Brussels

Brussels is renowned for sprouts, bureaucracy and a tiny statue called the Mannekin Pis. However there is good stuff there as well. The capital of a country which has hundreds of breweries and which has produced Tin Tin, The Smurfs and Asterix can't be all that bad.

Brussels has its fair share of museums, although its most famous landmark is the Atomium which is located away from the centre in the Bruparck Entertainment Complex. It is also worth wandering around the Grand Place which Victor Hugo described as "the most beautiful square in the world".