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Mappa Mundo

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In the trendy Halles St.Géry area the Mappa Mundo café is a popular hang with a cosmopolitan crowd set inside a cozy and warm extravagant decor. The terrace is always packed with people in the summertime. Though it features a good selection of beers the Cocktails menu is quite limited but the excellent Caipirinhas, Strawberry Margaritas and Mojitos which are sold by the glass or liter make up for it.

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The Mappa Mundo café from the outside

The entrance door seen from inside

On one side of the café you can find a more laid back and cosy section

From the back

The main bar section made of marble

Sitting at the other end of the café with its exterior totally opened

Another view from the stairs leading to the 1st floor

Upstairs section of the Mappa Mundo bar

Even more intimate section in the back

Looking at place Saint Géry from outside the window

Back downstairs

Last glimpse from outside of Mappa Mundo bar leaving

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Le Roi des Belges

by Vincent
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Strategically located right in the trendy place Saint Géry Le Roi des Belges is a popular laid back atmosphere café with a nice terrace and some good background music. Calm during the daytime it gets quite busy and packed at night sometimes featuring a DJ. The menu offers a mix of good but simple foods for a snack, a decent choice of beers, coffee and cold drinks. At the first floor there’s a cocktail bar that has a large selection of drinks with a daily 2 for 1 happy hour starting at 18:00.

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Photo right In front of Le Roi des Belges

View from inside Le Roi des Belges café

Trappistes Rochefort

Cocktail bar at the first floor

View from the window at the first floor of Le Roi des Belges

Bartender preparing to open the Cocktail bar

People at the outside terrace

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Cafe Metropole

by Vincent
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The Café Metropole is the bar and restaurant of the prestigious Hotel of the same name. Superbly decorated it is the last 19th century French Renaissance-style Hotel to have survived in Brussels. The magnificent terrace is heated during the winter but it’s inside that you can really experience the luxurious decor.

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The entrance of the Metropole hotel and the Cafe Metropole terrace behind it

The terrace itself from the other side

Well dressed waiters provide table service

The posh view sitting inside the Café Metropole from one corner

My choice from the six page menu arrived

Crystal chandeliers and high-ceilings are all part of the luxurious decor

Marble fireplace and bar in the back

View from the bar this time

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A l’Imaige Nostre-Dame

by Vincent
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Like most well kept secrets A l’Imaige Nostre-Dame is not easy to find and one would need to be really lucky to simply stumble into it. Located at the end of a long and narrow alleyway it is one of the oldest cafés of Brussels. Having a unique and authentic feeling to it, this pub has had the chance to retain its original decor and boats a very friendly atmosphere with its share of regulars, merrymaking students and the occasional tourist.

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Look for the A l’Imaige Nostre-Dame estaminet entrance sign

Take the alleway all the way down until you seen light again

You’ll reach the entrance of the A l’Imaige Nostre-Dame pub

View from the main room as you enter where the bar section is

The room in the back with some students having a drink

University students often come to this café and the bartender has been made their honorary Godfather with all the official gear.

View from the bar

More students arriving for some refresments

Sitting at the bar having a look at that colorful student cap

 

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The Poechenellekelder

by Vincent
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Just a stone’s throw from the Manneken piss on the corner is where you will find the Poechenellekelder café, or just nicknamed “Poech” for the regulars. This typical Brussels pub with its phenomenal interior decor is one of the most lively in the center during the day and has varied clientele where the locals don’t hesitate to share with the tourists for a chat.

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View from the exterior

Outside the Poechenellekelder

Nicely served Cantillon beer & cheese

Cantillon beer & cheese served inside Poechenellekelder café, Brussels

A look from the 1st room near the entrance

You get a feel of rich decor and special atmosphere as soon you enter

The Poechenellekelder decor and special atmosphere

Approaching the main room near the bar section

Probably the best spot to enjoy the densely packed interior decoration with its puppets, trumpets, crossbows, beer crates hanging from everywhere.

The Poechenellekelder densely packed interior decoration with its puppets, trumpets, crossbows, beer crates hanging from everywhere.

