Guidebook for Sint-Jans-Molenbeek
Food Scene
great classic bar & brasserie in St Gilles. amazing beer selection and also really good bar food for 10-12€. in spring/summertime get a table outside!
on saturday afternoons there is often a jazz band playing.
a great worldly place with delicious tapas. also almost every night there is a free concert of jazz, latin, african, soul, funk or songwriter music
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Café Béguin
12A Pl. du Samedia great worldly place with delicious tapas. also almost every night there is a free concert of jazz, latin, african, soul, funk or songwriter music
amazing cosy little place, real value for your money with dishes between 10-14€. oriental food of Northern Africa and the Levant. Good vegetarian as well as meat options. a great wine & local craft beers.
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Horia - Oriental Natural Eatery
7 Borgwalamazing cosy little place, real value for your money with dishes between 10-14€. oriental food of Northern Africa and the Levant. Good vegetarian as well as meat options. a great wine & local craft beers.
amazing deal at lunch time (12-15h), this Portuguese restaurant serves a lunch deal for 12€ which includes soup, a dish of the day (meat / fish) and a bottle of wine. Just next to Midi / South station.
Cantinho da Cidade
2 Rue de l'Argonneamazing deal at lunch time (12-15h), this Portuguese restaurant serves a lunch deal for 12€ which includes soup, a dish of the day (meat / fish) and a bottle of wine. Just next to Midi / South station.
Brussels cuisine with some Belgian classic dishes, rustic restaurant. Good value for those who are super hungry (try the jambonette, the stoemp-saucisse, the carbonnade in brown beer sauce or the rabbit in kriek beer sauce).
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9 et Voisins
1 Rue Van ArteveldeBrussels cuisine with some Belgian classic dishes, rustic restaurant. Good value for those who are super hungry (try the jambonette, the stoemp-saucisse, the carbonnade in brown beer sauce or the rabbit in kriek beer sauce).
best Chinese noodle place in town. Real small restaurant and not the most pretty, but the noodles are made fresh and are super yummy (sit downstairs and you will see). Take the classic noodle soup bowl with duck, porc, beef or tofu for 10€ and you will be filled up.
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Au bon bol
9 Rue Paul Devauxbest Chinese noodle place in town. Real small restaurant and not the most pretty, but the noodles are made fresh and are super yummy (sit downstairs and you will see). Take the classic noodle soup bowl with duck, porc, beef or tofu for 10€ and you will be filled up.
Relaxed restaurant with a variety of Belgian classics, as well as pasta, quiches and much more. Good beers on offer too. Hotbed for the Brussels feminist & alternative LGTB scene, all mixed up with a wide clientele.
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Houtsiplou
9 Pl. RouppeRelaxed restaurant with a variety of Belgian classics, as well as pasta, quiches and much more. Good beers on offer too. Hotbed for the Brussels feminist & alternative LGTB scene, all mixed up with a wide clientele.
one of the classic Brussels brasseries, only open during lunch and quite cheap. Perfect to combine with a visit to the 2nd hand / flea market. amazing beer & gueuze (sour beer) list! ask for the Girardin gueuze.
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La Brocante
170 Rue Blaesone of the classic Brussels brasseries, only open during lunch and quite cheap. Perfect to combine with a visit to the 2nd hand / flea market. amazing beer & gueuze (sour beer) list! ask for the Girardin gueuze.
Syrian place in our area, super value for money with big dishes between 8-10€, vegetarian or meat. Try to finish your plate ;)
Les Jours De Damas
1 Rue de l'EspéranceSyrian place in our area, super value for money with big dishes between 8-10€, vegetarian or meat. Try to finish your plate ;)
Drinks & Nightlife
underground venue under a train station. good for concert & club nights. Always alternative music for every open soul. Every summer (July / early August) they do the Recyclart Holidays festival on thursdays & friday, with music outside, concerts, food & more! Thé place to be in Bxl
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RECYCLART
13 Manchesterstraatunderground venue under a train station. good for concert & club nights. Always alternative music for every open soul. Every summer (July / early August) they do the Recyclart Holidays festival on thursdays & friday, with music outside, concerts, food & more! Thé place to be in Bxl
Funny bar of a sweet Macedonian-Turkish couple. The vibe is open to all, attracts free thinking and arty folks. In weeekend there are often free (birthday) parties with DJ's or live bands. Good beers on offer too, try the local Brussels beers!
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Midpoint
189 Rue de FlandreFunny bar of a sweet Macedonian-Turkish couple. The vibe is open to all, attracts free thinking and arty folks. In weeekend there are often free (birthday) parties with DJ's or live bands. Good beers on offer too, try the local Brussels beers!
classic Brussels cafe, quite bright & sunny, used to be a clothing shop for the upper class. Great beers on offer and it's where the alternative scene in the centre hangs out.
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Au Soleil
86 Rue du Marché au Charbon Kolenmarktclassic Brussels cafe, quite bright & sunny, used to be a clothing shop for the upper class. Great beers on offer and it's where the alternative scene in the centre hangs out.
great classic bar & brasserie in St Gilles. amazing beer selection and also really good bar food. in spring/summertime get a table outside!
on saturday afternoons there is often a jazz band playing.
