Brussels Travel Guide: Know Everything Before Travelling

Brussels, the capital of city of Belgium is a well-known European tourist destination. This exciting modern city is rich in amazing medieval and nouveau art buildings. Museums, cultural attractions, tourist attractions, historical places, monuments, architecture, marvel, statue, bountiful cafes, restaurants, clubs, great shopping and more depicts the story of the development of the city. The cosmopolitan city Belgium is a great centre for businessmen and bureaucrats. Aluminium, steel and atomium structure depicts the world recognised structure of the city. It has population more than 1.5 million.

Attractions Information

Grand Place-Grote Market is a wonderful place to explore in Brussels. It completely fascinates tourists with the musical shows, friendly people and breathtaking beautiful surroundings and buildings etc.

Anderlecht Beguinage is beautiful and most famous buildings in Brussels. This building was converted into museum in 1930 has become a great centre of attraction for many visitors today. The gardens nearby this place allow you to sit and relax here and spend some time.

Manneken Pis is a beautiful statue or can say the irrelevant spirit of this charming city. There are many stories hidden behind this statue which can be asked from the local inhabitant of Brussels.

TheGrand Sablon is a stylish square surrounded by antique shops, restaurants and cafés etc.

Shopping Dining and Entertainment

Shopping in Brussels is a favourite thing to do for the tourists. You can easily find both handmade and manmade products in the market. There are also many antique and boutique shops.

Brussels offers both French and Dutch Cuisine in the restaurants. Your journey will be incomplete without eating steamed mussels, mouth-watering chocolates and hearty beers.

Entertainment and Popular sports can be enjoyed in Brussels are archery, horse-ball, golf and tennis etc. Night entertainment can be seek in discos and classic musical concert. Opera, theatre and ballet are all part of cultural life in the city.

Weather Information

As far as weather information of Amsterdam is concerned, you find maritime temperate climate with warm summer and mild winters. Summer temperature reach up to 80s (F) and winter temperatures ranges from the low 30s to mid-40s. There is snowfall in winter and annual rainfall throughput the year. The days are short but the sun does not set until 9 pm to 10 pm in summer. So the right time to visit Brussels is between March and May and September and October.

Getting Downtown Brussels

It is very easy to get into the city as the train station is located on the lower level of Brussels International Airport. There's a train service from the airport itself to go to the North, South and central stations of Brussels. The shuttle leaves the station at every 15-20 minutes and the journey takes approximate time of about 20 minutes. Other best option to get around Brussels is the public transport like buses and metered taxis etc which takes about 30 minutes.

Best Way to Save Money in Brussels

* Buy a Brussels Card available in hour version of 24-, 48- and 72-hours. This card help you in making free entry to more than 30 museums, get free public transit and many discounts in shops, boutiques and restaurants etc.

* Spend your weekend in Brussels in Hotels - The prices of the hotels skyrocket during weekend, holidays are quite less compared with other business days. So planning a weekend trip to Brussels will be the wise idea.

* Brussels is a big international business hub, so hotel prices skyrocket during the week. Plan a weekend, holiday or summer trip as well.


Take Eurostar London to Brussels train to reach Brussels. You can find cheap Eurostar ticket online by Eurostar promotional codes.

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