-class designers
but remains accessible to all. A sparkling window display, Meir
Pelikaanstraat
Schuttershofstraat
5 0
MAP V2
MAP U3
Another street of recherché Wall-to-wall diamond and jewellery
boutiques and shoe shops, including shops in the Jewish quarter.
a branch of the ultimate Belgian Fascinating, partly because there’s
accessories manufacturer Delvaux. nothing romantic about it – the gems
You can smell the leather! are commodities like any other.
See map on pp100–101
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Cafés and Restaurants


Huis de Colvenier
1
MAP T2 • Sint-Antoniusstraat 8
• 0477 23 26 50 • Closed Sun, Mon
• €€€
This is one of the most respected
restaurants in Antwerp, so you
should book in advance.
Den Abattoir
2
Lange Lobroekstraat 65 • 03
271 08 71 • Closed Sat L • €€ Courtyard, De Groote Witte Arrend
Located next to Park Spoor
De Groote Witte Arrend
Noord, this former slaughterhouse 6
dishes up ultra-fresh steak and ribs. MAP T2 • Reyndersstraat 18
• 03 233 50 33 • €€
Dock’s Café
3 A celebrated old-world tavern in a
grand 17th-century convent, with
MAP T1 • Jordaenskaai 7
• 03 226 63 30 • Closed Sun • €€ its own chapel. It serves a good
Renowned for its oysters and its range of Flemish food and beers.
inventive, multi-layered interior by
Günther Watté
celebrated designer Antoine Pinto. 7
MAP T2 • Steenhouwersvest
Restaurant aan de
4 30 • 03 293 58 94 • Closed Mon • €
Stroom
With its renowned pralines made
MAP T2 • Ernest van Dijckkaai 37 in-house, this café is a favourite
• 03 234 12 75 • €€ with connoisseurs of coffee
A landmark building looming and chocolate.
over the River Scheldt. Home to
Het Vermoeide Model
an elegant, first-class brasserie. 8
MAP T2 • Lijnwaadmarkt 2
Grand Café Horta
5 • 03 233 52 61 • Closed Mon • €€
MAP U2 • Hopland 2
This brasserie-restaurant creates an
• 03 203 56 60 • €€ intimate mood with medieval beams,
A dynamic space created using and has an outdoor terrace.
metal salvaged from Victor Horta’s
Dôme Sur Mer
celebrated Art Nouveau Volkshuis 9
(Brussels), demolished in 1965. Arendstraat 1 • 03 281 74 33 •
Closed Sat L • €€€
Floor-to-ceiling windows
and a marble bar make an
impressive setting for this
hugely popular fish restau-
rant in the Zurenborg.
Brasserie
0
Appelmans
MAP T2 • Papenstraatje 1
• 03 226 20 22 • €€
Inventive Belgian and
international dishes among
the brickwork of a beautifully
renovated 19th-century
Grand Café Horta interior building, with “Absinthbar”.
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Bars and Clubs


Café d’Anvers
6
PRICE CATEGORIES
For a three-course meal for one with half MAP T1 • Verversrui 15
a bottle of wine (or equivalent meal), • 03 226 38 70
taxes and extra charges. Antwerp’s original nightclub is still
one of the coolest. A great option if
€ under €40 €€ €40–60 €€€ over €60
you want to listen to a mix of house,
soul, disco and funk.
Den Engel
1
MAP T1 • Grote Markt 3
• 03 233 12 52
A classic Belgian bruine kroeg (brown
pub – brown with the patina of age)
overlooking the Grote Markt. Try
a bolleke (chalice-like glass) of
De Koninck, Antwerp’s own brew.
IKON
2
Kotterstraat 1 • 03 295 54 65
Take a taxi to this hip nightclub
in the northern Het Eilandje
district.
Café Local
3 Chromatic lighting, Café d’Anvers
MAP S3 • Waalsekaai 25
De Muze
• 03 500 03 67 7
A glamorous complex with themed MAP T2 • Melkmarkt 15
Latin-American-style areas. It holds • 03 226 01 26
a salsa night on the first Sunday of A friendly pub where you can listen
the month. to live jazz most evenings until 2 or
3am. Exposed beams and brickwork
create an intimate atmosphere.
Het Kathedraalcafé
8
MAP T1 • Torfbrug 10
Quirky, yet cosy, bar where the walls
are packed with gaudy religious
icons. A stairway to heaven?
Café Hopper
9
MAP S3 • Leopold de
Sips cocktail bar Waelstraat 2 • 03 248 49 33
This jazz bar, with live sessions
Sips
4 several times a week, is very popular
with Antwerp’s creative set. Ask for a
Gillisplaats 8 • 0477 63 91 52
A chic cocktail bar in the arty “half en half”: half cava; half white wine.
dockland area south of the city
De Vagant
centre. Cigars are a speciality. 0
MAP T2 • Reyndersstraat 25
D-Club
5 • 03 233 15 38
A welcoming traditional café-bar
Damplein 27 • 0488 49 96 07
Predominantly gay nightclub offering some 200 types of jenever
with popular, free Saturday night (gin). You can buy your favourite
parties. brand in the Sliterij shop upstairs.
See map on pp100–101
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Ghent


Ghent has much in common with Bruges. It is a city with a rich
legacy of medieval buildings and art treasures inherited from
its days as a semi-autonomous and prosperous trading centre.
The tranquil waters of its canals mirror the step-gables of its old
guildhouses and the tall spires of its three famous towers. Unlike
Bruges, however, historically prosperous Ghent took on a new
lease of life as Belgium’s first industrial city in the early 19th
century. It is also home to a large university. These factors have
endowed the city with a scale, bustle and youthful verve that have
shaped its character. Ghent has a grandeur, symbolized by its
cathedral, theatres and opera house, but it also has an intimacy,
and the web of its medieval streets – including Europe’s largest
pedestrianized zone – makes this a perfect city for wandering.
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KORTRIJKSEPOO R T ST RAAT Top 10 Sights
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see pp109–11
BIJLOKEKAAI K. VAN HULTHEMSTR. see p113
Restaurants
Leie
GODS H UIZENLAAN
ST-
see p112
Gent-St-Pieters KATTENBERG PETERS- Shops, Cafés and Bars
station PLEIN
800 metres 500 metres
ST-KWINTENSBERG ST-AMANDSTR.
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Sint-
3
Niklaaskerk
MAP Q2
• Cataloniëstraat
• Open 2–5pm Mon,
10am–5pm Tue–Sun
St Nicholas, Bishop of
Myra, was patron saint
of merchants, and this
was the merchants’
church. Built in the 13th
to 15th centuries, it is
Belgium’s best example
of the austere style
called Scheldt Gothic.
Stadhuis
The stunning altar, Sint-Baafskathedraal 4
MAP Q2
Sint-Baafskathedraal
1 Sep: 2–4pm daily, book and depart
• Botermarkt 1 • Open May–
MAP Q2 • Sint-Baafsplein
• 09 269 20 45 • Open Apr–Oct: from Sint-Veerleplein tourist office
8:30am–6pm Mon–Sat, 9:30am–6pm (Sat & Sun, includes tour of historical
Sun; Nov–Mar: 8:30am–5pm Mon– centre and St Bavo’s) • Adm
Sat, 9:30am–5pm Sun (only Standing on the main square
open to non- worshippers is the impressive town hall. It
after 1pm Sun) • Adm (Mystic has a series of regal council
Lamb only) chambers, still in use
St Bavo was a local 7th­ today – some dating
century saint. The back to the 15th century,
cathedral named after others refurbished
him dates back to the during restoration
10th century, but most of after 1870.
it is Gothic, built over
Graslei and
three centuries after Detail on the 5
1290. Outstanding are the wall, Stadhuis Korenlei
grandiose Baroque­Rococo MAP P2
pulpit of oak and marble (1741–5) The Graslei and Korenlei are depar­
and the church’s greatest treasure ture points for canal trips. The two
the multi­panelled, 15th­century quays are lined with the step­gabled
altarpiece, The Adoration of the guildhouses of merchants and
Mystic Lamb by Hubrecht and Jan tradesmen that date back to the
van Eyck (see pp36–7). 12th century. Sint­Michielsbrug,
the bridge at the southern end,
Belfort
2 offers the best views of the city.
MAP Q2 • Sint-Baafsplein
• 09 233 39 54 • Open 10am–6pm The quay, Graslei
daily • Adm
Ghent’s belfry is a prominent
landmark, rising 91 m (299 ft) to
the gilded dragon on the tip of its
spire. It was built in 1380–81 and
served for centuries as look­out
tower, clock and alarm. It houses
a 54­bell carillon, which is used
for regular concerts. There is a
lift to transport visitors to the top.




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Klein
7
Begijnhof
MAP R4 • Lange
Violettestraat 235
• Open 6:30am–
9:30pm daily
There are three
béguinages (see p92) in
Ghent, but this is by far
the prettiest. With step-
gabled, whitewashed
houses set around a
little park and Baroque
church, it is a classic
of its kind – a fact
recognized by its status
Exhibit in the Huis van Alijn as a UNESCO World
Heritage Site. It was
Huis van Alijn
6 founded as a community of single
women in about 1235, and has been
MAP Q1 • Kraanlei 65 • 09 235
38 00 • Open 11am–5:30pm Tue–Sat, continuously occupied, although the
10am–5:30pm Sun • Adm residents are no longer béguines.
Just north of the centre of Ghent is Most of the present houses date
a quaint and folksy quarter called from the 17th century.
the Patershol, a warren of little
STAM
medieval streets and alleys (see p54). 8
This is the backdrop for one of the MAP P4 • Godshuizenlaan 2
best folk museums in Belgium. A • 09 267 14 00 • Open 10am–6pm
huge and fascinating collection of Tue–Sun • Adm • www.stamgent.be
artifacts – toys, games, shoes and The Abdij de Bijloke, an old rambling
crockery, as well as complete shops Cistercian convent and hospital,
and craftsmen’s workshops – are provides a superb setting for STAM,
laid out within almshouses, which Ghent’s City Museum. Covering the
are set around a grassy courtyard. history of the city from prehistoric
These almshouses were founded in times to the present day, STAM
1363 as a children’s hospital – not incorporates the vast range of items
as an act of pure philanthropy but of the former Bijloke Museum,
as penance for the murder of two including medieval tombs, free-
members of the Alijn family. masons’ regalia and models of
warships. The convent dates from
medieval times, but most of the
GHENT AND CHARLES V buildings are from the 17th century.
Charles V (1500–58), Holy Roman
Emperor, King of Spain, master of
much of Europe and the New World,
was born in Ghent, and his baptism in
Sint-Baafskathedraal was celebrated
with a huge feast. But the city’s love
affair with its famous son went sour
when it found itself endlessly squeezed
for taxes. A revolt in 1540, and the
execution by hanging of its ringleaders,
gave rise to the people of Ghent being
called the stroppendragers (“noose
bearers”) – a proud symbol of their
defiant and independent spirit.
Antique map of Ghent, STAM





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Design Museum Gent
9 A DAY IN GHENT
MAP P1 • Jan Breydelstraat 5
• 09 267 99 99 • Open 10am–6pm Gravensteen Frituur Jozef
Tue–Sun • Adm • www. The House Vrijdagmarkt
designmuseumgent.be of Eliott Dulle Griet
This museum is a must for anyone Groot Vleeshuis
with the slightest interest in Korenlei Korenmarkt
Graslei
furniture, furnishings and interior Sint-
decoration. Housed in a grand Niklaaskerk Belfort Sint-
18th-century mansion, plus an Baafskathedraal
uncompromisingly modern TRAM
extension, it provides a tour through From SMAK and
changing European styles from the Museum voor Schone Kunsten
17th century to the present. The Art MORNING
Nouveau collection is particularly
rewarding, with work by Horta, Paul SMAK and the Museum voor
Hankar and René Lalique. Schone Kunsten make a good
double act – a stimulating
mixture of fine art and pure
provocation, from world-class
artists. Get these under your belt
early in the day (note that they’re
closed on Mon). Trams 1 and 10
run from the central Korenmarkt
to Charles de Kerchovelaan, from
where you can walk through or
beside the Citadelpark to the
museums. These will absorb the
greater part of the morning; you
can break for refreshments at
Exhibits, Design Museum Gent SMAK’s café. For lunch, head
back into the city centre. The
Museum voor
0 Korenmarkt is equidistant from
Schone Kunsten
two enticing and contrasting
(MSK) and SMAK lunch options: The House of Eliott
MAP Q6 • Citadelpark • MSK: 09 240 (see p113), and the medieval
Groot Vleeshuis (see p112).
07 00; www.mskgent.be; SMAK: 09
240 76 01; www.smak.be • Open AFTERNOON
10am–6pm Tue–Sun • Adm
Ghent’s two leading museums of art Now go to Sint-Baafskathedraal
are a short tram or bus ride south to see the Mystic Lamb (see
of the city centre. The MSK (Fine Arts pp32–3). Then you can go up the
Museum) covers painting and sculp- Belfort (see p109) to get a view
over the city. Now it’s back to the
ture from the Middle Ages up to the Korenmarkt, stopping off at the
early 20th century and has a world- Sint-Niklaaskerk (see p109), then
class and eclectic collection of works over to the Graslei and Korenlei
by a number of important artists, such (see p109) to drink in the views.
as Hieronymus Bosch, Rogier van der This could be the time to take
Weyden and Hugo van der Goes. a canal trip. From the Korenlei,
Opposite the MSK is the Stedelijk walk along Jan Breydelstraat and
take the first right into Rekelige-
Museum voor Acktuele Kunst (SMAK), straat to reach the Gravensteen
Ghent’s superb modern art gallery. (Castle of the Counts). Then
Its permanent collection – with pieces cross the Zuivelbrug and
by Magritte and Marcel Broodthaers – take Meerseniersstraat to the
and regularly changing temporary Vrijdagmarkt (Friday Market) for
exhib itions have placed SMAK at beer at Dulle Griet (see p112) and
the fore front of modern art galleries chips at Frituur Jozef (see p113).
in Europe.
See map on p108

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Shops, Cafés and Bars


Mageleinstraat
1
and Koestraat
MAP Q2
Ghent city centre has an extensive
pedestrianized zone, which makes
shopping here all the more agree­
able. Most chain stores are in Lange
Munt and Veldstraat, but there’s
more charm around the quieter
Mageleinstraat and Koestraat.
Markets
2
www.visitgent.be/en/markets
There is a market every day in Ghent
(six on Sunday): a Sunday walking Butcher’s hall, Groot Vleeshuis
tour can take you to them all. Groot Vleeshuis
Tierenteyn-Verlent
3 6
MAP Q1 • Groentenmarkt 7
• 09 223 23 24 • Closed Mon • €
MAP Q1 • Groentenmarkt 3
• Closed Sun This centre for Eastern Flemish
In situ since 1790, this delicatessen food – part restaurant, part
is famous for its homemade mustard delicatessen – is sensationally
that is pumped up from the cellars located in a medieval butchers’ hall.
into a wooden barrel.
‘t Dreupelkot
7
MAP Q1 • Groentenmarkt 12
A waterfront bar serving only jenever,
a form of gin, variously flavoured
with fruit, vanilla and even chocolate.
Brooderie
8
MAP P1 • Jan Breydelstraat 8
• Closed Mon • €
The tempting smell of freshly
baked bread wafts around this
rustic­style eatery, which serves
sandwiches and light vegetarian fare.
Herbs and spices, Tierenteyn-Verlent Hotsy Totsy
Dulle Griet
4 9
MAP P2 • Hoogstraat 1
MAP Q1 • Vrijdagmarkt 50
• 09 224 20 12 • Closed Mon
One of the celebrated “beer • €
academies” of Belgium, with 250 Atmospheric 1930s decor and
beers on offer. Note the basket in evenings of jazz, poetry and
which you must deposit a shoe as cabaret make this legendary
security when drinking Kwak, a beer Ghent bar worth seeking out.
served in its own unique glass. Café Labath
Het Spijker
5 0
MAP P2 • Oude Houtlei 1 • €
MAP P2 • Pensmarkt 3–5
A popular locals café serving
Cosy candle­lit bar in the cellar excellent coffee and hot chocolate,
of a 13th­century leprosy shelter, as well as delicous breakfasts, soups
with a large, popular terrace. and sandwiches. Friendly service.

