Things to do in Belgium

hollydays

I've heard cassel is a pretty hill town and bailleulle is nice?

totallybored

1. Drink beer
2. Eat chips with mayo
3. Buy and eat chocolate
4. Repeat the above.

Now I like all these things so I don't mind Belgium. Ostende and Blankenberge on the coast are also ok places to do these things next to the sea.

I prefer Ghent over Bruges as it's not as busy. Park at the park and ride next to Ikea. The branch of Hema there has a good cafe overlooking the main square. In Bruges park in the station car park.

There is a giant Carrefour in North Bruges, towards Zeebrugge that I like. Not particularly cheap but I like foreign supermarkets and it stocks different stuff to the Calais branch. There is also a Albert Heijn in Bruges which is a dutch supermarket and is good for frietsaus (like mayo) and curry ketchup!

814man

When I lived nearby in north west Germany the only reason to go to Belgium was for the Sunday market in Liege:
http://www.opt.be/informations/events-liege-la-batte-sunday-market-liege/en/E/20785.html

PeteDoff

hollydays wrote: »

I've heard cassel is a pretty hill town and bailleulle is nice?

No, Nice is in France - and not very MSE!

agrinnall

The Spa Francorchamps circuit is one of the greatest remaining F1 venues, and you can drive your own car round it!

http://www.spa-francorchamps.be/en/track-activities-public-driving-experience.php

dangers

agrinnall wrote: »

The Spa Francorchamps circuit is one of the greatest remaining F1 venues, and you can drive your own car round it!

http://www.spa-francorchamps.be/en/track-activities-public-driving-experience.php

That looks brilliant, unfortunately we won't be there for one of the open days. Maybe another time though. Spa is one of my favourite tracks....

*smurfy*

B-Park in Brugge has a big carrefour supermarket(if you look at their website you can find the nearest to you). If you can try and go in a colyrot as they give out lots of free samples. Also a trip to Ostende and walk along the front is ok,town has gone down hill abit over the years but still worth a few hours walking around. Also go out by the airport both sides of airport are two out of town shopping areas.

Velvet_Glove

The comic book museum is Brussels is pretty good. And a discount for EU member citizens if I remember correctly

Armorica

Another vote for Ypres and Bruges

Lille is a lovely city and only just over the border to the south (would suggest train tho; the public transport there is good)

mgdavid

agrinnall wrote: »

The Spa Francorchamps circuit is one of the greatest remaining F1 venues, and you can drive your own car round it!

http://www.spa-francorchamps.be/en/track-activities-public-driving-experience.php

you seem to have missed this bit in post #1
"...without driving all the way to Brussels,"
and Spa is twice as far