City Guide: Brussels

Guide to Brussels - warning every time I go, I get pickpockets trying to steal all my stuff?! Be warned!

Museums:

Bozar Rue Ravenstein 23

Wiels, Av Van Volxem 354

Museum of Fine Arts (for the Death of Marat in real life!!), Rue de la Régence 3

Villa Empain, (art deco villa worth the taxi), Boghossian Foundation, Avenue Franklin Roosevelt, 67

Galleries:

Xavier Hufkens (has multiple buildings). 6-8, Sint-Jorisstraat and Rue Van Eyck 44, Ixelles

Etablissement d’en face, (great project space, killer programme) Place Jean Jacobsplein 1

Food:

Cafe des Minimes, (natural wine, chill, book recommended), Rue des Minimes 60 Sablon

Pois Chiche (when you are craving a veg lunch), Kapellemarkt 15

La Longue Vie, (hipster, natural wine, sharing plates), 31 Rue longue vie, Ixelles

Chez Richard (classic sexy bistro), 2 Rue des Minimes, Sablon

Flamme,Romania Street 56, Saint Gilles

Drink: (most of these have food too)
Calmos, Rue des Tamines 1, Saint Gilles (natural wine, small plates)

Tarzan, 59 rue Washington, Ixelles (natural wine, more posh,

Au Labourer (beer, old school, unpretentious) Rue de Flandre 108

Coffee:

Bouche, Rue de Namur 4 (very good coffee, near Bozar/Fine Arts)

Buddy Buddy, Rue des Drapiers 10 (so millenial, VERY good nut butter carrot cake, coffee yum)

MOK Coffee, Rue Antoine Dansaert 196

Shopping:

Vetue (designer vintage shop, largely womens but a small mens bit), 5, rue Léon Lepage, Dansaert

Saint Martin Bookshop (in the old Margiela store), Rue de flandre 114, Dansaert

Stijl (women’s and men’s branches - high end desinger), Rue Antoine Dansaert 74