Visit Bruxelles Guide

for all
Tourist guide book f o r t h e t r av e l l e r s with reduced mobility

w w w. b r u s s e l s fo ra l l. b e
A cces and M obility for A ll asbl
rue A. Renoir 5/4 B-1140 Evere info@brusselsforall.be
with support from
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Commission communautaire franaise, en charge du Tourisme, Commission communautaire franaise, charge de la Politique dAide aux Personnes Handicapes, Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie, and VisitBrussels
he minute a tourist arrives in Brussels, everything seems at its disposal in order to help him discover the city in a pleasant way. To a tourist with impaired mobility, quite obviously, the city doesnt reveal itself the same way. Indeed, many gaps are still there to ensure a proper accessibility to the various tourist spots for these persons. However, it is undoubtedly legitimate for them to have access to a plethora of restaurants, hotels, cultural and other leisure activities offered by the city of Brussels. Thats the reason why I keenly wish that the conditions are created in collaboration with tourism sector and VISITBRUSSELS to offer a greater accessibility to people with disabilities. It is therefore essential to increase awareness of all politicians, but also all regional and municipal officials, and promoters to a better use of all spaces and buildings for people with impaired mobility (PIM). It is important to develop tourism for all and allow the related sector to respond with common sense, enthusiasm and professionalism. Therefore we consider it important that the places which meet the PIM criterias should be identified, recorded and their services widely spread. The edition of Brussels for all 2012 in three languages makes it possible to better inform people with impaired mobility about the various places and tourist attractions, and heighten public awareness. This guide is also an effective tool for agencies and tour operators, service providers in transportation or lodging. Moreover, it is also essential to encourage all initiatives and improve methods so that the expertise should go well beyond a simple act of indicating accessible places. Therefore, I particularly support the initiatives of the association AMT-CONCEPT (Accs et Mobilit pour Tous) which has been working for several years to make tourism and recreation in Brussels accessible to all by offering an accessibility diagnosis of hotels, restaurants and museums in Brussels. In the medium and long term, the touristic places must be designed to allow one and all to have access to all facets of life in Brussels.
Minister-President of the Government of the French Community Commission, in charge of Tourism
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complete information on www.brusselsforall.be
oor accessibility of public spaces, a lack of appropriate information, a limited choice of places to live, work, learn and engage in leisure pursuits All of these factors play a part in confining people with disabilities in what amounts to a ghetto!
With this new guide Brussels for All, I am aiming to make the concept of accessibility effective. The guide is a step towards enabling the disabled and those with mobility difficulties to maximise their role in the life of society. In fact, it will help provide a solution for one third of the Belgian population, even more if one includes the entourage of persons with mobility difficulties, as the activities included in this guide can be undertaken as a family.
In the wider sense, the various initiatives aimed at encouraging accessibility should allow disabled persons to play an independent part in social, economic, political and cultural life, to the same extent as the non-disabled. In this way, their inclusion in our society will be optimised, which is my principal aim. For many years now, I have been making financial resources available to various associations that support actions including the accessibility of various festivals like the Couleur Caf, the creation of the Brussels For All guide and also the accessibility ruling which has enabled the approval of four services specialising in disability issues. I have also supported the raising of public awareness, for instance, via the creation by AMT Concept of a special obstacle course that allows the able-bodied to experience what its like to be a person of reduced mobility. Provided free of charge by the Phare service, it is negotiated either sitting in a wheelchair or with a bandage over your eyes and a white stick in hand. Let me tell you from personal experience: the difficulties that disabled persons have in getting about from day to day are soon indelibly imprinted on your mind! Furthermore, as Brussels Minister for the Environment, I also support Brussels Environment in all its initiatives for improving the accessibility of all the numerous green spaces in our region. BE has been implementing a raft of measures to aid accessibility for disabled persons, including lowering kerbs, creating tailored parking, adapting relaxation areas, installing linear guides for the partially sighted and blind, adapting paths, installing special ramps as an alternative to stairs, and even installing adapted playground equipment. The legitimate demand for tourism suited to persons of reduced mobility is undergoing strong growth and I am hoping that this new publication will help to improve accessibility and information, thus allowing disabled people to truly flourish.
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he Brussels-Capital Region runs an active policy aimed at raising the integration of and ensuring greater autonomy for people with reduced mobility whether they are Brussels residents or visitors to the city in discovering the capital. In addition to the welfare benefits assigned to disabled people, the Region is working to improve access to public transport, services, leisure facilities, housing and education on a day to day basis. It goes without saying that Brussels, the capital to 500 million Europeans, should set the example in this respect, more so than any other major city. For a number of years, VISITBRUSSELS, the communication and tourist agency of the Brussels-Capital Region, is making every effort to devise a tourist offering that is adapted to the needs and requirements of the people with reduced mobility. In fact, a purposedevised section that lists the places and hotspots that are accessible to people with reduced mobility has been included as part of the VISITBRUSSELS website at www.visitbrussels.be/prm. With the aim of providing people with reduced mobility with a better accessibility audit, a collaborative effort has been set up between AMT Concept and VISITBRUSSELS by putting in place a link between the 2 websites: www.brusselsforall.be and www.visitbrussels.be. As from today, the PRM-profile of the VISITBRUSSELS website is a lot more accurate in the information it provides thanks to the information flow that has been established between the two sites, enabling users to find out exactly which accessibility facilities each tourist attraction has to offer, as included in the database: housing infrastructure, hotels, restaurants, museums, shopping precincts, sports and leisure facilities. In addition to its website, in most of the brochures VISITBRUSSELS also provides information of the venues that are accessible to people with reduced mobility. Which is why, for the sake of consistency and so as to complete this information, we have supported the hard copy edition of the Brussels for All guide. Accessibility to the main tourist attractions and being able to prepare ones excursions around the city is paramount for a successful stay. Many tourist infrastructures are aware of the fact that accessibility must be made an integral part of the way in which the tourist hot spots are promoted. VISITBRUSSELS is committed to promoting and encouraging the schemes that have been and are yet to be put in place and to beef up any such schemes as part of Brussels position as a sustainable destination.
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ourism for everyone, this is what AMT CONCEPT is aiming for with their printed guide and website Brussels for All . They offer a diagnose of accessibility for the persons with reduced mobility. The paper edition is a resource guide that is complemented by the website. It offers simple and concise information regarding accessibility. More useful details and photos are available on the site with specific comments about each place visited by the team of AMT Concept. This guide is also a tool for agencies and tour operators, service providers, transportation or lodging. AMT Concept propose since 10 years some leads to reduce behavioural barriers as well as architectural ones which inhibit disabled tourists to travel in full safety. Today, the lack of information, of adapted equipment and understanding from the tourism industry, forms an obstacle to the development of a discrimination-free tourism. Let us remark that, for any kind of travel, people need exhaustive information on the state of the infrastructure. A step, a badly calculated door width, an ill-placed plant can be sources of dependence and weariness for disabled travellers or their travelling assistants. Significant improvements have been carried out the last few years in Brussels. However, accessibility in tourist places is far from established, notably for what concerns public transportation, public buildings, stores, restaurants, leisure spaces, etc. We have noticed during our latest visits that some hotels and restaurants had carried out transformations in order to host disabled tourists. Several new hotels offer an optimal accessibility for travellers with reduced mobility. Let us not forget the various Communes in Brussels as well as the Region, which have launched projects (streets and transportation) to improve the present situation. We noticed during our last visits that several hotels and restaurants improved accessibility for persons with reduced mobility. We must not forget either all the projects of the Brussels Region in order to change the actual situation. Finally, this guide does not pretend to be self-sufficient, it only represents a complement of other traditional tourist guide books that remain indispensable to appreciate the abundance of cultural and leisure activities in Brussels.
Miguel GEREZ Director of the project, CEO AMT Concept asbl (Access and mobility for all)
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contents
INTRODUCTION contents Pictograms TRANSPORT Airplane Train Bus - Metro - Tram Taxi Personal car Tourism Leisure / Culture Movie Theaters Museums Theaters page 60-63 page 64 page 65 page 66 page 66 page 67 page 68 page 69 page 70 page 70 page 71 page 71 page 72 page 76 Practical / Services Money Toilets Associations Cultplaces Police Postal offices Health Amt Concept guided visits Thanks (NL) page 99 page 99 page 99 page 100 page 101 page 101 page 102 page 102 page 103 page 106 page 107 Accomodation Bars & restaurants Retail page 82 page 90 page 98
Exhib. - conference rooms page 78 Parks page 79
Sport / Swimming Pools page 81
You will find the same strucure of contents on our website w w w.brusselsforall.be where you will find more developed and illustrated information. Nederlandse versie : draai ondersteboven (p.1) Achieved by : This publication was produced by the association AMT Concept (Acces and Mobility for All). Project management: Miguel GEREZ Field surveys and writing : Salvatore VILARDO, Ivana LA ROSA, Andr MOONS and Miguel GEREZ Graphic design, layout and fabrication : Andr MOONS-Sraphine Graphics sprl Technical drawing and symbol : Anne-Sophie PETIT, Architecte 64 Secretariat : Elonore NAZARYAN Models : Anne DELVAUX, Pierrot GIRASA, Miguel GEREZ, Vronique LONCIN et Fabrice FRANCOIS Photos : Salvatore VILARDO, Andr MOONS, Miguel GEREZ, Michel MERNIER et WBT. AMT Concept a.s.b.l., Brussels 2012 Any reproduction, even partial, of any part from this guide, by any means is prohibited without written permission of AMT Concept asbl. Free, cant be sold.
Pictograms
Following pictos are used in this guide, every category has his colour :
GREEN Accessible Type I : the buildings are fully accessible; the ideal situation for an active life of autonomy.
ORANGE Not entirely accessible Type II : the buildings are not accessible without help, they could be if some simple and not expensive adaptations are done.
Accessible
Parking accessible
Facilities for the blind and visually impaired
Accessible for a person with a mental disability
Accessible with assistance
Parking with assistance
With help for the blind and visually impaired
With help for a person with a mental disability
Adapted toilet
Mobility impaired pedestrians
Facilities for the deaf and hearing impaired
Sound amplifying equipment
Toilet with assistance
Mobility impaired pedestrians with assistance
With help for the deaf and hearing impaired
Assistance dogs
public place, including bars and restaurants. Assistance dog is a generic term for all specially trained dogs to assist people with disabilities and thus increase the autonomy of these persons. There are several types of assistance dogs : dogs (guide dogs) for the blind and visually impaired; dogs trained to recognize certain sounds and for deaf and hearing impaired; trained dogs to assist people with mobility impairments, and dogs for people with epilepsy, diabetes or Alzheimers disease.
The law of 10 May 2007 to fight against discrimination, considers the assistance dog as an indispensable aid for the blind. So an exception is made for assistance dogs, they must be accepted in any
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transport
Once arrived in Brussels, by train or by plane, a tourist will use the public transportation means and taxis put at his disposal in order to visit Brussels. Tourists with reduced mobility can unfortunately not rely on public transports. Indeed, the majority of infrastructures have been designed at a time when the disabled persons mobility was not a political item and influent politicians and urban designer have only taken an active interest in this matter since short. For example, the recent PMR plan of the STIB plans a progressive improvement of the access to all public transports. Barring unexpected circumstances, these progressive fitting works for access to the various transport means could be finished by 2022. In the meantime, some innovations will also be available. The company Taxis Verts has put into circulation in 2002 4 taxis adapted thanks to subsidies from the Brussels Capital-Region. Ninety- four new adapted taxis have been added to the existing fleet in 2004-2008. Several subwaystations have been equiped with elevators, automatic vocal announcements for every stop, information in braille. Inaugurated in March 2005, the bus line 71 is the first bus line with lowered floor and drawbridge-like rotating ramp. An experimental measure which has already allowed the fitting of 90% bus stops, surrounding pavement, accesses and surroundings. The integrated PMR strategie of the STIB plans the accessibility of the buslines B12, B21, B48 and B84. The new tramways of type T3000 and T4000, all fitted with retractable ramps, will be put into circulation progressively as from February 2006. Several tramlines will be in circulation (3, 4 and 94) soon.
Plane
Whatever your handicap, never forget to mention it when booking a travel in your travel agency, and also specify your needs. You will as such benefit from the special attention you need all along your trip: ground assistance, boarding, landing, change of plane. Aviation companies standardize more and more the formalities for persons with reduced mobility. However, they can vary from one company to another, particularly concerning charters. Companies like S.N. Brussels Airlines offer the service needed but request filling in the following formalities: - Fill in a questionnaire specifying your medical assistance needs (signed by your doctor if your
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handicap is recent: less than one year) - Answer some technical questions concerning the kind of chair you use: manual or electrical (moist batteries have to be packed in hermetical boxes you can buy at the airport), foldable frame or not, dimensions, etc. Your file will be assigned a code which will allow care agents to identify the assistance you need. On the day of departure, you should arrive well on time at the boarding desk of the company you are travelling with (at least 2h before departure). They will contact the assistance services which will take care of you up to the boarding in the plane. Maybe you will have to go to a specific boarding
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gate specially adapted to persons in a wheelchair, be the first to enter the plane, not be able to leave your seat during stops, etc. For travellers starting from Zaventem, the HAC (Home Advanced Check-in) proposes to take your luggage at home and hands over the boarding cards the day before your departure. It is an arrangement with S.N. Brussels Airlines which allows travellers to go straight to the boarding gate without queuing at the boarding desk for luggage. However this service allows you to go to the airport no longer than 45 minutes before take off, we recommend to arrive at least one hour and a half early to have enough time to fill in the necessary formalities in the assistance office. Since 2009 there is a new measure for PRM with a auditive, visual and mental disability and the wheelchair-users for whom a personal assistance is sufficient. They are required to go by
themselves from the boarding gate to the plane (bridge or bus going from the airportbuilding to the plane). Once registred, the PRM should go with the assistant to the PRM - provider in the departure hall. BRUSSELS NATIONAL AIRPORT - General information : 0900/70 000 - Web : www.brusselsairport.be - Airoport - assistance : www.biac.be AVIA PARTNER : 02/723 06 66 GLOBE GROUND : 02/723 30 51 -Parking : Possibility to leave your car during your trip in parking Front Park 1, 2 and Lock Park (info:02/715.21.10) Inside the airport: easy circulation, elevators to all floors, several restaurants accessible. Toilet: several adapted toilets all over the building.
train
Travelling in Belgium SNCB Mobility provides a free service to assist people with limited mobility travelling by train, all the way from their departure station to their arrival station. This service is available from the first train of the day to the last, 7 days a week, in 131 stations in Belgium; 114 stations are accessible to disabled people with or without wheelchairs, and 17 stations cooperate with taxi firms to take people in wheelchairs from unassisted stations to stations where assistance will be provided. Check the list of stations with disabled access : http://www.b-rail.be/nat/E/practical/limitedmobility/station/index.php Plan your journey Check out the journey planner to prepare for your trip: real time train schedules, information on your trip from door to door, SMS 2828, My Train Info, etc. To find out more : http://www.b-rail.be/nat/E/timetables/ realtime/index.php Book assistance in advance To benefit from the assistance service best suited to your needs, contact the SNCB Mobility Call Center at least 24 hours before you intend to leave. - By phone: 02/528.28.28, every day from 07.00 to 21.00. - On line at: http://pmr.b-rail.be/pbm_prd/ webform1.aspx?lang=fr You will be given confirmation : - Of the assistance you receive in your starting, changing and arrival stations - Of seat availability - Of assistance with entering and leaving the train, with a mobile ramp if necessary On the day of your journey, bring your ticket to the meeting point arranged when you booked your assistance at least 15 minutes before your train is due to leave. General Information on SNCB: 02/528.28.28 or www.sncb.be The Guide for Passengers with Reduced Mobility, which can be obtained from stations and on www.sncb.be, tells you all about the services SNCB Mobility provides to help you
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travel by train. Download the brochure: www. b-rail.be/nat/E/assets/basea5_ang_04web.pdf. If you would like to receive the leaflet in Braille, write to the following address: braille@sncb.be Bruxelles-Midi - Access : from Avenue Fonsny or Rue de France - Parking : Q-Park, underground carpark open 24/24. Entrance from Rue de France, 40. - Taxis: Rue Couverte; access signposted from the main concourse; one pavement kerb to cross. - Counters: lowered counters: 1 on the international advance sales side, 1 on the domestic services side, 1 on the immediate departures side,
and 2 at the tourist information desk. Facilities for passengers with limited mobility Wheelchairs made available at no extra charge Mobile ramp Toilets for people with limited mobility Lifts on platform Escalator (up & down) If you travel with Eurostar, there are two wagons each fitted with one reserved space and an adapted toilet. If you travel with Thalys, there is one wagon fitted with one reserved space and an adapted toilet.
Bus - metro - tram

