Brussels ( Bruxelles, Brüssel ). A voyage to Brussels, Belgium, Europe.

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text-align: center;"></div></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z4mhNHYE_Gs/UX7zY6uFysI/AAAAAAAAhqQ/6EYJp_dkD-k/s1600/Brussels+Belgium+27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z4mhNHYE_Gs/UX7zY6uFysI/AAAAAAAAhqQ/6EYJp_dkD-k/s320/Brussels+Belgium+27.jpg" width="320" /></a>If ever a city could claim split personality, it’s Brussels. French versus Flemish, historic versus hip, bizarre versus boring. Full of contrasts, contradictions and intrigue, this is a multicultural equation that goes much deeper than just red tape and Eurocrats. An historic heirloom is closer to the mark. And in an age where so much is already discovered, <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=358707">Belgium</a>’s capital seduces as one of Western Europe’s unknowns.<br /><div class="mpuWrapper " id="mpuInContent"><div class="mpuInner"><div class="adContainer" id="adContainer_mpuInContent"><noscript> <div> <a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/2009.lonelyplanet/rest-of-site;dcopt=ist;ctt=europe;cnty=belgium;dest=brussels;thm=world-food;tnm=overview;sz=300x250;ord=123456789?"> <img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/2009.lonelyplanet/rest-of-site;dcopt=ist;ctt=europe;cnty=belgium;dest=brussels;thm=world-food;tnm=overview;sz=300x250;ord=123456789?" alt="Advertising" width="300" height="250"/> </a> </div> </noscript> </div></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq3wbxhiHQ0bPQtRvAugX7MWHJVjDZQiBz8EmPyL_Pf1Vi1JHmcj_d4ilB2i8hIXEOxRodYaSpIU6H9xYcLD678ag-HW3jiU0l3zL0daOuHL261f6CByiCgwFksARQhdItgD-ydm89NFAH/s1600/Brussels+Belgium+18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq3wbxhiHQ0bPQtRvAugX7MWHJVjDZQiBz8EmPyL_Pf1Vi1JHmcj_d4ilB2i8hIXEOxRodYaSpIU6H9xYcLD678ag-HW3jiU0l3zL0daOuHL261f6CByiCgwFksARQhdItgD-ydm89NFAH/s320/Brussels+Belgium+18.jpg" width="320" /></a>Brussels is a city of fine food, <i>café </i>culture, Art Nouveau architecture and the surreal. Pull up a chair and join laissez-faire locals who value the city’s casual atmosphere. Watch money go down on swish Ave Louise or buy dried caterpillars just blocks away in Matonge, the capital’s African quarter. Some of the world’s most enduring images of surrealist art were created in the nondescript northern suburb of Jette.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjLuG4cNDoJfcKo_Nf6ZIFJWxW2s5Osn-Dbexm7sLk_pe_8FTMOg5a6AFWKasHRgpiOE85-otjo7UlpcEzjtxtOK12TmpEJSaz-1rRpV87ZD00dg3WkNPZyOX_nIb3L0z3bmiwnhI4yEpb/s1600/Brussels+Belgium+6.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjLuG4cNDoJfcKo_Nf6ZIFJWxW2s5Osn-Dbexm7sLk_pe_8FTMOg5a6AFWKasHRgpiOE85-otjo7UlpcEzjtxtOK12TmpEJSaz-1rRpV87ZD00dg3WkNPZyOX_nIb3L0z3bmiwnhI4yEpb/s320/Brussels+Belgium+6.jpeg" width="320" /></a>And the architecture ranges from monumental edifices such as the Grand Place to organic Art Nouveau façades and the EU’s real-life Gotham City.<br />Constant among all this is the quality of everyday life – the shopping’s great, the restaurants fab, the chocolate shops sublime and the pub scene extraordinary. For a long time Brussels didn’t go out of its way to impress, but its stint as Cultural Capital of <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=358537">Europe</a> in 2000 saw the city dusted and polished in a flurry that brought renewed life to historic buildings and decaying streets.<br />A new spirit, just short of cockiness, emerged, flaming outside interest and inner-city regeneration. 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