Free entry 11
Museums and sights that are free, always or on certain days. From each place’s official page.
Always free
- MuseumMagritte Museum
First Wednesday of the month from 13:00 (not temporary exhibitions)
Source: fine-arts-museum.be - MuseumOld Masters Museum (Royal Museums of Fine Arts)
First Wednesday of the month from 13:00 (not temporary exhibitions)
Source: fine-arts-museum.be - MuseumHorta Museum
First Sunday of the month (online booking required)
Source: hortamuseum.be - MuseumArt & History Museum
First Wednesday of the month from 13:00 (permanent collection only)
Source: artandhistory.museum - MuseumRoyal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History
First Wednesday of the month from 13:00
Source: klm-mra.be - MuseumMuseum of Natural Sciences
First Wednesday of the month after 13:00
Source: naturalsciences.be - MuseumBELvue Museum
Every Wednesday from 14:00 and the first Sunday of the month
Source: belvue.be - MuseumHalle Gate
First Wednesday of the month from 13:00
Source: hallegatemuseum.be - MuseumErasmus House and Beguinage of Anderlecht
First Sunday of the month (Beguinage: free, guided tours 14:00)
Source: erasmushouse.museum
Tax-free shopping
Visitors can get the VAT back here.
Only for people who live outside the EU; nationality does not matter. If you live in Türkiye you qualify. A Turkish citizen living in the EU does not.
- VAT rate
- 21%
- Minimum purchase
- Could not be checked: Belgium’s official site blocked our check.
- Where to get it approved
- Customs where you leave the EU (EU rule).
Step by step
- Ask the shop for a tax-free form when you pay.
- Have customs approve it when you leave the EU, with the goods, within 3 months.
- The shop or refund company pays you after approval.
Official sources: europa.eu
Lost passport
If your passport is lost or stolen, here is what to do.
If you are a citizen of another country
Contact your own country’s embassy or consulate in this city. Your foreign ministry’s website lists its address.
If you are a Turkish citizen
- Book an appointment with the Turkish mission in this city at konsolosluk.gov.tr and go in person.
- If you need to get home, ask for a temporary passport. It is free, valid for one trip to Türkiye or to the country you live in, and usually valid for one month.
- Bring your Turkish ID card (if it is lost too, a photo document such as a driving licence), a biometric photo 50 x 60 mm taken in the last six months, and your ticket home.
- For a lost passport you do not need a police report.
- The temporary passport ends with that trip. Apply for a new passport in Türkiye or at the mission in the country you live in.
Turkish mission here
Consulate General of Türkiye in Brussels
4, Rue Montoyer, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
Call: +32 2 548 93 40
Out of hours: +32 486 48 00 90
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye, konsolosluk.gov.tr (Passport: lost passport, temporary passport).
Show the waiter
Sentences in French to show the waiter or the driver.
L'addition, s'il vous plaît.
Une table pour deux, s'il vous plaît.
Avez-vous des plats végétariens ?
Je suis allergique aux fruits à coque et aux cacahuètes.
Avez-vous des plats sans gluten ?
Une carafe d'eau, s'il vous plaît.
Où sont les toilettes, s'il vous plaît ?
Emmenez-moi à cette adresse, s'il vous plaît.
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