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Brussels

3 Days in Brussels

13Stops3UNESCO Sites+36Travel Score

Day 1Arrival DayMediumLower Town

Grand-Place and the Galeries

The gilded guild houses, then the glass-roofed Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert.

  1. AM

    Arrive and Settle In

    Check in, drop your bags and get your bearings.

  2. 15:00
    1 h

    Grand-Place

    UNESCO

    La Grand-Place, Brussels

  3. 16:15
    45 min

    Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert

    Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert

  4. 17:15
    30 min

    Manneken Pis

    Manneken Pis

  5. 19:00
    30 min

    Frites at a friterie

    Food

    Brussels friteries

  6. 19:45
    1.5 h

    Belgian beer at Delirium or À la Mort Subite

    Food

    À la Mort Subite

Day 2Day TripFullAntwerp

Antwerp

Rubens's city, the Plantin-Moretus printing house and the station.

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Day 3City DayMediumSaint-Gilles

Horta's Art Nouveau · Mont des Arts and Magritte

Victor Horta's own house and the Art Nouveau streets around it. The view from Mont des Arts, the Magritte Museum and the Royal Palace.

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Day Trip · UNESCO

Canal Lifts and Spiennes

The 19th-century boat lifts of the Canal du Centre and Mons nearby.

Day Trip

Bruges

Canals, the belfry and the Markt, an hour by train.

Half Day

Atomium

The 1958 Expo's giant iron crystal, with a view from the top sphere.

Half Day

Comic Strip Trail

Tintin, the Comics Art Museum and the murals on the walls.

Half Day · UNESCO

Stoclet House and the Cinquantenaire

Hoffmann's Stoclet Palace from the street, then the triumphal arch and its museums.

Half Day

Sablon Chocolate Walk

The chocolatiers of Place du Grand Sablon.

When to Go

This version is for Apr–Jun, Sep. The best months below come from GoGo's climate data.

Typical highs

Best monthsRain: wettest Aug (79 mm), driest Apr (38 mm)

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