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  1. LDR

    LDRed Well-Known Member

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    Visiting Antwerp in October for some gig, no idea who, I just paid for the tickets.

    Is Belgium really as boring as everybody claims?
     
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    Antwerp is supposed to be excellent. Great beer too. Can't add anything else....
     
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    LDRed Well-Known Member

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    Great beer? You've sold it to me already.
     
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    Beer, beer , chocolate, mussels, beer, beer.

    Love Belgium me :D
     
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    Antwerp is lovely, hundreds of different beers to try plus loads of different lagers to try also there's loads of different ales to try.
     
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    Great beer as mentioned above but I did find it boring. Everything seemed to open late and close early when we were there (2003).

    Edit - Brussels / Bruge, not been to Antwerp.
     
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    Same here, only been to Bruges but hear it's similar wherever you gp.
     
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    Belgium is really good. Not been to Antwerp though. Cracking beer.

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    Lived there for 6 months back in the early 90s, been back quite a few times. Antwerp is a brilliant city; beautiful architecture, great beer, friendly people.
     
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    I found Belgium boring - and very expensive!
     
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    Played football there. In pub until 6am. Kick off 11am. Still beat University of Luxumbourg 3-0.
     
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    Antwerp is a great run ashore! would recommend it to anyone who fancied a weekend away
     
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    Talking of football in Belgium. We stayed in the Heysel Hotel and had a kick about on the Heysel Stadium pitch, which was just over the road, at about 3am. Just walked in as it was open.
     
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    Some great bars, great beer, great chips, Dutch stag destination, we went a few years ago and will definitely go back
     
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    Was there a couple of weeks back.

    If you're driving over there, traffic can be a nightmare. Took over 2 hours to do a 40 minute journey to the airpoprt.

    I didn't get to see a great deal of the city but what I saw did look nice.
     
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    Driving to the hotel then ditching the car before driving home a couple of days later, so hopefully won't be too bad!
     
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    It's only an hour on the train from Brussels, will take longer to drive. Where's your hotel?
     
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    LDRed Well-Known Member

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    Plaza Hotel
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    Antwerp
     
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    I've been to Belgium a few times and it's laid back heaven. The ale is strong as fook do god knows why it's that laid back. 4 pints of leffe etc and tarn would all be scrapping eachother!
     
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  20. Plankton Pete

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    That's quite a way out of the central parts; groenplatz etc. Public transport is good. Museums worth visiting, just pleasant to wander round.
     
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