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Restaurants


Korenlei Twee
5
PRICE CATEGORIES
For a three-course meal for one with half MAP P2 • Korenlei 2 • 09 224
a bottle of wine (or equivalent meal), 00 73 • Closed Sun D, Mon • €€€
taxes and extra charges This 18th-century dockside town
house, serves meals using
€ under €40 €€ €40–60 €€€ over €60
ingredients from the local fish
and meat markets. Good value
Oude Vismijn
1 and excellent wine too.
MAP P1 • Sint-Veerleplein 5
Mosquito Coast
• 09 223 20 00 • Closed Mon • €€ 6
Inside the renovated Fish Market, MAP Q2 • Hoogpoort 28 • 09
this urbane brasserie’s trump cards 224 37 20 • Closed Mon • €
are the stunning views of the Graslei Laidback travellers’ café adorned
and Korenlei (see p109). with souvenirs from around the
world. It offers good vegetarian
Brasserie Pakhuis
2 options, shelves of guidebooks
and two sunny terraces.
MAP P2 • Schuurkenstraat 4
• 09 223 55 55 • Closed Sun • €€
Karel de Stoute
Run by celebrated restaurant 7
designer Antoine Pinto, Pakhuis is MAP Q1 • Vrouwebroersstraat
big and very popular – so reserve! 2 • 09 224 17 35 • Closed Sat L, Sun,
Mon • €€€
Keizershof
3 Named after Charles the Bold, Duke
of Burgundy, this is a highly respected
MAP Q1 • Vrijdagmarkt 47
• 09 223 44 46 • Closed Sun, Mon gourmet restaurant in the Patershol
& Tue L • €€ district. Set menus only, permitting
A good list of mainly classic the chefs to excel.
Belgian dishes is served in this
Brasserie De Foyer
lively brasserie, on several floors. 8
MAP Q2 • Sint-Baafsplein 17
Belga Queen
4 • 09 234 13 54 • Closed Mon, Tue • €€
This excellent brasserie is
MAP P2 • Graslei 10
• 09 280 01 00 • €€€ dramatically located within the
The historic 13th-century building, grand 19th-century Koninklijke
elegant decor and the quality of locally Nederlandse Schouwburg (theatre),
sourced food create a high-end feel with a balcony overlooking Sint-
within contemporary surroundings. Baafskathedraal.
Frituur Jozef
9
MAP Q1 • Vrijdagmarkt
An old-established chip stand
serving the perfect chips (frites)
and all the trimmings.
The House of Eliott
0
MAP P1 • Jan Breydelstraat 36
• 09 225 21 28 • Closed Tue, Wed
• €€€
Joyously eccentric pseudo-
Edwardian restaurant in a lovely
spot overlooking the canal.
Horse statue, Belga Queen
See map on p108
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Bruges, Antwerp and Ghent 116
Practical Information 118
Places to Stay 124
General Index 132
Acknowledgments 138
Phrase Book: French 140
Phrase Book: Dutch 142



















































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Bruges, Antwerp & Ghent


Arriving by Air the Gare du Nord fairly close to the Belgian
(Noordstation). Eurostar border. There is also a
Most international flights trains from London (as service from Hull to
arrive at Brussels airport, well as international Zeebrugge (the port of
located at Zaventem 14 km TGV and Thalys trains) Bruges) in Belgium. The
(9 miles) northeast of arrive at the Gare du Channel Tunnel “Shuttle”
Brussels. Ryanair flies Midi. There are good train link, for travellers by car,
to Charleroi (Brussels connections with Bruges, is operated by Eurotunnel
South), which is 60 km (37 Antwerp and Ghent. and travels between
miles) south of the city, as Folkestone and Coquelles
well as to Zaventem. Arriving by Road (just west of Calais).
From Brussels Airport,
there are taxi services To bring a car into Distances Between
into town, but the easiest Belgium, you must carry Cities
and most economic way a valid EU driving licence,
to reach central Brussels or international driving Belgium is small – hardly
is by train, with around licence, plus insurance larger than Wales or New
three trains per hour. and car-registration Hampshire – and the four
There are onward links documents. You must cities are all in the north
from Brussels to Bruges, also carry a warning of the country. Brussels
Antwerp and Ghent. triangle, first-aid kit and is the farthest south;
A bus service called fluorescent safety jacket. Antwerp lies 55 km
Airport Line, run by STIB/ You will be driving on (34 miles) due north of
MIVB, connects the the right, so if you are Brussels; Ghent lies to
airport to Brussels’ travelling from Britain the west and about 50 km
European Quarter. adjust the angle of your (31 miles) from Brussels
From Charleroi airport, headlamps, or use and Antwerp; Bruges lies
there are shuttle buses patches, so that they don’t a further 40 km (25 miles)
to Brussels, and a regular dazzle oncoming drivers. northwest of Ghent.
bus service direct to All the motorways in
Bruges and Ghent; you Belgium are toll-free and Travelling By Train
can also take the bus to most are well maintained.
the railway station at Almost all are very well Belgium’s excellent
Charleroi-Sud, then the lit at night. national rail service,
train to Brussels, Bruges, Eurolines and the Belgian Rail (SNCB in
Antwerp or Ghent. Megabus run regular bus French and NMBS in
Antwerp also has an services from London to Dutch), is clean, punctual,
international airport, with Brussels, as well as efficient and reasonably
connections to London to Bruges, Antwerp and priced. Regular services
City Airport, Birmingham, Ghent. There are also link all four cities. Its
Southampton, and a services that connect English-language website
limited number of other the north of Britain to has timetables, prices
European destinations. the Hull-Zeebrugge ferry. and discounts (for
children under 12,
Arriving by Train Arriving by Sea travellers under 26 or
over 65, and for travel at
The central hub of Travellers from Britain weekends), and you can
Belgium’s rail network is can cross the English buy tickets online to print
Brussels, which has three Channel by ferry, or via out and carry with you.
main stations: the Gare the Channel Tunnel. Note that if you are
du Midi (or Zuidstation), Ferries from Dover land travelling by Eurostar,
the Gare Centrale at Calais or Dunkirk (in the ticket includes the
(Centraal Station) and France), which both lie cost for travelling to






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other Belgian stations By Taxi By Bicycle
(e.g. Bruges, Antwerp or
Ghent), valid for 24 hours Taxis are available at taxi Belgians are keen cyclists
after your arrival ranks or can be booked and traffic is usually
in Brussels; a return from by phone. In Brussels, respectful. You can hire
the destination is likewise they can occasionally be bikes in all the cities.
valid for 24 hours before hailed on the street – but Tourist offices (see p121)
your departure back not usually in the other will be able to provide
home from Brussels. three cities. They cost details of hire companies.
quite a lot more than
By Car public transport. A 10 per On Foot
cent tip is customary.
Belgians drive on the The best way to get
right-hand side of the By Public Transport around; in all the cities,
road. There are motorway the main sights are
links between all the cities; The main transport sys- central, and all within
the speed limit is 120 kph tems are bus and tram; easy walking distance.
(75 mph). Breakdown Brussels also has a Metro Brussels, Antwerp and
services are offered by (underground railway or Ghent all have exten sive
the two main Belgian subway); Antwerp an pedestrianized zones
motoring organizations: underground tram system around the main areas.
Touring and VAB. called the Pre-Metro. Use DIRECTORY
There is plenty of park- the buttons on board
ing in and around all the trams and buses to indi- AIR TRAVEL
cities; the best plan is to cate that you wish to get Antwerp Airport
head for one of the main off at the next stop, and to ∑ antwerp-airport.be
public car parks, which open the doors. Public Brussels Airport
are well sign posted. tran sport in Brussels is ∑ brusselsairport.be
Traffic in city centres, operated by STIB (or
especially Bruges and MIVB); in the other cities Charleroi (Brussels
South) Airport
Ghent, can be bad so the operator is De Lijn. ∑ charleroi-airport.com
visitors are encouraged
to use out lying car parks Tickets Ryanair
∑ ryanair.com
and walk or take the
park-and-ride bus. If Tickets for public RAIL AND COACH
you are staying over night, transport cover buses, Belgian Rail
∑ belgianrail.be
check in advance if your trams and Metro. Single
hotel has private parking; tickets, day passes and Eurolines
this may be relatively preloadable multi-journey ∑ eurolines.co.uk
expensive, but has the MOBIB Basic cards can Eurostar
merit of convenience. be bought at ticket booths ∑ eurostar.com
or stations. Single tickets Eurotunnel
Car Rental for buses and trams are ∑ eurotunnel.com
also available from the Megabus
All the main car-hire driver. Children under six ∑ megabus.com
agencies operate in with a paying adult can
Belgium, and normally travel for free (up to four CAR BREAKDOWN
SERVICES
have offices at the children per adult). At the Touring
airports. Usually you get start of a journey, validate ∑ touring.be
better value if you book a the ticket or card (in the VAB
hire car in your home orange machine or on the ∑ vab.be
country, linking it with red contact pad) on board
your flight. Note that all a bus or tram, or on PUBLIC TRANSPORT
the cities are compact; entering a Metro station; De Lijn
you don’t really need a car it is then valid for a single ∑ delijn.be
to get around unless you journey of up to an hour, STIB/MIVB
want to go touring outside including any changes ∑ stib.be
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Passports and Visas countries have embassies cancel, are delayed or
in the city – and most of lose your possessions. It
You need a passport them are located in and should also cover medical
to enter Belgium, valid around the European costs in case of illness
at least three months Quarter to the east of or accident, and – most
beyond the end of your the centre. Contact your importantly – the cost
stay. Citizens of the EU, country’s embassy if you of transport to get you
the USA, Australia and lose your passport, or in home, should you have a
New Zealand do not need extreme circumstances major accident or illness.
a visa if staying for less (for instance, if feel you British citizens can take
than 90 days. Citizens have been unfairly treated advantage of reciprocal
of other countries should by the police); for the con- EU medical agreements,
consult their Belgian tact details of embassies as long as they carry a
embassy for information. of the major English- European Health
speaking countries, Insurance Card (EHIC),
Customs see the Directory box. under which 75 per cent
Regulations and of specified costs can be
Immigration Languages reclaimed; you usually
have to pay for medical
Most goods can be The people of Flanders treatment in the first
transported between (which includes Bruges, instance and reclaim
EU countries, including Antwerp and Ghent) costs later, so be sure
wines, beer, spirits and speak Dutch (Nederlands); to keep all your receipts.
tobacco, provided they this may be informally
are for your own personal referred to as Flemish Emergencies
use, and in quantities that (Vlaams), but the official
reflect this; UK guidelines language is categorically The emergency services
for maximum quantities Dutch. In Brussels the are as efficient and
are 10 litres of spirits, people speak mostly reliable as any throughout
800 cigarettes, 90 litres French or Dutch (some Europe. For emergency
of wine, and 110 litres speak the old Bruxellois telephone numbers,
of beer. Some restrictions dialect Marollien). see the Directory box.
apply to meat products, Generally, English is
plants and, of course, fairly widely understood, Health
weapons and narcotics. especially by people
For non-EU citizens flying involved in the tourist Belgians enjoy a high
into and out of Belgium, trade; in Flanders many standard of healthcare;
national limits apply. people prefer to speak their hospitals – usually
in English rather than located in modern
Travel Advice French, even though it buildings situated in
is one of the Belgian spacious grounds in the
Visitors can get up-to- national languages. There suburbs on the periphery
date travel information is a third official Belgian of the cities – rank among
from the Foreign and language, German, but the best in Europe. This
Commonwealth Office this is spoken primarily healthcare is extended
in the UK, the State in the eastern cantons, to foreign visitors, but
Department in the USA on the German border. you will have to pay for
and the Department it if you are not properly
of Foreign Affairs and Travel Insurance covered by insurance.
Trade in Australia. Should you suffer an
Take out travel and health accident or illness, or
Embassies insurance when you book need emergency dental
your trip. This will allow treatment, ask locally
Brussels is the “Capital you to claim compen- about how best to
of Europe”, so most major sation if you have to access these services;






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for example, hotels have Public Holidays currencies and travellers’
lists of duty doctors and cheques can be changed
dentists. Note also that Belgian public holidays or cashed at a bank or at
pharmacists are highly are: New Year’s Day; one of the specialist
trained, and for Belgians Easter Monday; Labour exchange bureaus. Check
are often the first port of Day (1 May); Ascension the rate of exchange and
call for treatment of Day (6th Thu after Easter); the commission charged
minor ailments. But Whit Monday (7th Mon to see whether you are
pharmacists know the after Easter); Flanders getting a good deal.
limits of their jurisdiction, Day (11 July); National Bank and credit cards
and will refer you to a (Independence) Day can be used to draw cash
doctor if necessary. Each (21 July); Assumption from ATMs (Automatic
commune has a rota of (15 Aug); All Saints’ Day Teller Machines), which
late-night pharmacies. (1 Nov); Armistice Day are widespread. Before
(11 Nov); and Christmas travelling, check with the
Personal Security Day. Although banks and bank or card issuer that
post offices will remain your card is compatible
Belgian cities are not closed, some museums with Belgian systems
notably dangerous or and shops may stay open. (these include Visa, Cirrus,
crime-ridden places, Maestro and Plus), and
but there is a fair amount Currency make sure you know your
of pickpocketing, theft and Banking PIN number. Most major
and even car-jacking. credit and debit cards
If you keep your mental Belgium’s currency is are accepted in shops,
antennae switched on the euro. Notes of other restaurants and hotels.
and exercise the same
precautions as you would DIRECTORY
in any other western
city, the chances are that TRAVEL ADVICE New Zealand
you will come through Australian Department MAP H5 • Avenue des
unscathed. One note of Foreign Affairs Nerviens 9, 1040 Brussels
of caution: Brussels and Trade (Etterbeek)
Midi station has a bad ∑ dfat.gov.au/travel § 02 512 10 40
reputation for pickpockets ∑ smartraveller.gov.au USA
and theft: stay alert, UK Foreign and MAP E3 • Boulevard du
particularly in queues Commonwealth Office Régent 27, 1000 Brussels
and on escalators. If you ∑ gov.uk/foreign-travel- § 02 811 40 00
are the victim of a crime, advice
report it to the police – US Department of State EMERGENCIES
within 24 hours in the ∑ travel.state.gov All services
case of theft – if you wish § 112
to claim on insurance. EMBASSIES AND Ambulance and
Many police officers CONSULATES Fire Services
speak English, and you Australian § 100
are likely to get a very MAP E4 • Avenue des
professional response. Arts 56, 1000 Brussels Police
(Etterbeek) § 101
Identity § 02 286 05 00 TELEPHONE CODES
British
Note that you are obliged MAP G4 • Avenue Belgian country code
by law to carry an identity d’Auderghem 10, 1040 00 32 (drop the first 0
document (for example, Brussels (Etterbeek) of the area code)
a passport or driver’s § 02 287 62 11 City area codes
licence) at all times. The Canadian Antwerp: (0)3
police are entitled to ask Avenue de Tervuren 2, Bruges: (0)50
you to produce this for 1040 Brussels (Etterbeek) Brussels: (0)2
inspection, but they can- § 02 741 06 11 Ghent: (0)9
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Banking Hours normally have a label two-pin plugs that are
announcing the usual common across mainland
Banks are generally collection times. Europe. The current
open Mon–Fri 9am–noon is fine for the majority
and 2–4pm, but some Newspapers and TV of British equipment
larger branches do not just to require an adaptor,
close for lunch. Some The Belgian press is but American visitors will
banks also open on split across the language need a transformer too.
Saturday mornings. divide. The main French-
The exchange bureaus language papers are Le Weather
have longer opening Soir, La Libre Belgique
hours, and may be open and La Dernière Heure; Belgian weather is typical
through the weekend. the Dutch-speakers for northern Europe: a
have Het Laatste Nieuws, mix of sunshine and rain,
Telephones De Standaard and De distributed across the
and Internet Morgen. English-language four seasons. Average
newspapers are also seasonal temperatures
Mobile-phone coverage widely available at news- range from 1°C (34°F)
is good, especially in the stands and in bookshops. in winter to 19°C (66°F) in
cities. Public pay-phones Brussels also has its own summer. All seasons have
have become virtually online English-language their merits: summer is
redundant as a result – monthly magazine called most likely to have the
but they still exist, and The Bulletin (www.xpats. best weather, but spring
can be used to make calls com), offering a round- and autumn can be sunny
abroad; they operate with up and analysis of local and warm. Winter can
coins or insertable cards, events, news stories be bitterly cold, but the
which can be purchased and issues. towers and steeples of
from newsagents, ticket As with the newspapers, the city skylines can light
offices and post offices. Belgian television has up spectacularly in the
Just about all hotels channels in French and low-angled sun, and all
now offer free Wi-Fi Dutch, and cable brings in the cities host Christmas
internet facilities for those a wide choice of channels markets to bring seasonal
using their mobile phones from all over Europe and cheer to December.
or laptops; some also the USA. Almost all hotel Regarding clothing and
have computer terminals rooms have televisions. what to pack, assume the
that guests can use in worst in weather and
their lobbies. Free or Time Difference you’ll be fine. Think in
paid-for Wi-Fi access is terms of multiple layers,
also available in many Belgium is on Central so you can adapt to all
bars and cafés. European Time (CET), one weather conditions, and
hour ahead of Greenwich always carry a waterproof
Post Offices Mean Time (GMT). It one. Be sure to pack stout
observes Daylight Saving and comfortable shoes:
Post offices are generally Time, moving the clocks walking is the best way
open Mon–Fri 9am–5pm. forward in late March and to see the cities. Bring a
You can buy stamps there back in late October – so compact umbrella that
and ascertain postage remains one hour ahead can be easily stored in
rates for heavier and of the UK year round, six a backpack or bag.
international items. Main hours ahead of New York
post offices have poste and on the same time as Disabled Travellers
restante and banking Paris more or less all
facilities. Stamps are year round. Historic cities such as
also available from some Brussels, Bruges,
tobacconists, newsagents Electrical Antwerp and Ghent have
and shops selling post- Appliances developed over centuries
cards. Post boxes are red, with scant attention paid
often adorned with a post Belgium runs on 230 to disabled travellers’
horn and crown, and volts AC, using the round needs. Although attitudes