Anyone with a wheelchair will have lots of difficulties travelling with public transports in Brussels. To this day, only the metro stations Alma, Stockel, Maelbeek, Gare Centrale, De Brouckre, Erasme, Eddy Merckx, Ceria, La Roue and Heysel are accessible. All metro stations (metro - RER), should be fitted by 2010-2012. However, the gap between the quay in the station and the carriage still forms a major obstacle; to solve this problem, the STIB has made the experiment of putting an assistance agent with a movable ramp to allow the persons in a wheelchair to access the metro carriage. Only drawback, we will have to be patient to see the continuous care for the passenger during the whole travel and, above all, not take the metro at peak hours. In the meantime, officials at the STIB are actively looking for a solution with PMR associations in order to find a technical solution for a flat and direct access to the carriage. Metro stations are progressively fitted with elevators, floor marks, alert lines along the quays, Embossed signalling panels. Visual/vocal announcement of stops and terminus are installed in 80 % of metro carriages. Bus lines are progressively being fitted with
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lowered floor, which facilitates the access for persons with walking difficulties, but does not solve the problem for persons in a wheelchair. - Concerning the accessibility for the partially sighted/blind people, important efforts have been made. Today, 68 metro stations are fitted with systems for the blind and, in a couple of years, all stations will be fitted. - General information concerning the STIB- metro, tramway and bus - web : www.stib.irisnet.be - 02/515.20.00 - fax 02/515.32.85 - email: contact.centre@stib.irisnet.be - web: www.stib.irisnet.be - Gen. information concerning Tec / De Lijn - bus. - de Lijn: Tel. : 02/515.28.28 - Website: www.delijn.be - Gen. information concerning minibus-service - 02/515.23.65 - www.stib.be/minibus.html - TEC: INFO-TEC : 010/23.53.53 - Tel. : 010/23.53.11 - Fax : 010/23.53.10 - Website: www.tec-wl.be
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Depending on your handicap, you will be able to use normal taxis or not. If you are in a wheelchair, think of warning the driver so he can help you getting in the car, and be sure the cars trunk is big enough to contain your wheelchair. If not, then you can call on to the companies listed below which propose an adapted service. Unless otherwise provided, these taxis also drive at night, in weekends and holidays. To reserve a cab from one of these companies, we recommend you to call them 24 or 48 hours in advance. However, between 2002 and 2008, the company called Taxis Verts has put into circulation 59 PME-vehicles adapted for the wheelchair. The theoretical waiting time is 1/4 hour after your call, but to be sure, make it 1 hour in advance. Taxis Verts PMR - Tel. : 02/ 349 45 45 - Circulate in Brussels and surroundings; reservation possible on the same day; tariff per km. Bruxelles home services - Tel. : 02/527.16.72 - Circulate in Brussels and other big cities in Belgium, reservation can be mad one the same day; fixed price; special forfeit airport from/to Brussels. Dienst Aangepast Vervoer (DAV) - Tel. 02/270.94.36 (9.00 - 13.00) - Covers the Northern part of Brussels; reserve one or two weeks in advance; tariff per km starting from Grimbergen. Taxi Hendriks - Tel. : 02/752.98.00 (6.00 - 19.00) - Fax : 02/752.98.01 - Email : info.melsbroek@hendriks.be - Web : www.hendriks.be - Circulates all over Belgium; reserve 24 h in advance; transport avoiding rush hour : immediate reservetion possible; fixed price; special tariff airport from/to Brussels; accompanied transport from room to room (branch offices in Ghent, Antwerp, Charleroi and Limburg) Sociaal Vervoer Brussel - Tel. : 02/544.12.44 (9.00 - 12.00) - Circulates in the Brussels Capital Region, 7 days a week; reserve 2 days in advance; - Low tariffs per km. Unitax - Tl. : 02/720.02.02 (9.00 - 19.00) - Circulates in Brussels and surroundings; reservation possible the same day; tariff per km starting from Zaventem. ContrePied asbl Transport et accompagnement des personnes moins mobiles : - 02/763.19.04 / 0474.54.65.36 - www.contrepied.be - info@contrepied.be Transport & Vie, asbl - 02./612.72.93 transportetvie@hotmail.com - Based in Brussels, covers the entire country (preferably from and to Brussels), weekends and evenings too. - Takes PRM to the doctor, shopping... and does administrative formalities when required. They have cars and minibusses. Low tariffs Association Espoir asbl - 02/428 24 01 www.associationespoir.be M.B.T. Socit de taxis - www.mbt.be Taxis-services mixtes - 0487 982 982 - E-mail : scbi@live.be - Site web : www.taxis-services.sitew.com - Personalised service : airports, Eurostar, Railwaystations, Hotels... - Cars for 4 persons and PRM.
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personal car
If you travel with your own car, following information can be useful : Royal Automobile Club de Belgique SOS dpannage (members only) : 078/15.20.00 Touring Club de Belgique - information : 02/286 3384 Touring Secours : 02/287 09 00 070/34.47.77
Tourism
Addresses to contact before leaving or during your stay. Otherwise tourism E-mail : info@tourisme-autrement.be - Tel. : 02/646 66 51 - Fax : 02/646 36 11 - www.tourisme-autrement.be Accessible Travel Info Point service of the Flemish Tourist Board, which grew out of cooperation with various organisations and services by and for people with disabilities. - Grasmarkt 61 - 1000 Brussels - Tel. +32 (0)70 23 30 50 - Fax +32 (0)70 23 30 51 - E-Mail : post@accessinfo.be - Web : www.accessinfo.be Wallonia-Brussels Tourism (WBT) - Rue Saint-Bernard, 30 B-1060 Bruxelles - www.belgique-tourisme.be - info@opt.be VISITBRUSSELS - Bruxelles Info Place (BIP) - rue Royale 2 - 1000 Brussels - Tel. + 32 (0)2 513 89 40 - e-mail : info@visitbrussels.be - Daily : 10 a.m. to 6 p.m - Closed : 25/12 and 1/1 VISITBRUSSELS - Htel de ville - Grand-Place - 1000 Brussels VISITBRUSSELS - Arrival by train - Midi Station - Daily : 10 a.m. to 6 p.m - Closed : 25/12 and 1/1 VISITBRUSSELS - Arrival by air - Brussels Airport - Office de Promotion du Tourisme - Arrival Hall - 7/7, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. - Closed: 25/12 and 1/1 Web : www.visitbrussels.be
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Leisure / Culture
If you prefer daytime leisure, we have selected some accessible swimming-pools and parks which will always provide you enjoyable leisure spaces. Several parks were made accessible for PRMs : park Pede in Anderlecht ; Royal Park in Jette ; Hallepoortpark in Brussels ; Abbey of La Cambre in Ixelles ; Scheutbosch park in Molenbeek-SaintJean, Elisabethpark in Koekelberg. Nearby the Atomium youll find an accessible park, Osseghem park where all PRMs can improve their physical. All these parks are accessible for everyone.
mo v ie t h e atre s
Brussels proposes a lot of movie theatres. Very few are accessible in a wheelchair. Most of them are arranged in tiers and the entrance is located at the level of the screen.Without assistance, you would be forced to follow the movie with the nose on the canvas. As accessible theatres, we only mention theatres at floor-level and the ones where the distance between the entrance and the screen seems reasonable. We do not mention in our list the theatres complying with none of these criteria, nor the ones where you should climb several strairs before entering the theatre. It is a shame that we found no cinema in Brussels indicating in its programs the number of the theatre corresponding to the movie showed, as the manager could be forced to change the programmation of the theatres in last minute. CINEMATEK - museum of film Galeries cinma
Rue Baron-Horta 9 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/551 19 19 info@cinematek.be Web : www.cinematek.be Flagey
Galerie de la Reine, 26 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/ 514.74.98 contact@galeries.be Web : www.galeries.be Kinepolis (24 theaters + 1 IMAX)
Place Sainte-Croix 1050 Brussels Tel. : 02/627.16.40 soc.flagey@skynet.be Web : www.flagey.be
Boulevard du Centenaire 1020 Brussels Tel. : 02/537.69.54 Web : www.kinepolis.com

