Walking Through the Streets of Brussels, Belgium
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- Exploring the beautiful and historic city of Brussels, the capital of Belgium.
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Walking Through the Streets of Brussels, Belgium
Love this type of video of yours, where you don't really know where you are going, it's just a first day wander for you to see your new area. Walking a new city is such a buzz; seeing architecture, parks, landmarks and noting super markets, cafes, train stations and such. Walk on Gabriel.
Yeah because why would anyone pay attention to someone who had spent one day doing some research? What kind of idiot looks shit up? Why not just watch a video of a guy who's as ignorant as you? He knows nothing about Brussels, you know nothing about Brussels, you'll get along fine.
I have been to Brussels many times! 💗 I love it! 😉 And I love Brugge as well! 💗🇬🇧💗
I'm planning to go this weekend for a day any suggestions on popular places or things to do in Brussels
A low cost Belgium chocolate tip is to buy it a a grocery store (Delhaize is a major chain). Don’t be surprised if you find an entire aisle dedicated to chocolates!
I was just in Brussels last week and found it to be a charming city. I've heard a lot of people speak poorly of Brussels and complain that there isn't a lot to do there. However, I was intrigued by the historic architecture and cobblestone streets. I felt as though I had traveled back in time and was getting a taste of old Europe when I was visiting the city. I would definitely recommend trying the waffles and chocolate to anyone who plans to visit Brussels.
Many places in Europe have cobblestone streets and historic architecture.
vangrails, I realize that, but many of the other cities in Europe have a more modern feel to them (such as London and Paris). I found that Brussels maintained more of its historical charm than some of these other cities.
I miss living in Belgium. Best place in the world and very close to my heart.
Always welcome in my city: Brussels. Nice video!
allahu akbar
My sister and aunt were just in Brussels, Bruges, and Ghent in July. They loved it (my aunt had been a few times before, but it was my sister’s first time). Her Instagram pics of the trip are fabulous! It looks like a great place to visit. Enjoy! 👍🏼✌🏼
I am most glad to see you have organized your videos by country, well done!! 😍
I live like 15 minutes away from Brussels! happy you visited our country
*Wow! You are Blessed to live in such a BEAUTIFUL Place!* ✌
This city was amazing!! I loved seeing those huge buildings and all those people.
"Starbucks coffee...that's a shame" - this is why I subbed :)
seriouslly starbucks sucks ....stupids go there
@@debdssssss6329 stupids
I hate Starbucks, it's a lot cheaper to just make coffee at my house, which I did.
I was so glad to hear you say you were going to Bruges. I was there a number of years ago and it was absolutely pristine and gorgeous. I remember the older ladies sitting outside of shops hand making lace.
Hi Gabe, I love the new open. Great street scene there in Brussels. The square with all the building was magnificent. I love seeing the churches as well and the interiors are beautiful to see. Hopefully the start of an amazing journey. 🙏👍
Seriously, I m following your videos from quite a long time now and it really feels I m actually in the place. Thanks a lot for your creativity and storytelling.
*Right? Agree! His vids are Great!* ✌
Been watching for little over 2 years now and your videos are still really awesome and fun! Enjoy your time there!
Nice to see that you are here in Europe again.
Pretty cool when you came around the corner into the massive main square. Good to see you on the road again.
Brussels looks great. Thanks for the video Gabriel.
Gabe, back in the saddle where you belong. Nice to see you're out and about again. Keep up the great work!
Beautiful looking City, thanks for the views. Shall be visited without doubts.
Cheers Gabriel
I could have watched this for an hour or more! Great raw video. It was almost as if I was there!
I kept seeing people say that Brussels is boring, it doesn't seem that boring to me. The church was pretty, and even just some of the architecture in general was really interesting.
“And then, 3 minutes later, it started raining really hard.”
Belgium in a nutshell
I've lived in Brussels all of my life, it's fun to see a walk-through from the pov of a foreigner. You pointed at a small station entrance in the side of the 'Dynasty building' instead of the actual 'Central station', otherwise you did well. The buildings around the 'Grand Place' were rebuilt within the span of a couple decades after a massive bombardment by French Artillery in 1695 razed or burned them all to the ground, except the town hall, which was miraculously only lightly damaged. The Gothic building across the street lost it's roof, but most of the facade remained standing. The unity in the style of the other buildings isn't due to town planning per se, but simply due to the fact that they were all built at about the same time. The square was a way for the civic powers, traders and master craftsman to show how rich and powerful they were, to visitors and potential enemies, as well as to the rest of the population, hence all the gold plating etc. Watching the other video now...