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Aux Pavés de Bruxelles
1 Kaasmarktgreat classic bar & brasserie in St Gilles. amazing beer selection and also really good bar food. in spring/summertime get a table outside!
on saturday afternoons there is often a jazz band playing.
another classic St Gilles bar, great beers and hangout for a chill evening.
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Brasserie Verschueren
11 Parv. de Saint-Gillesanother classic St Gilles bar, great beers and hangout for a chill evening.
great cafe with nice wooden design. Good beer list, nice vibe and in weekends there are dj sets or concerts of rock, pop and funky sounds. the food is quite pricey though.
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Café Walvis
209 Rue Antoine Dansaertgreat cafe with nice wooden design. Good beer list, nice vibe and in weekends there are dj sets or concerts of rock, pop and funky sounds. the food is quite pricey though.
thé late night bar of Brussels. place stays open till 9am every day so is the true watering hole of the city centre and where everyone goes when other bars close. It has top notch DJ's of international and local fame, concerts on wednesdays and on sundays there is a jazz jam. always free in.
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Bonnefooi
8 Rue des Pierresthé late night bar of Brussels. place stays open till 9am every day so is the true watering hole of the city centre and where everyone goes when other bars close. It has top notch DJ's of international and local fame, concerts on wednesdays and on sundays there is a jazz jam. always free in.
Shopping
big and super cheap 2nd hand shop of the Salvation army for every kind of thing. Also across the street a real nice *antique* place with super nice vintage stuff, for special souvenir from Brussels
Foyer Georges Motte
24 Bd d'Ypresbig and super cheap 2nd hand shop of the Salvation army for every kind of thing. Also across the street a real nice *antique* place with super nice vintage stuff, for special souvenir from Brussels
Sightseeing
take tram 51, a classic tram in 60's style design.
The stop is around the corner of our street (at the Sainctelette bridge) all the way to Saint Gilles or further. Like this, you will see a lot of Brussels above ground, going through the city from north to south.
The big old Tour & Taxis building from the 1800's is named after the German Thurn & Tassis family, who in the 1500 started the 1st international postal service in Brussels and inventors of taxi service.
The building was a depot and train station for goods during the industrial time and became disused after. I got revamped in its former glory and is now used for expo's, trade fairs and festivals. Behind the building, every year the Couleur Cafė festival takes place, but which has now become a quite commercial pop festival. You can walk all around, on the backside you can easily walk into the Parckfarm park. On the side you still have the big hangars, one of them still serving as a true circus school, worth a peek!
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Tour & Taxis
86C Av. du PortThe big old Tour & Taxis building from the 1800's is named after the German Thurn & Tassis family, who in the 1500 started the 1st international postal service in Brussels and inventors of taxi service.
The building was a depot and train station for goods during the industrial time and became disused after. I got revamped in its former glory and is now used for expo's, trade fairs and festivals. Behind the building, every year the Couleur Cafė festival takes place, but which has now become a quite commercial pop festival. You can walk all around, on the backside you can easily walk into the Parckfarm park. On the side you still have the big hangars, one of them still serving as a true circus school, worth a peek!
Parks & Nature
Brussels livestream radio in middle of the park, close to the palace. when good weather, a great spot to hang out with a nice drink & listen to the music.
special new park, open since less than 2 years. The project started to revive a piece of overgrown land behind the Tour n Taxis building, before used for incoming freight trains. Now it is a lush green park with hills and a little bar in the middle (open in afternoons til 18 or 19h max).
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Parckfarm
Boulevard du Jubiléspecial new park, open since less than 2 years. The project started to revive a piece of overgrown land behind the Tour n Taxis building, before used for incoming freight trains. Now it is a lush green park with hills and a little bar in the middle (open in afternoons til 18 or 19h max).
Arts & Culture
always good expo's going on. the building itself was an old brewery and still has the big brass kettles in the entry hall.
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Wiels
354 Av. Van Volxemalways good expo's going on. the building itself was an old brewery and still has the big brass kettles in the entry hall.
small concert place for alternative & improv music in St Gilles area. A few times a week concerts on. Also very good beer selection there. Across it, you can eat nothern Portugese dishes at bar O Forno / Le Four.
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Les Ateliers Claus
15 Rue Crickxsmall concert place for alternative & improv music in St Gilles area. A few times a week concerts on. Also very good beer selection there. Across it, you can eat nothern Portugese dishes at bar O Forno / Le Four.
great alternative venue for music & expo's, in a new location along the canal side.
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RECYCLART
13 Manchesterstraatgreat alternative venue for music & expo's, in a new location along the canal side.
now and then there are great expo's there, but otherwise a pricey place to enter or to eat.
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Mima
41 Quai du Hainautnow and then there are great expo's there, but otherwise a pricey place to enter or to eat.
one of Brussels contemporary dance & theater spots, just around the corner of our place.
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Kaaitheater
19 Sq. Saincteletteone of Brussels contemporary dance & theater spots, just around the corner of our place.
ateliers & workshops of Brussels independent creators. Often there is a free exposition going on. in weekends also evening concerts or dj sets.
LaVallée
39 Rue Adolphe Lavalléeateliers & workshops of Brussels independent creators. Often there is a free exposition going on. in weekends also evening concerts or dj sets.