Seated and awaiting a drink and a view of the bar itself

bar area at the Poechenellekelder

Downstairs section where they seem to have puppet shows

Puppet show the Poechenellekelder

Other side

Final decision ater a while looking at the menu was Trappist Achel to drink

Trappist Achel to drink at The Poechenellekelder

The View of the way out

 

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La Rose Blanche

by Vincent
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La Rose Blanche is a bar restaurant located inside a lovely 17th Century Flemish style building right on the famous Grand Place of Brussels. Hungry for a Duck à la Chouffe, Lamb Filet à la Grimbergen, Salmon à la Faro, Rabbit à la Kriek,…

If the prospects of a good meal with served with a Belgian Accent tempts you, with a view of the worlds most beautiful plaza, just sit right down and choose from a multitude of dishes each more enticing than the other.

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View of the terrace and Grand place from inside la Rose Blanche

Entrance of La Rose Blanche

First Floor

You can feel this place has seen the Centuries go by…

second and last floor

View of both floors

Trappiste Rochefort as refreshment

Trappiste Rochefort beer bottle and glass
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Taverne Manneken Pis

by Vincent
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The Manneken Pis tavern will be hard for anyone to miss since its located at one of the most recognizable places of the city. Once facing of the iconic Manneken Pis statue turn 180 degrees and you will be standing right in front of it.

Outside view

Outside view Manneken Pis tavern

Entering the tavern enjoying the feel of its warm ambiance

Entering the tavern enjoying the feel of its warm ambiance

Bar section

Bar section

The place is nicely decorated with old lamps hanging from the ceiling and the furnace warms the place up even on a cold winter evening.

ambiance inside manneken piss tavern
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Delirium Tremens Café

by Vincent
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The Delirium Tremens Café has a selection of 2000 different beers which makes the menu handed out by the waiter seem even thicker than your yellow pages phone book directory. Not surprisingly then that under these circumstances on the 9 January 2004 it has won the very prestigious Guinness book of world records for being the establishment with the most commercially available beers with a total count of 2004. If you are there on a Thursday don’t miss the live band playing downstairs from 10PM until 2AM which make the best free jam session of all Brussels. The Delirium Tremens bar is located at 4 Impasse De La Fidélité just off the famous rue des Bouchers.

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Photo entering the Delirium Tremens café

Photo entering the Delirium Tremens café

View of the back from the middle of the café

View of the back from the middle of the Delirium café

Seats in the middle made of old brewery Kettle

Seats in the middle made of old brewery Kettle

Kettles from the other side

Kettles from the other side

In the back just next to the stairs that lead downstairs

In the back just next to the stairs that lead downstairs of Delirium cafe brussels

The other side near the main entrance

The other side near the main entrance Delirium cafe

Approaching the bar

Approaching the bar delirium café

Quite a few taps to be seen

choice of taps to be seen at Delirium

Takes no expert to guess that upstairs definitely specializes in draft beer! The bar has about 30 kinds of different draft beer each flowing from its own tap.

Delirium bar upstairs definitely specializes in draft beer

As one cannot go without noticing the large number of kegs connected in the back. Here’s a closer shot of their disposal.

e large number of kegs connected to bar taps Delirium cafe

Arriving downstairs Delirium Cafe

Arriving downstairs Delirium Cafe

Peeking a look from around the corner

Peeking a look from around the corner of downstairs of Delirium cafe

You can notice beer memorabilia thats hanging from just about everywhere one can look.

beer memorabilia thats hanging from just about everywhere on celing Delirium Cafe

Around one side of the downstairs bar section

Around one side of the downstairs bar section Delirium Cafe

The other

Downstairs busy during concerta at DElirium

 

Every Thursday at 10PM there is a Jam session with various musicians playing through the night.

Thursday at 10PM there is a Jam session at Delirium Cafe
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Extended Celtica session

by Vincent
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The last few survivors left sitting at the bar downstairs after a long Thursday night at the Celtica Irish pub: A dozing off African man, a Swede and a Norwegian.

Early morning closing time in Celtica Irish pub in the 2007

Looking around in the back a few more in a not so great shape

Sleeping on a table in Celtica pub drunk Brussels
Sleeping on a table in Celtica pub drunk in Brussels
Customer sleeping on a table in Celtica pub drunk Brussels drunk
Customer sleeping on a table in Celtica pub drunk Brussels drunk
laying on a bench sleeping at Celtica pub Brussels in end of 2000's
Drunk finding a better position to sleep on the bench at Celtica Pub Brussels

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