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are changing, adapting Wallonia­Brussels by canal (Bruges and
the physical environment Tourism). Each city also Ghent). There are guided
to meet their needs will has its own tourist office, tours in an extraordinarily
take a long time. Many providing detailed local wide range of themes,
key sites are in historic information and assisting including Art Nouveau,
areas, where access is with hotel reservations. industrial architecture,
hard for people with disa­ All of these tourist offices Jewish history, folk tales
bilities. Bruges, especially, have useful websites, and legends, lace, beer,
will never be able to adapt providing details of key chocolate, film locations,
its narrow pavements and attractions, festivals, almshouses, and even
cobbled streets. events, restaurants and death and the macabre.
Many hotels and B&Bs hotels, as well as maps, A number of tour
do not have any special other useful information operators organize
facilities for disabled and links. packaged tours of one
travellers, and often or more of the cities,
cannot even contemplate Trips and Tours complete with all
fitting them because of transport, hotel bookings
planning restrictions Consult the local tourist and catering. Some of
affecting the historic offices for organized tours these also have a special
buildings. That said, many of the cities, with guides focus, such as Flemish
hotels, restaurants and or audioguides, by bus, art and architecture, the
tourist attractions are walking or cycling, by battlefields, Belgian beer
fully adapted, and there horse­drawn carriage or and/or chocolate.
is usually no shortage of
goodwill to accommodate DIRECTORY
visitors with special
needs: ask in advance, DISABLED MAP C3 • Town Hall,
and you should get an TRAVELLERS Grand Place
MAP C3 • Visit
honest answer about Belgium Flanders, Rue du Marché
what is possible and what Access Info aux Herbes 61
is likely to prove difficult. ∑ accessinfo.be § 02 504 03 00
City tourist offices UK Ghent
also hold information Tourism for All MAP P1
∑ tourismforall.org.uk
on facilities for the Youreable.com • Oude Vismijn,
disabled traveller in ∑ youreable.com Sint-Veerleplein 5
hotel rooms, on public USA § 09 266 56 60
transport and taxis, plus Mobility International ∑ visitgent.be
wheelchair­accessible ∑ miusa.org
toilets, and so on; if SATH (Society for TRIPS AND TOURS
this is not published Accessible Travel and ARAU (Architecture/Art
on their website, tele­ Hospitality) Nouveau)
phone or email their ∑ sath.org ∑ arau.org
offices in advance. TOURIST OFFICES BeerTrips.com
Belgian Railways also Antwerp ∑ beertrips.com
has useful advice pages MAP T1 • Grote Markt 13 Cox & Kings
on its website. § 03 232 01 03 ∑ coxandkings.co.uk
∑ visitantwerpen.be Flanders Battlefield
Tourist Offices Bruges Tour
MAP J5 ∑ ypres-fbt.com
There are Belgian tourist • Concertgebouw, InTrend Travel
offices in most western ’t Zand 34 (chocolate)
capitals, operated by the § 050 44 46 46 ∑ intrend.com
two main tourist ∑ brugge.be Martin Randall Travel
authorities: Tourism Brussels ∑ martinrandall.com
Flanders­Brussels (or MAP D4 • Rue Royale 2
Visit Flanders); and the § 02 513 89 40
Belgian Tourist Office– ∑ visitbrussels.be
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Shopping Belgians tend not to give out of their way to satisfy
poor advice about food. their eating and drinking
Belgium can be a Above all, avoid tourist­ preferences. Children are
rewarding place to shop. trap restaurants – the also allowed into most
The high streets and ones in the middle of cafés and bars.
shopping malls have town with plastic­coated Vegetarians will notice
an excellent range of menus printed in at least that Belgium is essen­
shops, selling clothes four languages, waiters tially a carnivorous
and fashion, chocolates who solicit your custom at and fish­loving nation,
and other food specialities, the door and an entirely but most restaurants
leatherwork, books and foreign clientele. These do provide vegetarian
stationery, souvenirs, restaurants are unlikely to options. There are also
and so on – generally show why Belgian food is some dedicated vege­
of excellent quality, and celebrated and cherished tarian restaurants
at reasonable prices. by so many. in all four cities, where
As a general rule, shops For the most part chefs apply their charac­
are open from 10am to restaurants serve classic teristic Belgian flare
6pm; small shops such as French cuisine, although to their dishes. Tourist
bakeries and newsagents Belgium has its own offices have listings
may open earlier. Some range of robust and of places to eat.
shops close for lunch tasty dishes, such as Value­added tax (TVA/
but stay open later in carbonnades flamandes BTW) at 21 per cent and
the evening. On Sundays, and waterzooi (see p61). a service charge of 16
larger shops and super­ Good restaurants are per cent can add a lot
markets close, but busy every day of the to a restaurant bill, but
pâtisseries, chocolate week. If you set your both are usually included
shops, delicatessens and heart on going to a in the prices quoted in
tourist shops are likely to particular one, be sure to the menu. If you are
remain open. Some shops make a booking – usually not sure, don’t be afraid
stay open late on one easy enough to do over to ask. If service is not
night of the week. the telephone or Internet; included, you can add
Note that many goods the hotel concierge will 10 per cent; if it is, you
worth taking home – be able to help too – and can add a small cash tip,
Trappist beers and other if you change your mind but this at your discretion.
specialist beers, Côte d’Or be sure to cancel it.
or Galler chocolates – are Look for fixed­price Food and Drink:
found in supermarkets. menus (dagschotel or Good to Know
The larger chains, such dagmenu in Dutch; menu
as Carrefour and Delhaize du jour in French) of In certain dishes, beef is
chain, tend to be in the two or three courses: served raw. This applies
suburbs, but they also these are often the best to Steak Américain,
have mini stores in town. showcases for the chef’s minced beef – not quite
skills and creativity, and what it might sound like
Where to Eat can be very good value, to the uninitiated.
especially at lunchtime in Similarly, the Italian dish
The best Belgian rest­ top­quality restaurants. carpaccio, which appears
aurants rank among Eating out is often a on the menus of many
the top in the world, family event in Belgium; Belgian restaurants,
and many of the lesser­ lunch can last half the consists of slices of raw
known ones are very afternoon. Children get beef. Fish is also served
good indeed. This is used to this from an raw in the Japanese­
partly because the early age and may influenced fusion dishes,
Belgians have a keen develop surprisingly and in salmon or tuna
instinct for good food, sophisticated tastes. As carpaccio. Oysters are
so – as a general rule – a result, children are likewise eaten raw.
look for places where the almost always welcomed Belgian beers are
locals eat. If in doubt, ask in restaurants, and generally somewhat
for advice at your hotel: restaurateurs will go stronger than their






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equivalents in Britain and which may be far cheaper accommodation in
the USA, and range from than the standard “rack Belgium – as little as
about 5% to 12% alcohol rate”. Note that the prices €20 per person, including
by volume (sometimes quoted may not always breakfast. Most offer a
even more). Since beers include city or tourism mixture of two­, three­,
are generally served in tax, which is usually €2 four­ and six­bedroom
fairly small quantities, the extra per person per dormitories with shared
effect can be deceptive – night. Check whether washing facilities, but
until you stand up. It may breakfast is included in there is an increasing
need a bit of practice to the rate – it can cost €15 trend for upmarket
get the measure of this. a head or more per hostels that offer en
person, if you pay for the suites. Hostels also
Where to Stay hotel breakfast sepa­ have lively bars, kitchens
rately. Many hotels pride for preparing your
Belgian hotels are, for themselves on their own meals, and internet
the most part, very well breakfasts, offering a facilities – all good for
run, clean and with generous buffet featuring meeting other travellers.
a high standard of cereals, croissants, cold A cheap option for
hospitality based on meats and cheeses, fruit, families and groups, at
a sound professional yogurts and juices, and under €20 per family per
training, a genuine desire sometimes bacon and night, is to stay at one of
to please the customer eggs – so if this is Belgium’s efficiently run
and the knowledge that included in the price of camping and caravanning
there is usually plenty of the room, it makes a sites. Needless to say,
choice available. significant difference to they are not near the city
To help you make your their value for money. centres. Tourist offices
selection, there is no The official star system will have details.
shortage of information for rating hotels in
about accommodation on Belgium is based more DIRECTORY
the internet: most hotels on facilities than on
have their own websites, things that really make a BED-AND-
with links for enquiries difference, such as decor, BREAKFASTS
and bookings – and will tranquillity and quality of Bed & Breakfast
often match prices with service. Two­star hotels Antwerpen
the booking sites, if you may actually be more ∑ gastenkamers
make your reservation rewarding and agreeable antwerpen.be
directly with them. than five­star ones. Bed & Brussels
You can book by internet In increasing numbers, ∑ bnb-brussels.be
or telephone (almost all private citizens in the Corporation of Bruges
reception staff speak cities are opening their B&B
English). Many hotels homes for bed­and­ ∑ brugge-bedand
require security for a breakfast accom­ breakfast.com
booking, such as a credit modation, and some Guild of Guesthouses
card number. If you turn of these are in delightful in Ghent
up in a city without a historic houses, right in ∑ bedandbreakfast-
booking, the tourist office the centre. They can be gent.be
(see p121) should be able good value for money – BOOKING SITES
to help you to find a room. often around €55–€95 for ∑ booking.com
Hotels prices reflect the a double room, per night,
predicted ebb and flow of although the most luxu­ ∑ expedia.com
business and holiday rious are considerably ∑ galahotels.com
trade. Summer is busy more expensive – and the ∑ lastminute.com
in Bruges, but less so in best tend to be booked up ∑ tripadvisor.com
Brussels, Antwerp or the months in advance. You
university city of Ghent. can find many of these ∑ laterooms.com
Many hotels offer special properties on the internet.
weekend rates (Fri–Sun Youth hostels offer
and public holidays), by far the cheapest






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Places to Stay


PRICE CATEGORIES and sumptuous hotel
For a standard double room per night (with breakfast is part of the Warwick
if included), including taxes and extra charges. group. It has a restaurant,
bar and fitness suite.
€ under 100 €€ €100–250 €€€ over €250
Sofitel Brussels
Brussels Hotels: Hotel Métropole Le Louise
Top of the Range MAP C2 • Place de MAP C6 • Avenue de
Brouckère 31, 1000 BRU la Toison d’Or 40, 1050
Brussels Marriott • 02 217 23 00 • www. BRU • 02 514 22 00 •
Hotel Grand Place metropolehotel.com www.accorhotels.com
MAP B2 • Rue Auguste • €€ • €€
Orts 3–7, 1000 BRU A landmark Brussels Don’t be deterred by
• 02 516 90 90 • www. hotel with lavish belle the fact that this is a
marriott.com • €€ époque reception and chain hotel, Sofitel
A Marriott with unique bar. The large, elegant brought in revered
character, located near rooms are fresh and designer Antoine
the Bourse and the Grand decorated in pretty Pinto to redefine this
Place. Ideal for business, colours. There is a fully five-star hotel with a
shopping and leisure. equipped fitness centre. glamorous, eclectic
Centrally located, not far vibe. Rooms are plush,
The Dominican from Place Ste-Catherine and the restaurant has
MAP C2 • Rue Léopold 9, and Place St-Géry. a lovely sunny terrace.
1000 BRU • 02 203 08 08
• www.thedominican.be Manos Premier Amigo
• €€ MAP C6 • Chaussée de MAP B3 • Rue de l’Amigo
This luxurious hotel on Charleroi 100–106, 1060 1–3, 1000 BRU • 02 547
a quiet street cannot be BRU • 02 537 96 82 47 47 • www.hotelamigo.
beaten for location, right • www.manospremier. com • €€€
behind Théâtre Royal de com • €€ Steps away from the
la Monnaie and within This privately owned Grand Place, this smart
walking distance of the five-star boutique hotel hotel occupies the site
Grand Place. Award- offers 50 rooms styled of a 16th-century prison.
winning architects have with period furniture, Rooms are decked out
created a pleasant private an on-site spa and a in rich Flemish fabrics,
courtyard over which the restaurant. The reception and Magritte prints grace
rooms look, and a sump- has an old Parisian- the bathroom walls.
tuous Grand Lounge. style feel with marble
and gilt-edged mirrors. Astoria
The Hotel Guests can also enjoy MAP D2 • Rue Royale
MAP C5 • Boulevard de the peace ful private 103, 1000 BRU • 02 227
Waterloo 38, 1000 BRU garden. Very calm yet 05 05 • €€€
• 02 504 11 11 • www. close to the bustling With its palatial lobby
thehotel-brussels.be • €€ Avenue Louise. and spectacular public
This high-rise may not rooms, the Astoria looks
look much from the Royal Windsor as if it dates from the
outside, but the inside MAP C3 • Rue 18th century, but was
is brimming with Duquesnoy 5, 1000 BRU actually built in 1909. It
surprises, including • 02 505 55 55 • www. is located in the Upper
contemporary decor royalwindsorbrussels. Town, near to the Royal
and stunning views com • €€ Palace. Both Churchill
from the higher rooms, Equidistant from the and Eisenhower stayed
as well as the 23rd- Grand Place and the here. The Astoria is
floor sauna and gym. Musées Royaux des closed for renovation,
Excellent service. Beaux-Arts, this elegant so call ahead.






