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Sunday ideas

moranamavricek

Whether it’s a sunny Sunday or a rainy one, I have a few suggestions what to do if you have decided to stay in the city. If you are looking for activities outside Brussels, I would warmly recommend a blog of the father of my best friend, which I personally use and find incredibly well done: https://discoveringbelgium.com/ Doesn’t matter what your mood of the day is, he has it all: hiking, walking, gardens, castles, rivers and canals, museums etc.

Now if you have decided you will stay in Brussels, I would suggest the following:

  1. Every first Sunday of the month, there is a Brussels Vintage Market. It’s a great place to browse for second hand clothes, jewellery, decorations and others. It is also situated in a lovely Halle St Gery which is well worth a visit without the vintage market (More on the Halle St Gery here: http://hallessaintgery.be/) https://brusselsvintagemarket.be/nl/onthaal
  2. If you are in need of groceries i would highly recommend 2 big markets in the open one on the metro Gare du Midi and the other one at the metro Clemenceau. Clemenceau also works on Saturday whereas Midi only works Sundays. Both of them work from early morning (i never went super early so not sure exactly from when) to 13, 14 o’clock. Clemencau one also has its own website: http://www.abattoir.be/en/markets
  3. Jeu de Balle – it is an institution in Brussels where you can find anything and everything. It is a flea market that works everyday, not only Sunday, from 6 in the morning to 2 in the afternoon. The best deals can be done either early in the morning(as that is when the best goods are still available) or around 13, 14 when the vendors are ready to sell at lower prices. It is in the Marolles district and you can find it here: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Place+du+Jeu+de+Balle,+1000+Bruxelles,+Belgium/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x47c3c46547c77f03:0x93b8818044ce65ae?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjsm-jJwc3hAhXmlYsKHezkB-gQ8gEwAHoECAgQAQ
  4. If it is raining outside, which is possible, there is a huge number of Brussels museums to choose from – you can find exactly a museum for which you are in the mood for at the following link: https://www.brusselsmuseums.be/en/

I will try and keep this page updated with different ideas but for now, try these ones out and let me know how you liked them!