Brussels · Things to do

THINGS TO DO

The things worth doing in Brussels, from the obvious landmarks to the ones locals actually rate.

Musical Instruments Museum

The Art Nouveau Old England store now holds 1,200 instruments, with headphones that play as you walk.

MIMA

Contemporary counterculture art in a former brewery on the canal, in the fast-changing Molenbeek quarter.

Comic Strip Center

Tintin, Spirou and the Smurfs in a Horta-designed warehouse; pair it with the mural trail through the centre.

Parc du Cinquantenaire

Triumphal arch, wide lawns and the Autoworld car collection, a short metro ride out through the EU quarter.

Sablon antiques quarter

Chocolate flagships and antique dealers around a Gothic church, with a weekend antiques market on the square.