Bssels, A Gay-Friendly Village

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• AN LGBTQ GUI TO BSSELS, BELGIUM BSSELS IS AN OPEN, PROGRSIVE CY AND ISN’T SHORT OF GAY-IENDLY BARS, FéS AND EVENTS | © ERIC DANHIER / COURTY OF VIS.BSSELS NANA VAN DE POEL 03 FEBARY 2021 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT AS THE SEND UNTRY THE WORLD (AFTER THE NETHERLANDS) TO LEGALISE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, AND A TE ADVOTE OF THE LGBTQ MUNY EUROPE, BELGIUM HAD TO HAVE A PAL THAT REFLECTED S PROGRSIVE VALU. WHILE BSSELS’S GAY DISTRICT IS SMALL, OCCUPI A SPOT RIGHT THE HEART OF THE HEART-SHAPED CY, WHERE THERE’S ALWAYS A GAY-IENDLY HANG-OUT OR OPEN-MD PARTY. VIEW ALL TRIPS BELGIUM WAS THE SEND UNTRY THE EU TO LEGALISE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE | © ERIC DANHIER / COURTY OF VIS.BSSELS WHERE TO KICK BACK WH A DRK LE FONTAAS BAR, CONTENTAL SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT THIS RNER Fé ON RUE DU MARCHé CHARBON, THE RE OF THE BSSELS GAY DISTRICT, IS SOMETHG SPECIAL. ITS LARGE TERRACE ON A SMATTERG OF R-EE ROADS BED WH A NEARBY BABBLG FOUNTA BRGS TOGETHER A BOHEMIAN, MIXED CLIENTELE SEARCH OF AN URBAN OASIS. LE FONTAAS HAS PTURED THE HEARTS OF MANY A BXELLOIS – BE THEY GAY, STRAIGHT, BISEXUAL OR UNWILLG TO WEAR A LABEL – WH S SLIGHTLY SHABBY ’70S R, RELAXED SELF-SERVICE AND TASTEFUL ELECTRONIC DJ SETS. IT’S AN PECIALLY LOVELY SPOT FOR A SUNDAY FFEE, A DAYTIME DATE OR A CHAT WH IENDS. LE DILLENS BAR, CAFE, EUROPEAN, VEGETARIAN, VEGAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT MUCH LIKE LE FONTAAS, LE DILLENS IS A PLACE WHERE THGS ARE GOOD MORNG, NOON AND NIGHT. THOUGH ’S NOT A GAY BAR OR A PART OF THE GAY DISTRICT, THE LOUR THAT THIS Fé-BISTRO HAS BROUGHT TO AN UNASSUMG SAT-GILL SQUARE AND S FAMED WEEKEND BNCH HAVE MA A FAVOURE AMONG THE LOL LBIAN MUNY. THE STRETCHED-OUT OPENG HOURS MAKE SOMEWHERE TO ENJOY FFEE AND A NEWSPAPER, AS WELL AS DNER AND A PRE-PARTY BEFORE VENTURG OUT TO THE NIGHT. DURG THE DAY, THE PLACE FEELS LIKE A SPAC SEND LIVG ROOM, RELAXED AND SY, WH TERNATNAL PAPERS SEVERAL LANGUAG STREWN ABOUT TO ACMODATE AN IMMIGRANT’S OR TRAVELLER’S CURRENT AFFAIR NEEDS. RABOWHOE BAR, CONTENTAL SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT BEHD A GREAT AL OF BSSELS’S LGBTQ-ORIENTED ACTIVI IS THE TEAM OF RABOWHOE. IN ADDN TO THE LBORAMA* FILM FTIVAL, ART EXHIBNS, BAT AND READGS, THE MUNY CENTRE REGULARLY HOSTS MIXERS AND PARTI S BAR. THE STAFF KNOW GAY BSSELS LIKE THE BACK OF THEIR HANDS, MEANG THERE’S NO BETTER PLACE TO FD OUT ABOUT THE GOGS-ON OR GLEAN PRO TIPS FOR GALAVANTG AROUND THE HEART OF EUROPE. CARIBBEAN COLOMBIA DISVER COLOMBIA’S CARIBBEAN AST, OM CARTAGENA TO PALOMO VIA JUNGL, RIVERS AND ISLANDS. VIEW TRIP LE BELGI BAR, GAY BAR, PUB GB, BELGIAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT A GAY STUTN THAT’S BEEN AROUND SCE THE ’80S, LE BELGI RRI A NOSTALGIC TOUCH. THE R DON’T SEEM TO HAVE CHANGED A UPLE OF S, BUT S OUTDATED LOOK ONLY ADDS TO THE CHARM OF THE SMALL AND JOVIAL THURSDAY-TO-SUNDAY BAR WHERE GAY MEN AND