LA PLAZA MÁS BONITA DEL MUNDO, BRUSELAS | BÉLGICA #2

The typical chocolate tour package If they come from Brussels and bring you a bunch of chocolate boxes like that they've taken the cheap tourist package It's not good chocolate There's a wild checkpoint here as if this were the airport to enter the central square I don't know if it's because of the terrorist alerts or something else but it seems exaggerated to me This was last year no two or three years ago when Erasmus wasn't around yet Mira here's a beer shop that has more than 250 types They are fake HeyThey are souvenirs Yeah a bit all tourist-oriented aren't they And that is to say this control I don't know if it's always there but now there are also some signs because They are chocolates for my parents when they come through Is this Leonidas It's like a small bag also a fridge Well as I was saying we just caught the beer week The beer festival here in Brussels and then they set up here Okay I'm going to show you the little square and tell you about it Well here we are in the Grand Plaza which as you can see is super beautiful This is the town hall the Hotel de Ville which is super super beautiful Then the square itself is really beautiful because all the buildings around it are also in the same architectural style In fact this building is called El Rey de España There is a bar inside called Legua de España And this is the entire building And here are the rest of the buildings around They are giving a lot of tours around here in the area Everywhere crowded And nothing as I was saying there's like a beer festival here where you pay a small entrance fee And then you can get beers from all countries all types Well if you like beer and you have the time it's a great option to drink all the beers you want here And here on the sides we have something like a flower and plant market It's very beautiful Yes I love the streetlights here because it's like in I also think it's in Holland right They all have little flowers around Yes it can be At least in Sweden they did Yes it's very beautiful Another of the most legendary chocolate shops in Belgium is Godaiba which I think is one of the most international ones This can be seen I think throughout Europe at least And very expensive yes And nothing else since we've already done the shopping let's take a look around This is not the official one One of the best things you can do here in the center of Brussels is to get lost in the streets around you Because they are truly labyrinthine Oh by the way we're trying to go to the Manneken Pis and I don't really know the way because it's quite complicated I think we've gotten into the Mexican neighborhood I don't know Yes that was the cantina and this is the Amigo Hotel Yes it could be Well then that's something really worth not missing because it's like I don't know all super beautiful Now let's also look at some facades that are quite unique Then it's well worth seeing everything you can around there and not just staying in the main square Hello this is what I've been saying about these interesting facades around here near the Grand Square Yes because Brussels is a great capital of comics There is a very strong current which is the Franco-Belgian comic It's a series about that about artists who have emerged from this entire area of Europe that has a lot of international fame in the comic world And among them is as Mara told me that he is Elie the creator of Tintin But I think it's very bad that you were living here for six months and haven't gone to the museum No but when I came there was a comic festival and there was already quite a bit That's enough isn't it Well the comic museum has the opera stairs where Well I just don't know if I'm a Spaniard or not like Tintin But there's an opera you usually see the castration right And the stairs are very typical and have been rebuilt in this museum I really recommend that you go Yes I haven't been there you know But anyway that's how it always is you don't visit much where you live And well this facade as you can see is really beautiful Here is Tintin there with Captain Haddock I'm messed up from what was visiting us Yes going down those stairs And it's very typical of this area these streets In fact there is a small guide that comes with all the murals in the area And there's a little game you know where you just mark all the ones you see A bit of that is about finding them all And there are also the pitucos And then it's hard to find them all I looked for them in my time and I think some are missing because there are some that are very very hidden They are not as obvious as this one heading to the Manneken Pis But it's really cool well worth it and some are super beautiful Here we are at the Manneken Pis which is the most legendary sculpture statue in Brussels And those who haven't seen it or have only seen it in photos will be a bit surprised by the actual size of the Little Mermaid we saw in Copenhagen Yes when you come the Manneken Pis is just a little guy Here is a fence it's in a corner When I saw him he was naked Yes I didn't have any little dress and now I do Yes that's the normal thing to be naked No sale here in the photo but I'll put some similar ones that you have where the coins are taken from But that's usually how it is Showing off a bare butt But then it depends on the different celebrations that may take place or different anniversaries etc They usually dress them There are countless costumes there In fact there is a museum the Manneken Pis Museum where all the little outfits and all the costumes that are put on him are displayed And now they've put him as an English guard By the way I don't really remember much about the story of the Manneken Pis It sounds like something about a fire or something like that And that the child is as if he put out the fire by urinating on himself And I don't know there are a few theories Obviously they are all legends But anyway these are the ones that have somewhat revived the fact that now it's like an icon here in Brussels This is the type of architecture I was talking about which is here in the center much older But it's really beautiful Here we have the Brussels Market just next to the Grand Place a minute It's also a really beautiful building because it's this kind of columned style like a pantheon and stuff Well I don't have the slightest idea about architecture but okay I mean they look like right Old theaters Yes Yes yes the truth is it's really beautiful And right here next to the bag in the corner there's like a glassed-in area And here you can see what the ancient foundations of the city were I think this is from 1238 but it looks like I don't know there's a fern growing there Huh Yes that's true The fact is that it's true yes And the fact is that these are the foundations of the old Brussels It's amazing I don't know if you can see the helicopter and everything there There's a brutal police presence in the center That is they have taken measures Actually I've never found the city to be unsafe Yes it is true that there is an area called Molenbeek which is very close to the Grand Place And that's where all the Arabs are but it's not like that's a problem But it is true that this is where all the terrorists who have been coming out have been They came from that neighborhood so it's quite protected because of that Well I'm not going to get into geopolitical topics And here next to the bag is the Church of Saint Nicholas It is also very well known for that because it's right here in the center We are now going through very narrow alleys that Mara has recognized This is a typical alley where all the restaurants are located Mira these are the super typical ones the menu is available in 25 languages And now because it's very early in the morning but you come here for lunch at the same time as dinner Yes that's a constant burden because they throw all the waiters at you to I give you all the languages that you know Yes and they even detect it They have the facial features and already know what language and dialect you speak Lie they are testing one after another And here the most typical food is potatoes like the ones we saw yesterday in the sandwich Very rich very different And it's also very typical to have moules frites which are mussels served with fries I don't like mussels Did you like them didn't you What about the ones here Good Well normal They didn't seem like anything special to me I don't know maybe they're normal but anyway so it's very typical to eat here In fact they serve a lot in restaurants Yes but they also have a huge pot I remember an Erasmus colleague who got a guy to eat mussels They caught a terrible stomach poisoning