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Official
Brussels Capital Region Site.
www.brussels.irisnet.be (En,
Fr, Du, Ge)
The official website of the Brussels Capital Region
authority.
Professional Associations (Meeting, Travel &
Events).
www.abito.net (En)
ABITO is the Association of the
officially licenced and bonded DMC (Destination Management Companies) and
Incoming Tour Operators of Belgium.
www.acea.net (Fr, Du)
Association of Communication
Event Agencies.
www.bapco.be (En)
BAPCO stands for ‘Belgian
Association of Professional Conference Organisers’. It is a not-for-profit
association representing its members in institutional, legal, ethical and
associative matters.
www.sitebelux.org (En)
The Society of Incentive
& Travel Executives is a professional society dedicated to the recognition
and development of motivational and performance improvement strategies of which
travel is a key component.
www.mpiweb.be (En)
Meeting Professionals International (MPI) is the world's largest
association of meeting professionals. Its purpose is to serve the diverse needs
of its membership by providing educational and leadership opportunities,
promoting the development of business relationships, supporting industry
partnerships and demonstrating commitment to excellence in
meetings.
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www.brusselsairport.be (En, Fr, Du)
Arrivals,
departures, practical information, etc… online.
www.brussels-airlines.com (En, Fr, Du)
The Belgian
airlines site
www.b-rail.be (En, Fr, Du,
Ge)
Belgian Railways: travelling formulas, practical info, stations list,
train tickets, …
bitc.irisnet.be (En, Fr, Du)
Brussels Info Traffic
Center (BITC), the traffic service of the Brussels Capital Region Authority.
Map, messages about traffic problems, events that may disturb traffic, parking
spaces, public transport timetables, …
www.eurostar.com (En, Fr, Du)
Eurostar is the
high-speed passenger train linking London, Paris and Brussels. Use this web site
to plan your journey and book your ticket.
www.eurotunnel.com (En, Fr)
The Chunnel (Channel
Tunnel connecting the UK to the European mainland) website: bookings, freights,
and much more.
www.stib.irisnet.be (Fr, Du)
Brussels tram, bus and
metro company. Time tables, lines and services, subway stations, …
www.thalys.be (En, Fr, Du, Ge)
The Thalys internet
site: Thalys, the fast train, speeds you right across Northwest Europe. Thalys
embodies the most modern technological advances, and links Northwest Europe's
major cities, centre to centre, in unbeatable times.
www.autolux.be (En, Fr, Du)
www.brussels-limousines.com (En, Fr,
Du)
www.ng-minibus.com (En, Fr, Du)
www.taxis.irisnet.be (En, Fr, Du)
www.taxisbleus.be
(Fr)
www.taxisverts.be (En, Fr,
Du)
www.unitax.be (En)
Taxis, minibuses and limousine
services.
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Travel Guide Sites.
www.belgiumhospitality.com (En)
Portalsite for
searching and visualising the practical aspects of travelling in
Belgium.
www.brussels2001.com (En)
The Brussels city guide
from Amazon.com: weather reports, e-cards, history, nightlife, hotels,
etc…
www.bugeurope.com/brussels (En)
BUG, the Backpackers
Ultimate Guide to Brussels: information, coming & going, getting around,
hostels, eat and drink, sights…
www.excite.com/travel/countries/belgium/brussels
(En)
The Brussels pages of the Excite Travel Web Site.
expedia.msn.com/wg/Europe/Belgium/P1381.asp (En)
The
MSN guide: neighbourhoods, planning ahead, transportation, highlights,
vicinities, health and safety, …
www.fodors.com (En)
First select a world region:
Europe, other.
Then select a destination: Brussels.
Congratulations, you
have found the Fodors Miniguide to Brussels on the Web
www.hotels-brussels.com (Du,
Ge)
Info about Brussels and hotels.
www.lonelyplanet.com/dest/eur/bel.htm (En)
The
Lonely Planet Belgian pages. Very useful for people who like to have a somewhat
more than rudimentary knowledge about the place they are travelling
to.
www.timeout.com/brussels (En)
The famous, very
comprehensive TimeOut Living Guide for Brussels on the Web.
www.trabel.com/brussels.htm
(En)
Brussels on the Belgian Travel Network site. The BTN site claims
to contain the most extensive information about Belgium on the World Wide
Web.
travel.yahoo.com/t/Europe/Belgium/Brussels (En)
And
the Yahoo ones.
www.worldexecutive.com/cityguides/brussels (En)
Essential travel information and Brussels city
maps.
www.wtgonline.com/cityguide/data/Brussels/overview.asp
(En)
The World Travel Guide online offers a climate guide, visa and passport
details, maps, health information and other travel essentials.