UALLY A UPLE OF STRAIGHT GUTS START THEIR NIGHT DANCG TO ELECTRONIC DJ SETS. IT’S A WARM PARTY NT THAT’S A MT-VIS DURG THE PRI PARA – WHICH, CINTALLY, IS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNY TO TRY OUT S EPONYMO SIGNATURE JUNIPER-AND-LEMON SHOT. ADD BEER, AND YOU’VE GOT YOURSELF A SO-MAR (SUBMARE), A PECULIAR BUT BELOVED NCTN. THE BELGIAN PAL IS A CY THAT REFLECTS THE UNTRY’S VALU | © ERIC DANHIER / COURTY OF VIS.BSSELS WHERE A PARTY N ALWAYS BE FOUND CHEZ MAMAN BAR, CONTENTAL SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT IF THERE’S A PLACE BSSELS WHERE A DIVA N ENJOY HERSELF, ’S AT CHEZ MAMAN. GLTERG SHOWS PERFORMED ON THE BAR UNTER BY MAMAN AND HER GLAMORO POSSE ARE THE ORR OF THE DAY AT THIS INIC DRAG Fé AND BARET WHERE YOU KNOCK TO ENTER. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. WEEKLY AND MONTHLY PARTI LA DEMENCE AT FE NIGHTCLUB, COCKTAILS SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT WILY KNOWN AS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR GAY DANCE PARTI EUROPE, LA DEMENCE IS A MONTHLY, PULL-OUT-ALL-THE-STOPS NIGHT AT TECHNO TEMPLE FE – ONE THAT LGBTQ PARTYGOERS CROSS BORRS TO ATTEND. THREE FLOORS ARE E: ONE AS A DARK ROOM AND THE OTHER TWO AS THE DANCE FLOORS WHERE LIKE-MD GAY GUYS GIVE THE BT OF THEMSELV TO DIS AND DANCE MIC UNTIL SEVEN THE MORNG. FLASH TEA DANCE AT YOU NIGHT CLUB NIGHTCLUB, COCKTAILS SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT YOU NIGHT CLUB IS WHERE BSSELS’S LATE TEENS AND EARLY TWENTY-SOMETHGS HEAD FOR A LATE PARTY, AND SUNDAY NIGHTS ARE TRADNALLY RERVED FOR THE GAY MUNY TO LIVE UP. WHILE FASHNABLE YOUNG GUYS FLOCK TO THE NIGHTS, THERE’S UALLY A PACK OF FEMALE IENDS ENJOYG THEIR EVENG JT AS MUCH. CATCLUB NIGHTCLUB, COCKTAILS SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT © LARA GASPAROTTO / COURTY OF CATCLUB BILLED AS “A PARTY FOR TS OF ALL BREEDS”, CATCLUB NIGHTS HAPPEN SPORADILLY AND TEND TO LOTN-HOP AMONG UNEXPECTED VENU, SUCH AS THE OLD SO BY CENTRAL STATN. CATCHY ELECTRONICS AND A BOISTERO CROWD ARE GUARANTEED, THOUGH, AND FOR ONCE, THE GAY-IENDLY OLICKG ISN’T ONLY FOR TOMTS. WHEN ANISER LADY JANE SAYS EVERYONE’S WELE, SHE MEANS , AND IF YOU’RE LUCKY, YOU MIGHT TCH HER SPNG RERDS AT LE FONTAAS ON ONE FRIDAY EVENG OR ANOTHER. CHECK CATCLUB’S FACEBOOK PAGE FOR UPG EVENTS AND LOTNS. WHERE TO LET YOUR RABOW FLAG FLY BSSELS IS KNOWN TO LURE UP TO 100,000 REVELLERS TO THE HEART OF EUROPE TO CELEBRATE PRI ONE GIANT EXPLOSN OF DIVERSY AND LOVG EXTRAVAGANCE. FLASHY FLOATS, EXTRAVAGANT OUTFS AND GAY-IENDLY PARTI ABOUND DURG THE PRI PARA, THE CULMATN OF TWO WEEKS OF SPRGTIME CULTURAL EVENTS WHEN THE LGBTQ MUNY GETS S TIME THE SUN AS WELL AS SH A SPOTLIGHT ON A THEME NEAR TO S HEART EVERY YEAR MAY. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP ECUADOR BALI ICELAND THAILAND JAPAN MEXI SPA INDIA TURKEY MOROC CROATIA EGYPT GREECE SOUTH AI THE BSSELS PRI PARA IS A CULMATN OF TWO WEEKS OF CELEBRATN AND ATTRACTS OVER 100,000 REVELLERS | © ERIC DANHIER / COURTY OF VIS.BSSELS VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?
