Guidebook for Vorst
Food Scene
Architect designed trendy all day cafe for breakfast, coffee, fresh juices and home made lemonades, drinks, great beers and apéros. You will find a good selection of international newspapers, healthy lunches and snacks. Board game nights on Tuesday. This place is an institution.
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Bar du Matin
172 Chau. d'AlsembergArchitect designed trendy all day cafe for breakfast, coffee, fresh juices and home made lemonades, drinks, great beers and apéros. You will find a good selection of international newspapers, healthy lunches and snacks. Board game nights on Tuesday. This place is an institution.
Each Monday afternoon the fresh market on nearby Place van Meenen turns into a street market with wine-bars and food stalls, where you can have everything from Thai food to Pasta, to fresh oysters with a glass of champagne. Join the locals and expats for their after work drinks and bites in a very typical non-touristy Brussels setting.
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Maurice Van Meenenplein
Place Maurice van MeenenEach Monday afternoon the fresh market on nearby Place van Meenen turns into a street market with wine-bars and food stalls, where you can have everything from Thai food to Pasta, to fresh oysters with a glass of champagne. Join the locals and expats for their after work drinks and bites in a very typical non-touristy Brussels setting.
You will find the best pizzas in this tiny hole in the wall restaurant. The place is very small, with some outdoor seating, so make sure you have a reservation or be prepared to cue. Excellent antipasti as well.
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La Bottega della Pizza
39 Av. DucpétiauxYou will find the best pizzas in this tiny hole in the wall restaurant. The place is very small, with some outdoor seating, so make sure you have a reservation or be prepared to cue. Excellent antipasti as well.
Lunch and dinner at this incredibly nice, trendy non pretentious resto where they prepare seafood in the most original combinations, or as someone called it: avant garde cuisine. You can easily reach it by Villo city bike. It is all downhill from the flat and there is a bike parking on the wonderful Parvis de St. Gilles square
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Crab Club
7 Chaussée de WaterlooLunch and dinner at this incredibly nice, trendy non pretentious resto where they prepare seafood in the most original combinations, or as someone called it: avant garde cuisine. You can easily reach it by Villo city bike. It is all downhill from the flat and there is a bike parking on the wonderful Parvis de St. Gilles square
All dishes include mushroom, sometimes in a surprising way.
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Café des Spores
103 Chau. d'AlsembergAll dishes include mushroom, sometimes in a surprising way.
A restaurant and a bakery of organic really good breads. You can eat Flammekueche, the traditional Alsace tarte flambée.
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Hopla Geiss Bakery
105 Chau. d'AlsembergA restaurant and a bakery of organic really good breads. You can eat Flammekueche, the traditional Alsace tarte flambée.
Arts & Culture
Brussels and Art Nouveau are synonymous. The whole area around the apartment was built with the fortune King Leopold extracted from the Congo. Many of the elegant patrician houses in the neighborhood were built in this style. The Horta Museum is located in two houses built by the grand architect of this time Victor Horta.
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Horta Museum (Musee Horta)
27 Rue AméricaineBrussels and Art Nouveau are synonymous. The whole area around the apartment was built with the fortune King Leopold extracted from the Congo. Many of the elegant patrician houses in the neighborhood were built in this style. The Horta Museum is located in two houses built by the grand architect of this time Victor Horta.
WIELS is located in a converted brewery. It is one of the leading institutions for contemporary art in Europe, without a permanent collection. WIELS presents temporary exhibitions by national and international artists, both emerging and more established. It has an excellent lunch cafe in the lobby of the old brewery, right next to the massive brewery equipment.
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Wiels
354 Av. Van VolxemWIELS is located in a converted brewery. It is one of the leading institutions for contemporary art in Europe, without a permanent collection. WIELS presents temporary exhibitions by national and international artists, both emerging and more established. It has an excellent lunch cafe in the lobby of the old brewery, right next to the massive brewery equipment.
Shopping
The area around Place Brugmann and the adjacent Rue Darwin boasts the largest collection of upmarket vintage furniture shops in Brussels. In between these shops you will find trendy clothing shops, art galleries and nice brunch cafes. It is a great area to explore and far from the tourist crowd.
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Georges Brugmannplein
Place Georges BrugmannThe area around Place Brugmann and the adjacent Rue Darwin boasts the largest collection of upmarket vintage furniture shops in Brussels. In between these shops you will find trendy clothing shops, art galleries and nice brunch cafes. It is a great area to explore and far from the tourist crowd.
Avenue Louise is the city's best know upmarket shopping district. It has all the top brands and big names. At the adjacent Avenue de Toison D'or you will find the high street brands. All this can be easily reached by bus 54 which stops in front of the building.
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Avenue Louise
Avenue Louise is the city's best know upmarket shopping district. It has all the top brands and big names. At the adjacent Avenue de Toison D'or you will find the high street brands. All this can be easily reached by bus 54 which stops in front of the building.
Drinks & Nightlife
This newly renovated old square has bars, music venues and cafes with lots of outdoor seating or markets in winter and summer. Beautiful architecture and unknown to tourists this is a great area to visit.
Parvis Saint-Gilles 39
39 Parvis de Saint-GillesThis newly renovated old square has bars, music venues and cafes with lots of outdoor seating or markets in winter and summer. Beautiful architecture and unknown to tourists this is a great area to visit.
Saint-Gilles is also known as one of the centers of artistic and student life in Brussels. Moeder Lambic is the place to drink beer in Brussels. Choice of more than 250 quality beers. This has the feel of a neighborhood cafe. It is the original one. (there is a more touristy Moeder Lambic downtown)
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Moeder Lambic Original
68 Rue de SavoieSaint-Gilles is also known as one of the centers of artistic and student life in Brussels. Moeder Lambic is the place to drink beer in Brussels. Choice of more than 250 quality beers. This has the feel of a neighborhood cafe. It is the original one. (there is a more touristy Moeder Lambic downtown)
Sightseeing
The Grand Place is the center of historic Brussels and dates from the 14th Century. It is the most important tourist destination. Only 7 stops by tram will take you to Bourse station from where you can explore the whole historic downtown neighborhood.
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Grand-Place
The Grand Place is the center of historic Brussels and dates from the 14th Century. It is the most important tourist destination. Only 7 stops by tram will take you to Bourse station from where you can explore the whole historic downtown neighborhood.
Parks & Nature
This beautiful park was built by King Leopold. It starts in front of the apartment and if you walk all the way up, you will get a beautiful view of the Brussels skyline with the Palace de Justice and surrounding buildings.
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Duden Park
This beautiful park was built by King Leopold. It starts in front of the apartment and if you walk all the way up, you will get a beautiful view of the Brussels skyline with the Palace de Justice and surrounding buildings.
This park starts right in front of the door and leads all the way to the spectacular Parc Duden. Great for a picnic, a jog or a walk.
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Forest Park
This park starts right in front of the door and leads all the way to the spectacular Parc Duden. Great for a picnic, a jog or a walk.
Essentials
All things bio and organic. Offered in bulk so bring your own bags (you will find shopping bags in the apartment)
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Bio Vrac
144 Rue MeyerbeerAll things bio and organic. Offered in bulk so bring your own bags (you will find shopping bags in the apartment)
Match
4 Woodrow WilsonpleinLarge supermarket 2 minutes from the apartment
Carrefour market
55 Pl. JourdanLarge supermarket with huge selection.