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Thursday 21 February 2013

Sustainability Consult Newcomer's Guide to Brussels: Part #4


Painting from Magritte's Bottle Series
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Culture and Leisure

This multicultural city boasts a diverse and plentiful cultural offering, as well as many different sporting associations and centres.  Below are our picks of the best in entertainment and exercising.





·       English Bookshops
a.     Cook and Book (bookshop/restaurant complex near the Roodebeek metro station)
b.     Waterstones
c.     Sterling Books

·       English-Language Theatres
e.     English Comedy Club

·       Cinemas
   Mainstream:
a.     UGC Unlimited card – for €19/month, you can see as many films as you wish at the UGC De Brouckère and Toison d’Or cinemas or UGC Antwerp
b.     Kinepolis
Alternative:
a.     Vendôme
b.     Actor’s Studio
c.     Cinematek
d.     Cinema Aventure
e.     Galeries
f.    Spotted by Locals – the Brussels section of this website runs a cinema blog

·       Museums
a.     Museum night fever
b.     Nuit blanches
c.     Nocturnes
e.   Many Brussels museums are free on the first Sunday of every month

·       Alternative Cultural Venues
a.     Muziekpublique
b.     Coiffure Liliane
c.     Beursschouwburg
d.     Bonnefooi
e.     Botanique
f.      VK* Concerts

·       Non-Profit Sports Associations
a.     Friskis&Svettis
b.     Fitnesspalace
d.     DOS Woluwe - DOS Woluwe is a torball club.  ‘Torball’ is a ball sport for blind and visually-impaired people.

·       Swimming Pools
a.     L’Espadon - Etterbeek
b.     Piscine Victor Boin - Saint Gilles
d.     Piscine Neptunium - Schaerbeek

Blog by Aris Koutentakis and Bárbara Mendes-Jorge


This blog is one of a five-part series.  If you enjoyed this article, check out our other posts:

Part #1: The Basics

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