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UGC De Brouckre (12 theaters)
Rue des Moines 21 1190 Brussels Tel. : 02/537.69.54 Web : www.movyclub.cinenews.be Cinma Nova (1 theater)
Place de Brouckre 38 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/218.57.25 Web : www.ugc.be UGC Toison d Or (14 theaters)
Rue Arenberg 3 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/502.32.83 Voir en ligne : www.nova-cinema.org Studio 5
Avenue de la Toison dOr 8 1050 Brussels Tel. : 0900 10 440 Web : www.ugc.be Le Vendme ( 7 theaters)
Place Sainte-Croix 1050 Brussels Tel. : 02/641.10.20 Web : www.flagey.be
Chausse de Wavre 18 1050 Brussels Tel. : 02/502.37.00 Web : www.cinema-vendome.be
M u s eum s
Brussels offers over 80 museums unveiling the cultural richness of Europes capital city. However, all are not accessible. In the guide book Brussels for all we have chosen to present accessible museums, while proposing a series of varied styles. Throughout your visits, you will discover a part of Belgiums heritage and cultural memory with the Muses des Beaux-Arts, the Muse Royal dArt et dHistoire, the Muse de lAfrique centrale in Tervuren, etc., but also this countrys folklore with the Muse de la Gueuze or the Lace musuem or even a museum dedicated to an art of which we are very proud in Belgium: the comics in the Centre Belge de la Bande Dessine. Kids will not be forgotten and we recommend the Muse des Enfants, the Muse International de la Marionnette and the Museum des Sciences Naturelles as enrichment stopovers during your stay in Brussels.
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Rue du Chapelain 8 1070 Brussels Tel 02/527.13.83 info@erasmushouse.museum Web : www.erasmushouse.museum
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Maison dErasme, le jardin mdicinal et philosophique
4, Boulevard de lEmpereur 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/519 53 11 musimp@kbr.be Web : www.kbr.be Saints Michel-et -Gudule Cathedral
Rue du Chapitre 31 1070 Brussels Tel. 02/521 13 83 info@erasmushouse.museum Web : www.erasmushouse.museum Muse belge de radiologie
Parvis Sainte-Gudule 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/217.83.45 Web : www.cathedralestmichel.be Belgian Comic Strip Center
Hpital Militaire R. Astrid, Rue Bruyn 2 1120 Bxl Tel. : 02/519 53 11 info@radiology-museum.be Web : www.radiology-museum.be Muse BELvue
Rue des Sables 20 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/219.19.80 visit@cbbd.be Web : www.cbbd.be Centre International pour la Ville, lArchitecture et le Paysage (CIVA)
Place des Palais, 7 1000 Bxl Tel. : 02/502 46 23 info@belvue.be Web : www.musbellevue.be Braille Museum
Rue de lErmitage 55 1050 Brussels Tel. : 02/642.24.50 Web : www.civa.be Town Hall of the city of Brussels
rue dAngleterre 57 1060 Brussels Tel. : 02/533 32 11 info@braille.be Web : www.braille.be Brussels museum of the Gueuze
Grand-Place 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/279.43.65 Web : www.brucity.be
Brasserie Cantillon, Rue Gheude 56 1070 Bxl Tel. : 02/521 49 28 info@cantillon.be Web : www.cantillon.be
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Muse Communal des Beaux-Arts dIxelles
Rue Jean Van Volsem 71 1050 Brussels Tel. : 02/515.64.21 musee@ixelles.be Web : www.museedixelles.be Muse de la Mdecine Museum of musical instruments
Campus Erasme (U.L.B.) Route de Lennik 808 1070 Brussels. Tel. : 02/555.34.31 museemed@ulb.ac.be Web : www.medicmuseum.org Muse de la Police intgre
Rue Montagne de la Cour 2 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/545.01.53 info@mim.fgov.be Web : www.mim.fgov.be Muse des plantes mdicinales et de la pharmacie
Avenue de la Force Arienne 33 1040 Brussels Tel. : 02/642.69.29 museum@polfed.be Web : http://www.polfed-fedpol.be/org/ org_histo_museum_fr.php Muse de la zoologie (ULB)
CP 205/04 Institut de Pharmacie Bd du Triomphe 4 1050 Brussels Tel. 02/650.52.7 vanhaele@ulb-ac.be Web : http://www.ulb.ac.be//musees/mpmp/ CINEMATEK - Filmmuseum
ULB CP160/15 Av. F.D.Roosevelt 50 1050 Brussels Tel. : 02/650.36.78 vdesmet@ulb.ac.be Web : www.ulb.ac.be/sites/musees/zoologie/ presentation.html Muse de minralogie et gologie
Rue Baron-Horta 9 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/551 19 19 info@cinematek.be Web : www.cinematheque.be Museum of lace & Costume
Rue A. Depage 30 1050 Brussels Tel. : 02/650.22.36 mspronck@ulb.ac.be Childrens museum
Museum of the city of Brussels Rue de la Violette, 6 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/213 44 50 Tel. : 02/213 44 58 (serv. ducatif) Web : http://brusselsmuseums.be/ Muse du tram bruxellois
Rue du Bourgmestre 15 1050 Brussels Tel. : 02/640.01.07 info@childrenmuseum.be Web : www.museedesenfants.be
Avenue de Tervueren 364 bis 1150 Brussels Tel. : 02/515.31.08 info@mtub.be Web : www.trammuseumbrussels.be
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Thtre du Perruchet Avenue de la Fort 50 1050 Brussels. Tel. : 02/673.87.30 info@theatreperuchet.be Web : www.theatreperuchet.be royal museum of central africa
Rue de la Rgence, 3 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/508.32.11 info@fine-arts-museum.be Tel. : 02/508.33.50 (serv. ducatif) Web : www.fine-arts-museum.be Museum of natural Sciences
Leuvensesteenweg 13 3080 Tervuren Tel. : 02/769.52.11 info@africamuseum.be Tel. : 02/769.52.00 (visites guides) Web : www.africamuseum.be
Rue Vautier 29 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/627.42.38 info@sciencesnaturelles.be Web : www.natuurwetenschappen.be Brussels Museum of the Mill and Nutrition
Muse Royal de lArme et de lHistoire Militaire
Rue du Moulin Vent 21 1140 Evere Tel. 02/245 37 79 cdumoulin@evere.irisnet.be Web : www.moulindevere.be
Parc du Cinquantenaire 3 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/737.78.33 infocom@klm-mra.be Tel. : 02/737.79.07 (visites guides) Web : www.klm-mra.be Muse schaerbeekois de la bire
Avenue Louis Bertrand 33/35 1030 Brussels Tel. : 02/241.56.27 muschaerbiere@yahoo.fr Web : http://users.skynet.be/museedelabiere royal museum of Arts and History Muse Magritte Museum
Parc du Cinquantenaire 10 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/741.72.11 info@kmkg-mrah.be Tel. : 02/741.72.15 (serv. ducatif) Web : www.kmkg-mrah.be
Muses royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique Rue de la Rgence 3 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/508 32 11 info@kmkg-mrah.be Web : www.musee-magritte-museum.be
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Brussels as capital city of Belgium offers a varied choice of theatre shows, dance, lyrics and music. Like for the other chapters of the guide Brussels for all, we chose to describe theatres in such way to avoid inconvenient surprises. We voluntarily forgot the places requesting climbing one or several flights of stairs. However, we recommend you, when booking a seat, to precise your capability of walking a short distance or not, to be transferred in a normal seat or not... so that you can have access to the most appropriate and accessible seats. Ancienne Belgique Tel. int : +32 70 25 20 20 - tickets (30 cent/ min.) Voir en ligne : www.vorstnationaal.be Halles de Schaerbeek
Boulevard Anspach 110 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/548.24.24 Web : www.abconcerts.be Beursschouwburg
Rue Royale Sainte-Marie 22A 1210 Brussels Tel. : 02/218.21.07 Web : www.halles.be Monnaie (La)
20-28, rue A. Orts 1000 Brussels Tel. 02/550 03 50 tickets@beursschouwburg.be Web : www.beursschouwburg.be Botanique
Rue Lopold 4 1000 Brussels Tel. : 070/23.39.39 Web : www.demunt.be Rideau de Bruxelles (thtre)
Rue Royale 236 1210 Brussels Tel : 02/226.12.11 botanique@arcasdis.be Web : www.ais.be/botanique Cirque Royal
Palais des Beaux-Arts Rue Ravenstein 23 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/507.83.60 rideaubxl@gate71.be Web : www.rideaudebruxelles.be Thtre des Martyrs
Rue de lEnseignement 81 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/218.20.15 Web : www.cirque-royal.org Forest National
Place des Martyrs 22 1000 Brussels Tel. 02/223.32.08 theatre.martyrs@busmail.net Web : www.theatredesmartyrs.be
Avenue Victor Rousseau 208 1190 Brussels Tel : 0900-69 500 - tickets (50 cent/ minute)
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94, Chausse de Waterloo 1060 Brussels Tel. : 02/538 90 20 richard.joukovsky@lejacquesfranck.be Web : www.leacquesfranck.be Galeries Cinma - Galerie de la Reine
Rue de la Loi, 3 1000 Brussels Tel. 02/505.30.30 theatre.royal.du.parc@skynet.be Web : www.parc.belgonet.com Thtre royal flamand de Bruxelles
Galerie de la Reine, 26 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/514.74.98 contact@galeries.be Web : www.galeries.be
KVS_BOL & KVS_TOP 146 rue de Laeken 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/210 11 12 tickets@kvs.be Infos & Administration : 9 Quai aux Pierres de Taille 1000 Bruxelles Tl. : 02/210 11 00 Thtre Varia
Rue du Sceptre 78 1050 Brussels Tel. : 02/640.82.58 reservation@varia.be Web : www.varia.be Tour & Taxis Theater les Tanneurs Avenue du Port 86c 1000 Brussels Tel : 02/ 424.22.98 tt@tour-taxis.com Web : www.tourtaxis.com
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Caf des Halles Saint-Gry Square Brussels Brussels meeting centre
Place Saint-Gry, 1 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/502.44.24 info@hallesaintgery.be Web : www.hallessaintgery.be
Glass Entrance rue Mont des Arts 1000 Brussels Tel : 02/515.13.00 info@square-brussels.com Web : www.square-brussels.com Tour & Taxis
Avenue du Port 86c 1000 Brussels Tel : 02/ 424.22.98 tt@tour-taxis.com Web : www.tourtaxis.com Galeries Cinma - Galerie de la Reine
Galerie de la Reine, 26 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/514.74.98 contact@galeries.be Web : www.galeries.be Les Ateliers des Tanneurs
Rue des Tanneurs, 58-62 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/548 70 00 info@ateliersdestanneurs.be Web : www.ateliersdestanneurs.be
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Square de lAtomium B-1020 Brussels Tel. : 02/475 47 75 info@atomium.be Web : www.atomium.be
Rue Royale Sainte-Marie 22A 1210 Brussels Tel. 02/218.21.07 Web : www.halles.be
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Since 2008, 7 parks have been adapted to PRM ; Park Pede - Anderlecht, Parc Roi- Jette, Parc Porte de Hal - Brussels, Abbaye de la Cambre - Ixelles ; Parc Scheutbos - Molenbeek Saint Jean, Parc Elisabeth - Koekelberg. Several paths have been broadened, stabilized and gradients have been softened. The guards took special courses to help PRM, several equiments such as toilets have been adjusted to the needs of the PRM. To enhance interaction with the ambiant environnement, specific communication intruments have been installed. In Parc Baudouin and Pede the visually disabled are guided through tactile paving to the informationmaps in Braille. Even the playgrounds have been transformed in order to enable children with reduced mobility to enjoy with the other kids.
Bois de la Cambre
Le chalet du Laerbeek
Avenue Diane 1050 Brussels Bruparck
Laarbeeklaan 145 1090 Brussels Tel. : 02/478.08.88 Les Etangs Mellaerts
Just underneath the Atomium (Heysel) Tel. : 02/474.83.83 Web : www.bruparck.com La fort de Soignes
Boulevard du Souverain 275 1150 Brussels Tel. : 02/779.36.21 Les Jeux dhiver
A map mentions all the parking spaces accessible to disabled peoplee, available at : Abbaye de la Cambre 13 1000 Bruxelles Tel. : 02/629.82.82 Le Chalet du Gymnase
Chemin du Croquet 1 1050 Brussels Tel. : 02/649.08.64 info@yeuxdhiver.be Web : www.jeuxdhiver.be Mini Europe
Chemin du Gymnase 1 1050 Brussels Tel. : 02/649.70.02
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Rue Royale 1000 Brussels Parc de Woluwe et tangs Mellaerts
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Avenue de Tervueren 1150 Brussels Parc du Botanique Adapted playground of Woluw-Saint-Lambert
Rue Royale 236 1210 Saint-Josse-ten-Noode Parc du Cinquantenaire
Avenue de la Joyeuse Entre 1040 Brussels Parc Elisabeth
Avenue Dumont 40 1200 Brussels Tel. : 02/761.28.21 Playground of the Park of Youth in Jette
Boulevard Lopold II 1081 Brussels Parc Roi Baudouin
Avenue G. De Greef 1090 Brussels Playground of the Royal Park

