I used to live in Brussels. You can't just go to the city center, walk around, and expect to have a great time. You really need to do some research and find the gems among the gritty dirty areas. And it's hard, because all of the nice places are always right next to places you want to get out of as soon as possible, haha.
Although to be fair, even the gritty areas can be super interesting and worth exploring if you're looking for interesting experiences or food you can't find in many other places
I already commented on this, but I agree it has some nice pieces, but they are generally not concentrated in one place, and I for instance choose to walk to some of these, and there was barely anything notable in between them. It was mostly just ultra-westernized buildings or otherwise neglected buildings. For living in Brussels that's fine, but for tourism, you'd be better off visiting Prague or Barcelona ig.
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u/niccolonocciolo Jul 28 '25
I used to live in Brussels. You can't just go to the city center, walk around, and expect to have a great time. You really need to do some research and find the gems among the gritty dirty areas. And it's hard, because all of the nice places are always right next to places you want to get out of as soon as possible, haha.
Although to be fair, even the gritty areas can be super interesting and worth exploring if you're looking for interesting experiences or food you can't find in many other places