Recommended stay time

Four days and three nights

Recommended stay time

Four days and three nights

Currency (Euro)

EUR	DOL
€1	$1,14

Transport

I would recommend to walk as much as you can to see the city and it streets. Mostly touristic places are around the same areas. However, you’ll have longer ways. For that, Brussels public transportation will give a hand.

In order to go to Bruges the cheapest option is a Bus. We went for the day, arriving there at 9 am and leaving at 9 pm. We booked it with FlixBus and it costed us 10 euros both ways. The way to move in Bruges is walking.

Accomodation

As we recommend to mostly do everything walking, the best option is to stay near the historical places. If you like hostels, Jacques Brel Youth Hostel is a good choice.  

Activities

Like for most of the europeans big cities I would recommend you to take a free walking tour  that would give you the opportunity to see city in a fun and quick way and after that decide what you would like to see deeper. You’ll be walking by important places and monuments, while knowing people from other countries. Personally I think the must-do in Brussels are:

-Atomium

-Grand place

-Real galeries Saint Hubert

-Manneken piece

-Place Poelaert (enjoy the view)

-Delirium

We took a  free walking tour also in Bruges and it was a very interesting way to know about this beautiful medieval city. After that we bought some food and made a picnic near some windmills not close at all to the center. When the night was arriving we went to the Beer Museum and try 5 different kinds of beers.

Food tips

Belgium is well known for its chocolate, fries and beers,  so try them all. When it comes to the chocolates you’ll find plenty of options to choose from. Give yourself the chance to try a few. Neuhaus is a well known chocolate factory and has a factory with good prices in the outside of Brussels. For the fires, go to Fritland and try them with another Belgium fast food. Hack: go and order inside to avoid the long line. For the beers I would recommend you to go Delirium, which is the most famous bar. It has 3 different locals and you’ll find also different environments in each one.  Their beers are strong and very tasty. If you are a lot into beers you can go to the Beer Museum in Bruges or just go to its bar and try some of its beers.

For the gaufres I recommend you to buy one in the street and not in a store, because they’re the traditionals ones. They sell them in little food trucks. I tried 3 and for me the best one was from the truck of this picture near the royal palace.

Packing

It depends mostly in which season your going to be there. Despite that, in all the cases you’ll need comfy sneakers to walk around the cities!