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Sportcentre of Auderghem Espadon (Swimming pool)
Rue du Villageois 89 1160 Auderghem Tel. : 02/ 673 55 78 Sportcentre of the fort de Soignes
Rue des Champs 69 1040 Brussels Tel. : 02/640 38 38 Longchamp (Swimming pool)
Chausse de Wavre 2057 1160 Auderghem Tel. : 02/672 93 30 adeps.auderghem@cfwb.be Web : www.adeps.be/soignes Sportcentre la Woluwe
1, Square de Fr 1180 Brussels Tel. : 02/374 90 05 sport@uccle.be Louis Namche (Swimming pool)
Rue Van Kalck, 93 1080 Brussels Tel. : 02/410.08.03 Avenue Emmanuel Mounier 87 1200 Woluwe-saint-Lambert Tel. : 02/762 85 22 book.csw@skynet.be Web : www.centresportifdelawoluwe.be Sportcentre of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre Neder-over-Hembeek (Swimming pool)
Rue de Lombartzijde 120 1120 Brussels Tel. : 02/268.00.43 ocade (Swimming pool)
Avenue Salom 2 1150 Brussels Tel. : 02/762.12.75 Sportcentre Terdelt
Bruparck 1020 Brussels Tel. : 02/478.43.20 info@oceade.be Web : www.oceade.be Posidon (Swimming pool)
Place Terdelt 1030 Brussels Tel. : 02/242 57 38 info@tcterdelt.be Web : www.tcterdelt.be Sportcentre Chevalier Albert TRICOT
Avenue des Vaillants 4 1200 Brussels Tel. : 02/771.66.55 poseidon.piscine@chello.be Web : www.rbp.be/piscine.htm Triton (Swimming pool)
Association Sportive ASCTR asbl Avenue de Marathon, 1 1020 Brussels Tel. : 02/476 13 76 jeanvilette@belgacom.net
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To establish the list hereafter, we have based ourselves on the list Brussels Booking Desk at our disposal thanks to VisitBrussels. The majority of hotels have been visited by the end of 2011, begin 2012 and the accessibility of common spaces and rooms has been checked. We have discovered some novelties and interesting links between hotels and restaurants which allow you to access adapted toilets. Please note it is not always obvious to find adapted toilets due to a lack of appropriate signalisation. So you will have to ask at the reception desk or in the restaurant of the hotel (for example: Novotel Brussels Centre Tour). We also would like to draw your attention on the fact that the tourist information desk for Belgium (March aux Grains 62) has been made accessible through a floor-level access and automatic doors. What is more, Toerisme VIaanderen has opened (March aux Grains 61 - 02 504 03 00) the Infopunt Toegankelijlk Reizen which is an information desk for tourists with reduced mobility providing information on the accessibility of tourist infrastructure in Belgium and abroad. To guide you in your choice, on our website we have added comments to the usual logos about the characteristics of the places. Our description mentions the width of the smallest door to pass when this is under 83 cm. In general, we may add that we found no beds at a correct height. You need to ask the reception to raise the bed. Most of the bathrooms are fitted with bathtubs, but we also mentioned when this bathtub was replaced by a shower. On the other hand, very few hotels propose an adapted environment for the hard of hearing (fax in the rooms, bells and visual alarms) and visually impaired persons. Almost all hotels accept the presence of guide dogs, and some will therefore request a fee varying from 10 to 15 , while others welcome them for free. And finally, a few words on the price of rooms. Brussels hotel offer is quite luxurious and expensive. However, the tarrifs vary significantly according to the season. Generaly, they are less expensive in week-ends. Ask for precisions when booking. Adagio Brussels Centre Monnaie Aparthotel AMIGO HOTEL *****
Boulevard Anspach 20 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/212 93 00 www.accorhotels.com/fr/ hotel-7242-adagio-brussels-centre-monnaie/ index.shtml Alma Grand Place Hotel Brussels
Rue de lAmigo 1-3 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/547 47 47 Directline : 02/547 47 53 mverplancke@roccofortecollection.com Web : www.roccofortehotels.com Hotel Aris **
Rue des Eperonniers 42-44 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/502 28 28 alma@3sh.be Web : www.almahotel.be
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Breugel, DUCHT SPEAKING YOUTH HOSTEL
Place du Samedi 11 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/219.31.19 astrid@3starshotels.be Web : http://www.astridhotel.be Atlas Hotel ***
rue Saint-Esprit 2 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/511 04 36 brussel@vjh.be Web : www.jeugdherbergen.be/brussel Bristol-Stephanie Hotel****
Rue du Vieux March aux Grains 30 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/502 60 06 info@atlas-hotel.be Web : www.atlas-hotel.be Aqua Hotel Brussels ***
Av. Louise 91-93 1050 Brussels Tel. : 02/543.33.11 hotel-bristol@bristol.be Web : www.bristol.be Campanile Hotel **
Rue De Stassart 43 1050 Ixelles Tel. : 02/213 01 01 info@aqua-hotel.be Web : www.aqua-hotel-brussels.com Auberge de Jeunesse Jacques Brel
Campanile Brussels Airport 3 km de laroport. Excelsiorlaan, 2 1930 Zaventem Tel. 02/720.98.62 campanile.zaventem@skynet.be Web www.campanile-bruxelles-airport-zaventem.be Brussels Hotel Capital
Rue de la Sablonnire 30 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/218.01.87 brussels.brel@laj.be Web : www.laj.be Best Western County House Hotel
191, Chausse de Vleurgat 1050 Brussels Tel. : 02/646 64 20 reservations@hotelcapital.be Web : www.hotelcapital.be Carrefour de lEurope ****
Square des Hros 2-4 1180 Brussels Tel. : 02/ 375 44 20 Web : www.bestwestern.be/countyhouse Best Western Premier Sodehotel La Woluwe
Rue March aux Herbes 110 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/504.94.00 info@carrefoureurope.net Web : www.sabenahotels.com/carrefour Cascade Hotel Midi
5 Avenue E Mounier 1200 Brussels Tel : 02/775.21.11 info@sodehotel.eu Web : www.sodehotel.eu
5-7 Avenue Fonsny 1060 Brussels Tel. : 02/533 10 90 infomidi@cascadehotel.be Web : www.cascadehotel.be
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All Suite Hotel-Brussels Rue du Chtelain 17 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/646.00.55 info@chatelain.net Web : www.le-chatelain.net Citadines Hotel ***
Avenue de la Toison dOr 61-63 1060 Brussels Tel. : 02/543.53.53 Web : www.citadines.be Citadines Sainte Catherine ***
Quai au Bois--Brle, 51 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/221.14.11 stecatherine@citadines.be Web : www.citadines.be Conrad International Brussels Hotel *****
Avenue Louise 71 1050 Brussels Tel. 02/542.42.42 brusselsinfo@conradhotels.com Web : http://conradhotels3.hilton.com Crowne Plaza Brussels - Le Palace****
Rue de Gineste 3 1210 Brussels Tel. : 02/203.62.00 info@cpbxl.be Web : www.crowneplaza.com Dome Hotel ****
Bld du Jardin Botanique 9-12-13 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/218.06.80 info@hotel-le-dome.be Web : www.hotel-le-dome.be
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Boulevard Charlemagne 50 1000 Brussels Tel. 02/230.00.10 reservation@firsteuroflathotel.be Web : www.firsteuroflathotel.be Citadines Sainte Catherine ***
Quai au Bois--Brle, 51 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/221.14.11 stecatherine@citadines.be Web : www.citadines.be Formule 1 Hotel - Brussels Airport **
Bessenveldstraat17 a 1831 Machelen-Diegem Tel. : 02/725.69.00 h2632@accor.com Web : http://www.hotelf1.com Four Points Hotel Brussels ****
Rue Paul Spaak 15 1050 Brussels Tel. : 02/645.61.11 Web : www.fourpoints.com Golden Tulip Hotel Brussels Boulevard ***
Rue des Croisades 3 1210 Brussels Tel. : 02/205.15.11 Web : www.thonhotels.be Hotel Aloft Brussels Schuman
Place Jean Rey 1040 Brussels Tel. : 02/800 0888 reservations.brussels@alofthotels.com Web : www.aloftbruxelles.com
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Holiday Inn Express Brussels ***
6, Avenue des Olympiades 1140 Evere Tel. : 02/337.08.08 courtyard.brussels@courtyard.com Web : www.courtyard.com/brucy Hotel Erasme ***
Berkenlaan, 5 1831 Diegem Tel. : 02/725.33.80 Web : www.holidayinn-brussels.com/airport/ Holiday Inn Garden Court Brussels Expo***
Route de Lennik 790 1070 Brussels Tel. : 02/523.62.82 info@hotelerasme.be Web : www.hotelerasme.com Hilton Brussels City ****
Avenue Impratrice Charlotte 6 1020 Brussels Tel. : 02/478.70.80 hige.brusselsexpo@skynet.be Web : www.holidayinn.com Hotel Bloom ! ***
Place Rogier 20 1210 Brussels Rue Royale 250 1210 Saint-Josse-ten-Noode Tel. : 02/203 31 25 Rservation : 0800/12 246 Tel : 02/220.66.11 sales.brusselsCity@hilton.com Web : www.hotelbloom.com Web : www.brussels-city.hilton@hilton.com Hotel Silken Berlaymont Brussels **** Holiday Inn Brussels Airport **** Boulevard Charlemagne 11-19 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/231.09.09 hotel.berlaymont@hoteles-silken.com Site : www.silkenberlaymont.com HYATT REGENCY BRUSSELS BARSEY **** Avenue Louise 381-383 1050 Brussels Tel. : 02/649.98.00 brussels@hyattintl.com Web : www.brussels.regency.hyatt.com Ibis Hotel Brussels Airport ***
Holidaystraat, 7 1831 Diegem Tel. : 02/720.58.65 www.holiday-inn.comm/hotels/bru-airport Holiday Inn Brussels City Centre ****
Chausse de Charleroi 38 1060 Brussels Tel. : 02/533.66.66 Web : www.holiday-inn.com/bru-cityctr Holiday Inn Brussels-Schuman ****
20, rue Breydel 1040 Brussels Tel. : 02/280 40 00 hotel@holiday-inn-brussels-schuman.com Web : www.holidayinn.com/brusselschuman
Bessenveldstraat, 17 1831 Diegem Tel. : 02/725.43.2 Web : www.ibishotel.com/gb/ hotel-1090-ibis-brussels-airport/
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Marriott Hotel *****
Rue A.Orts 3-7 1000 Brussels Tel. 02/516.90.90 mhrs.brudt.ays.mgr@marriotthotels.com Rue Joseph Plateau 2 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/513.76.20 h1454@accor-hotels.com Web : www.marriotthotels.com/BRUDT Web : www.ibishotel.com/fr/ hotel-1454-ibis-brussels-centre-ste-catherine/ Martins Central Park **** Ibis Hotel Brussels Expo ** Boulevard Charlemagne 80 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/2 230 85 55 mcp@martinshotels.com Web : www.martins-hotels.com/ Max Hotel ****
Chausse Romaine 572 1853 Brussels Tel. : 02/461.00.21 Web : www.ibishotel.com/gb/ hotel-2846-ibis-brussels-expo-atomium/ Ibis Hotel Brussels Grand Place ***
Boulevard Adolphe Max 107 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/219.00.60 max@3sh.be Web : www.maxhotel.be Mridien Hotel (le) *****
Rue March-aux-Herbes 100 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/514.40.40 H1046@accor.com Web : www.ibishotel.com/fr/ hotel-1046-ibis-brussels-off-grand--place/ Ibis-Accor Hotels (Midi) ***
Carrefour de lEurope 3 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/548.42.11 info.brussels@lemeridien.com Web : www.meridien.be Mercure Hotel Brussels Airport ****
Rue dAngleterre 2-20 1060 Brussels Tel. : 02/541.44.44 Web : www.ibishotel.com/ fr/hotel-3152-ibis-brussels-centre-gare-midi/ Izan Avenue Louise ****
74, avenue Jules Bordet 1140 Evere Tel. 02/726 73 35 H0958@accor-hotels.com Mercure Brussels Center Louise
Rue Blanche 4 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/535.95.00 avenuelouise@izanhoteles.es Web : www.solmelia.com La Maison du Dragon Hotel ****
Chausse de Charleroi 38 1060 Brussels Tel : 02/533 66 661 Web : www.mercure.com NH Atlanta Hotel ****
Boulevard Adolphe Max 146-160 1000 Brussels Avenue Adolphe Max 7 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/218.82.15 Tel. : 02/217.01.20 nhatlanta@nh-hotels.be Web : hotel.maisondudragon.bru@skynet.be Web : www.nh-hotels.com
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Plaza Hotel (le) *****
Rue Bodenbroeck 2-4 1000 Bruxelles Tel. : 02/518 11 00 reservations@nh-hotels.com Web : www.nh-hotels.com Novotel Brussels Airport ***
Boulevard Adolphe Max 118-126 1000 Bruxelles Tel. 02/278 01 00 reservations@leplaza-brussels.be Web : www.leplaza-brussels.be President Hotel ****
Da Vincilaan 25 1831 Diegem Tel. : 02/725.30.50 h0467@accor.com Novotel Brussels Centre Tour Noire ***
World Trade Center. Bd du Rois Albert II 44 1000 Bruxelles Tel. : 02/203.20.20 wtc.info@presidenthotels.be Web : www.presidenthotels.be/wtc Queen Ann Hotel ***
Rue de la Vierge Noire 32 1000 Bruxelles Tel. : 02/505 50 50 h2122@accor-hotels.com Boulevard Emile Jacqmain 110 1000 Bruxelles Web : www.novotel.com Tel. : 02/217.16.00 info@queen-anne.be Web : www.queen-anne.be Novotel Off Grand Place Hotel *** Radisson Blu EU Hotel Rue March-aux-herbes 120 1000 Bruxelles Tel. : 02/514 33 33 H1030@accor.com Web : www.accor.com Park Inn by Radisson Brussels Midi Hotel ****
Rue dIdalie 35 1050 Bruxelles Tel : 0032 2 626 81 11 info.brusselseu@radissonblu.com Web : www.radissonblu.fr/euhotel-brussels/ Radisson Blu Royal Hotel Brussels *****
Place Marcel Broodthaers 3 (Avenue Fonsny) 1060 Brussels Tl. : 02/535 14 00 info.brussels-midi@rezidorparkinn.com Web : www.parkinn.com/hotel-brussels
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STANHOPE Htel *****
Avenue des Pliades 67- 69 1200 Brussels Tel. : 02/775.31.80 info@ramadabrusselswoluwe.be Web : www.ramadabrusselswoluwe.be Renaissance Brussels Htel *****
9, rue du Commerce 1040 Brussels Tel. : 02/506 91 11 info@stanhope.be Web : www.stanhope.be The Dominican Hotel-Deluxe Design Hotel
Rue du Parnasse 19 1050 Brussels Tel. : 02/505.29.29 rhi.bru.renaissance@renaissancehotels.com Web : www.renaissancehotels.com Scandic Hotel Grand Place *****
Leopoldstraat 9 1000 Brussels Tel. 02/203 08 08 info@thedominican.carlton.be Web : www.thedominican.be The Hotel, Brussels *****
Rue dArenberg 18 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/548.18.11 info@scandicgrandplacebrussels.be Web : www.scandicgrandplacebrussels.be Sheraton Hotel *****
Boulevard de Waterloo 38 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/504.11.11 reservations@thehotel.be Web : www.thehotel.be
Place Rogier 3 1210 Brussels Tel. : 02/224.31.11 reservations.brussels@starwoodhotels.com Web : www.sheraton.com/brussels Sleep Well - auberge de jeunesse
THON HOTEL BRUSSELS CITY 17, Avenue du Boulevard 1210 Brussels Tel. : 02/205 5111 reservations@thehotel.be Web : www.thonhotels.be Vintage Hotel***
Rue du Damier 23 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/218.50.50 info@sleepwell.be Web : www.sleepwell.be Sofitel Brussels Europe *****
Rue Dejoncker 45 1060 Saint-Gilles Tel. : 02/533.99.80 info@vintagehotel.be Web : www.vintagehotel.be Warwick Barsey Hotel Brussels ****
Place Jourdan 1 1040 ETTERBEEK Tel. : 02/235 51 00 H5282@accor.com Web : www.sofitel.com
Avenue Louise 381-383 1050 Brussels Tel. : 02/649.98.00 www.warwickbarsey.com res.warwickbarsey@warwickhotels.com