And now there's no Belgians in Brussels
love your down to earth attitude man . dont change !!
Great video! I was just in Belgium 2 months ago. Antwerp and Ghent are both very much worth seeing. They have all the charm of Brugge without being as crowded with tourists. There are organized "free" walking tours of all these places that depend of course on tips to make a living.
Agree on the recommendations for Gent. I travel there frequently for work and it really is a hidden gem of a city. If you're next week, I can take you out for a beer. Always good to see another NorCal bro in Belgium.
A friend asked me if I want to go Brussels and I said, mmmm, what's there? Well now I know and it looks wonderful. Thanks for great vlog.
And you only saw a very very little bit of the city in this video :-)
Nice tour watching the city unfold from graffiti back streets to spectacular architecture surrounding great open spaces. Plus, I like you talking and telling stories as you go as in most of your videos. You got it going on big time. P.S., I love Brussel Sprouts.
Wow that central square is something to see! Thanks for showing us!
I love the walk through it helps you get to know and see the city before going there
Great Video as always! Looking forward to Greece!
Hi Gabby, Good to see you back in Europe!! We will also enjoy your videos..
It's very rare you say WOW ! :-)
Ferry must have been at Zeebrugge indeed. Is the only city where you can take a ferry to England. And Brussels sprouts = spruiten in Flemish and chou de Bruxelles in French and Rosenkohl in German. 😊
Brussels sprouts are great! cut 'em in half and roast
add bacon pieces, a little blue cheese crumbles , little shaved parmesan cheese , lots of butter and roast! :)
I love Brussels sprouts, the baby ones are better. Thanks for the interesting video, Belgium looks like a cool country.
I love the smaller ones too 😊
We call these "spruiten" or "choux de Bruxelles" in Belgium but it's an acquired taste.
I love brussel sprouts, I've been eating them since I was really young. I am an American, I eat them, if Americans didn't eat them, we wouldn't have them at grocery stores
Gabriel please visit the delerium cafe, its the place to get the best beer in Brussels its very close to the grand place! They have all sorts of beers and soooo many to choose from and its got a super cool vibe! Have fun exploring Brussels!
The city center is beautiful.
This was a trip down memory lane for me. What I love about this city is that it has everything that a large city has to offer but is not as hectic as Paris or London. At two million people its a fairly small city. I live in Brooklyn, New York and there are two million people just in my borough.
I did day trips to Antwerp & Ghent- both very easy to get to from the central train station.
LOVE YOUR VIDEOS.....GREAT ENERGY
Ghent, Brugges, and Antwerp are all easy day trips from Brussels and worth seeing. don't forget to see the Manneken Pis two blocks off the Grand Place in Brussels.
mhollick63 Antwerp is a shithole it’s a mini North Africa Ghent and Bruges is better and actually feels like Belgium
Great to see you back on the road.
that big square is the great market and the city hall
Beautiful architecture! Nice video!
So glad to see you, Gabriel! I'd love to go to Belgium some day. It's where a few of my favorite foreign movies are filmed. Thanks for all the cool info on the country. fyi. I love brussel sprouts now that I cut them in half and saute them inside down in oil and vegan butter! Love the new intro, safe travels!!!
This was a really cool video. That central square area of the city is absolutely awesome! 👍
Funny watching this as a Belgian. Central station was to the left of where you were pointing at 😉, yes sprouts are eaten in winter and kids hate them, fries are BELGIAN totally 💪🏻 Another square? It is the most beautiful market square in the world (grand place) and behind the strawberries was a gorgeous gallery street too, The main cathedral was indeed BRUSSELS most beautiful town hall 😂. You forgot Manneken Pis (the peeing boy) 😀 which is just off the central market square.
Thanks for the info!
A good place really i was enjoyed this video thank you guy. All is well
Hi Gabriel, Let me tell you I really enjoy watching these videos. I get you want to take a break but they are still eye opening on what you see and do there while traveling. The food portion of the video is interesting as always.
Hello Gabriel, I don't know how long you will be staying in Brussels. If you are still there by tomorrow, try to go to this flea market/swap meet located right by the Midi train station. It is called "Marche du Midi" and it offers great food at very affordable prices. There is a place that sells some of the best rotisserie chicken I've ever had and great prices. You might also want to try turkish pancakes, moroccan pancakes, and more. It is a very cool place to visit and it only happens every Sunday. Here is the address: Boulevard du Middi 1000, Brussels. It is right outside midi train station(south train station). I hope you can make it and let us know how did you like it. Great travels to you Gabriel!
