Guidebook for Ixelles

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Guidebook for Ixelles

Getting Around

Public bus transport node; Citybike one-off hires available; Taxi rank; Train station - easy day trips to elsewhere in Belgium (e.g. Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent, Machelen, Namur)
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Place du Luxembourg
Place du Luxembourg
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Public bus transport node; Citybike one-off hires available; Taxi rank; Train station - easy day trips to elsewhere in Belgium (e.g. Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent, Machelen, Namur)
High-speed internatinal rail links to places like London, Paris and Amsterdam. Linked locally to the Luxembourg train station beside the apartment.
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Bruxelles-Midi station
47B Avenue Fonsny
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High-speed internatinal rail links to places like London, Paris and Amsterdam. Linked locally to the Luxembourg train station beside the apartment.

Arts & Culture

Little over five minutes away, in charming Park Léopold. Some of the other museums within walking distance include Musée Wiertz (restricted opening times), Museum of Natural Sciences (particularly dinosaurs!), the EU Parliamentarium, the Fine Arts Museum, the Magritte Museum, and the Musical Instruments Museum (whose rooftop café offers fine views).
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Euroopan historian talo
135 Rue Belliard
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Little over five minutes away, in charming Park Léopold. Some of the other museums within walking distance include Musée Wiertz (restricted opening times), Museum of Natural Sciences (particularly dinosaurs!), the EU Parliamentarium, the Fine Arts Museum, the Magritte Museum, and the Musical Instruments Museum (whose rooftop café offers fine views).

Sightseeing

Possibly the only box to tick on a one-time visit to Brussels. The rest is conveniently optional in a very good way. The 2km walk brings you through the park in front of the royal palace.
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Grand-Place
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Possibly the only box to tick on a one-time visit to Brussels. The rest is conveniently optional in a very good way. The 2km walk brings you through the park in front of the royal palace.
Two impresseive churches, world-renowned chocolatiers, nice cafés and resturants, open-air terasses, antiques market on Sundays, art gallerys, and more
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Kleine Zavel
Place du Petit Sablon
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Two impresseive churches, world-renowned chocolatiers, nice cafés and resturants, open-air terasses, antiques market on Sundays, art gallerys, and more
Cafés, bars, ponds, market
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Ixellesin lammet
3 Rue Guillaume Stocq
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Cafés, bars, ponds, market

Drinks & Nightlife

There are so many other nightspots (e.g. Place Luxembourg on Thursdays) but this one is very close by and easygoing.
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Londenplein
Place de Londres
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There are so many other nightspots (e.g. Place Luxembourg on Thursdays) but this one is very close by and easygoing.
Plenty of bars and restaurants
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Saint-Géry Island
Place Saint-Géry
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Plenty of bars and restaurants

Parks & Nature

One of several historic city-centre parks within walking distance (others including the adjacent Parc Léopold, Parc Royal on the way into the historic city centre, and the hidden gem Parc Égmont). Parc du Cinquantenaire gets top billing here thanks in part to with its three excellent museums: art & history; military; and automobile.
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Juhlakenttä
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One of several historic city-centre parks within walking distance (others including the adjacent Parc Léopold, Parc Royal on the way into the historic city centre, and the hidden gem Parc Égmont). Parc du Cinquantenaire gets top billing here thanks in part to with its three excellent museums: art & history; military; and automobile.

Food Scene

Brussels is packed with good places to eat. Place Saint Boniface is one of several squares close by where there are several restaurants to choose from.
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Sint-Bonifaasstraat
Rue Saint-Boniface
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Brussels is packed with good places to eat. Place Saint Boniface is one of several squares close by where there are several restaurants to choose from.
New York Times, 11 June 2013: "....Maison Antoine, probably Brussels’ most ballyhooed fritkot and often named its best, centrally located on Place Jourdan, surrounded by bars famous for letting you bring in fries to nibble alongside your Chimay [beer]....".
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Maison Antoine
1 Pl. Jourdan
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New York Times, 11 June 2013: "....Maison Antoine, probably Brussels’ most ballyhooed fritkot and often named its best, centrally located on Place Jourdan, surrounded by bars famous for letting you bring in fries to nibble alongside your Chimay [beer]....".

Everything Else

Belgium is famous for its beers. This place claims to be the first (craft) beer shop in the world (1981). There is also a wine merchant just beside the apartment building.
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Beer Mania
174 Chau. de Wavre
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Belgium is famous for its beers. This place claims to be the first (craft) beer shop in the world (1981). There is also a wine merchant just beside the apartment building.
European Parliament visitors' centre
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Parlementarium
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European Parliament visitors' centre
Focal point of the EU quarter
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Schuman roundabout
Rond-Point Robert Schuman
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Focal point of the EU quarter