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This chapter presents a non-exhaustive list of restaurants and bars visited when preparing this guide book. The selection presented is based on the taste of the authors and references from other tourist guide books. There are obviously many more. You will notice wether the places mentioned are accessible with or without assistance, but except for a few places, very few have adapted toilets. However, we have noticed that some restaurants have links to the hotels next door allowing you to find adapted toilets. This possibility is however not always mentioned and we recommend taking some information at the bar of the restaurant or at the reception. From now on, these toilets will be mentioned on our website www.brusselsforall.be . Brasserie le 1898
Avenue dAuderghem 4 1040 Brussels Tel. : 02/230 22 32 brasserie1898@gmail.com Web : http://brasserie1898.eresto.net Au Cochon dOr
Quai au Bois Bruler 15 1000 Brussels Tel/Fax : 02/218.07.71 Bartist Caf
Rue du Chtelain 17 1000 Brussels Tel : 02/646.00.55 brasserie1898@gmail.com Web : www.le-chatelain.be/bartist.asp Bar Green Witch
Rue Duquesnoy 45-47 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/502 78 05 brasserie1898@gmail.com Web : www.le-chatelain.be/bartist.asp Bar Parallle
Place Fernand Cocq 27 1050 Brussels Tel. : 02/512.30.41 barparallele@gmail.com

