Guidebook for Etterbeek
Drinks & Nightlife
Cute bar with a mix of young & old locals where you can slip out for a drink without going far.
24 locals recommend
Eccetera
402 Chau. de WavreCute bar with a mix of young & old locals where you can slip out for a drink without going far.
13 Degrés
49 Pl. JourdanSwanky and packed wine bar, has good snacks too.
This bar is always hopping. In cold weather there is ample place inside, and often live music or DJ sets. In warm weather they bring out the deck chairs and you can sprawl with the rest of Brussels' yuppies on the square in front of the park.
355 locals recommend
Café Belga
18 Pl. Eugène FlageyThis bar is always hopping. In cold weather there is ample place inside, and often live music or DJ sets. In warm weather they bring out the deck chairs and you can sprawl with the rest of Brussels' yuppies on the square in front of the park.
Le Pantin
355 Chau. d'IxellesNice bar with couches and boardgames upstairs. Can get noisy.
Food Scene
This 'friture' sells the best Belgian fries in town. There is nowhere to sit, but all the bars around the square allow you to eat your fries while you enjoy a cold beer of theirs. It's so popular, you sometimes need to queue.
154 locals recommend
Maison Antoine
1 Pl. JourdanThis 'friture' sells the best Belgian fries in town. There is nowhere to sit, but all the bars around the square allow you to eat your fries while you enjoy a cold beer of theirs. It's so popular, you sometimes need to queue.
Every Sunday morning, there is a local market here with fresh produce. It runs until about 1-2pm and is a great place to get all your brunch ingredients.
138 locals recommend
Jourdanplein
Place JourdanEvery Sunday morning, there is a local market here with fresh produce. It runs until about 1-2pm and is a great place to get all your brunch ingredients.
Syrian cuisine. Fantastic food, tapas-style, lots of veggie options. The service is a little brisk but the chef is excellent.
14 locals recommend
C'chicounou
29 Rue de la LevureSyrian cuisine. Fantastic food, tapas-style, lots of veggie options. The service is a little brisk but the chef is excellent.
Vegetarian restaurant. Greek cuisine. In the evenings, they put out a buffet, different every day, and for a fixed price you just eat all you want.
57 locals recommend
Dolma Restaurant
329 Chau. d'IxellesVegetarian restaurant. Greek cuisine. In the evenings, they put out a buffet, different every day, and for a fixed price you just eat all you want.
African restaurant, just on the edge of the Congolese neighbourhood
15 locals recommend
L'Horloge du Sud
141 Rue du TrôneAfrican restaurant, just on the edge of the Congolese neighbourhood
Pizza Liloo
580 Chau. de WavreSmall, authentic, and buzzing pizza restaurant.
It's a chain, but good if you're in a hurry. Does croissants, baked goods, sandwiches etc.
41 locals recommend
PAUL
9 Bd AnspachIt's a chain, but good if you're in a hurry. Does croissants, baked goods, sandwiches etc.
OR Café
13a Pl. JourdanCome here if you're in search of good coffee
Parks & Nature
If you want to stretch out on the grass less than 100m from your apartment, come to this little-know oasis of green. This gated park is only open by day and one of Brussels' best kept secrets.
10 locals recommend
Jean-Félix Hap Park
If you want to stretch out on the grass less than 100m from your apartment, come to this little-know oasis of green. This gated park is only open by day and one of Brussels' best kept secrets.
Pretty park smack in the middle of the EU institutions. Walk around the pond eating an ice cream from nearby place Jourdan's Italian gelato shop.
43 locals recommend
Leopold Park
Pretty park smack in the middle of the EU institutions. Walk around the pond eating an ice cream from nearby place Jourdan's Italian gelato shop.
Arts & Culture
Check out Flagey's cultural programme during your stay - they put on excellent concerts, movies, etc and is just a 15 minute walk from your apartment.
153 locals recommend
Flagey
Check out Flagey's cultural programme during your stay - they put on excellent concerts, movies, etc and is just a 15 minute walk from your apartment.
Museum of Natural Sciences
29 Rue VautierThis museum has dinosaurs... need I say more?
Essentials
Delhaize St Antoine
50 Rue NothombThis is a big supermarket that will stock anything you need.
This smaller supermarket is open on Sunday mornings and public holidays, in case you're stranded without supplies.
269 locals recommend
Carrefour market
55 Pl. JourdanThis smaller supermarket is open on Sunday mornings and public holidays, in case you're stranded without supplies.
World Class Brussels
10b Rue d'IdalieGym & pool. Ask me for a free day pass.
Getting Around
This train station has trains going to the airport. It also connects to Brussels' other train stations, where you can get trains of under two hours to London, Paris, Amsterdam or Cologne.
19 locals recommend
Bru.-Luxemburg/brux.-Luxembourg station
Rue de TrèvesThis train station has trains going to the airport. It also connects to Brussels' other train stations, where you can get trains of under two hours to London, Paris, Amsterdam or Cologne.
Villo!
The nearest Villo (public bike rental) station.
Bus stop of bus 34 which takes you past Luxembourg tarinstation, Trone metro station, and to the Porte de Namur shopping area.
Fétis
Bus stop of bus 34 which takes you past Luxembourg tarinstation, Trone metro station, and to the Porte de Namur shopping area.
This is where bus 95 stops. It takes you into the old centre of town, via Luxembourg stations, Trone metro stop, the Royal Palace, Museum Square, Sablon.
Germoir station
This is where bus 95 stops. It takes you into the old centre of town, via Luxembourg stations, Trone metro stop, the Royal Palace, Museum Square, Sablon.
This is where tram 81 stops. Tram 81 takes you to Place Flagey (wining & dining), then on to Rue Bailli (fancy shopping and eating), into St Gilles (the up & coming neighbourhood for eating and drinking) and to Gare du Midi (all international trains leave from there).
8 locals recommend
Sint-Antoonkerk station
This is where tram 81 stops. Tram 81 takes you to Place Flagey (wining & dining), then on to Rue Bailli (fancy shopping and eating), into St Gilles (the up & coming neighbourhood for eating and drinking) and to Gare du Midi (all international trains leave from there).
This is where metro lines 1 and 5 stop. Also a train station that goes to the airport and other Brussels stations.
65 locals recommend
Schuman station
155 Rue de la LoiThis is where metro lines 1 and 5 stop. Also a train station that goes to the airport and other Brussels stations.
Entertainment & Activities
This is an indie movie theatre in the middle of the Congolese neighbourhood.
72 locals recommend
Cinéma Vendôme
18 Chau. de WavreThis is an indie movie theatre in the middle of the Congolese neighbourhood.
On Thursday nights all the young Eu institutions staff pour out onto this square for a 'botellón' style happy hour networking fiesta. Great people watching if you don't mind standing!
89 locals recommend
Place du Luxembourg
Place du LuxembourgOn Thursday nights all the young Eu institutions staff pour out onto this square for a 'botellón' style happy hour networking fiesta. Great people watching if you don't mind standing!