Brussels

15-16-17 May I'll be in Brussels.

As I don't know any places to be in our capital, hereby I'm asking for any advice :

- what places are good to have a party at on a wednesday and a thursday, the friday I'll be leaving again.
- not too young a crowd, the group I'm going with has an age gap of 30-50
- a loose atmosphere
- and open late enough, closing hours not before 3am

If you're looking for a place to have diner: Amadeus

That's already planned, I have no say in that

It's afterwards ;-)

For places to have a party i only now a couple of places from the day's I was a student in Brussels:
Fuse
Nostalgia-club

But maybe you can have a look here too:
Visit Brussels

Rue D'Arschot

















On a serious note: Maybe a bit more of a student crowd but the area around the cimetiere de brussels is where most VUB students go out.

Jeux d'Hiver is also a beautiful place to go, for older peeps.
Heard about the WOOD bar, didn't experience yet.
And there's a lot of bars you can choose from. I know that my older entourage loves to go to a restaurant-bar called The Lodge, but it's not in the very centre.

(Careful with Fuse, some nights it's infested with kids, and don't let me start about s*** You Club :p )

Jeux d'Hiver is for 30+ people with much money & ego

I don't care, the place is beautiful ^^

here's a retarded question: do people tend to speak english in belgium, or is it primarily dutch/french?

Brussels is primarily french... In the tourist area's they'll understand englisch

What exactly do you want to do with your 30-50 y old people (dance, drink, dance & drink, have a place where you can still talk, have music that goes loud enough because the people in your group actually don't like each other but are forced to do it, something else,...)

Beaver Juice wrote:Jeux d'Hiver is for 30+ people with much money & ego

And much younger girls who like the bribes from 30+ guys with much money (& ego).

Yes, it's probably the reason I'm upset^^

Stijn Puttemans wrote:Brussels is primarily french... In the tourist area's they'll understand englisch

Belgian French, which is different from French from France. So if any of you want to practice their French, beware.

Don't go into the rue des Bouchers (Butchers' street) next to the Grand-Place, it's a tourist trap (expensive and you might get sick), that's all I can say.

Don't go to Place Lemmens in Anderlecht... It's not a tourist trap, but you might get stabbed.

shadowukcs wrote:Don't go to Place Lemmens in Anderlecht... It's not a tourist trap, but you might get stabbed.

lol

Nohjis wrote:What exactly do you want to do with your 30-50 y old people (dance, drink, dance & drink, have a place where you can still talk, have music that goes loud enough because the people in your group actually don't like each other but are forced to do it, something else,...)

Beaver Juice wrote:Jeux d'Hiver is for 30+ people with much money & ego

And much younger girls who like the bribes from 30+ guys with much money (& ego).

That seems the right place

dance/drink(probably arriving drunk :p )

Personally I don't mind the loudness. Read about The Wood, for me that seems fine.

Keep the tips coming, just a place with a nice loose atmosphere, where you can party and drink, and not only filled with hopeless dudes (that's our job)

Apologies for resurrecting an old thread but I will be in Brussels in early December for only 3 days.

This is my first time in Brussels so what are the "must see" things?

As it is close to Christmas where do people suggest I go to shop for either something typically Belgian or something just a little different?

Depends how must time you wanna spend in Brussels, but the classical are:

The great place (there is a lot of different chocolade shops all around^^)
Mannekken pis (if you can find it, not like us during last IRL :p)
The Atomium

In December you must visit the christmas market in Brussels. Just go to the "Grande Place" and from there you will have a lot to see (and drink and eat if you want)

Olv007 wrote:In December you must visit the christmas market in Brussels. Just go to the "Grande Place" and from there you will have a lot to see (and drink and eat if you want)

As long as they don't put the same christmas tree than last year :p

come on Jofroi, it was euhm,

sort of great, weird but great, and big

and green, but then again it was different.

It was in my mind a worthy effort.


Oh what the hell. It was plain ugly

Thanks for the info, I'll look for the Christmas tree

Okay, you guys made me really curious.

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mmmm....interesting! It would certainly be hard to miss!

what are these disgusting, radio-active blocks ?

Christmas tree

Dubstep version.

New law-mentality: unreligiousness of the State

but radioactive blocks in the middle of a huge public square, is part of my personal religion ...

You corrupted our govs! (yes, plural, welcome in Belgium^^)

NLSP wrote:what are these disgusting, radio-active blocks ?

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Just got back from Brussels, thank you everyone for the tips.

It is an amazing city full of friendly polite people and we'll probably be going again sometime in the future

@Jofroi the Manneken Pis isn't that difficult to find and the Christmas tree is a little more conventional this year   

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Finally for a meal just off the Grande Place with good food and reasonable prices try ABrussel

Glad to see you liked Brussels

Sexagenarian wrote:
@Jofroi the Manneken Pis isn't that difficult to find

We spent like half an hour looking for it and we had 2 giants with us