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Brasserie Mrode
Rue de la Paix, 20 1050 Brussels Avenue de Tervuren, 9 1040 Etterbeek Tel. 02/511 11 21 peter.vanroelen@pandora.be Tel. : 02/735.51.11 info@brasseriemerode.com Web : www.belgobelge.be Web : www.brasseriemerode.be Bellone Caf Brouette
Rue de Flandre 46 1000 Brussels Tel. : 0486/52.35.31 guy.samyn@gmail.com Web : www.bellone.be Bocconi
Grand Place, 2-3 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/511 54 94 info@labrouette.be Web : www.brouette.be Caf Bocage
Rue de lAmigo 1 1000 Brussels Tel : 02/547.47.15 Web : www.ristorantebocconi.com Bourgeois (le)
Place Van Meenen 35A 1060 Saint-Gilles Tel : 02/737.30.32 Caf dEgmont
Rue des Bouchers 17 1000 Brussels Tel : 02/ 511 84 45
Bd de Waterloo 38 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/504.13.33 Web : www.thehotel.be/index_fr.html

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Caf des pices
Casino
Place Jourdan, 21 1040 Etterbeek Rue Saint Lambert 202 Tel. 02/280.43.17 reservation@cafedesepices.be 1200 Woluw-Saint-Lambert Web : www.cafedesepices.be Tel. : 02/771.53.97 casinowoluwe@skynet.be Caf des Halles Saint-Gry Ctelette (la)
Place Saint-Gry, 1 1000 Brussels Tel : 02/502.44.24 info@hallesaintgery.be Web : www.hallessaintgery.be Caf Le Parnasse
Rue des Bouchers 30 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/ 512 59 19 Chez Lon
Rue du Parnasse 19 1050 Brussels Tel : 02/505.29.29 Caf Mtropole
Rue des Bouchers 18 1000 Brussels Tel : 02/511.14.15 welcome@leon1893.com Web : www.chezleon.be Cinabre de Garance
Place de Brouckre 31 1000 Brussels Tl : 02/219.23.84 Calalou
Rue Haute 198 1000 Brussels Tel : 02/502.16.04 Web : www.cinabredegarance.coma Cook and Book
Petite rue des Bouchers 33 1000 Brussels Tel : 02/513 15 62 lecalalou@hotmail.com Web : www.lecalalou.be Cantine de la Ville (La)
Avenue Paul Hymans, 251 1200 Woluw-Saint-Lambert Tel. : 02/761.26.00 Web : www.cookandbook.be Crescendo
Rue Haute, 72 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/512.88.98 Web : www.cantinedelaville.be Carpe Diem
Place Rogier 3 1210 Brussels Tel. : 02/224.34.20 reservation.brussels@sheraton.com Web : www.crescendorestaurant.com
Avenue de Tervueren, 13 1040 Brussels Tel : 02/735.05.49

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Estragon
Disco Bar le Dauphin Av. Demeur 2-4 1060 Saint-Gilles Tel. : 0472/56.80.14 Ecailler du Palais Royal (l)
Avenue Chazal 200 1030 Brussels Tel : 02/215.24.88 Web : www.brasserie-restaurant-estragon.be Estrille du vieux Bruxelles
Rue Bodenbroeck 18 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/512.87.51 Web : www.lecaillerdupalaisroyal.be El Vergel
Rue de Rollebeek 7 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/512 58 57 patrick.lechien@skynet.be Web : www.estrille.be Exki De Brouckre
Rue du Trne, 39 1050 Ixelles Tel. : 02/502 69 30 elvergel@skynet.be Web : www.elvergel.be Epicerie
Place De Brouckre 14 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/219 98 550 Web : www.exki.be Falstaff
Carrefour de lEurope 3 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/548 42 11 Web : www.restaurantlepicerie.com
Rue Henri-Maus 19 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/511.87.897 montecristobel@skynet.be Web : www.falstaff-brussels.be

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Foodsquare Bar Brasserie
Rue de la Vierge Noire 32 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/505.50.50 Web : www.novotel.com/fr/hotel-2122 Grapevine
Place du Luxembourg, 11 1050 Ixelles Tel. : 02/280 00 17 grapevine@skynet.be Greenwich
Rue de Chartreux, 7 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/540.88.78 10h-24h (cuisine non-stop) Guignol
Rue Voot/Place St-Lambert, 32 1200 Woluw-Saint-Lambert Tel. : 02/772 88 14 woluwe@guignol.be Web : www.guignol.be Htel Orts
Rue Auguste Orts, 38-40 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/517.07.17 haddad@hotelorts.com Web : www.hotelorts.com Hector Chicken (Parvis de Saint-Gilles)
Chausse de Waterloo, 57 1060 Saint-Gilles Tel. : 02/534.83.17 haddad@hotelorts.com Web : www.hector.be Jardins de lEurope
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Rue St Lambert, 202/98 1200 Woluw-Saint-Lambert Tel. : 02/762.61.82