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Radisson Blu Royal three-star hotel has over Pantone colour-matching
MAP C2 • Rue Fossé-aux- 170 fun rooms. Family system used by designers
Loups 47, 1000 BRU rooms are available too. from every continent.
• 02 219 28 28 • www. White walls and bedding
radissonblu.com • €€€ Vintage Hotel allow colourful access-
The foyer, showcasing MAP C6 • Rue Dejoncker ories to shine. Some
the work of renowned 45, 1060 BRU • 02 533 99 rooms have rooftop views
Belgian architect Michel 80 • www.vintagehotel. of the Lower Town.
Jaspers, is breathtaking – be • €
a towering atrium, with A 1960s-styled boutique Le Plaza
tropical plants and hotel close to fashionable MAP C1 • Boulevard
fountains filling its base, Avenue Louise. Rooms Adolphe Max 118–26,
and glass-fronted lifts feature bubble lamps and 1000 BRU • 02 278 01 00
rising into the firma- psychedelic wall paper. At • www.leplaza-brussels.
ment. The hotel has a night, the breakfast room be • €€
renowned restaurant, turns into a wine bar. You feel a bit like a guest
the Sea Grill (see p80). of Louis XVI in the palatial
Le Dixseptième foyer and public rooms
Brussels: Hotels MAP C3 • Rue de la of this grand hotel, with
of Character Madeleine 25, 1000 BRU its stucco, gilt, and lavish
• 02 517 17 17 • www. ceiling paintings. The
Espérance ledixseptieme.be • €€ guest rooms maintain
MAP C1 • Rue du There is no other place the same high standard
Finistère 1–3, 1000 BRU quite like this in Brussels: of spacious comfort.
• 02 219 10 28 • www. an utterly charming and
hotel-esperance.be • € fascinating small hotel Warwick Barsey Hotel
This 1930s Art Deco gem in the late-17th-century Avenue Louise 381–3,
is hidden away near Place residence of the Spanish 1050 BRU • 02 649 98 00
des Martyrs (see p76). ambassador. It has a • www.warwickbarsey.
Most rooms are modern, number of suites – com • €€
but Room 7 still retains its named after Belgian Located at the southern
old splendour. The tavern/ artists – ingeniously set end of stylish Avenue
breakfast room has hardly beneath the roof beams, Louise, this hotel was
changed and is a must for and furnished with a decorated by French
evening drinks. mixture of antique charm designer Jacques
and modern flair. Garcia in an opulent
Hotel Bloom! Edwardian style. The
MAP E1 • Rue Royale Ibis Styles rooms exude a sense of
250, 1210 BRU • 02 Brussels Louise luxurious, silky comfort.
220 69 05 • www. MAP C6 • Avenue Louise The private terrace is a
hotelbloom.com • € 212, 1050 BRU • 02 644 bonus in summer.
A bright, fresh, modern 29 29 • www.ibis.com • €€
hotel; all-white rooms Once independently run, Odette en Ville
each with a fresco painted the former White Hotel is MAP D8 • Rue de
by a young European now part of the Ibis chain, Châtelain 25, 1050 BRU
artist. Behind the bota- but it retains its contem- • 02 640 26 26 • www.
nical gardens with easy porary all-white theme chez-odette.com • €€€
access to the Gare du and continues to show- An intimate eight-room
Nord and the city centre. case artwork of young boutique hotel located
Belgian designers. in a 1920s building.
Meininger Rooms are decorated
MAP A2 • Quai Pantone Hotel with calming greys and
Hainaut 33, 1080 BRU MAP C6 • Place Loix 1, whites, and feature first-
• 02 588 14 74 • www. 1060 BRU • 02 541 48 98 rate fixtures such as
meininger-hotels.com • € • www.pantonehotel. under-floor heating.
Housed in a former com • €€ Romantic restaurant
brewery, this backpacker- The world’s first hotel to with freshly cut roses
style, carbon-neutral, apply the standardized and open fire.






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Brussels Hotels: Marivaux it offers very competitive
Business and MAP C1 • Boulevard prices, if your timing is
Budget Adolphe Max 98, 1000 right. The decor is both
BRU • 02 227 03 00 stylish and functional, as
2GO4 Grand Place • www.hotelmarivaux.be the brand’s name would
MAP C3 • Rue de • €€ suggest. There is also a
Haringstraat 6–8, 1000 A simple but satis factory sauna and a fitness centre.
BRU • 02 219 30 19 business hotel with
• www.2go4.be • € contem porary-styled guest Thon Hotel EU
Just off the Grand Place, rooms and state-of-the- MAP F4 • Rue de la Loi
this is Brussels’ only art meeting rooms. Relax 75, 1040 BRU • 02 204
city-centre hostel. in the cocktail bar or enjoy 39 11 • www.thonhotels.
With options to suit all a fusion-cuisine meal in com • €€
budgets, the range of the elegant brasserie. This multi-coloured
rooms on offer includes hotel offers functional,
multi-share rooms, The Progress Hotel modern rooms, free Wi-Fi,
singles and doubles, MAP G1 • Rue du Progrès conference
with or without private 9, 1210 BRU • 02 205 17 rooms, a fitness centre,
bathrooms. There are 00 • www.progresshotel. a restaurant, and even
excellent kitchen facilities be • €€ a small shopping mall.
and free internet access. Friendly, small hotel close
to the Botanical Gardens Silken Berlaymont
Aloft Brussels with functional black- MAP G3 • Boulevard
Schuman and-white rooms. After a Charlemagne 11–19,
MAP G4 • Place Jean Rey, day of business meetings, 1000 BRU • 02 231 09 09
1040 BRU • 02 800 08 88 guests can relax on • www.hoteles-silken.
• www.aloftbrussels.com massage chairs in the com • €€€
• € covered winter garden Close to the heart of
Funky, affordable with its 100-year-old European government,
boutique-design hotel olive trees. Airport this eco-friendly hotel
in the heart of the EU pickups and customized is favoured by diplomats,
district. Instead of a rest- tours can be arranged politicians and journalists.
aurant, there is a 24-hour through the concierge. They make full use of
“food station” serving its state-of-the-art
snacks, sandwiches, Radisson Red communication systems,
salads and treats, as Brussels fitness centre, Turkish
well as drinks. A choice MAP E5 • Rue d’Idalie 35, baths and sauna.
of breakfast options is 1050 BRU • 02 626 81 11
also available. Other • www.radissonred.com Sofitel Brussels
facilities include free • €€ Europe
Wi-Fi, a fitness centre A deluxe hotel adjacent to MAP G5 • Place Jourdan
and a lively bar with the European Parliament, 1, 1040 BRU • 02 235 51
live music. with spacious designer 00 • www.accorhotels.
bedrooms, premier com • €€€
Aqua Hotel meeting rooms, sauna, Elegant five-star hotel just
MAP D5 • Rue de Stassart fitness centre and a stone’s throw from the
43, 1050 BRU • 02 213 01 Willards bar/restaurant. European Parliament. The
01 • www.aqua-hotel- spacious rooms are
brussels.com • €€ Scandic Grand Place beautifully designed in
Crisp, clean, good-value MAP C3 • Rue d’Arenberg contemporary style, and
hotel that is popular with 18, 1000 BRU • 02 548 18 feature luxury bathrooms
businesspeople looking 11 • www.scandichotels. that come with designer
for something a bit com • €€ toiletries. Extras include
different – a huge, blue It’s not quite on the Grand 11 meeting rooms,
Arne Quinze sculpture Place, but near enough to a hammam, a fitness
twists through the entire make this straightforward, centre, a rooftop terrace
building. In a quiet street professional hotel an and an on-site chocolate
close to the Metro. attractive proposition: shop for last-minute gifts.






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Bruges Hotels: a glamorous lounge in an Hotel Aragon
Luxury old guildhall, an indoor MAP K3 • Naaldenstraat
swimming pool and a 22 • 050 33 35 33 • www.
De Castillion gastronomic restaurant. hotelaragon.be • €€€
MAP K4 • Heilige A well-presented, well-
Geeststraat 1 • 050 34 Bonifacius managed hotel close to
30 01 • www.castillion.be MAP K5 • Groeninge 4 the centre. It’s part of
• €€ • 050 49 00 49 • www. the Swan Hotel Collection,
Occupying a 17th-century bonifacius.be • €€€ which includes the Dukes’
bishop’s residence in A superb boutique Palace. The hotel also
the west of the city, this B&B in a 16th-century has eight apartments
comfortable hotel has building overlooking nearby, which can sleep
imaginatively decorated the canal and Bonifacius up to seven people.
bedrooms and bath- Bridge. Each room is
rooms. The high standard decorated with rich Hotel Dukes’ Palace
of the rooms is matched fabrics and antiques, MAP K4 • Prinsenhof 8
by its remarkable Art and features an en-suite • 050 44 78 88 • www.
Deco lounge and bar. granite bath room with hoteldukespalace.com
Jacuzzi bath. Bonifacius • €€€
Hotel de Orangerie is located opposite the This former ducal palace
MAP K4 Michelin-starred has definitely earned its
• Kartuizerinnenstraat 10 Den Gouden Harynck five stars thanks to the
• 050 34 16 49 • www. restaurant (see p98). spa pool, art gallery and
hotelorangerie.be • €€ chapel. The Manuscript
This delightful hotel in a Crowne Plaza Hotel restaurant serves a
15th-century convent has MAP L4 • Burg 10 • 050 great breakfast. The
a gorgeous panelled break- 44 68 44 • www. ihg.com bar is not cheap, but
fast room and lounge with • €€€ locals seem to think
a terrace overlooking the You could not get more it’s worth it.
canal. The hotel exudes central if you tried: the
character and charm. Crowne Plaza overlooks The Pand Hotel
the Burg at the very MAP L4 • Pandreitje 16
NH Brugge heart of Bruges. A • 050 34 06 66 • www.
MAP J5 • Boeveriestraat modern estab lishment, pandhotel.com • €€€
2 • 050 44 97 11 • www. it also incorporates some This boutique hotel,
nh-hotels.com • €€ historic remains: the in a fine 18th-century
Once a 17th-century excavated foundations of town house, is the ideal
monastery, this building the medieval church of St place for a romantic
retains some lovely Donatian. The hotel has getaway. Close to the
features, such as stained- an indoor swimming Burg in a pretty tree-lined
glass windows, large pool, the PlazaCafé and street, it is beautifully
fireplaces and wooden its own car park. decorated in a deeply
beams. The rooms are in upholstered style, with
a modern style, but the Heritage canopied beds.
Jan Breydel bar has old- MAP K3 • Niklaas
world charm. Desparsstraat 11 • 050 De Tuilerieën
44 44 44 • www.hotel- MAP L4 • Dijver 7 • 050
Die Swaene heritage.com • €€€ 34 36 91 • www.hotel
MAP L4 Located in a 19th-century tuilerieen.com • €€€
• Steenhouwersdijk 1 mansion, in the old mer- In a 15th-century
• 050 34 27 98 • www. chant quarter to the north nobleman’s house
dieswaene.be • €€ of the Markt, this hotel overlooking the canal,
An opulent, romantic boasts the respected rest- this lavish hotel has
hotel with rooms in the aurant, Le Mystique, plus hosted many a celebrity.
18th-century building and a spa and a fitness room Chocolate fountain in
in the modern “pergola” in its 14th-century cellar, the breakfast bar plus
looking out over the pretty and a sun deck with city swimming pool, steam
canal. Amenities include views on the roof. room and bar.
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Bruges Hotels: hearty buffet breakfast swimming pool and
Mid-range is served in a vaulted- jazz bar.
ceiling basement.
Adornes There is free Wi-Fi Oud Huis
MAP L3 • Sint-Annarei 26 available in both the guest de Peellaert
• 050 34 13 36 • www. rooms and common MAP L4 • Hoogstraat 20
adornes.be • Closed Jan • areas. Room rates • 050 33 78 89 • www.
€€ inclusive of tickets to depeellaert.be • €€
The Adornes is located various attractions Chandeliers, antique
in a renovated set of 16th- can be arranged. furniture and a beautiful
to 18th-century mansions spiral staircase set the
overlooking the canal in Jan Brito tone in this pair of grand
the quieter, eastern part MAP L4 • Freren 19th-century mansions,
of the city, yet within Fonteinstraat 1 elegantly and sympa-
walking distance of the • 050 33 06 01 thetically restored. High
centre. The decor, with • www.janbrito.com standards of comfort
its exposed beams, has • €€ and service prevail, with
rustic charm. Guests Centrally located, a gym and sauna in
have free use of bicycles. between the Burg and the 16th-century cellars,
Small pets are allowed. the Koningin Astridpark, making this a special
the Jan Brito occupies place to stay in the
Egmond an attractive 16th-century heart of historic Bruges.
MAP K6 • Minnewater building with a step-
15 • 050 34 14 45 gabled, brick façade. Park Hotel
• www.egmond.be • €€ The charming public MAP J5 • Vrijdagmarkt
The Egmond is located in rooms are decorated 5 • 050 33 33 64 • www.
an 18th-century country in Louis XVI style. There parkhotel-brugge.be
house a short walk from is also a pretty garden. • €€
the centre of Bruges. With The Park Hotel is well run,
its own little tree-shaded De’ Medici with a charming plant-
park and classic interiors, MAP L2 • Potterierei 15 filled breakfast/lunch
it feels like a world apart. • 050 33 98 33 • www. room and functional guest
hoteldemedici.com • €€ rooms. It overlooks the
Hotel Jacobs This smart, modern Zand, the spacious market
MAP L2 • Baliestraat 1 hotel, overlooking the square to the west of
• 050 33 98 31 • www. canal, is a member of the city, and is only 10
hoteljacobs.com • €€ the Golden Tulip group. minutes’ walk from
This good-value hotel It has a health centre the city centre. There
is in the peaceful Sint- with a gym, sauna and is a spacious car park
Gillis neighbourhood. steam room, and a under the hotel.
Housed in a traditional bar that looks over
step-gabled building, it a lovely Japanese- Prinsenhof
offers clean, comfort able inspired garden. MAP K4
public areas and cosy • Ontvangersstraat 9
bedrooms with free Navarra • 050 34 26 90 • www.
Wi-Fi. Close to the MAP K3 • Sint- prinsenhof.be • €€
main shops, restau rants Jakobsstraat 41 This regular award-
and museums. • 050 34 05 61 • www. winner is tucked away
hotelnavarra.com • €€ down a side street in
Hotel Malleberg The former trading the west of the city, in
MAP L4 • Hoogstraat 7 house of the merchants an area once occupied
• 050 34 41 11 • www. of Navarre is now a by the splendid palace
malleberg.be • €€ hotel of unusual elegance of the dukes of Burgundy.
This home-from-home sited to the north of Something of the dukes’
tastefully decorated the Markt. Navarra grand style pervades
hotel located in a town offers a high standard the decor – on a smaller
house is family-run and of service and comfort, scale, of course. All of the
close to the Markt. The including a fitness centre, comfortable guest rooms




