booklet - ER 2011

Shopping
• Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert (The world’s oldest shopping mall.)
• Galeria Inno (Department store for fashion and cosmetics.)
• Brüsel, 100 Boulevard d’Anspach (Best in town for contemporary comics.)
• Pele-Mele, 55 Boulevard Lemonnier (Huge second-hand bookshop.)
Brussels Points Of Interest
• Pierre Marcolini sells some of the world’s best chocolates. http://www.marcolini.be
• Beer Mania http://www.beermania.be has 400 beers for sale.
Sightseeing
• Grand-Place and the Sacred Isle are probably the most visited tourist neighborhoods in Brussels
• Manneken Pis
• Botanical Gardens
• The Atomium (Sort of the Belgian Eiffel tower, less impressive but nerdier.)
• European Union buildings around Schuman metro station
Restaurants
• Falstaff, one of Brussels’ oldest eateries, serves Belgian cuisine in a art nouveau decor every day
until 2AM
• Place St-Géry and the Bourse have many Asian restaurants (mainly Thai and Chinese)
• Place Sainte-Catherine is the place to be for seafood, whether traditional mussels-in-white-whine
or fancy lobster dishes
• Maison Antoine, on Place Jourdan, sells arguably the best fries in Brussels
• Chez Oki, 62, Rue Lesbroussart has creative Japanese-French fusion fare at reasonable prices
• Sea Grill is close to the hotel and one of the very best restaurants in Brussels. Carries two Michelin
stars and is not cheap. http://www.seagrill.eu
Bars and Clubs
• Place St-Géry has many great places for a night out, centered on a former covered market turned
into a trendy café with a club down the stairs
• The student neighborhood is around Cimetière d’Ixelles, a few stops from Porte de Namur on the
71 bus
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