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Le Caf du Vaudeville Resto - Bar
Rue du March aux poulets, 32 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/218.86.96 La Fleur en Papier Dor
Galerie de la Reine 11-13 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/511.23.45 info@cafeduvaudeville.be Web : www.cafeduvaudeville.be Le Paon Royal
Rue des Alexiens 55 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/511.16.59 Web : www.fleurenpapierdore.be LObjectif Restaurant
Rue du Vieux March aux Grains 6 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/513.08.68 info@paonroyal.com Web : www.paonroyal.com Le Quai - The Lobster Shop
11-19, Boulevard Charlemagne 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/231.09.09 Web : www.hoteles-silken.com/ hotel-berlaymont-brussels/en/ restaurante-lobjectif/ La Maison du Chtelain
Quai aux Briques 14 1000 Bruxelles Tel. : 02/512.37.36 Le Sauvoir
Rue du Chtelain 17 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/646.00.55 info@le-chatelain.net Web : www.le-chatelain.be/maison.asp La Rose du Dsert
1, rue Devaux 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/516 90 90 marc.de.ruijter@marriothotels.com Web : www.lesauvoir.be Le Varits
Rue Haute 189 1000 Brussels Tel : 02/614.61.87 Laloona
Place Sainte-Croix 4 (Flagey) 1050 Ixelles Tel. : 02/ 647 04 36 georges@levarietes.be Site : www.levarietes.be Lido
Laloona caf-bar Chausse de Waterloo, 296 1060 Saint-Gilles Web : www.laloona.be
Avenue Heydenberg (square Meudon), 2 1200 Woluw-Saint-Lambert Tel. : 02/770.29.49
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Multi-culti
Rue Sainte Catherine 8 1000 Brussels Tel.: 02/502 88 36 littleasia@skynet.be Magic Rubens (Le)
Avenue dAuderghem, 50 1040 Etterbeek Tel. : 02/742.28.10 multi-culti@skynet.be Nouveau Taste
Rue de la Montagne, 4 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/503 38 65 info@magic-rubens.be Web : www.magic-rubens.com McDonalds
Rue Gineste 3 1210 Brussels Tel. : 02/203.62.00 Web : www.nouveautaste.be Per Caso
Place de Brouckere 1000 Brussels Porte de Namur 1050 Ixelles Midtown Grill
quai au Bois Brler 3 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/229 03 08 resto@percaso.be Web : www.percaso.be Plante Rouge
Rue Paul Devaux 4 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/516.91.00 mhrs.brudt.dfb@marriothotels.com Web : www.midtowngrill.be Mille et une nuits
rue du Menuisier 98 1200Woluw-Saint-Lambert Tel. : 02/770 08 17 Web : www.planeterouge.be Quartier Lopold
Rue de Moscou, 7 1060 Saint-Gilles Tel. : 02/537.41.27 info@milleetunenuits.be Web : www.milleetunenuits.be Milord
Place du Luxembourg, 9 1050 Ixelles Tel. : 02/280.25.52 info@quartier-leopold.be Web : www.quartier-leopold.be Quartier Libre
rue Saint-Lambert 202 1200 Woluw-Saint-Lambert Tel : 02/772.42.03 Mokaf
Rue Lesbroussart 16 1050 Ixelles Tel. : 02/644 94 00 Restaurant Vincent
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Galerie du Roi 9 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/511.78.70
Rue des Dominicains 8-10 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/511.26.07 info@restaurantvincent.com Web : www.restaurantvincent.com
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Vieille Ville (la)
Place Gnral Meiser 10 1030 Brussels Tel. : 02/734.58.06 Web : www.salvarinoristorante.be Smoods
Petite rue des Bouchers 6-8 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/ 511 61 60 Vieux Bruxelles
Rue Royale 250 1210 Saint-Josse-ten-Noode Tel. : 02/220.66.66 Web : www.smoods.net Taverne du Passage
Rue St Boniface, 35 1050 Brussels Tel. : 02/503 31 11 info@auvieuxbruxelles.com Web : www.auvieuxbruxelles.com Vimar
Galerie de la Reine 30 1000 Brussels Place Jourdan, 70 1040 Brussels Tel. 02/512.37.31 tavernedupassage@skynet.be Tel. : 02/231.09.49 Web : www.tavernedupassage.com Wall Street Caf Taverne Esperance
Rue du Finistre 1-3 1000 Brussels Tel/Fax : 02/219.10.28 Web : www.hotel-esperance.be Thai City
Rue de la Loi 17 1040 Brussels Tel. : 02/280.47.58 Zebra
Rue Grtry 43 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02 217 77 30 Thanh Binh
Place Saint-Gry 35 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/503 41 12
Rue Jules Van Praet, 7 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/513.81.18 The News Bar
11-19, Boulevard Charlemagne 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/231.09.09
Brusselicious - Lancer de toques VISITBRUSSELS / Eric Danhier
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Shops and stores are legion in the city centre as well as in the neighbourhood of the Porte Louise and Porte de Namur. The Rue Neuve is a pedestrianized street also highly appreciated for shopping. In this chapter, you will find all shopping galleries accessible to persons in a wheelchair. They all offer a varied selection of shops and stores in all styles: clothes, books, discs, decoration, jewels, etc. It is also often possible to eat something there. Finally, several galleries are fitted with accessible toilets. Welcome on oure our website www.brusselsforall.be for more details. Basilix shopping Center Galeries Monnaie
420, avenue Charles Quint 1082 Bruxelles Tl.: 02/468 03 00 Site : www.basilix.be Galeries Agora
Boulevard Anspach 1000 Bruxelles Galeries Passage 44
Bd du Jardin Botanique 44 1000 Bruxelles Rue des Collines et coin rue March-aux-Herbes 1000 Bruxelles Galeries Anspach Rue des Bouchers et rue March-aux-Herbes 1000 Bruxelles Boulevard Anspach, 30 - 36 1000 Bruxelles Galeries City 2 IKEA Anderlecht Galeries Saint Hubert
Rue Neuve 1000 Bruxelles Galeries de la Toison dOr
1432 Chausse de Mons 1070 Bxl Tl. : 070 22 22 13 www.ikea.be Westland Shopping Center
17-20 av. de la Toison dOr ou 29-31 Chausse dIxelles 1050 Bruxelles Galeries Louise - Espace Louise
433, Boulevard Sylvain Dupuis 1070 Bruxelles Woluw Shopping Center
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Finding adapted public toilets in Brussels is a real challenge. It is probably the biggest obstacle for the traveller in a wheelchair during his/her stay in the capital city. We hereby mention for the centre and the upper part of town the adapted toilets which you can access without major difficulties. Please refer to the chapters in question to know the movie theatres, museums, hotels, restaurants, swimming-pools... where adapted toilets are available. City centre - Galeries du Passage 44, boulevard du Jardin Botanique 44 (Mo-Sa:10 a.m.-6 p.m.) - Galeries City 2, rue Neuve ; at (-1) en (+1) - Galeries Anspach Center, boulevard Anspach 30-36 (ask for the key at the infodesk) - Galeries Monnaie, Place de la Monnaie (ask for tke key at the reception of the post office) - Galeries Agora, rue March aux Herbes - Pizza Hut, place de la Bourse - Mac Donald, place de la Bourse (Monday: 11a.m.-11p.m.) - station de mtro Brouckre - Gare Centrale - Gare du Nord Upper part of town - Parking Porte de Hal, Bd de Waterloo 103 ; at level (-1) (Mo-Fr: 7 a.m. till 8 p.m. ) - Parking Poelaert, place Poelaert ; at levels (-1) (Mo-Sat: 7a.m.-12 p.m.) - Gare du Midi Station
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The accessibilituy of bank agencies is very variable. As for the opening hours, they vary from one agency to another. In general, banks open at about 9 a.m. and close at about 4h30 p.m. Some agencies also open on Saturday mornings. Automatic cash dispensers are present everywhere in the centre. They are placed either outside the bank agencies or inside a lock. Cash dispensers installed in a lock are only accessible for customers of the bank in question. Cash dispensers are often placed in height (buttons at 140cm from the floor, Screen even higher) and not easily accessible to a person in a wheelchair. No specific system is available for the partially sighted or blind persons. The foreign exchange offices are mainly to be found at the airport, in railway stations and in the ciuty centre, nearby the Grand-Place. Finally, your credit card is accepted in the most shops and stores, restaurants, hotels and railway stations. In case of loss of theft of your card, you can contact (24h/24) the following numbers: : - American Express : 02/676.21.21 - Eurocard et Visa : 070/344.344
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In planning your stay in Brussels, you may want to contact associations that can provide information on their activities. Here are some ideas. The list is not exhaustive, we took the associations that have collaborated with us. Association Belge du Diabte 1, Place Homre Goossens 1180 Brussels Tel. : 02/374.31.95 Fax : 02/374.81.74 Association Belge des Paralyss - ABP asbl Service social ch. de Gand 1434 1082 Brussels Tel. 02/421 69 64 mgodefroid@abpasbl.be info@abpasbl.be Web : www.abpasbl.be Association Francophone dAide aux Handicaps Mentaux LEISURE SERVICE FOR MENTALLY DISABLED PEOPLE 24, avenue Albert Giraud 1030 Brussels Tel. : 02 /247 6010 secretariat@afraham.be Web : www.afraham.be This logo, created by Inclusion Europe, means that the accompanying text is written in simple language to the attention of people who have difficulty understanding ALTEO asbl 111-115, Boulevard Anspach 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/501 5816 Site : www.alteoasbl.be Association des Insuffisants Rnaux Route de Lennik 808 1070 Brussels Tel. : 02/555.39.32 Centre Francophone de la Langue des Signes 7 Avenue Baron dHuart - 1150 Brussels Tel/ fax : 02/478 1448 Web : www.cfls.be Fdration Francophone pour la Promotion des personnes Handicapes asbl 111, rue du Midi 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/546 1442
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INTEGRATED TOURISM THROUGH TRAVELS OR LEISURE
2, rue du Temps de Cerises 1150 Brussels Tel/fax : 002/772 19 52 info@decalage.be Web : www.decalage.be Fdration Francophone des Sourds de Belgique Rue Van Eyck 11A boite 4 1050 Brussels Tel. : 02/644.69.01 Web : www.ffsb.be La Ligue Braille Rue dAngleterre 57 - 59 1060 Brussels Tel. : 02/533.32.11 Web : www.braille.be La Maison des Sourds Rue de Saxe Cobourg 38 1210 Brussels Tel./Fax/Minitel : 02/218.32.22 Oeuvre Nationale des Aveugles Avenue Dailly 90-92 1030 Brussels Tel. : 02/241.65.68 Web : www.ona.be Fax : 02/215.88.21 Ligue Nationale Belge de la Sclrose en plaques Rue Auguste Lambiotte, 144 Bte 8 1030 Brussels Tel./fax : 02/732 39 59 ms.sep@ms-sep.be Ideji asbl Rue au Bois, 11 1150 Brussels Tel : 02/772.70.20 Web : www.ideji.be www.vieassociative.be
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Roman Catholic worship
Basilique du Sacr-Cur de Koekelberg Parvis de la Basilique 1 1083 Brussels Tel. : 02/425.88.22 Several parking spaces within the parking forecourt of the Basilica. Entrance single storey. Inside, several different levels accessible by removable wooden ramps (not always in place!). Cathdrale des Saints-Michel-et-Gudule Parvis Sainte Gudule Tel. :02/217.83.45 The square has several steps but it is possible to enter the building via the side entrance. The door is locked, you must prevent your visit. Eglise Notre-Dame du Bon Secours Rue du March-au-Charbon 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/514.31.13 Eglise Notre-Dame de la Chapelle Place de la Chapelle 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/512.07.37 1 marche lentre. Eglise Notre-Dame-au-Finistre Rue Neuve 1000 Bruxelles Tel. : 02/217.52.52 Eglise Sainte-Marie-Madeleine Rue de la Madeleine 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/511.28.45 Eglise Saint-Nicolas Rue Tabora 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/513.80.22
Synagogue Rue de la Rgence 32 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/512.43.34 There are steps at the entrance but a removable ramp is available. Eglise Protestante de Bruxelles Coudenberg 5 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/513.23.25 A step at the entrance and then single storey.
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The emergency call number for the Belgian police is 101 and are free. The European number is 112. Calls to this number are free. We have listed hereunder some of the police stations accessible for persons in a wheelchair: - Police station - Central Division, Rue March au Charbon (nearby the Grand-Place) - access through the reception: at floor-level thanks to a ramp. - Police station - lxelles, place Fernand Cocq (next to the Maison communale) - access at the reception: two steps ; entrance door 2x79cm. - Police station - Brussels, Boulevard Clovis access through the reception. One step. - Police station- Etterbeek, Chausse SaintPierre - access at the reception: one small step, you must ring the bell to enter and the bell is located too high for a person in a wheelchair.
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Grande Mosque de Brussels Avenue de la Renaissance Parc du Cinquantenaire 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/735.21.73
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The post offices a generally open from Monday to Friday between 9a.m. and 5 p.m. Some post offices are also open Saturday morning. To get general information about La Poste, you can reach their info-phone at 02/226.23.10/11. A few post office are accessible to the persons with reduced mobility. We hereunder mention a few post offices which are accessible with assistance : - Boulevard Anspach, 1, 1000 Brussels : on the floor-level. - Rue Neuve, galeries City II, 1000 Brussels : post office at floor-level at level (-1). - Rue des Bogards, 19, on the corner of the Rue du Midi: one step of 3 cm at the entrance. - Porte de Namur, chausse dIxelles, 27, 1050 Brussels : entrance on street side with one small slant step. Possibility to park at the back. - Avenue Louise, on the corner of the Rue du Magistrat: one step of 3 cm at the entrance. - Chausse Saint-Pierre, on the corner of the Avenue dAuderghem: one step of 3cm at the entrance. - Avenue de Cortenbergh, nearby the roundabout Schuman: 1 small step at the entrance. - Gare du Nord: Post office at floor-level. - Monnaie Centre, Post office reception at floorlevel, but then you have to take the elevator to the 1st floor where the post office is located. Customer Service : 02/201.23.45 Web : www.laposte.be
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If you have any health problem during your stay, the following telephone numbers will help you or guide you to the appropriate services. The calls to the help lines 100, 105 and 107 are free of charge. The phone number 100 is also linked to a fax machine. Pharmacies are generally open from 9 a.m. till 6 p.m., from Monday to Friday. Saturday, pharmacies are only open in the morning. There is a service rotation between pharmacies to ensure a 24h/24h service (Sunday included). The address of pharmacies on duty is generally displayed at the entrance of pharmacies. MEDICAL EMERGENCY All kinds of emergencies: 100 Severe burns: 02/268.62.00 Anti-poison centre: 070/245.245 Red Cross: 105 Dentists on duty: 02/426.10.26 or 02/428.58.88 Doctors on duty: 02/479.18.18 or 02/648.80.00 Psycho-social emergency Tele-Accueil: 107 Suicide prevention centre: 0800/32.123 Anonymous Alcoholics: 02/513.23.36 SOS Solitude: 02/548.98.08 Ecoute Jeunes: 078/15.44.22
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Presentation of the Association AMT Concept