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are individually decorated. east of the Burg. Ter with flowers, is located
A hearty and varied buffet Reien’s rooms are close to the old parish
breakfast is included. clean, and the double church of Sint-Gillis, in
bedrooms have capsule the quiet and historic
Bruges Hotels: bathrooms. A room with northern part of town –
Budget a courtyard view is also but still just a 10-minute
good. Guests need to walk from the centre.
Bauhaus Hotel pay to access Wi-Fi. The interior is styled like
MAP M3 • Langestraat a private home, with a
135 (reception at 145) Hotel Ter Brughe welcome to match.
• 050 34 10 93 MAP K3 • Oost Gistelhof
• www.bauhaus.be • € 2 • 050 34 03 24 • www. Hotel Biskajer
A popular, energetic and hotelterbrughe.com • € MAP K3 • Biskajersplein
friendly hostel. Located Hotel Ter Brughe is 4 • 050 34 15 06 • www.
in the east of the city, a located just north of the hotelbiskajer.com • €€
15-minute walk from the Augustijnenrei canal in This small 17-room hotel
centre, it prides itself on a charming web of old just north of the Markt
its cheap accommodation. streets. This well-run may lack amenities,
The Bauhaus bar serves hotel occupies a listed but this makes it an
more than 25 Belgian 16th-century house affordable option. All
beers, and bar snacks. over looking the canal, rooms have en-suite
Free Wi-Fi. which boasts some bathrooms, and a buffet
impressive ancient breakfast is included
Charlie Rockets wooden beams, especially in the price. There is a
MAP L4 • Hoogstraat 19 in the breakfast room and smart breakfast room
• 050 33 06 60 • www. in some of the spacious and a small, cosy bar
charlierockets.com • € guest rooms. stocked with local beers.
Located just a two-minute No children under 16.
walk from the Burg is this Lucca
party hostel, above an MAP K3 • Naaldenstraat Patritius
American-style bar with 30 • 050 34 20 67 MAP L3 • Riddersstraat
pool tables and live music • www.hotellucca.be • € 11 • 050 33 84 54 • www.
on Friday nights. Free The 18th-century Neo- hotelpatritius.be • €€
internet access. With no Classical exterior Given its reasonable
curfew in place, don’t conceals an even older prices, the family-owned
expect peace and quiet. interior, with a vaulted Patritius occupies a
medieval cellar in which surprisingly grand
Hostel de Passage guests breakfast. This 19th-century mansion
MAP K4 • Dweerstraat 26 was once the lodge of the located to the north-east
• 050 34 02 32 • www. merchants of Lucca – with of the Markt. The stylish
passagebruges.com • € connec-tions to Giovanni rooms and interior
An interesting budget hotel Arnolfini, the banker who garden are bonuses too.
with just 10 simple, well- features in Jan van Eyck’s
presented rooms (six famous painting, The Ter Duinen
doubles, two triples and Arnolfini Portrait. The MAP L2 • Langerei 52
two quadruples; prices rooms are quaintly old- • 050 33 04 37 • www.
quoted are per person). It fashioned – terduinenhotel.eu • €€
is attached to the equally a fact reflected in the This charming small
alluring Gran Kaffee de attractive room price. hotel may seem a little
Passage (see p99). out of the way in the
De Pauw north of the city, but the
Hotel Canalview MAP L2 • Sint- centre of Bruges is only
Ter Reien Gilliskerkhof 8 a 15-minute walk away.
MAP L3 • Langestraat 1 • 050 33 71 18 • www. Well-presented rooms
• 050 34 91 00 • www. hoteldepauw.be • € (some with canal views)
hotelterreien.be • € This pretty, family-run are double-glazed and
Fetchingly perched beside hotel, with its weathered air-conditioned, and the
the canal a little to the brick exterior draped public rooms are stylish.
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Antwerp Hotels a pretty terrace, where this chain hotel is fresh,
breakfast can be taken modern and efficient.
Pulcinella in warm weather. Rooms are spacious
MAP T2 • Bogaardeplein and comfortable. There
1 • 03 234 03 14 • www. Julien is a delicious breakfast
jeugdherbergen.be • € MAP T1 • Korte buffet and a cosy bar with
This is possibly the Nieuwstraat 24 • 03 229 a good choice of wines.
smartest youth hostel 06 00 • www.hotel-julien.
in Belgium, featuring a com • €€ Radisson Blu
minimalist interior with Fashioned out of two town Astrid Hotel
a mix of two-, four- and houses linked by a green MAP V2 • Koningin
six-bed rooms. There’s patio, this contemporary Astridplein 7 • 03 203 12
also a bar. Accessible to hotel has stylish interiors. 34 • www.radissonblu.
disabled travellers, and Ideally located between com • €€
no curfew. the Meir shop ping area This is a large and well-
and the cathedral. run hotel, close to
Firean Centraal station, east
Karel Oomsstraat 6 • 03 Leopold of the city centre.
237 02 60 • www. MAP V3 • Quinten It offers extensive
hotelfirean.com • €€ Matsijslei 25 • 03 231 conference facilities,
A highly respected family- 15 15 • www.leopold and is well suited to: the
run hotel in a 1920s Art hotelantwerp.com • €€ business traveller. There’s
Deco mansion. Although This unassuming modern also a fitness suite and
located further out of the hotel is part of the small swimming pool.
centre than other options, Leopold group. The hotel
Firean’s charm makes is well run, agreeably ‘t Sandt
the journey worthwhile. comfortable and con- MAP T2 • Zand 17
Rooms are spacious and veniently located within • 03 232 93 90
feature rich fabrics. easy walking distance of • www.hotel-sandt.be
Centraal station, the • €€
Hotel Docklands Rubenshuis and the Meir This hotel in an old
Kempisch Dok Westkaai shopping street. It has its patrician mansion, just to
84–90 • 03 231 07 26 • own bar and a gym, and the west of the cathedral,
www.hotel docklands.be just across the street is and close to the river, has
• €€ the pretty Stadspark. been elegantly kitted
Located in the up-and- out in a style you might
coming docklands a Matelote call ”Neo-Rococo”. All
15-minute walk north MAP T2 • Haarstraat 11A the suites, including the
of the centre, this Best • 03 201 88 00 • www. luxurious penthouse, are
Western-owned hotel hotel-matelote.be • €€ set around a courtyard
sports a black-and-white This converted town house garden.
colour scheme in the near the River Scheldt
rooms and public areas. offers nine dazzlingly light Theater Hotel
There is a well-stocked rooms, all with minimalist MAP U2 • Arenbergstraat
breakfast buffet and plenty decor and modern facil- 30 • 03 203 54 10
of dining options nearby. ities. Prices include free • www.vhv-hotels.be
Wi-Fi and mineral water; • €€
Hotel Rubens a buffet breakfast is avail- In the theatre district
MAP T1 • Oude Beurs 29 able at an additional cost. of Antwerp, this modern
• 03 222 48 48 • www. hotel lies in a convenient
hotelrubensantwerp.be Mercure Antwerpen location close to the
• €€ Centrum Opera Rubenshuis, and is
A quiet, romantic option MAP U2 a short walk from the
located just behind the • Molenbergstraat 9–11 cathedral via some of
Grote Markt. Spacious • 03 232 76 75 • www. Antwerp’s best shopping
one-bedroom suites have accorhotels.com • €€ streets. The rooms
separate living rooms and Located just behind the are decorated in a
lovely views. There is Meir shopping street, neat minimalist style.






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Ghent Hotels the River Leie close to the decorated in a cool,
lively Vrijdagmarkt. The pared-down style,
Hostel 47 breakfast room boasts Hotel Onderbergen
MAP R1 • Blekerijstraat stunning views of the city. occupies a historic
47 • 0478 71 28 27 house, where some
• www.hostel47.com • € Hotel de Flandre of the spacious rooms
This high-spec, privately MAP P2 • Poel 1–2 have exposed beams,
owned youth hostel offers • 09 266 06 00 • www. and also offers
nine rooms within walking hoteldeflandre.be • €€ family rooms for
distance of Ghent’s histor- Tucked behind the up to six people,
ical centre. It has trendy Korenlei quayside, this and an apartment.
common areas with free stylish town house has
Wi-Fi and there is no retained plenty of period Ibis Gent Centrum
curfew for guests. The detail in its public areas Kathedraal
rooms sleep 2–6 people; while its bedrooms are MAP Q2 • Limburgstraat
prices include breakfast. calm and comfortable. 2 • 09 233 00 00 • www.
accorhotels.com • €€
Monasterium Hotel Gravensteen Right in the centre of
PoortAckere MAP P1 • Jan Ghent, overlooking Sint-
MAP P2 • Oude Houtlei Breydelstraat 35 Baafskathedraal, this is
58 • 09 269 22 10 • www. • 09 225 11 50 • www. a well-run, modern and
monasterium.be • € gravensteen.be • €€ attractive member of the
Here is an interesting Sitting opposite the Castle reliable Ibis chain. There
experience: a hotel in a of the Counts, this are plenty of eateries
converted convent. An 49-room hotel has a wow- to choose from nearby.
air of tranquillity pervades factor entrance, com- The private paying car
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buildings and grounds. A bar with a great selection
special place, enhanced of Belgian beers, sauna NH Gent Belfort
by a warm welcome and a and fitness room. The MAP Q2 • Hoogpoort 63
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is located on the bank of boutique hotel is and a “wellness centre”.
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Page numbers in bold refer B Breweries see Beer
to main entries Baekeland, Léo-Hendrik 43 Breydel, Jan 41
Balat, Alphonse 19 Bruegel, Pieter the Elder 44,
A Baldwin Iron-Arm, Count of 73, 76
Accommodation 123–31 Flanders 41 The Village Lawyer 52
The Adoration of the Magi Banks 119, 120 Bruges 90–99
(Memling) 30 Baroque architecture 47 Bruges for free 65
The Adoration of the Mystic Bars The Burg 7, 13, 28–9, 91
Lamb (van Eyck) 8, 13, Antwerp 107 cafés, tearooms and bars
36–7, 44, 47, 53, 109 Bruges 97 97
Air travel 116, 117 Brussels 78, 87 canal boat trips 57
Albert, Archduke 41 Ghent 112 Eastern Bruges 54, 95
Ambulances 119 Basilique Nationale du Golden Age 31
Amusement parks Sacré-Coeur (Brussels) Groeningemuseum 13,
Belfort (Bruges) 56–7 49, 86 30–31, 53, 91
Boudewijn Seapark Bavo, St 109 hotels 127–9
(Bruges) 57 Bed-and-Breakfasts 123 lunch spots, bistros,
Bruparck (Brussels) 56 Beer 60–61, 122–3 brasseries 99
Walibi Belgium 57, 68 Cantillon (Brussels) 86 maps 7, 90, 91
Ancienne Belgique Huisbrouwerij De Halve restaurants 98–9
(Brussels) 58 Maan (Bruges) 94 Seven days in Brussels,
Antiques shops 60 De Koninck Brewery Bruges, Ghent and
Antonello da Messina 37 (Antwerp) 104 Antwerp 7
Antwerp 100–107 Begijnhof (Antwerp) 55 shopping 96
Antwerp for free 65 Begijnhof (Bruges) 7, 93 Sint-Janshospitaal 7, 13,
bars and clubs 107 Béguinage d’Anderlecht 30–31, 53, 92
cafés and restaurants (Brussels) 55, 86 two museums 30–31
106 Béguinages 92 walks 65, 93
hotels 130 Belfort (Bruges) 7, 56–7, 91 Brunfaut, Jules 48
maps 9, 100–101, 103 Belfort (Ghent) 109, 111 Bruparck (Brussels) 56
Rubenshuis 9, 13, 34–5 Belgian Revolution (1830) 41 Brussels
Seven days in Brussels, BELvue Museum (Brussels) Art Nouveau buildings
Bruges, Ghent and 76 48–9
Antwerp 9 Biscuit shops 60, 61 bars and cafés 78, 87
shopping 105 Bistros Brussels for free 64
walk 103 Bruges 99 Central Brussels 72–81
Antwerp Cathedral 9, 13, Brussels 81 Comics Art Museum 7, 12,
32–3 Blinde Ezelstraat (Bruges) 26–7, 49, 56, 74
Antwerp Zoo 56 28 Grand Place 10–11, 12,
Aquarium Boat trips 57 14–17, 64, 73
Aquatopia (Antwerp) 57 Boerentoren (Antwerp) 103 Horta Museum 7, 12, 22–3
Architecture 47 Bordiau, Gédéon 51 hotels 124–6
Art Nouveau buildings in Bords de la Lys (Claus) 45 maps 6, 72, 75, 82–3, 85
Brussels 48–9 Bosch, Hieronymus 111 Musée des Instruments de
Arentshuis (Bruges) 92 The Last Judgment 30 Musique 6, 12, 20–21, 49,
Art and Design Atomium Le Botanique (Brussels) 59 50, 57, 73, 75
Museum (Brussels) 83 Boudewijn Seapark (Bruges) Musées Royaux des
Art Deco architecture 47 57 Beaux-Arts (Brussels) 6,
Art galleries see Museums Boulenger, Hippolyte 18 12, 18–19, 50, 52, 73, 75
and galleries La Bourse (Brussels) 6, 16 nightlife 79
The Art Gallery of Cornelis Bouts, Dirk 18 Outer Brussels 82–7
van der Geest (Rubens) Martyrdom of Saint restaurants 80–81, 87
34 Hippolytus 31 shopping 77
Art Nouveau 47 Brabantine Gothic Two days in Brussels 6–7
Art Nouveau buildings in architecture 47 walks 75, 85
Brussels 48–9 Braekeleer, Henri de Bruyn, Guillaume de 14, 15
Horta Museum (Brussels) The Card Players 73 Budget travel
12, 22–3 Brangwyn, Frank 92 hotels 65, 126, 129
Artists 44–5 Brasseries money-saving tips 65
Astrid, Queen 42 Bruges 99 Buls, Charles 17
Athletics 67 Brussels 81 The Burg (Bruges) 7, 13,
The Atomium (Brussels) 49, Breidelstraat (Bruges) 28 28–9, 91
82 Brel, Jacques 42 Burgundy, dukes of 31, 40

