The Rue Neuve

If you want to go shopping in Brussels, go to Rue Neuve. It’s in the centre of the city. There are a lot of shops which are very different from each other, so normally you can find what you want! Rue Neuve is ranged number 26 of the main shopping streets in the world. It goes from Place de la Monnaie to Place Rogier. Most of the shops are not very expensive, but some of them are nevertheless upmarket. In Rue Neuve there is also a shopping mall, named City 2. As in every shopping area, there are a lot of places where you can eat, notably some healthy food, for example in Exki. When it’s sunny and warm, you can go and have a seat on the Place de la Monnaie, there’s often animation of music, it’s great. After a day of shopping, you can go to the cinema. There is quite a nice movie complex in the neighbourhood.

In one word, you can enjoy a perfect shopping day around Rue Neuve!

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Ixelles's cemetery

If you don’t know what to do on any night of the week, you can always go to what is known as the Ixelles’s cemetery. It’s a very nice neighbourhood with a lot of restaurants and bars. It’s better to go there with a friend if you want to go to one of the restaurants, but in bars, people are talkative enough to make you have a great time.

Close to the Ixelles’s cemetery, you have the ULB, the Free University of Brussels. Therefore, you always have a lot of students around and there are a lot of activities in the nieghbourhood during the day and in the evening. For example, once a year there is a big volley-ball tournament. Also once a year, you have the famous “Nocturne de l’ULB”. You always have a lot of fun there. If you really want to immerge yourself in the ULB student’s life, try to attend a TD one night. These students evening take place at the Jefke, on the Campus de la Plaine. There’s a TD every day from Monday till Thursday, except during the exams. It starts at 10:00 pm and ends at 4:00 am. The admission fee is 2,50€ before 23:00 pm and 4€ after. It’s a lot of fun and you can meet a lot of people. When they hear that you speak English, everyone will start to talk in English with you!

Ixelles’s cemetery is a student neighbourhood, there is always something going on, and it’s very lively! Have fun!

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David Lloyd

You would like to make some sports but you don’t know where to go? I have the right place for you. The David Lloyd is a great sports club next to the Forêt de Soignes. It’s very international and there are a lot of people speaking English there. You have to be member but there are a lot of different and flexible sorts of affiliation, even for just one month during the summer holidays.

There is a very large gym, two simming pools, one indoors and the other one outdoors, a spa with hammam, sauna and Jacuzzi. There are also several tennis courts . You also have the possibility to attend one of the various group sessions in one of the studios or take part to nordic walks, or VTT rides in the Bois de la Cambre or in the Forêt de Soignes. There’s also a hairdresser and a beauty salon if you want to treat yourself and relax. When you got enough exercise, you can have a drink or a nice meal in the restaurant. You can have more information on their website: www.davidlloyd.be.

Make some sports and feel good!

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Flea Market at Jeu de Balle Brussels

If you're in Brussels with nothing to do on a Saturday or Sunday morning, If you are keen on peculiarity antiques or garage sale hunting, you should definitely check out the antique market at Jeu de Balle.I would suggest you going early rather than when they are packing up, and don't be afraid to haggle! About half of the vendors are locals - pleasant and easy to deal with. Most vendors will figure out that you speak English and will be able to communicate with you. However, If you ask the price of something, the vendor frequently has to make one or two calls on his cell phone and discuss the situation with an unknown party in a third language. Beware - it is a game!
Prices are fair and quality is mixed.

It's a little known area of Brussels and worth checking out to see the wide diversity there and find some really neat, inexpensive and unique keepsakes from your trip to Brussels.It's a place where you can learn a lot about worldwide cultures mirrored in these objets.

It's open every day from 7am-2pm.

...Lose yourself in thousands of weird things and many different people!!!

Bier Circus Brussels

Bier Circus is a place famous for its events related with English-speakers traditional parties such as Bonfire night, Pancake day and May day. The restaurant is open and bright, the bar is dark and small but quite pleasant.

Design is much more modern and relaxed than some other beer bars in town. The food is not too expensive and service is really friendly.

The beer list is one of the best in Brussels restaurants. It includes some very interesting vintage bottles like Fantôme BBB Babillard, and Loerik. On St.Patrick’s you can take a bottle home.

Cheese and shrimp croquettes as well as Waterzooi are delicious!

Soundtrack is very varied, modern people as more nostalgic people get satisfied. Classical and oldies song are going to take you back in a musical travel to home.

Definitely it worth a visit.

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OFFSCREEN FILM FESTIVAL 2009 (05/03-22/03)

Film fans with a taste for the unusual, beware! The second edition of the Offscreen film festival is back in town. During three weekends it will show you new work of talented independent filmmakers, extraordinary documentaries and several genres from around the world. The program is structured around thematic modules: first off-screenings, post-apocalyptic films, Italian cinema…Finally, the festival also stands for lots of “off” screen activities such as concerts and special acts.

The most expected films are Tokyo!, The Clone Returns Home and Letters from a Dead Man.

Come here and see a world out of common!

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