• BSSELS GAY DISTRICT
• BSSELS GAY SPORTS (BGS)
• THE 10 BEST BSSELS GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BSSELS
• BSSELS, A GAY-FRIENDLY VILLAGE
• TOP 11 GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS IN BSSELS
• BSSELS GAY RTRANTS
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS BSSELS
• GAY DISTRICT BSSELS
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS BSSELS
• BSSELS GAY MAP
• A GAY WEEKEND IN BSSELS
• THE 10 BEST BSSELS GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS BSSELS
• AND THE GAYT CY EUROPE IS... (DISVER OUR TOP 10 WNERS)

AN LGBTQ GUI TO BSSELS, BELGIUM BSSELS IS AN OPEN, PROGRSIVE CY AND ISN’T SHORT OF GAY-IENDLY BARS, FéS AND EVENTS | © ERIC DANHIER / COURTY OF VIS.BSSELS NANA VAN DE POEL 03 FEBARY 2021 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT AS THE SEND UNTRY THE WORLD (AFTER THE NETHERLANDS) TO LEGALISE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, AND A TE ADVOTE OF THE LGBTQ MUNY EUROPE, BELGIUM HAD TO HAVE A PAL THAT REFLECTED S PROGRSIVE VALU. WHILE BSSELS’S GAY DISTRICT IS SMALL, OCCUPI A SPOT RIGHT THE HEART OF THE HEART-SHAPED CY, WHERE THERE’S ALWAYS A GAY-IENDLY HANG-OUT OR OPEN-MD PARTY. VIEW ALL TRIPS BELGIUM WAS THE SEND UNTRY THE EU TO LEGALISE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE | © ERIC DANHIER / COURTY OF VIS.BSSELS WHERE TO KICK BACK WH A DRK LE FONTAAS BAR, CONTENTAL SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT THIS RNER Fé ON RUE DU MARCHé CHARBON, THE RE OF THE BSSELS GAY DISTRICT, IS SOMETHG SPECIAL. ITS LARGE TERRACE ON A SMATTERG OF R-EE ROADS BED WH A NEARBY BABBLG FOUNTA BRGS TOGETHER A BOHEMIAN, MIXED CLIENTELE SEARCH OF AN URBAN OASIS. LE FONTAAS HAS PTURED THE HEARTS OF MANY A BXELLOIS – BE THEY GAY, STRAIGHT, BISEXUAL OR UNWILLG TO WEAR A LABEL – WH S SLIGHTLY SHABBY ’70S R, RELAXED SELF-SERVICE AND TASTEFUL ELECTRONIC DJ SETS. IT’S AN PECIALLY LOVELY SPOT FOR A SUNDAY FFEE, A DAYTIME DATE OR A CHAT WH IENDS. LE DILLENS BAR, CAFE, EUROPEAN, VEGETARIAN, VEGAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT MUCH LIKE LE FONTAAS, LE DILLENS IS A PLACE WHERE THGS ARE GOOD MORNG, NOON AND NIGHT. THOUGH ’S NOT A GAY BAR OR A PART OF THE GAY DISTRICT, THE LOUR THAT THIS Fé-BISTRO HAS BROUGHT TO AN UNASSUMG SAT-GILL SQUARE AND S FAMED WEEKEND BNCH HAVE MA A FAVOURE AMONG THE LOL LBIAN MUNY. THE STRETCHED-OUT OPENG HOURS MAKE SOMEWHERE TO ENJOY FFEE AND A NEWSPAPER, AS WELL AS DNER AND A PRE-PARTY BEFORE VENTURG OUT TO THE NIGHT. DURG THE DAY, THE PLACE FEELS LIKE A SPAC SEND LIVG ROOM, RELAXED AND SY, WH TERNATNAL PAPERS SEVERAL LANGUAG STREWN ABOUT TO ACMODATE AN IMMIGRANT’S OR TRAVELLER’S CURRENT AFFAIR NEEDS. RABOWHOE BAR, CONTENTAL SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT BEHD A GREAT AL OF BSSELS’S LGBTQ-ORIENTED ACTIVI IS THE TEAM OF RABOWHOE. IN ADDN TO THE LBORAMA* FILM FTIVAL, ART EXHIBNS, BAT AND READGS, THE MUNY CENTRE REGULARLY HOSTS MIXERS AND PARTI S BAR. THE STAFF KNOW GAY BSSELS