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Buses 116, 117 Churches 46–7, 65 Comic strips
Buuren, Alice van 54 Basilique Nationale du Comics Art Museum
Buuren, David van 54, 83 Sacré-Coeur (Brussels) (Brussels) 7, 12, 26–7, 49,
49, 86 56, 74
C Église Notre-Dame de Concertgebouw (Bruges) 58
Caesar, Julius 40 Bon Secours (Brussels) Coninck, Pieter de 41
Cafés 17 Consulates 119
Antwerp 106 Église Notre-Dame de la Le Cornet (Brussels) 14
Bruges 97 Chapelle (Brussels) 76 Credit cards 119
Brussels 78, 87 Église Notre-Dame du Crime 119
Ghent 112 Sablon (Brussels) 46, 73 Currency 119
Camping 123 Église Sainte-Catherine Curtsem, Henri van 74
Canals (Brussels) 75 Customs and immigration
boat trips 57 Église Saint-Jacques-sur- 118
Bruges 91 Coudenberg (Brussels) 46 Cycling 67, 117
Ghent 109 Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste Le Cygne (Brussels) 14
Cantillon (Brussels) 86 au Béguinage (Brussels)
Caravans 123 7, 46, 54, 75 D
The Card Players (de Église Saint-Nicolas Dalí, Salvador 45
Braekeleer) 73 (Brussels) 17 Damien, Father 43
Cars Heilig Bloedbasiliek Damme 69, 93
Belgian Grand Prix 67 (Bruges) 28 David, Gerard
breakdown services 117 Jeruzalemkapel (Bruges) The Judgment of Cambyses
car rental 117 7, 49, 95 31
driving 116, 117 Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk David, Jacques-Louis 18
parking 65 (Bruges) 7, 46, 92, 93 De Koninck Brewery
Castle St Basil’s Chapel (Bruges) (Antwerp) 104
Het Gravensteen (Ghent) 29
57, 111 Sint-Annakerk (Bruges) 7, Delacenserie, Louis 49, 65
Cathedrals 95 Delvaux, Paul 45
Antwerp 9, 13, 32–3 Sint-Carolus Nos Vieux Trams Bruxellois
Cathédrale des Saints Borromeuskerk (Antwerp) 53
Michel et Gudule 103, 104 Delville, Jean 19, 45
(Brussels) 6, 24–5, 46, Sint-Jacobskerk (Antwerp) Dentists 119
74–5 103 Depuydt, Stefaan 29
Onze-Lieve- Sint-Jakobskerk (Bruges) Design Museum Gent
Vrouwekathedraal 94 (Ghent) 8, 51, 111
(Antwerp) 47, 101 Sint-Niklaaskerk (Ghent) deSingel (Antwerp) 59
Sint-Baafskathedraal 47, 109, 111 Dialling codes 119
(Ghent) 36, 47, 109, 111 Sint-Pauluskerk (Antwerp) Diamonds
Sint-Salvatorskathedraal 9, 104 Diamantmuseum (Bruges)
(Bruges) 46, 94 Sint-Walburgakerk 94
see also Churches (Bruges) 7, 94 shopping 61
Cauchie, Paul 48 see also Cathedrals Disabled travellers 120–21
Centraal Station (Antwerp) Ciamberlani, Albert 48–9 Doctors 119
49, 65 Cinema see Film Duinenbrug (Bruges) 95
Comics Art Museum Cinematek (Brussels) 76 Dutch language, phrase
(Brussels) 7, 12, 26–7, 49, Cinquantenaire (1880) 51, 84 book 142–3
56, 74 Citadelpark (Ghent) 55
Charlemagne 40 Claus, Émile 18, 45 E
Charles, Duke of Lorraine Bords de la Lys 45 Église see Churches
17, 41 Claus, Hugo 59 Egmont, Count 40
Charles V, Emperor 40, 41, Clijsters, Kim 43 Electrical appliances 120
74, 110 Clothes Embassies 118, 119
Charles the Bold, Duke of Mannekin-Pis Costume Emergencies 118, 119
Burgundy 31, 92 Collection (Brussels) 56 Ensor, James 18, 45, 74
Charlier, Guillaume 74 ModeMuseum (MoMu, Entertainment 58–9
Children 56–7 Antwerp) 104 Erasmus
clothes shops 61 Musée du Costume et de Maison d’Érasme
Chocolate la Dentelle (Brussels) 16, (Brussels) 86
Choco-Story (Bruges) 7, 76 Étangs d’Ixelles (Brussels)
94 shopping 60–61 55
Choco-Story (Brussels) Clubs European Union 41, 64, 84–5
57 Antwerp 107 Evenepoel, Henri 18
shopping 60, 61 Coaches 117 Events 66–7
Christus, Petrus 18 Cogels-Osylei (Antwerp) 104 Everard ‘t Serclaes 15
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Excursions 68–9 Gezelle, Guido 95 Horta, Victor (cont.)
Eyck, Hubrecht van 13, 36–7, Gezellemuseum (Bruges) 95 Horta Museum (Brussels)
47, 53, 109 Ghelderode, Michel de 59 7, 12, 22–3, 48, 51, 82, 85
Eyck, Jan van 29, 44 Ghent 108–13 Hôtel Solvay (Brussels) 49
The Adoration of the Mystic canal boat trips 57 Hôtel Tassel (Brussels) 48
Lamb 8, 13, 36–7, 44, 47, Ghent for free 64 Maison Autrique
53, 109 hotels 131 (Brussels) 54, 86
The Legend of St Ursula 30 maps 8, 108, 111 Musée Charlier (Brussels)
Madonna with Canon Joris restaurants 113 74
van der Paele 31 Seven days in Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts
Bruges, Ghent and (Brussels) 58
F Antwerp 8 Pavillon Horta-Lambeaux
Le Falstaff (Brussels) 49 shops, cafés and bars 112 (Brussels) 84
Famous Belgians 42–3 walk 111 Hospitals 118
Faydherbe, Lucas 103 Godefroy de Bouillon 75 Hôtel Ciamberlani
Ferries 116 Godshuis de Vos (Bruges) (Brussels) 48–9
Festival van Vlaanderen 66 94 Hôtel Hannon (Brussels) 48
Festivals 66–7 Goes, Hugo van der 111 Hôtel Saint-Cyr (Brussels)
Fête de Saint-Nicolas 66 Martyrdom of Saint 48, 49, 85
Film Hippolytus 31 Hôtel Solvay (Brussels) 49
Cinematek (Brussels) 76 Golden Age, Bruges 31 Hôtel Tassel (Brussels) 48
Fin-de-Siècle Museum Golden Spurs, Battle of Hôtel de Ville (Brussels) 14
(Brussels) 18, 19 (1302) 40 Hotels 123–31
Fire services 119 Gothic architecture 47 budget travel 65, 126, 129
Flamboyant Gothic Grand Place (Brussels) Huis van Alijn (Ghent) 8, 51,
architecture 47 10–11, 12, 14–17, 64, 73 57, 110
Flowers Graslei (Ghent) 8, 64, 109, Huisbrouwerij De Halve
Tapis de Fleurs (Brussels) 111 Maan (Bruges) 94
15 Het Gravensteen (Ghent) 57,
Foire du Midi (Brussels) 66 111 I
Food and drink 61, 122–3 Groenerei (Bruges) 91, 93 Ickx, Jacky 43
beer 60–61 Groeningemuseum (Bruges) Iconoclasts 33
budget travel 65 7, 13, 30–31, 53, 91 Identity documents 119
shopping 60, 61 Grote Markt (Antwerp) 9, Ieper 69
see also Cafés; 101, 103 Île Saint-Géry (Brussels) 17
Restaurants Grumiaux, Arthur 59 Insurance 118
Forêt de Soignes (Brussels) Gruuthusemuseum Internet 120
55, 68 (Bruges) 50, 93 Isabella, Infanta 41
FotoMuseum Provincie Isabella of Portugal 31
Antwerpen (FoMU, H
Antwerp) 9, 104 Les Halles de Schaerbeek J
Four Doctors of the Church (Brussels) 58 Jeruzalemkapel (Bruges) 7,
(Jordaens) 45 Hallyday, Johnny 42–3 49, 95
Franck, César 59 Hankar, Paul 49, 111 Joanna of Castile 32
Frédéric, Léon 19, 45, 74, 84 Hannon, Édouard 48 Jordaens, Jacob 18, 45, 103
French language, phrase Hazard, Eden 43 Four Doctors of the Church
book 140–41 Health care 118–19 45
French Revolution 33 Heilig Bloedbasiliek The Judgment of Cambyses
Frietmuseum (Bruges) 7, (Bruges) 28 (David) 31
93, 94 Heilig Bloedprocessie
Fryatt, Captain 55 (Bruges) 66 K
Henin, Justine 43 Kantcentrum (Bruges) 7, 95
G Hergé (Georges Rémi) 27, Keersmaeker, Anne Teresa
Galerie Bortier (Brussels) 55 42, 53, 74 de 43
Galeries Royales Saint- Historium (Bruges) 57, 94 Khnopff, Fernand 18, 45, 74
Hubert (Brussels) 6, 16, History 40–41 Secret-Reflet 31
76, 114–15 The History of Bruges (de Klein Begijnhof (Ghent) 110
Gallé, Émile 18 Vriendt) 53 Klimt, Gustav 49
Galleries see Museums and Holidays, public 119 Koningin Astridpark
galleries Hoorn, Count 40 (Bruges) 55
Gardens see Parks and Horseracing 67 Koninklijk Museum voor
gardens Horta, Victor 18, 23, 43 Midden-Afrika (Brussels)
Genoese Lodge (Bruges) 93 Comics Art Museum 86
Gentse Floraliën (Ghent) (Brussels) 26, 49 Koninklijk Museum voor
66–7 Design Museum Gent Schone Kunsten (KMSKA,
Géry, St 17 (Ghent) 111 Antwerp) 52, 101
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Korenlei (Ghent) 8, 64, 109, Maps Museums and galleries
111 Antwerp 9, 100–101, 103 (cont.)
Kruispoort (Bruges) 95 Bruges 7, 90, 91 BELvue Museum
Kruisvest (Bruges) 95 Bruges: The Burg 28 (Brussels) 76
L Brussels 6 Comics Art Museum 7, 12,
Brussels: Central
26–7, 49, 56, 74
Lace Brussels 72, 75 Design Museum Gent
Kantcentrum (Bruges) 7, Brussels: Grand Place (Ghent) 8, 51, 111
95 15 Diamantmuseum (Bruges)
Musée du Costume et de Brussels: Outer Brussels 94
la Dentelle (Brussels) 16, 82–3, 85 Fin-de-Siècle Museum
76 Brussels, Bruges, (Brussels) 18, 19
shopping 61 Antwerp and Ghent FotoMuseum Provincie
Lambeaux, Jef 84, 101 highlights 12–13 Antwerpen (FoMU,
Landhuis van het Brugse excursions 69 Antwerp) 9, 104
Vrije (Bruges) 29 Ghent 8, 108, 111 Frietmuseum (Bruges) 7,
Languages 118 Margaret of York 31 93, 94
phrase book 140–43 Markt (Bruges) 7, 91, 93 Gezellemuseum (Bruges) 95
Lassus, Roland de 59 Martyrdom of Saint Groeningemuseum
The Last Judgment (Bosch) Hippolytus (Bouts/van der (Bruges) 7, 53, 91
30 Goes) 31 Gruuthusemuseum
The Legend of St Ursula (van Marx, Karl 14 (Bruges) 50, 93
Eyck) 30 Mary of Burgundy 92 Historium (Bruges) 57
Léopold, Prince 42 Maximilian, Emperor 31 Horta Museum (Brussels)
Léopold I, King 41 Mayer van den Bergh, Fritz 7, 12, 22–3, 48, 51, 82, 85
Léopold II, King 41, 51, 84, 102–3 Huis van Alijn (Ghent) 8,
85 Mechelen 68 51, 57, 110
Leuven 68 Memling, Hans 18, 44 Kantcentrum (Bruges) 7,
Lier 68–9 The Adoration of the Magi 95
Louis XIV, King of France 15 30 Koninklijk Museum voor
Louis de Male, Count of The St Ursula Shrine 30 Schone Kunsten (KMSKA,
Flanders 40 Sint-Janshospitaal Antwerp) 52, 101
(Bruges) 53, 92 Librarium (Brussels) 54
M The Triptych with Sts John Maagdenhuismuseum
Maagdenhuismuseum the Baptist and John the (Antwerp) 103, 104
(Antwerp) 103, 104 Evangelist 31 Magritte Museum
Madonna with Canon Joris Mercator, Gerard 42 (Brussels) 19, 52
van der Paele (van Eyck) Merckx, Eddie 43 Maison d’Érasme
31, 44 Meunier, Constantin 45 (Brussels) 55, 86
Maeterlinck, Maurice 59 Meunier Museum Mannekin-Pis Costume
Magritte, René 12, 45, 84 (Brussels) 52, 85 Collection (Brussels) 56
Magritte Museum Michelangelo 46 Meunier Museum
(Brussels) 19, 52 Madonna and Child 53, 92 (Brussels) 52, 85
Musée René Magritte Middelheim Museum Middelheim Museum
(Brussels) 86 (Antwerp) 55, 104 (Antwerp) 55, 104
Maison Autrique (Brussels) Minne, Georges ModeMuseum (MoMu,
54, 86 Fountain of Kneeling Youths Antwerp) 104
Maison des Boulangers 53 Musée Charlier (Brussels)
(Brussels) 15 Minnewater (Bruges) 55, 93, 50, 74
Maison des Brasseurs 94 Musée du Costume et de
(Brussels) 14 Mobile phones 120 la Dentelle (Brussels) 16,
La Maison Cauchie ModeMuseum (MoMu, 76
(Brussels) 48 Antwerp) 104 Musée des Enfants
Maison Dandoy (Brussels) Money 119 (Brussels) 57
17 money-saving tips 65 Musée des Instruments de
Maison des Ducs de Moreel, Willem Musique (Brussels) 6, 12,
Brabant (Brussels) 15 The Moreel Triptych 31 20–21, 49, 50, 57, 73, 75
Maison d’Érasme (Brussels) Mucha, Alphonse 18 Musée d’Ixelles (Brussels)
55, 86 Museums and galleries 52, 84, 85
Maison du Peuple (Brussels) 50–51, 52–3 Musée de Jouet (Brussels)
22 budget travel 64, 65 56, 76
Maison du Roi (Brussels) 15 Arentshuis (Bruges) 92 Musée René Magritte
Mannekin-Pis (Brussels) 16, Art and Design Atomium (Brussels) 86
64, 75 Museum (Brussels) 83 Musée Royal de l’Armée et
Mannekin-Pis Costume Béguinage d’Anderlecht d’Histoire Militaire
Collection (Brussels) 56 (Brussels) 55, 86 (Brussels) 51, 64
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Museums and galleries Neo-Gothic architecture 47 Passports 118
(cont.) Newspapers 120 Patershol (Ghent) 8, 54
Musée du Tram (Brussels) Nicholas, St 17, 66, 109 Pâtisserie shops 60, 61
86 Nightlife Pavillon Chinois (Brussels) 49
Musée de la Ville de Antwerp 107 Pentagon (Brussels) 75
Bruxelles (Brussels) 15 Brussels 79 Performing arts venues
Musées Royaux des The North Side (Bruges) 29 58–9
Beaux-Arts (Brussels) 6, Noten, Dries van 43 Permeke, Constant 45
12, 18–19, 50, 52, 73, 75 Nothomb, Amélie 59 Personal security 119
Museum Aan de Stroom Pharmacies 119
(MAS, Antwerp) 9, 49, 50, O Philip II, King of Spain 40
102 Oil paintings 37 Philip the Bold, Duke of
Museum van Old Masters Museum Burgundy 40, 41
Hedendaagse Kunst (Brussels) 18 Philip the Good, Duke of
(MUHKA, Antwerp) 9, 53, Ommegang (Brussels) 67 Burgundy 31, 40, 41
104 Onze-Lieve-Vrouw ter Philip the Handsome, Duke
Museum Mayer van den Potterie (Bruges) 95 of Burgundy 32
Bergh (Antwerp) 9, 102–3 Onze-Lieve- Phrase book 140–43
Museum Plantin-Moretus Vrouwekathedraal Place des Martyrs
(Antwerp) 9, 51, 102 (Antwerp) 47, 101 (Brussels) 7, 76
Museum voor Schone Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk Place du Petit Sablon
Kunsten (MSK, Ghent) 8, (Bruges) 7, 46, 92, 93 (Brussels) 55, 73
52, 111 Opera 58, 59 Place Saint-Géry (Brussels)
Muséum de Science Ostend 69 16–17
Naturelles (Brussels) 57, Oude Civiele Griffie (Bruges) Plantation du Meiboom
86 29 (Brussels) 66
Museum Vleeshuis Plantin, Christopher 102
(Antwerp) 9, 102, 103 P Poelaert, Joseph 49, 75
Old Masters Museum Palais des Beaux-Arts Poets 59
(Brussels) 18 (BOZAR, Brussels) 58 Police 119
Onze-Lieve-Vrouw ter Palais de Charles de Poortere, Pieter de 26
Potterie (Bruges) 95 Lorraine (Brussels) 76 Porte de Hall (Brussels) 76
Red Star Line Museum Palais Coudenberg Post offices 120
(Antwerp) 104 (Brussels) 74 Praalstoet van de Gouden
Rockoxhuis (Antwerp) 103 Palais de Justice (Brussels) Boom (Bruges) 67
Rubenshuis (Antwerp) 9, 49, 65, 76 The Premature Burial
13, 34–5, 101, 103 Palais Royal (Brussels) 75, (Wiertz) 85
Sint-Janshospitaal 76 Proosdij (Bruges) 29
(Bruges) 53, 92 Palais Stoclet (Brussels) 49 Public holidays 119
STAM (Ghent) 8, 110 Panamarenko 45
Stedelijk Museum voor Parks and gardens 55 R
Actuele Kunst (SMAK, Citadelpark (Ghent) 55 Railways see Trains
Ghent) 8, 53, 111 Étangs d’Ixelles (Brussels) Red Star Line Museum
Train World (Brussels) 83 55 (Antwerp) 104
Van Buuren Museum Forêt de Soignes Reiefeest (Bruges) 67
(Brussels) 52, 54, 83 (Brussels) 55, 68 Reinhardt, Django 59
Volkskundemuseum Koningin Astridpark Renaissance architecture 47
(Bruges) 7, 50, 95 (Bruges) 55 Renaissancezaal van het
Wiertz Museum (Brussels) Middelheim Museum Brugse Vrije (Bruges) 28
85 (Antwerp) 55 Le Renard (Brussels) 14
Music Minnewater (Bruges) 55 Restaurants 122
festivals 66–7 The North Side (Bruges) 29 Antwerp 106
Musée des Instruments de Parc de Bruxelles Bruges 98–9
Musique (Brussels) 6, 12, (Brussels) 55, 75 Brussels 80–81, 87
20–21, 49, 50, 57, 73, 75 Parc du Cinquantenaire budget travel 65
musicians 59 (Brussels) 57, 84, 85 Ghent 113
performing arts venues Parc d’Egmont (Brussels) see also Food and drink
58–9 55 Rockox, Nicholas 103
Muur der Doodgeschotenen Place du Petit Sablon Rockoxhuis (Antwerp) 103
(Bruges) 55 (Brussels) 55, 73 Rodin, Auguste
Serres Royales de Laeken The Thinker 53
N (Brussels) 49, 86 Romanesque architecture 47
Namur 68 Stadspark (Antwerp) 55 Romans 40
Napoleon I, Emperor 40, 69 Parlement Européen and Rome, Treaty of (1957) 41
Neo-Classical architecture the Parlementarium La Ronde des Heures
47 (Brussels) 64, 84–5 (Wolfers) 22
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Royal Library of Belgium Sint-Janshospitaal (Bruges) U
(Brussels) 54 7, 13, 30–31, 53, 92 UNESCO World Heritage
Rubens, Pieter Paul 12, 101 Sint-Niklaaskerk (Ghent) 47, Site 110
Antwerp Cathedral 32 109, 111 Universal Exposition (1958)
The Art Gallery of Cornelis Sint-Pauluskerk (Antwerp) 49, 82
van der Geest 34 9, 104
The Descent from the Cross Sint-Salvatorskathedraal V
53 (Bruges) 46, 94 Van Buuren Museum
Musées Royaux des Sint-Walburgakerk (Bruges) (Brussels) 52, 54, 83
Beaux-Arts (Brussels) 18, 7, 94 Van Damme, Jean-Claude
19 Snyders, Frans 103 43
Onze-Lieve- Soccer 67 Van Dyck, Antoon 12, 18,
Vrouwekathedraal Solvay, Ernest 49 44–5, 103
(Antwerp) 47 Spaak, Paul-Henri 41 Velde, Henry van de 43
The Raising of the Cross 53 Spilliaert, Léon 19, 45, 52, 84 Verbruggen, Hendrik 53,
Rockoxhuis (Antwerp) 103 Sports 67 103
Rubens and Helene Stadhuis (Bruges) 29 Verdun, Treaty of (843) 40
Fourment in the Garden 44 Stadhuis (Ghent) 109 Verhaeren, Émile 59
Rubenshuis (Antwerp) 9, Stadspark (Antwerp) 55 Vesalius, Andreas 43
13, 34–5, 101, 103 STAM (Ghent) 8, 110 The Village Lawyer
Sint-Carolus Statues (Brueghel) 52
Borromeuskerk (Antwerp) Charles Buls 17 Villeroy, Marshal de 15
104 Everard ‘t Serclaes 15 Visas 118
Sint-Jacobskerk (Antwerp) Mannekin-Pis 16, 64, 75 Visitor information 121
47, 103 Stedelijk Museum voor De Vlaamse Opera
Ruckers family 21, 102 Actuele Kunst (SMAK, (Antwerp) 59
Rue des Bouchers Ghent) 8, 53, 111 De Vlaamse Opera (Ghent)
(Brussels) 16 Steenhouwersdijk (Bruges) 59
70–71, 91, 93 Volkskundemuseum
S (Bruges) 7, 50, 95
Sablon (Brussels) 73 T Vriendt, Albrecht de 33
Safety 119 Tapestries, shopping 60 The History of Bruges 53
St Basil’s Chapel (Bruges) Tapis de Fleurs (Brussels) Vriendt, Julien de 53
29 15
Saint-Cyr 48 Taxes 65 W
The St Ursula Shrine Taxis 117 Walibi Belgium 57, 68
(Memling) 30 Tearooms Walks
Sales tax 65 Bruges 97 Antwerp 103
Sax, Adolphe 20, 43 Telephones 119, 120 Bruges 65, 93
Scheldt, River 102 Television 120 Brussels 75, 85
Scheldt Gothic architecture Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie Ghent 111
47 (Brussels) 58 Waterloo, Battle of (1815)
Schoenaerts, Matthias 43 Théâtre Royal de Toone 40, 57, 69
Schut, Cornelis 33 (Brussels) 58 Weather 120
Schuttersgilde Sint- The Thinker (Rodin) 53 Weyden, Rogier van der 18,
Sebastiaan (Bruges) 95 Time zone 120 44, 111
Secret-Reflet (Khnopff) 31 Tintin 12, 26, 27, 42, 61, 74 Wiertz, Antoine
Senne, River 17 Tour Japonaise (Brussels) The Premature Burial
Serres Royales de Laeken 49 85
(Brussels) 49, 86 Tourist offices 121 Wiertz Museum (Brussels)
Shopping 62–3, 122 Tours 121 85
Antwerp 105 Toussaint 67 Windmills
Bruges 96 Trains 116–17 Bruges 95
Brussels 77 budget travel 65 Wolfers, Philippe
Ghent 112 Train World (Brussels) 83 La Ronde des Heures 22
Simenon, Georges 42, 59 Trams 117 World War I 41, 55
Sint-Anna (Bruges) 95 Brussels 56 World War II 41
Sint-Annakerk (Bruges) 7, 95 Musée du Tram (Brussels) Wouters, Rik 45, 74, 84
Sint-Baafskathedraal 86 Writers 59
(Ghent) 36, 47, 109, 111 Travel 65, 116–17
Sint-Carolus Travel advice 118, 119 Y
Borromeuskerk (Antwerp) Travel insurance 118 Youth hostels 123
103, 104 The Triptych with Sts John the Ypres 69
Sint-Jacobskerk (Antwerp) Baptist and John the
46–7, 103 Evangelist (Memling) 31 Z
Sint-Jakobskerk (Bruges) 94 Tuymans, Luc 45 Zoo, Antwerp 56
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140 ❯❯ Phrase Book