Everything else and put an end. I myself like walking. There's a sense i was really the space experience.
I went on a free walk. It was great!
I absolutely love your videos but I do want to say one thing: properly cooked brussel sprouts are absolutely delicious! Most people try to boil them but prepared with butter in a pan is the tasty way. Dietary fat is not the bad guy it is made out to be.
Alexander Connolly they are also delicious when drizzled with olive oil and roasted.
Good to know, I'll give them a try here in Belgium if I see them.
Good to see you back Gabe..After your last video I thought we won't see you soon... but good that u made a comeback 😀
07:06: Ostend, probably. Zeebrugge is more of a container terminal. For your information: the ferry service to England folded in 1997.
Thanks Gabriel! Love the travels 😊
That’s awesome 😎 I was there 6 weeks ago, and it’s def a pretty cool city to explore 🤙🏼 don’t forget about the famous Belgium waffles , they delicious 🤤 have fun Mr Gabe 🤗☀️🌴
Time to find some waffles for breakfast...
A good city with an impressive square, I live in one like that.
Nice Traveling )) I was in Budapest at the same time, by the way, I would recommend to visit this cool city, Good Luck )))))
I saw the hotel, I was staying in, (at about 11:35) when I was in Brussels a few years back. And have seen all the things you are filming. Nice to see again.
I love your videos!!
Hi,I'm from that little German speaking part of Belgium,cool video cheers from Eupen.
Are you going to Mechelen? Its in Antwerp, if you do you should climb the bell tower in the medieval cathedral, it is so old the stairs are worn away in parts!
Mechelen is Vlaams-Brabant though?
Yes Mechelen is in Vlaams -Brabant and not so close of Antwerp ..
Quiet & beautiful. I really appreciate your sharing.
the food is soooo much better once you cross the border from the Netherlands to Belgium. The Netherlands food just sucks unless its Indonesian 'Rijsttafel' or rice table which is a selection of Asian-style vegetable and meat dishes served in the middle of a lazy susan type table so everyone gets a chance to taste all the dishes. I hate the custom of eating mayonnaise with pommes frites. I love Brussels Sprouts, especially in Spring when they are small and tender. Even the food at the gas stations in Belgium is better than the food in restaurants in the Netherlands.
Well , nowerdays food in the Netherlands has improved a lot but still
Belgium cuisine is top in the world!
You might compare the Netherlands to
England. Food is more sober as is the
mentality.
(infrastructure and citybuilding in The Netherlands are way better in Holland though, but yeah you can't eat roads..)
Eating pommes frites with mayonnaise it's how it's originally done in Belgium, though. It's my favorite!
No but Belgians hate everything about Belgium except the from the food, so the sober mentality you'll find here as well
@@jlust6660 However can you hate a country with so much history and fabulous old cities.
There's soberness and modesty.
Belgians are too modest in my opinion....
I wonder how many tourist pictures and videos I've been in because I live near gare centrale and always see people that seem to be filming on their phones.. great job capturing Brussels!
We've been enjoying your walks for many years now. Hope you'll be traveling again soon. In the meantime I'm adding virtual walks with natural sound, for a 'being there' experience. Hope they help wanderlust in some small way?
Great to see you back.. don't leave it too long before you get to Greece to re charge your batteries and you need to get acquainted with Brussel sprouts they are great when cooked well..
18:47 WOW! amazing Gabriel 😮
Beautiful Cathedral Square.....to think that it stands after Centuries of its origin....
Nice city and nice Video
i love your videos!!
Belle Bruxelles, my home town! I love when you try to explain the weird, convoluted culture of Belgium. Yes, the capital is fully in the Flemish region, yet the majority of the population identifies as francophone. The three official languages are Dutch (but everyone speaks the flemish dialect), French (but everyone speaks the walloon dialect) and German, but everyone speaks English! We're honestly just a hot mess.
You should have said "a Flemish dialect' and "a Walloon dialect", part of the weirdness ist that there are so many of both.
Gabe come to Malaga, Spain sometime, on the south coast. You can stay with me anytime if you want some rural seclusion, but its only 30 mins to the coast. Got a spare room, pool, dogs - I'd be glad to have you stay as thanks for all your videos. PS If you like beef stew try the stoverij (aka stoof vliets) in Belgium - its amazingly good!
Love the old church you visited. You tube channel Brothers of Decay are based in Belgium. There are alot of interesting abandoned churches in Belgium to be seen on their channel. Also an exquisite abandoned opera house/theatre in Belgium that is being restored. I would love to visit Belgium one day. Thanks for sharing🐱
I love brussels
My country and my city! Amazing video!
