Mechelen ★ 4.3
Mechelen from Brussels is the small-city day. The Mechelen cuckoo chicken is the protected local breed; modern Flemish bistros run around the cathedral.
Leuven is a food day trips in Brussels.
Editorially verified May 21, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Mechelen from Brussels is the small-city day. The Mechelen cuckoo chicken is the protected local breed; modern Flemish bistros run around the cathedral.
Tournai from Brussels is the Walloon farmhouse-cooking day. The Romanesque cathedral, the Grand Place brasseries, the Tournaisis goat-cheese tradition.
Ghent is the closest food day-trip from Brussels: medieval city centre, the canal-side cuberdon vendors, Veggie Thursday-leading restaurants and a craft-beer.
Bruges from Brussels is the medieval-day food trip: canal-side pubs, De Halve Maan brewery on Walplein, Flemish stew with chips at every brown cafe.
Antwerp from Brussels is the design-and-fine-dining day. The Jane two-star, the natural-wine bars of Sint-Andries, the diamond-quarter Hasidic food map.