Discover the best restaurants, cafés, museums, and the perfect hotel to make your BRDCST experience complete.
Our indoor festival BRDCST takes over the entire AB and the Church of Notre-Dame aux Riches Claires from April 4 to 8. Our team has listed all their favorite spots to make it a wonderful weekend in Brussels. Time to plan ahead!
Food
Mirante: For delicious pizza in an authentic Italian restaurant, you have to head around the corner from AB. Save some space for the tiramisu.
Horia: On the other side of the street you can enjoy healthy and delicious Oriental food at Horia.
Nona Pasta / Nona Pizza: In Sainte-Catherine Street, you will find the perfect pre-BRDCST dish at Nona Pasta or Pizza.
Fritkot Chouke: Prefer fries? Then Chouke is the place to be.
Apéro
Lord Byron: Small café with an extensive drinks menu. It doesn’t get much more convivial than this.
Brasseurs: Typical Brussels café. One of the AB team’s favourite places.
Billie: Formerly café Monk, but now called Billie. Fortunately, it is just as beautiful and with just as much ‘ambiance’!
Coffee
Kaffabar: Really good coffee, friendly service, and a stone's throw away from AB.
Moka: Small, sweet, and may well be the best coffee in the neighbourhood?
Museums
Mima: Walking distance from AB and maybe even one of our favourite museums in the city!
WIELS: The detour to Forest to visit WIELS is always worth the effort.
Expos
These expos and galleries are also worth a visit:
IMAGINE! at het Royal Museums of Fine Arts Expo
‘James Ensor. Inspired by Brussels’
Galerie Eric Mouchet: Judith Blum-Reddy - 'Everything Is not Ok' & Oliver Westerbarkey - 'When the world hits your eye'
Hangart: https://www.hangar.art/
Kanal: https://kanal.brussels/nl
Argos: https://www.argosarts.org/
Records & Books
Sugar Pie Records @ BRDCST: During BRDCST you can get hold of some great albums at the SUGAR PIE Records stand. The independent record shop from Antwerp brings along a load of surprising staff picks, that you can browse through throughout the festival.
Passa Porta: Beautiful bookstore with an extensive and interesting selection of great books.
Overnight
We can recommend the beautiful boutique hotel Indigo to BRDCST visitors. With its fine rooms and top personal service, this hotel is a gem in the centre of our capital. It’s within walking distance of AB, making it the perfect base to explore both BRDCST and Brussels.
Indigo also offers BRDCST visitors no less than 20% discount on the best available rate, with breakfast included and cancellation possible until 4 pm on the day of arrival. Use this link to book a room at the BRDCST discount rate. Be sure to book on time!
