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[quote=Anonymous]Brussels isn't overrated because everyone says it's terrible. That's what everyone told us: don't go there it's terrible. It's dreary, charmless, no good restaurants, hard to navigate. Go anywhere else.

Well we wound up flying in and out of Brussels because we saved like 2 grand that way and it was centrally located between other places we wanted to go. Guess what, we had fun! We loved the Magritte museum, we found the cafe culture to be better than in some other European cities (obviously not as good as Paris or Vienna but better than we expected), the pastries were great, and we found a great jazz bar with a million Belgian beers on tap.

I mean, I don't think I'd spend a week in Brussels, but I actually think it's underrated as an entry point to Europe. You're a quick train ride to Bruges for a day or two of classic Flanders Belgium, and Lille is super close and can get you just about anywhere you want to go with access to high speed trains.

I now recommend Brussels when I'm giving people "how to do Europe well on the cheap" tips, as we are known in our circle for knowing how to travel fun places frugally.

Brussels: officially underrated![/quote]

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