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Restaurants, nightlife, events,
…
www.agenda.be (Fr, Du)
Website of the Brussels Art
Foundation. Information about cultural events in Brussels.
www.brusselstourism.com (En,
Fr)
Interesting non official (tourist) information site. Discovery,
restaurants, hotels, museums, meetings, entertainment, cd-rom…
www.noctis.com (En)
80 pages. 600 venues. All info
about Belgian and Brussels nightlife.
www.resto.be (En, Fr, Du)
Belgian and Brussels
restaurants website. Belgian cuisine, of course, and mussels and fries. But
also: Tex-Mex, Australian, Scandinavian, French, Asian, etc…
delicacies.
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Rock & pop, movies, …
www.abconcerts.be (En, Fr,
Du)
Concerts in the centre of Brussels. Melanie C, Robert Plant, Praga Khan,
Vanessa Paradis, Kelis, Das Pop are just some of the performers who visited the
AB (Ancienne Belgique) last year.
www.botanique.be (Fr)
Cultural Centre of the French
Wallonia-Brussels Community. Music, theatre and other performances.
www.forestnational.be (En, Fr, Du)
Vorst Nationaal -
Forest National is a 8000 seats omnivalent music venue for rock concerts,
variety shows, classical concerts, ballets, iceshows, circus, conventions,
product shows, family shows, opera, arena productions, sports events and tv
shows. This site includes the calendar, ticket info, VIP packages, …
www.halles.be (Fr)
Les Halles de Schaerbeek.
European Cultural Centre of the French Community. Concerts, theatre,
performances
www.kinepolis.be (En)
www.ugc.be (Du - Fr)
Brussels movie showtimes, film
info, special packages
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Miscellaneous (tourism & services).
www.actionteamtraining.com
(En, Fr, Du)
Team building.
www.atomium.be (En, Fr, Du, Ge)
The world's most
astonishing building now has its own website.
www.beerparadise.be (En, Fr, Du)
Website of the
Confederation of Belgian Breweries. The Brewery Museum is situated at the Grand'
Place.
www.bnb-brussels.be (En, Fr,
Du)
The Brussels Bed & Breakfast site.
www.diavolo.be (En, Fr,
Du)
The Diavolo Chamber Orchestra website. From 25 to 1000 persons or more,
Diavolo has the know-how and 14 years of experience to strike the right chord
for you and your company. And it has the suitable music for every occasion.
www.ilotsacre.be (En, Fr, Du)
The Ilot Sacré area
around the rue des Bouchers is considered as one of the most typical,
picturesque and lively quarters of the European capital. Moreover, because of
its impressive number and variety of restaurants, it has also acquired the
reputation of being the ventre de Bruxelles ("the belly of Brussels") through
the years.
www.interknowledge.com/belgium (En)
Why you should
come to Belgium and Brussels in the first place.
www.marcheauxpuces.org (En, Fr)
Learn about the huge
flea market that takes place in the city's centre. As early as the 16th century,
there is mention of an "Oude Merct" (ancient Dutch for an "old or used things"
market) in Brussels. Events, atmosphere, cobblestones, etc...
www.minieurope.com (En, Fr, Du, Ge, Sp)
Located at
the foot of the Atomium, Mini-Europe is the only park where you can have a
whistlestop tour around Europe in a few short hours.
www.mucc.be (En, Fr,
Du)
Belgian chocolate is known world wide for its exquisite taste and
quality. This is the website of the Brussels Museum of Cocoa and Chocolate at
the Grand' Place.
www.mustofbrussels.com (En, Fr, Du)
Website of the
not-for-profit association of Brussels tourist attractions & museums.
Special tourist vouchers etc…
www.organization-services.com (En, Fr, Du)
Medieval
dinners, Breughelian evenings, Belgian folklore, Europe theme, Venetian Opera,
1001 Noghts, Cottonf Club, Exotic ...
www.sonianforest.be (Fr, Du, some En and Ge)
The
Sonian Forest (Zoniënwoud, Forest de Soignes, Zonienwald) official site.
Situated right next to the centre of Brussels, the Sonian Forest stretches out
over a surface of over 4,000 hectares. This site brings news, pictures,
itineraries for walks through the woods and activities for young and old
alike.
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Miscellaneous (business & others).
www.belgiumpost.com (En)
News from and about Belgium
and Brussels in English.
www.blbe.irisnet.be (En, Fr, Du)
The Brussels-Europe
Liaison Office. Find out about the region, the communes, residence formalities,
administrative help, and much more.
www.bobim.com
Bobim provides practical information
to set up a business or relocate a company in Brussels. It offers facts sheets
on office market, local employment, financial assitance, public procurement and
more. It also includes a directory of market players.
www.brussels-online.be (En, Fr, Du)
Non official
general information site about Brussels. Shopping, restaurants, hotels,
business, …
www.brussels.org (En)
Another non-official
information site: welcome to Brussels. Includes a Brussels photo
tour.