Phrase Book: French

In an Emergency
Help! Au secours! oh sekoor size (clothing) la taille tye
Stop! Arrêtez! aret-ay white blanc bloñ
Call a Appelez un apuh-lay uñ black noir nwahr
doctor medecin medsañ red rouge roozh
Call the Appelez la apuh-lay lah yellow jaune zhownh
police police pol-ees green vert vehr
Call the fire Appelez les apuh-lay leh blue bleu bluh
brigade pompiers poñ-peeyay
Where is the Où est le oo ay luh Types of Shop
nearest téléphone tehlehfon bakery la boulangerie booloñ-zhuree
telephone? le plus proche luh ploo prosh bank la banque boñk
Communication Essentials bookshop la librairie lee-brehree
boo-shehree
la boucherie
butcher
Yes/No Oui/Non wee/noñ cake shop la pâtisserie patee-sree
Please S’il vous plaît seel voo play chemist la pharmacie farmah-see
Thank you Merci mer-see chip shop/stand la friterie free-tuh-ree
Excuse me Excusez-moi exkoo-zay mwah chocolate shop le chocolatier shok-oh-lah-tyeh
Hello Bonjour boñzhoor delicatessen la charcuterie shah-koo-tuh-ree
Goodbye Au revoir oh ruh-vwar department store le grand groñ
Good evening Bon soir boñ-swar magasin maga-zañ
morning Le matin matañ fishmonger la poissonerie pwasson-ree
afternoon L’apres-midi l’apreh-meedee greengrocer le marchand de mar-shoñ duh
evening Le soir swah légumes lay-goom
yesterday Hier eeyehr hairdresser le coiffeur kwafuhr
today Aujourd’hui oh-zhoor-dwee market le marché marsh ay
tomorrow Demain duhmañ newsagent le magasin de maga-zañ duh
here Ici ee-see journaux/tabac zhoor-no/ta-bak
there Là bas lah bah post office le bureau de boo-roh duh
What? Quel/quelle? kel, kel poste pohst
When? Quand? koñ shop le magasin maga-zañ
Why? Pourquoi? poor-kwah supermarket le supermarché soo-pehr-
Where? Où? oo marshay
Useful Phrases travel agency l’agence de azhons duh

vwayazh
voyage
How do you do? Comment allez kom-moñ talay
vous? voo Sightseeing
Very well, Très bien, treh byañ, art gallery la galérie d’art galer-ree dart
thank you merci mer-see bus station la gare routière gahr roo-tee-
How are you? Comment ça va? kom-moñ yehr
sah vah cathedral la cathédrale katay-dral
See you soon À bientôt ah byañ-toh church l’église aygleez
That’s fine Ça va bien sah vah byañ closed on public fermeture fehrmeh-tur
Where is/are …? Où est/sont …? ooh ay/soñ jour ferié zhoor fehree-ay
Which Quelle est la kel ay lah garden le jardin zhah-dañ
way to …? direction deer-ek-syoñ library la bibliothèque beebleeo-tek
pour …? poor museum le musée moo-zay
Do you speak Parlez-vous par-lay voo railway station la gare (SNCB) gahr
English? anglais? oñg-lay? (es-en-say-bay)
I don’t Je ne zhuh nuh tourist office les informations uñ-for-mah-syoñ
understand comprends pas kom-proñ pah town hall l’hôtel de ville ohtel duh vil
I’m sorry Excusez-moi exkoo-zay mwah train le train trañ
Shopping Staying in a Hotel
How much? C’est combien? say kom-byañ Do you have est-ce que vous es-kuh voo
I would like … Je voudrais zhuh voo-dray a vacant avez une zavay oon
Do you have …? Est-ce que vous es-kuh voo room? chambre? shambr
avez …? zavay double room la chambre à shambr ah
Do you take Est-ce que vous es-kuh voo deux personnes duh per-son
credit cards? acceptez les zaksept-ay leh with double bed avec un grand ah-vek uñ groñ
cartes de crédit? kart duh kreh- lit lee
dee twin room la chambre à shambr ah
What time À quelle heure ah kel urr deux lits duhlee
do you vous êtes voo zet single room la chambre shambr
open/ ouvert/ oo-ver/ à une ah oon
close? fermé? fermay personne pehr-son
this one celui-ci suhl-wee see room with a la chambre avec shambr ah-vek
that one celui-là suhl-wee lah bath salle de bain sal duh bañ
expensive cher shehr shower une douche doosh
cheap pas cher, pah shehr, I have a J’ai fait une zhay fay oon
bon marché boñ mar-shay reservation reservation ray-zehrva-syoñ
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Phrase Book: French Eating Out poisson pwah-ssoñ fish
Have you got a Avez vous une avay-voo oon pommes de pom-duh tehr potatoes
table? table libre? tahbl leebr terre
I would like to Je voudrais zhuh voo-dray porc por pork
reserve réserver rayzehr-vay poulet poo-lay chicken
a table une table oon tahbl raie ray skate
The bill, please L’addition, l’adee-syoñ, saumon soh-moñ salmon
s’il vous plait seel voo play thé tay tea
I am a Je suis zhuh swee thon toñ tuna
vegetarian végétarien vezhay- truffe troof truffle
tehryañ truite trweet trout
waiter/ Monsieur/ muh-syur/ veau voh veal
waitress Mademoiselle mad-uh- viande vee-yand meat
mwah-zel vin vañ wine
menu le menu men-oo vin maison vañ may-sañ house wine
wine list la carte des vins lah kart-deh vañ
glass verre vehr Numbers
bottle la bouteille boo-tay 0 zéro zeh-roh
knife le couteau koo-toh 1 un, une uñ, oon
fork la fourchette for-shet
spoon la cuillère kwee-yehr 2 3 deux duh
trois
trwah
breakfast le petit puh-tee day-
déjeuner zhuh-nay 4 quatre katr
lunch le déjeuner day-zhuh-nay 5 cinq sañk
dinner le dîner dee-nay 6 six sees
main course le grand plat groñ plah 7 sept set
starter l’hors d’oeuvre or duhvr 8 huit weet
dessert le dessert deh-zehrt 9 neuf nurf
dish of the day le plat du jour plah doo joor 10 dix dees
bar le bar bah 11 onze oñz
café le café ka-fay 12 douze dooz
rare saignant say-nyoñ 13 treize trehz
medium à point ah pwañ 14 quatorze katorz
well done bien cuit byañ kwee 15 quinze kañz
Menu Decoder 16 seize sehz
dix-sept
17
dees-set
agneau ahyoh lamb 18 dix-huit dees-zweet
ail eye garlic 19 dix-neuf dees-znurf
asperges ahs-pehrj asparagus 20 vingt vañ
bar/loup bah/loo bass 21 vingt-et-un vañ ay uhn
de mer duh mare 30 trente tront
bière byahr beer 40 quarante karoñt
boeuf buhf beef 50 cinquante sañkoñt
brochet brosh-ay pike 60 soixante swahsoñt
café kah-fay coffee 70 septante setoñt
café au lait kah-fay oh lay white coffee 80 quatre-vingt katr-vañ
caffe latte kah-fay lat-uh milky coffee 90 quatre-vingt-
canard kanar duck dix/ katr vañ dees/
cerf/chevreuil surf/shev-roy venison nonante nonañ
chicon shee-koñ Belgian endive 100 cent soñ
chocolat chaud shok-oh-lah shoh hot chocolate 1000 mille meel
choux de shoo duh Brussels sprouts 1,000,000 million miyoñ
Bruxelles broocksell
coquille kok-eel sañ jak scallop Time
Saint-Jacques
crêpe crayp pancake What is the Quelle heure kel uhr
time?
eh-til
est-il?
crevette kreh-vet prawn
dorade doh-rad sea bream one minute une minute oon mee-noot
une heure
one hour
oon uhr
eau oh water
epinard aypeenar spinach half an hour une demi-heure oon duh-mee
faisant feh-zoñ pheasant uhr
frites freet chips/fries half past one une heure et oon uhr ay
fruits frwee fruit demi duh-mee
gauffre gohfr waffle a day un jour zhuhr
hareng ah-roñ herring a week une semaine suh-men
haricots arrykoh haricot beans a month un mois mwah
haricots verts arrykoh vehr green beans a year une année annay
homard oh-ma lobster Monday lundi luñ-dee
huitre weetr oyster Tuesday mardi mahr-dee
jus d’orange zhoo doh-ronj orange juice Wednesday mercredi mehrkruh-dee
légumes lay-goom vegetables Thursday jeudi zhuh-dee
limonade lee-moh-nad lemonade Friday vendredi voñdruh-dee
lotte lot monkfish Saturday samedi sam-dee
moule mool mussel Sunday dimanche dee-moñsh
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Phrase Book: Dutch

