Tournai ★ 4.2
Tournai from Brussels is the Walloon farmhouse-cooking day. The Romanesque cathedral, the Grand Place brasseries, the Tournaisis goat-cheese tradition and the proximity to the French border.
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Ghent ★ 4.7
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 scene that runs into Saint-Jacobs.
Bruges ★ 4.5
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, and a chocolate map nearly as deep as the capital's.
Antwerp ★ 4.6
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 and the busy port-city brunch scene.
Leuven ★ 4.4
Leuven from Brussels is the beer-hall day trip. Oude Markt's row of cafes is called the longest bar in Europe, Stella Artois is brewed in town and the city's medieval colleges run through the centre.