www.ccib.irisnet.be (Fr, Du)
The Brussels Chamber of
Commerce and Industry.
www.eurobru.com (all European languages)
Non
official very comprehensive, and therefore somewhat chaotic, self-declared
portal site of the Capital of Europe.
www.europa.eu.int/virtvis (all official European
languages)
Welcome to the virtual tour of the European Union institutions in
Brussels.
www.europarl.eu.int (all official European
languages)
The multilingual Web server of the European Parliament.
www.expatica.com/belgium.asp (En)
Another
interesting expats in Belgium site.
www.expatsinbrussels.com (En, Fr and other)
The
interactive site for the expats community in Brussels. Practical guide, Brussels
news items, interactive articles in 7 languages, etc ...
www.icca.nl (En)
ICCA, the International Congress
& Convention Association.
www.investinbrussels.com (En)
This joint Brussels
Regional Development Agency / ECOBRU and the Ministry of the Brussels Capital
Region - Foreign Investments Department website offers advice and consultation
services to businesses that want to set up in the Brussels Capital
Region.
www.uia.org (En, some Fr)
Union of International
Associations (UIA). Over 11,000 web pages on this site.
www.usembassy.be/belgium/beltourism.htm (En)
A lot
of useful information for travellers to Belgium and Brussels. Useful not only
for US citizens, also for other non-EU residents.
www.xpats.com (En)
Belgium and Brussels online for
expats and other interested people. Brussels as seen by foreigners who happen to
live and work there.
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Exhibitions, Classical Concerts, Major
Museums.
www.africamuseum.be (En, Fr, Du, Ge)
Historical
Sciences, Cultural Anthropology, Zoology & Geology, all of them oriented
towards the study of Africa.
www.autoworld.be (En, Fr, Du)
Welcome to the world
wide web pages of Autoworld, the Brussels automobile museum.
www.brusselsmuseums.be (Fr,
Du)
Portal site of the Council of Brussels Museums.
www.fine-arts-museum.be (En, Fr, Du)
The Royal
Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium comprise the Museum of Ancient Art and the
Museum of Modern Art. It is the country's largest museum complex. Its rich and
various collections of fine arts range from the 14th century to the present
day.
www.kbinirsnb.be (En, Fr, Du)
The Museum for Natural
Sciences, where there is also a Research Institute, specialized in biodiversity
investigation. Featuring dinosaurs and other extinct species.
www.klm-mra.be (En, Fr, Du)
The homepage of the
Royal Museum of the Army and Military History in Brussels. Featuring a 360° view
of the Arcades and the Arch of Triumph at the Cinquantenaire.
www.kmkg-mrah.be (Fr, Du)
Website of the Royal
Museums of Arts & History. The RMAH is a group of museums comprising the
Cinquantenaire Museum, the Horta Museum, the Japanese Tower, the Chinese
Pavilion, the Porte de Hal and the Musical Instruments Museum.
www.magrittemuseum.be (En, Fr,
Du)
The René Magritte Museum occupies the house in which the
Belgian
surrealist painter worked nearly 24 years of his life.
On the
ground floor the museum presents the apartment which the painter
rented
together with his wife Georgette from 1930 to 1954, as well as a
biographical
exhibition dedicated to the painter.
www.mtub.yucom.be (Fr, Du)
Museum of Urban
Transport. Ancient Brussels streetcars, trams, trolleys, and buses.
www.pskpba.be (Fr, Du)
Website of the Palais des
Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles / Paleis voor Schone Kunsten van Brussel (Fine Arts
Palace Brussels). Classical music concerts, art exhibitions, ...
www.smd.be/museum (En,Fr,Du)
The Belgian Museum of
Radiology shows reminders of a century of discoveries, brilliant inventions and
testimony of the great efforts made towards the Health service and patient care.
This museum, centrally situated in Brussels, has full recognition and support
from the whole of the scientific community.
www.waterloo1815.be (En, Fr, Du, Ge)
The Lion of
Waterloo gazes from the summit of its 40-metre-high mound across the great
battlefield of June 18, 1815, with its farmhouses and rolling fields and the
nearby villages of Braine-l'Alleud, Genappe, Plancenoit (Lasne) and
Waterloo.
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Last but not least: the tourism & convention sites of the
Flanders and the Walloon regions, including references to
Brussels.
meeting.opt.be (En, Fr, Du, Ge, It, Sp)
Meeting in
the Ardennes and the rest of Wallonia
www.meetingpoint.be (En, Fr, Du, Ge)
The
Flanders-Brussels convention bureau site.
www.opt.be (En, Fr, Du, Ge, It, Sp)
Tourism in the
Ardennes and Wallonia as a whole.
www.toerismevlaanderen.be (En, Fr, Du, Ge, It,
Sp)
Art cities, the Flemish Coast, Green Flanders ... and, as everyone knows,
Brussels is also the capital of the Flanders federal region.
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