In an Emergency I would like … Ik wil graag … ik vhil ghraakh
Help! Help! help Do you have …? Heeft u …? hayft ew
Stop! Stop! stop Do you take Neemt u credit naymt ew credit
Call a doctor! Haal een haal uhndok-tur credit cards? cards aan? cards aan?
dokter! Do you take Neemt u naymt ew
Call the police! Roep de politie! roop duh poe- travellers’ reischeques raiys-sheks aan
leet-see cheques? aan?
Call the fire Roep de roop duh This one Deze day-zuh
brigade! brandweer! brahnt-vheer That one Die dee
Where is the Waar ist de vhaar iss duh expensive duur dewr
nearest dichtsbijzijnde dikst-baiy-zaiyn cheap goedkoop ghoot-koap
telephone? telefoon? duh tay-luh-foan size maat maat
Where is the Waar ist het vhaar iss het white wit vhit
nearest hospital? dichtsbijzijnde dikst-baiy-zaiyn black zwart zvhahrt
ziekenhuis -duh red rood roat
zee-kuh-hows yellow geel ghayl
Communication Essentials green groen ghroon
blue
blauw
blah-ew
Yes Ja yaa
No Nee nay Types of Shop
Please Alstublieft ahls-tew-bleeft antiques shop antiekwinkel ahn-teek-vhin-kul
Thank you Dank u dhank-ew bakery bakkerij bah-ker-aiy
Excuse me Pardon pahr-don bank bank bahnk
Hello Hallo haa-lo bookshop boekwinkel book-vhin-kul
Goodbye Dag dahgh butcher slagerij slaakh-er-aiy
Good night Goedenacht ghoot-e-naakt cake shop banketbakkerij bahnk-et-bahk-
morning Morgen mor-ghugh er-aiy
afternoon Middag mid-dahgh chip stop/stand patatzaak pah-taht-zak
evening Avond av-vohnd chemist/ apotheek ah-poe-taiyk
yesterday Gisteren ghis-tern drugstore
today Vandaag van-daagh delicatessen delicatessen daylee-kah-tes-suh
tomorrow Morgen mor-ghugh department store warenhuis vhaah-uh-houws
here Hier heer fishmonger viswinkel viss-vhin-kul
there Daar daar greengrocer groenteboer ghroon-tuh-boor
What? Wat? vhat hairdresser kapper kah-per
When? Wanneer? vhan-eer market markt mahrkt
Why? Waarom? vhaar-om
Where? Waar? vhaar newsagent krantenwinkel krahn-tuh-vhin-kul
pohst-kahn-tor
postkantoor
post office
How? Hoe? hoo supermarket supermarkt sew-per-mahrkt
Useful Phrases tobacconist sigarenwinkel see-ghaa-ruh-
How are you? Hoe gaat het hoo ghaat het vhin-kul
ermee? er-may travel agent reisburo raiys-bew-roa
Very well, Heel goed, hayl ghoot, Sightseeing
thank you dank u dhank ew
How do you do? Hoe maakt hoo maakt ew het art gallery gallerie ghaller-ee
u het? bus station busstation buhs-stah-shown
See you soon Tot ziens tot zeens bus ticket kaartje kaar-tyuh
That’s fine Prima pree-mah cathedral kathedraal kah-tuh-draal
Where is/are …? Waar is/zijn …? vhaar iss/zayn church kerk kehrk
How far is Hoe ver is hoo vehr iss closed on public op feestdagen op fayst-daa-ghuh
it to …? het naar …? het nar holidays gesloten ghuh-slow-tuh
How do I Hoe kom ik hoo kom ik nar day return dagretour dahgh-ruh-tour
get to …? naar …? garden tuin touwn
Do you speak Spreekt u spraykt uw library bibliotheek bee-bee-yo-tayk
English? engels? eng-uhls museum museum mew-zay-um
I don’t Ik snap het niet ik snahp het railway station station stah-shown
understand neet return ticket retourtje ruh-tour-tyuh
Could you speak Kunt u kuhnt ew single journey enkeltje eng-kuhl-tyuh
slowly? langzamer lahng-zarmer- tourist dienst voor deenst vor
praten? praat-tuh information toerisme tor-ism
I’m sorry Sorry sorry town hall stadhuis staht-houws
Shopping train trein traiyn
I’m just looking Ik kijk ik kaiyk Staying in a Hotel
alleen even alleyn ay-vuh double room een twees uhn tvhays
How much does Hoeveel hoo-vayl with double persoons- per-soans-
this cost? kost dit? kost dit bed kamer met een ka-mer met uhn
What time do Hoe laat gaat hoo laat ghaat twee tvhay
you open? u open? ew opuh persoonsbed per-soans beht
What time do Hoe laat gaat hoo laat ghaat single room eenpersoons- ayn-per-soans
you close? u dicht? ew dikht kamer kaa-mer
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twin room een kamer uhn kaa-mer rog rog skate
met een met uhn rundvlees ruhnt-flayss beef
lits-jumeaux lee-zjoo-moh Sint sind- scallop
room with a kaamer met bad/ kaa-mer met Jacoboester/ yakob-ouhs-tuh/
bath/shower douche baht/doosh Jacobsschelp yakob-scuhlp
Do you have a Zijn er nog zaiyn er nokh snijbonen snee-buh-nun string beans
vacant room? kamers vrij? kaa-mers vray snoek snoek pike
I have a Ik heb ik hehp ghuh- spinazie spin-a-jee spinach
reservation gereserveerd ray-sehr-veert spruitjes spruhr-tyuhs Brussels sprouts
Eating Out thee tay tea
tuna
tuhn-een
tonijn
Have you got Is er een iss ehr uhn truffel truh-fuhl truffle
a table? tafel vrij? tah-fuhl vraiy varkensvlees vahr-kuhns-flayss pork
I would like to Ik wil ik vhil verse jus vehr-suh fresh orange
reserve a table een tafel uhn tah-fel zjhew juice
reserveren ray sehr-veer- uh vis fiss fish
The bill, please De rekening, duh ray-kuh-ning vlees flayss meat
alstublieft ahls-tew-bleeft wafel vaff-uhl waffle
I am a vegetarian Ik ben ik ben fay-ghuh- water vhaa-ter water
vegetariër taahr-ee-er wijn vhaiyn wine
waitress/waiter serveerster/ sehr-veer- witloof vit-lurf Belgian
ober ster/oh-ber endive/chicory
menu de kaart duh kaahrt zalm sahlm salmon
wine list de wijnkaart duh vhaiyn-kart zeebars see-buhr seabass
glass het glass het ghlahss zeebrasem zee-brah-sum sea bream
bottle de fles duh fless Numbers
knife het mes het mess
fork de vork duh fork 1 een ayn
spoon de lepel duh lay-pul 2 twee tvhay
breakfast het ontbijt het ont-baiyt 3 drie dree
lunch de lunch duh lernsh 4 5 vier feer
vijf
faiyf
dinner het diner het dee-nay
main course het het hoaft-ghuh- 6 7 zes zess
zay-vuh
zeven
hoofdgerecht rekht
starter, het voorgerecht het vhor-ghuh- 8 acht ahkht
first course rekht 9 10 negen nay-guh
teen
tien
dessert het nagerecht het naa-ghuh-
rekht 11 elf elf
twaalf
12
tvhaalf
dish of the day het dagschotel het dahg- 13 dertien dehr-teen
skhoa-
bar het cafe het kaa-fay 14 veertien feer-teen
15
faiyf-teen
vijftien
café het eetcafe het ayt-kaa-fay 16 zestien zess-teen
rare rare “rare” 17 zeventien zayvuh-teen
medium medium “medium” 18 achtien ahkh-teen
well done doorbakken door-bah-kuh 19 negentien nay-ghuh-tien
Menu Decoder 20 twintig tvhin-tukh
aardappels aard-uppuhls potatoes 21 eenentwintig aynuh-tvhin-tukh
dehr-tukh
dertig
30
asperges as-puhj asparagus 40 veertig feer-tukh
bier beeh beer 50 vijftig faiyf-tukh
chocola sho-koh-laa chocolate 60 zestig zess-tukh
eend aynt duck 70 zeventig zay-vuh-tukh
fazant fay-zanh pheasant 80 tachtig tahkh-tukh
forel foh-ruhl trout 90 negentig nayguh-tukh
frietjes free-tyuhs chips/fries 100 honderd hohn-durt
fruit/vruchten vroot/vrooh-tuh fruit 1000 duizend douw-zuhnt
garnaal gar-nall prawn 1,000,000 miljoen mill-yoon
groenten ghroon-tuh vegetables
haring haa-ring herring Time
hertenvlees hair-ten-flayss venison one minute een minuut uhn meen-ewt
kalfsvlees karfs-flayss veal one hour een uur uhn ewr
kip kip chicken half an hour een half uur een hahlf uhr
knoflook knoff-loak garlic half past one half twee hahlf twee
koffie coffee coffee a day een dag uhn dahgh
kreeft krayft lobster a week een week uhn vhayk
lamsvlees lahms-flayss lamb a month een maand uhn maant
lotte/zeeduivel lot/seafuhdul monkfish a year een jaar uhn jaar
mineraalwater meener-aahl- mineral water Monday maandag maan-dahgh
vhaater Tuesday dinsdag dins-dahgh
mossel moss-uhl mussel Wednesday woensdag vhoons-dahgh
oester ouhs-tuh oyster Thursday donderdag donder-dahgh
pannekoek pah-nuh-kook pancake Friday vrijdag vraiy-dahgh
princesbonen prins-ess- green beans Saturday zaterdag zaater-dahgh
buh-nun Sunday zondag zon-dahgh
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144 ❯❯ Street Index

Brussels Selected Street Index

Abattoir, Boulevard Croix de Fer, Rue de la D3 Joseph II, Rue F3 Poelaert, Place C5
de l’ A3 Deux Eglises, Rue des E3 Jourdan, Place G5 Poincare, Boulevard A4
Accolay, Rue d’ B4 Dinant, Place de B4 Laeken, Rue de B2 Poincon, Rue du B4
Adolphe Max, Dublin, Rue de E5 Laines, Rue aux C5 Porte de Hal, Avenue
Boulevard C1 Ducale, Rue D4 Lebeau, Rue C4 de la A5
Alexiens, Rue des B4 Duquesnoy, Rue C3 Léopold, Rue C2 Prince Royal, Rue du D6
Ambiorix, Square G3 Ecuyer, Rue de l’ C2 Lepage, Rue B2 Putterie, Rue des C3
Anderlecht, Rue d’ A3 Emile Jacqmain, Liberte, Place de la E2 Quatre Bras, Rue de C5
Angleterre, Rue d’ A6 Boulevard C1 Ligne, Rue de D2 Ravenstein, Rue D4
Anspach, Boulevard B3 Empereur, Limite, Rue de la E1 Regence, Rue de la C5
Antoine Dansaert, Rue B2 Boulevard de l’ C4 Livingstone, Avenue F3 Regent, Boulevard de E4
Archimede, Rue G3 Épée, Rue de l’ B5 Locquenghien, Rue A1 Renaissance, Avenue
Arenberg, Rue d’ C3 Eperonniers, Rue des C3 Loi, Rue de la E3 de la H4
Argent, Rue d’ C2 Ernest Allard, Rue C5 Lombard, Rue de B3 Roger Vander, Rue B4
Arlon, Rue d’ F4 Escalier, Rue de l’ C4 Louise, Avenue C6 Roue, Rue de la B4
Association, Rue de l’ D2 Etterbeek, Chaussee d’ F4 Louise, Place C5 Rouleau, Rue du B1
Astronomie, Etuve, Rue de l’ B3 Louvain, Chaussee de E2 Rouppe, Place B4
Avenue de l’ E2 Europe, Boulevard de l’ A5 Louvain, Rue de D3 Royale, Place D4
Auderghem, Eveque, Rue de l’ B2 Loxum, Rue de C3 Royale, Rue D3
Avenue d’ G4 Fabriques, Rue des A2 Luxembourg, Place du E5 Sables, Rue des D2
Aug Orts, Rue B2 Flandre, Rue de A1 Madou, Place E2 Sablonniere, Rue de la E2
Banque, Rue de la D2 Fonsny, Avenue A5 Maelbeek, Avenue du G5 Sablons, Rue des C4
Barbes, Quai aux B1 Fontainas, Place B3 Marais, Rue du C2 Sceptre, Rue du F6
Barthelemy, Boulevard A2 Fosse aux Loups, Marche au Charbon, Schuman, Rond-Point G4
Belliard, Rue E4 Rue du C2 Rue du B3 Senne, Rue de la A3
Berlaimont, Foulons, Rue des A4 Marche aux Herbes, Soignies, Rue de B3
Boulevard de D2 Fourche, Rue de la C3 Rue du C3 Sols, Rue des C3
Beurre, Rue au C3 Franklin, Rue G3 Marche aux Poulets, Stalingrad, Avenue de A4
Bischoffsheim, Fripiers, Rue des C2 Rue du B2 Stassart, Rue de D5
Boulevard E2 Froissart, Rue G5 Marcq, Rue B1 Ste-Catherine, Place B2
Blaes, Rue B5 Gand, Chaussee de A1 Marie-Louise, Square F3 Ste-Gudule, Place D3
Blanchisserie, General Leman, Rue G5 Martyrs, Place des C2 Stevens, Rue B4
Rue de la C1 Gillon, Rue E1 Maurice Lemonnier, Stevin, Rue F3
Blindes, Square des B1 Gineste, Rue D1 Boulevard A4 St-Géry, Place B3
Bodenbroeck, Rue C4 Goffart, Rue E6 Meridien, Rue du E1 St-Jean, Place C3
Bogards, Rue des B3 Gouvernement Provisoire, Midi, Boulevard du A4 St-Jean, Rue C3
Bois a Bruler, Quai aux B1 Rue du E2 Midi, Rue du B3 St-Laurent, Rue D2
Bosquet, Rue C6 Grand Cerf, Rue du C5 Minimes, Rue des C5 St-Lazare, Boulevard D1
Bouchers, Rue des C3 Grand Hospice, Miroir, Rue du B4 St-Lazare, Rue D2
Brederode, Rue D4 Rue du B1 Monnaie, Place de la C2 St-Marie, Rue A1
Brigittinnes, Rue des B4 Grand Place C3 Montagne aux Herbes Taciturne, Rue du F3
Briques, Quai aux B2 Grand Sablon, Potageres, Rue C2 Tanneurs, Rue des B5
Brouckere, Place de C2 Place du C4 Montagne, Rue de la C3 Teinturiers, Rue des B3
Canal, Rue du B1 Grand Serment, Montoyer, Rue E4 Terre Neuve, Rue A5
Cardinal Mercier, Rue du A2 Montserrat, Rue de B6 Toison d’Or, Avenue
Rue du C3 Gretry, Rue C2 Namur, Rue de D4 de la C6
Champ de Mars, Hainaut, Quai du A2 Nerviens, Avenue des H5 Toulouse, Rue de F4
Rue du D5 Halles, Rue des B2 Neuve, Rue C2 Traversiere, Rue E1
Chancellerie, Rue Haute, Rue B5 Nieuport, Treurenberg D3
de la D3 Henri Jasper, Avenue B6 Boulevard de A1 Treves, Rue de F3
Chapeliers, Rue des C3 Hopital, Rue de l’ C4 Notre Dame du Trone, Rue du E5
Chapelle, Place de la B4 Hotel des Monnaies, Sommeil, Rue A2 Ursulines, Rue des B4
Charite, Rue de la E3 Rue de l’ B6 Notre Seigneur, Rue B4 Van Artevelde, Rue B3
Charlemagne, Hydraulique, Rue E3 Nouveau Marché aux Van der Elst, Rue C1
Boulevard G3 Imperatrice, Blvd de l’ C3 Grains, Place du A2 Vautier, Rue F5
Charleroi, Chaussee Infante Isabelle, Pacheco, Boulevard D2 Veronese, Rue H3
de C6 Rue de l’ C3 Paix, Rue de la D6 Victoria Regina,
Charles Martel, Rue G3 Ixelles, Chaussee d’ D5 Palais, Place des D4 Avenue D1
Chartreux, Rue des B2 Jamar, Boulevard A5 Palmerston, Avenue F2 Vierge Noire, Rue de la B2
Chaux, Quai a la B1 Jardin aux Fleurs, Parnasse, Rue du E5 Vieux Marche aux
Cirque, Rue du C1 Place du A3 Pepiniere, Rue de la D5 Grains, Rue du B2
Colonies, Rue des D3 Jardin Botanique, Petit Sablon, Place du C5 Waterloo,
Commune, Rue de la F1 Boulevard du D1 Petits Carmes, Rue des C5 Boulevard de B6
Congres, Rue du E2 Jeu de Balle, Place du B5 Philippe de Wavre, Chaussee de F5
Cortenberg, John F. Kennedy, Champagne, Rue B4 Wiertz, Rue F5
Avenue de H3 Avenue H4 Pierres, Rue des B3 Wynants, Rue B5
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Size 100mm x 191mm