I love it.. thanks for sharing
Well that was a surprise. I thought that if we saw a video at all it would be from Greece.
I didn’t think that you could go to Europe and not make some videos. I guess i was right about that. You can still enjoy your quasi vacation maybe cutting back to editing once a week or so. I can’t see you skipping a day without shooting video. Belgium looks like fun. Enjoy the city.
Here’s a task for you. Godiva is a fine Belgian Chocolate company. I heard that it is actually made by, or owned by Campbells soup. See if you can verify that with the locals. Chicken Noodle Chocolate doesn’t seem very appealing.
I visited Brussels back in May. Grand Place is a stunning location. I sat and a few beers talking with fellow travellers. Very nice!
Gabriel, we love your videos, but could you please include more social interactions between yourself and the residents of the cities/countries that you visit? The language barrier is a typical obstacle that all travelers run into, and it's interesting to see how people with different languages interact in order to communicate. Thanks Gabriel, keep up the good work!
I totally hear you on that. Problem is it's tricky to get local people on camera on the spot. If it happens it happens, but I'm not going to walk up to random people and start talking to them while pointing a camera at them. It has to happen spontaneously. Part of the problem is the fact I don't arrange anything. I just go out there and wander around. And that means I might not necessarily get into a conversation with someone, or if I do then whatever interactions I have are often not while I'm filming.
I hear ya, thanks for the reply...we love the videos! Saludos de Ecuador!
Finding local people while walking through 'Tourist Central ' could be challenging. Even the staff of shops, restaurants etc ... could be foreign. Try the police, they are natives.
Beautiful city
Is that a new intro? Sweet dude.
Yes, those were all clips from my last trip to Hawaii and Asia.
First of all, French Fries are BELGIAN Fries! Ours are better :p (that's what I think)
And there's a story in which Americans tried fries for the first time, and supposed he was in France so called it French Fries, but we can now tell that he was in the north of Belgium but... that's just a story.
In French, we also call Belgian sprouts : "choux de Bruxelles" and I personally hate it. You can see on some windows the pun "Sprout to be Brussels" :)
great thanks
1:59 The signs say Liquidation Totale, Totale Uitverkoop. That means "Everything has to go". That cool store is closing down soon. ;-(
my own translation I guess literally says Completely out they go?
Not necessarily . Such slogans are often used during sales (aka solden) when they liquidate old stock to make room for new one.
Oh, I didn't know that. Learned something, thanks!
OldTimeNewb Some shops make a habit of "closing down" all the time. It is a popular method to circumvent the regulated sales periods. Another great one is "everything has to go before refurbishments"
Fun when vloggers unintentionally show shots of hotels where I’ve stayed...the square with the music. 👍 BTW across from the church you featured is the most famous cheese shop in all of
Belgium serving the best sandwiches in the country. Tonton Garby...deserves the hype. Excellent Brussels walk.
I am from Belgium! Ghent and Bruges are also really nice to visit!
Great, I'll plan to visit those cities as well.
Check out Delirium! So many beers
Super big like and support from London! 💗🇬🇧💗
Thanks Cristian, appreciate it.
Great vlog. By the way they are having the formula 1 race there in spa,belgium this weekend if you are into racing :p. Stay safe.
Hey good to see you again in Europe, ordered the t-shirt 👕 from you. If you are coming to Scotland then visit Inverness, you will find me x
Great, thanks for grabbing a shirt. Inverness is nice, I was there 28 years ago.
Gabriel Traveler you were there 28 yrs ago and I am 28 lol
yes but at time the UK & Scotland was Europen- today it is extension of Pakistan where the strong pound sponsors wwt = word wide terrorism esp in India
Hey there hows it going GrandDaddy of travel world is back ! How bout a bakery or chocolate tour in next video
Good job. I want to see the waffles!
See this video: ua-cam.com/video/3x9kOtcXwUQ/v-deo.html
Hi Gabriel, when you are going to Greece (my alltime favorite holiday country ) try to book a flight from Amsterdam withTransavia only €86 one
way on 11 and 13 september or to Crete Chania€59 on september 2 or 9.
You should def. hike the Samaria Gorge in Crete.
Love to see you in Greece again, I started backpacking in my twenties in Greece.about 35 years ago and have seen a lot of the Greek Islands.
And even nowadays going to Greece on holidays.
Safe travels!
Concerning the Brussels Sprouts, in french we say Brussels Sprouts, in Flemish we just say small sprouts.
Thanks, good to know!
Nice
Lot's of things to do as well here in Brussels! :-)
Nice video and walk-through ! :-D