🇧🇪 Bruxelles & Brugge

December 2023

First time in Belgium, on a rainy weekend in December.
Friday and Sunday in Bruxelles and Saturday in Brugge. Read more

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- Dec 8, 2023, 1:49pm
- ☁️ 6 °C
- Altitude: 282 m
- Luxembourg District de Luxembourg Canton de Luxembourg Hollerich Luxembourg railway station 49.599037, 6.13381949°35’57” N 6°8’2” E
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The beginning of a new journey in the EU
December 8, 2023 in Luxembourg ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
First time on a Belgian train operated by SNCB.
Curiosities:
1) Under 26s pay less than 20 euros (return) to go from Luxembourg to Brussels. Super cheap considering that there are a total of almost 400 km and 6 hours of travel.
2) Unlike in Italy, for Intercity trains the SNCB doesn't block the reservations when the trains are full. So you may have to stand.Read more
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- Dec 8, 2023, 6:00pm
- ☁️ 8 °C
- Altitude: 24 m
- Belgium Brussels Capital City of Brussels Cureghem Brussels-South 50.83482, 4.3385450°50’5” N 4°20’19” E
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After +/- 3.30H finally in Bruxelles
December 8, 2023 in Belgium ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
The "gare de Bruxelles-Midi" in French or "station Brussel-Zuid" in Flemish is themost important of the City.
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- Dec 8, 2023, 7:20pm
- ☁️ 8 °C
- Altitude: 60 m
- Belgium Brussels Capital City of Brussels European district Marie Haps Faculty of Translation and Interpreting - UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles 50.839123, 4.37296250°50’21” N 4°22’23” E
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(One of) the Houses of EU Citizens
December 8, 2023 in Belgium ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Why Luxembourg if we are in Belgium? Because Luxembourg is the name of the square where the EU Parliament is located.

Even if Strasbourg is the city of the "real" EU Parliament, and calls itself the capital of Europe (see previous trip), the majority of the meetings of the Parliamentary Commissions are held Bruxelles, in this building.

Finally, the headquarter of the General Secretariat of the European Parliament is located in Luxembourg, near Kirchberg.Read more
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- Dec 8, 2023, 8:00pm
- ☁️ 8 °C
- Altitude: 41 m
- Belgium Brussels Capital City of Brussels Etterbeek 50.836834, 4.38135850°50’13” N 4°22’53” E
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Time to taste the "Mitraillette"
December 8, 2023 in Belgium ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Super fat and caloric dinner.
The "mitraillette" is a small baguette with meet and a lots of fries, which in reality are not "French" but Belgians.
You can also choose among different sausages.

All this accompanied by a Jupiler, the best-selling Belgian beer with 40% market share.Read more
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- Dec 8, 2023, 9:04pm
- ☁️ 8 °C
- Altitude: 15 m
- Belgium Brussels Capital City of Brussels Dansaert area 50.853779, 4.3462650°51’14” N 4°20’47” E
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3rd Christamas Market of 2023!
December 8, 2023 in Belgium ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
After Luxembourg and Strasbourg, third Christmas market of 2023.
The one on Place St. Catherine is very large and extremely crowded.

The usual beautiful stands selling gluhwein/vin vhaud/hot wine as well as the typical Ferris wheel.
The shed set up by Stella Artois is very beautiful and characteristic. Inside it is possible to drink some typical beers in a hot and dry place.
Very appreciated when outiside is cold and rainy.Read more
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- Dec 9, 2023, 12:06am
- ☁️ 7 °C
- Altitude: 17 m
- Belgium Brussels Maison Communale 50.847107, 4.35252250°50’50” N 4°21’9” E
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Bruxelles's monuments by night
December 9, 2023 in Belgium ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Wandering through the streets near the Grand-Place. Beautiful golden buildings, considered a UNESCO heritage site since 1998.

After a stop at the statue of Everard t'Serclaes, a Brussels nobleman who made the recovery of the city from the Flemish possible. According to legend, if he rubs his arm, he will return to Brussels again and precisely this continuous rubbing polishes the area, preventing oxidation.

Finally the Manneken Pis, one of the most photographed monument of the city. According to one of the many legends, this child urinated on an incendiary bomb and saved the city from damage.Read more
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- Dec 9, 2023, 9:38am
- ☁️ 7 °C
- Altitude: 20 m
- Belgium Brussels Capital City of Brussels Cureghem Brussels-South 50.836384, 4.33609350°50’11” N 4°20’10” E
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Destinations for the whole of Europe!
December 9, 2023 in Belgium ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
The train board makes you realize that you are truly in the center of Europe.
From Brussels Midi it is possible to reach Paris, Amsterdam, Luxembourg ... and even London by passing under the English Channel in the EuroTunnel opened in 1994 and over 50km long.

We are here again to take the train to Brugge, one of the most beautiful Flemish cities.Read more
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- Dec 9, 2023, 11:06am
- 🌧 8 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
- Belgium Flanders Bruges Kerkebeek 51.201931, 3.2208951°12’7” N 3°13’15” E
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Brugge: the Flemish area of Belgium!
December 9, 2023 in Belgium ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
French leaves room for Flemish in this area of the country, almost on the border with Holland.

Despite the rain the historic center, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, leaves you speechless.
Beautiful narrow streets with almost no cars, lots of bikes and medieval buildings built with bricks and which have survived intact and preserved from wars and fires.Read more
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- Dec 9, 2023, 11:21am
- 🌧 8 °C
- Altitude: 15 m
- Belgium Flanders Bruges Het Brugse Ommeland 51.208408, 3.2267651°12’30” N 3°13’36” E
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Brugge: 4th Christmas Market!
December 9, 2023 in Belgium ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
And even in Brugge the traditional Christmas market could not be missed.
Cute, but in my opinion smaller and less beautiful compared with the others I visited previouslz during all the month.

It's worth a quick visit, drinking a vin chaud (hot wine) and to find shelter from the incessant rain.Read more
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- Dec 9, 2023, 2:05pm
- 🌧 9 °C
- Altitude: 14 m
- Belgium Flanders Bruges Het Brugse Ommeland 51.209633, 3.22729451°12’35” N 3°13’38” E
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Let's discover the typical food!
December 9, 2023 in Belgium ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
Typical Belgian breakfast, lunch and snack!

Breakfast: chocolate wafels/gaufres with a very good cappuccino (very difficult to find in Norther Europe).

Lunch: porc ribs all you can eat with a particular sauce (I did not like it!) served into a potato.

Snack: typical hot chocolate and Speculoos, cinnamon biscuits usually served during the Christmas period and to accompany coffee, tea and other drinks.

Is there nothing good to eat in Northern Europe? Fake news!Read more
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