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A Brussels city break will probably feature at least one
of a few things; beer tasting, chocolate buying and sight-seeing. The
pleasures of this city can be explored with ease, following the example
of the laid back locals, with its joys sometimes found in the most unexpected
places.
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BrusselsBeer lovers from around the world flock to sample sone of the 800 types of beers brewed here. Most cafés will have a selection of about 20, with specialist bars having a few hundred. It is usually considered better to sample one type of beer an evening otherwise your headache the next morning will make you regret it! There are a few brewery's open to the public, such as the Cantillon Brewary and the Brewary Museum, where you can learn a bit of history about Belgian beers. Bars worth a visit are La Mort Subite (Warmoesberg/Montagne Aux Herbes Potagères), Het Bier circus (89 rue de l'Enseignement) and Moeder Lambic (R. de Savoie 68).
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Belgian Chocolate is renowned for its rich flavour and filled chocolates such as Pralines. The selection is rather like the beer, staggering! The best chocolatiers make their own mould and each praline is made by hand. A good place to sample different chocolate is in the Planéte Chocolat (Rue du Lombard 24) and there are many Chocolate shops near Place du Grand Sablon, as well as Godiva and Neuhaus Chocolate shops near Grand Place. There is also a chocolate museum Musée du Cacao et du Chocolat in Grand Place, where you can learn the background to all things chocolaty.
Due to Brussels' rather compact city centre, the attractions are easily
reached and especially so in the Lower Town where most places are
within walking distance of each other. The Grand Place, the centre
of the Lower Town, is an architectural must see, with the country's
finest Baroque guildhalls, the marvellous Gothic Hôtel de
Ville and the many cafés and restaurants. Also near this
great square is the famous Manneken Pis, on the corner of
Rue de l'Étuve and Rue du Chêne, while a similar
female version of the statue, Jeanneke pis, can be found
a few streets away on the Impasse de la Fidélité. Other
places worth a visit are the Centre Belge de la Bande Dessinée,
which shows the country's comic-strip culture, and the Bourse (in
Place de la Bourse), a neoclassical structure built in 1873, on which
one of its statues is by Rodin.
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The Upper Town offers many interesting sites among which are is
the Musée Royaux des beaux-Arts (The Royal Museum of Fine
Arts), Musée des Instruements de musique (which has
the biggest collection of musical instruments in the world), the art nouveau
Old England Building, Palais de Justice and
Palais Royal.
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Useful information and Sites:
Musée
des Instruements de musique
Centre Belge de la Bande Dessinée
Belgian BrewersThe Brewery Museum
Grote Markt 10
Grand Place
Open every day from 10 am to 5 pm.
Beer information and online shop:
www.beermania.be
A guide to Belgian beers:
http://belgianstyle.com/mmguide/
Chocolate information:
http://www.brusselschocolates.com/
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