AMT Concept (Access and Mobility for All) celebrates this year its 10th anniversary and aims to put at the disposal of the municipalities and administration in the Brussels-Capital and Wallonia technical consultation and expertise to strengthen and boost the search for reasonable solutions in the field of accessibility of public and private places for disabled people. To achieve its development objectives, the association published in 2003, the first tourist guide for travellers with reduced mobility : Brussels for all In 2005, when publishing the second edition of the guide, an online version complementary to the printed publication was born. The trilingual website quickly gained an unexpected international success. Tourist offices or disabled tourists from all continents make contact and regularly consult the website. ACTIONS OF AMT CONCEPT Inform and challenge the various actors of the political and economic world, municipalities, architects, builders, to meet concrete needs of people with disabilities in the physical environment, public transport and roads ... - implementation of accessibility training - research and consulting - editions of technical and educational books for professionals and builders - documentation and tips for professionals and people with disabilities - active participation in the Etats Gnraux de la scurit routire - information exchange and synergies between Belgian and foreign associations particularly in the context of European projects - member of CAWab (Collective Accessibility Wallonia-Brussels) since its inception and involved in several advisory boards and committees ...
rue A.Renoir 5/4 1140 Evere Tel. +32(0)2 705.03.48 Gsm +32(0) 477.31.86.07 magmaybe@hotmail.com info@brusselsforall.be
AMT Concept : ACCES AND MOBILITY for all Miguel GEREZ
2002~2012
Training by AMT Concept
COCOF awareness course, organized by AMT Concept
Achievements of AMT Concept Training of agents for the Region and the municipalities. Studies and analysis of roads, public and private buildings: Creation and implementation of the concept of pedestrian loops in several municipalities in Brussels since 2004, Handicap & Sustainable Accessibility 2009, Sports guide, Signposting tourist attractions in Brussels ... Operations : Mobility Week, conferences, educational COCOF course, .... Libercity : awareness day for students between the age of 18 and 25.
Examples of publications
Handicap & Sustainable Accessibility (2009)
Studies 2009 - 2011
Guided tours for all : a pilot project in collaboration with Voir & Dire Bruxelles for the creation of circuits accessible to PRM. Brussels For All : tourist guide for PRM in the Brussels-Capital Region.
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Sportsguide 2008 - 2009
Signposting tourist attractions in Brussels (2011)
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The notion persons with reduced mobility in other words, the person who is, for different reasons, temporary or permanently confronted with a limitation of his mobility, is the most interesting element for us because it takes into account different parameters that are connected to different types of possible present deficiencies (visual, hearing, the limbs) or other limitations (baby carriage, pregnancy, age...). This vision of mobility and transportations applies to a larger population and this enlarges the debate. The disability of a few gets the more dynamic notion of disability due to a situation. Through certain actions on the actual structures it is possible to limit the effects of segregation and discrimination towards those people. Persons with reduced mobility represent 30 to 35 % of the population.
A few dates
2002~2012
2002 : Creation of AMT Concept (Access and Mobility for All) by a group of friends with many years of experience on the field of accessibility. 2003 : Editing the first tourist guide for the travellers with reduced mobility : Brussels for All. 2005 : Trilingual website for the tourist with reduced mobility: www.brusselsforall.be. And second edition of the paper guide. 2008 : Synergy with Le Petit Fut Brussels and the portal site www.petitfute.be. Meeting with the organization Voir & Dire Bruxelles to start Guided Tours for All. Creation of the accessibility trail for COCOF. 2010 : Continuation of the collaboration with Le Petit Fut and the third edition of the printed version of the guide Brussels for All. 2011 : All technical aspects of the website are entirely redesigned to make the navigation easier for the visitors. AMT also promotes the Guided Tours with Voir & Dire. Creation of the Project Libercity targeting schools and students between 18 and 25. The inclusion of an Internet portal of the WBT and VisitBrussels that return to our site is both a recognition of the action of AMT and the beginning of a unique partnership to promote tourism for all. 2012 : Continuation of the collaboration between AMT and WBT, VisitBrussels, promoting Guided Tours with Voir & Dire, organization of the second day of awareness Libercity and publication of the fourth printed version of Brussels for All (trilingual). By wanting to meet the challenge of making Brussels-Capital Region accessible AMT Concept has developed a true expertise in assessing the accessibility of infrastructure and public spaces in Brussels. Nowadays, accessible tourism for travellers with reduced mobility can not leave indifferent.
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guided tours for all

ACCESSIBLE TOURIST ITINERARIES IN BRUSSELS The visits are a part of a test project that aims the creation of circuits in which different categories of PRM are integrated into the more classical groups. (The offer will subsequently be completed by visits for the visually or intellectually impaired). The itineraries enable persons with reduced mobility (PRM) to get access to the guided visits for all . The current offer in visits concentrates on the hearing impaired and/or the physically impaired. THE Partners Voir & Dire Bruxellesis a round table that gathers different cultural and thematic tourism associations : ARAU, Arkadia.be, Le Bus Bavard, Itinraires and Pro Vlo. Every association has his own identity which enhances the round table. Together, the five associations offer numerous qualitative guided thematic visits on reserved dates to the individuals from March to December and upon request, to groups during the entire year. AMT has developed the project of guided tours for all in Brussels collaboration with Voir et Dire Bruxelles and with the support of the Minister-President of the Brussels Frenchspeaking Government (Cocof), in charge of Tourism. Promotion : www.voiretdirebruxelles.be, the website of Voir & Dire Bruxelles. www.belgique-tourisme.be, the official website of the Wallonia-Brussels Tourism (WBT asbl). www.visitbrussels.be, the site of promotion agency of tourism in the Region of Brussels. www.brusselsforall.be, the site of AMT Concept for tourism in Brussels.
Met dank
Wij wensen alle personen die hebben bijgedragen tot de verwezenliijking van deze toeristische gids te bedanken en in het bijzonder :
De Minister-President van de Regering van de Cocof bevoegd voor Toerisme, de Brusselse Minister bevoegd voor de Hulp aan Personen met een handicap, de Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie en VisitBrussels. Het team van de Regering van de Cocof bevoegd voor Toerisme : - Olivier ARENDT, Raadgever Toerisme - Isabelle VANLATHEM, Cordinatrice van de Cel - Mlusine BARONIAN, Persattach - Christel HENDRICX, Kanselarij FGC Het team van de Brusselse Minister bevoegd voor de Hulp aan Personen met een handicap : - Vronique GAILLY, Adjunct-Kabinetschef - Aurlie HERREMANS, Secretaresse - Nicolas ROELENS, Persattach Het team van de Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie : - Dirk BROEKAERT Algemeen directeur - Peggy VOESTERZOONS, Adjunct van de directeur Bij Visit Brussels : - Partick BONTINCK, Gedelegeerd bestuurder - Pierre Massart, Spokesperson - Martha Meeze, Spokesperson - Huguette MAISON-DARDENNE - Katleen DAVISTERS Bij de FGC : - Anne LEEBRECHT, Directrice administratie toerisme - Jacques VAN CAM, Hoofd administratieve gegradueerde - Ph. DEBACKER, Directeur administratie - Alain THIRION, Administratie - Jacques MASCART, Administratie Sportdienst
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Tourist guide book f o r t h e t r av e l l e r s with reduced mobility

Minister-President of the Government of the French Community Commission, in charge of Tourism

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Brussels Minister responsible for Disability Persons Policy

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Patrick Bontinck CEO VISITBRUSSELS

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Exhib. - conference rooms page 78 Parks page 79

Sport / Swimming Pools page 81

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Facilities for the blind and visually impaired

Accessible for a person with a mental disability

Accessible with assistance

Parking with assistance

With help for the blind and visually impaired

With help for a person with a mental disability

Mobility impaired pedestrians

Facilities for the deaf and hearing impaired

Sound amplifying equipment

Toilet with assistance

Mobility impaired pedestrians with assistance

With help for the deaf and hearing impaired

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Bus - metro - tram

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Place Sainte-Croix 1050 Brussels Tel. : 02/627.16.40 soc.flagey@skynet.be Web : www.flagey.be

Boulevard du Centenaire 1020 Brussels Tel. : 02/537.69.54 Web : www.kinepolis.com

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UGC De Brouckre (12 theaters)

Place Sainte-Croix 1050 Brussels Tel. : 02/641.10.20 Web : www.flagey.be

Chausse de Wavre 18 1050 Brussels Tel. : 02/502.37.00 Web : www.cinema-vendome.be

Parc du Cinquantenaire 11 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/736.41.65 info@autoworld.be Web : www.autoworld.be

Rue du Chapelain 8 1070 Brussels Tel 02/527.13.83 info@erasmushouse.museum Web : www.erasmushouse.museum

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Royal belgian Library

Maison dErasme, le jardin mdicinal et philosophique

Grand-Place 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/279.43.65 Web : www.brucity.be

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Muse Communal des Beaux-Arts dIxelles

Rue A. Depage 30 1050 Brussels Tel. : 02/650.22.36 mspronck@ulb.ac.be Childrens museum

Rue du Bourgmestre 15 1050 Brussels Tel. : 02/640.01.07 info@childrenmuseum.be Web : www.museedesenfants.be

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Muse International de la Marionnette

royal museum of fine arts of belgium

Muse Royal de lArme et de lHistoire Militaire

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Centre culturel Jacques Franck

Galerie de la Reine, 26 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/514.74.98 contact@galeries.be Web : www.galeries.be

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Exhibition and conference rooms

Place Saint-Gry, 1 1000 Brussels Tel. : 02/502.44.24 info@hallesaintgery.be Web : www.hallessaintgery.be

Square de lAtomium B-1020 Brussels Tel. : 02/475 47 75 info@atomium.be Web : www.atomium.be

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Avenue Diane 1050 Brussels Bruparck

Laarbeeklaan 145 1090 Brussels Tel. : 02/478.08.88 Les Etangs Mellaerts

Chemin du Gymnase 1 1050 Brussels Tel. : 02/649.70.02

Bruparck 1020 Brussels Tel. : 02/478.05.50 info@minieurope.com Web : www.minieurope.com

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