Comments on: Things to Do in Brussels

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:41:13 +0000

Don’t forget mussels and beer at La Villette: http://www.la-villette.be/default.cfm?restoid=1366&source=home&langue=uk

By: Heather on her travels

Heather on her travels — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:39:46 +0000

Wow Matt, that was a whistlestop tour of Brussels, you certainly took on board the message to keep it short and snappy. Look forward to seeing more of the same.

PS next challenge – get some music & put your url at the beginning too & in the spoken intro

Unfortunately videos are the most time consuming type of blog post so it’s always a trade off between doing a really professional job and just getting it out there. I have the footage for at least 15 great vidos but who knows when they’ll hit the blogshere?

By: John

John — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:14:04 +0000

Adrian, here is a photo of the said dog: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eurapart/3674655377/in/set-72157616087651329/
In mainland Europe you must always have a ticket when travelling which must have been “composted” in the ticket machines in the metro Stations and on trams and buses. If you don’t compost your ticket you are like the punk in Dirty Harry “Do you feel lucky?” because the fines are huge. Instead of having conductors they send out teams of inspectors, probably a more cost effective system.
The frites in place Jourdan are great. If you are in Brussels you can visit the Oktoberfest Beer Hall imported from Munich for the week complete with Augustiner beer, pretzels and Bavarian Band. Its on until Sunday. Go up to the Matonge district of Ixelles for a huge choice of reasonable restaurants. Or even those around place Jourdan.
Matt; try to pronounce the local landmarks correctly, Grand Place is pronounced something like “grond plass”.

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:33:35 +0000

In vancouver also the system is based on moral issue, i like it !

By: Adrian

Adrian — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:03:41 +0000

Frites & mayonnaise are the best thing about Brussels.

I also enjoyed looking for finding the peeing girl and peeing dog statues to match the peeing boy… never did find the dog one though.

By: Ekaterina

Ekaterina — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:56:14 +0000

Be careful with not paying for your tickets in Brussels. The reason it seems that no one checks them is because they organize ‘raids’ once in a while to check all passengers, and if you appear to be without the ticket, unfortunately, the only way out is to pay a big fine, I reckon that it’s something like 2,000 euros.
Food is great indeed in Brussels, Place du Jordan is parhaps the best in terms of price and choice.

By: Nomadic Matt

Nomadic Matt — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:27:19 +0000

There is a bit of a lag on my travel posts, especially the videos. I was in Brussels last month!

By: Nomadic Matt

Nomadic Matt — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:24:39 +0000

You do quincy! I hope my video helps in your quest for good food!

By: Shannon OD

Shannon OD — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:02:16 +0000

Oh man, I had that same thought about the riding the trams in Bosnia – and they never checked…except for the day that they did and they TOTALLY tried to fine me – blech! Love the new video tours! I am also using WMM so I cant wait to see how you fare using Adobe

By: Tracy -TravelFit

Tracy -TravelFit — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:47:20 +0000

Matt,
Did I just miss you in Brussels? I just came from there two days ago. I did the Marathon last week and they had the finish in Grand Place.
Love all of the new things you are doing with your blog.
Cheers