Menty's: BRUSSELS | BELGIUM

3.6.14

BRUSSELS | BELGIUM | EUROPE

Very nice city, people, buildings and cultures in Brussels (Bruxelles). It is a French-speaking city with convenient public transpiration systems, plus the sightseeing places are compact in the old town area, which is reachable in walking distance, especially in a find weather, to walk around in the old cities and in those cute little lanes is the best way to explore Brussels.

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Grand’ Place (Grote Markt) where a typical concentration of tourism sightseeing spots, eg. Hotel de Ville, Manneken-Pis, Maison du Roi, and a lot of cross-over lanes to the different directions full of restaurants/Belgium cafes or chocolate souvenir shops. You don’t need to sit down for a serious meal if time is limited, coz walking around the area, you just cannot stop to buy bunches of handmade chocolates, Belgium Fudges, candies (handmade chocolate counted by grams, normally 3.2-3.6 euro / 100 grams, and some shops don’t have minimum purchase weight, so you gonna grab 4-5 pieces as your favorite flavors in really small amount of money, for me, I just spent 1.4 euro for 4pcs, which are super delicious!), and waffle shops are concentrated around Manneken-Pis (2 euro in average for waffle with sauce and 4-5 euro to add up with fruits and cream).

Gare Centraal (Metro station) is located in the middle of all sightseeings of Brussels, and Grand Place is in the west of it, Place du Grand Sablon (Jardin du Petit Sablon, the sculptures of great people), Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts, and Palais de Justice are in the south of metro station. I strongly recommend to walk this way till Palais de Justice, which you gonna reach it by a glass transparent lift to the upper level, cross the ironic bridge while enjoying the street artist/musician, and finally WOW about the great buildings and enjoy the view of Brussels city. To the northeast, you cannot miss the great attractions, Place Royale, Palais Royal, and Parc de Bruxelles, Cathedrale Sts-Michel-et-Gudule. And try to grab the chips from the pop-up snacks car, or sandwiches in the plaza, right down the sun and blue sky, I even cannot open the eyes.

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