LIKE THE BACK OF THEIR HANDS, MEANG THERE’S NO BETTER PLACE TO FD OUT ABOUT THE GOGS-ON OR GLEAN PRO TIPS FOR GALAVANTG AROUND THE HEART OF EUROPE. CARIBBEAN COLOMBIA DISVER COLOMBIA’S CARIBBEAN AST, OM CARTAGENA TO PALOMO VIA JUNGL, RIVERS AND ISLANDS. VIEW TRIP LE BELGI BAR, GAY BAR, PUB GB, BELGIAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT A GAY STUTN THAT’S BEEN AROUND SCE THE ’80S, LE BELGI RRI A NOSTALGIC TOUCH. THE R DON’T SEEM TO HAVE CHANGED A UPLE OF S, BUT S OUTDATED LOOK ONLY ADDS TO THE CHARM OF THE SMALL AND JOVIAL THURSDAY-TO-SUNDAY BAR WHERE GAY MEN AND UALLY A UPLE OF STRAIGHT GUTS START THEIR NIGHT DANCG TO ELECTRONIC DJ SETS. IT’S A WARM PARTY NT THAT’S A MT-VIS DURG THE PRI PARA – WHICH, CINTALLY, IS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNY TO TRY OUT S EPONYMO SIGNATURE JUNIPER-AND-LEMON SHOT. ADD BEER, AND YOU’VE GOT YOURSELF A SO-MAR (SUBMARE), A PECULIAR BUT BELOVED NCTN. THE BELGIAN PAL IS A CY THAT REFLECTS THE UNTRY’S VALU | © ERIC DANHIER / COURTY OF VIS.BSSELS WHERE A PARTY N ALWAYS BE FOUND CHEZ MAMAN BAR, CONTENTAL SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT IF THERE’S A PLACE BSSELS WHERE A DIVA N ENJOY HERSELF, ’S AT CHEZ MAMAN. GLTERG SHOWS PERFORMED ON THE BAR UNTER BY MAMAN AND HER GLAMORO POSSE ARE THE ORR OF THE DAY AT THIS INIC DRAG Fé AND BARET WHERE YOU KNOCK TO ENTER. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. WEEKLY AND MONTHLY PARTI LA DEMENCE AT FE NIGHTCLUB, COCKTAILS SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT WILY KNOWN AS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR GAY DANCE PARTI EUROPE, LA DEMENCE IS A MONTHLY, PULL-OUT-ALL-THE-STOPS NIGHT AT TECHNO TEMPLE FE – ONE THAT LGBTQ PARTYGOERS CROSS BORRS TO ATTEND. THREE FLOORS ARE E: ONE AS A DARK ROOM AND THE OTHER TWO AS THE DANCE FLOORS WHERE LIKE-MD GAY GUYS GIVE THE BT OF THEMSELV TO DIS AND DANCE MIC UNTIL SEVEN THE MORNG. FLASH TEA DANCE AT YOU NIGHT CLUB NIGHTCLUB, COCKTAILS SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT YOU NIGHT CLUB IS WHERE BSSELS’S LATE TEENS AND EARLY TWENTY-SOMETHGS HEAD FOR A LATE PARTY, AND SUNDAY NIGHTS ARE TRADNALLY RERVED FOR THE GAY MUNY TO LIVE UP. WHILE FASHNABLE YOUNG GUYS FLOCK TO THE NIGHTS, THERE’S UALLY A PACK OF FEMALE IENDS ENJOYG THEIR EVENG JT AS MUCH. CATCLUB NIGHTCLUB, COCKTAILS SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT © LARA GASPAROTTO / COURTY OF CATCLUB BILLED AS “A PARTY FOR TS OF ALL BREEDS”, CATCLUB NIGHTS HAPPEN SPORADILLY AND TEND TO LOTN-HOP AMONG UNEXPECTED VENU, SUCH AS THE OLD SO BY CENTRAL STATN. CATCHY ELECTRONICS AND A BOISTERO CROWD ARE GUARANTEED, THOUGH, AND FOR ONCE, THE GAY-IENDLY OLICKG ISN’T ONLY FOR TOMTS. WHEN ANISER LADY JANE SAYS EVERYONE’S WELE, SHE MEANS , AND IF YOU’RE LUCKY, YOU MIGHT TCH HER SPNG RERDS AT LE FONTAAS ON ONE FRIDAY EVENG OR ANOTHER. CHECK CATCLUB’S FACEBOOK PAGE FOR UPG EVENTS AND LOTNS. WHERE TO LET YOUR RABOW FLAG FLY BSSELS IS KNOWN TO LURE UP TO 100,000 REVELLERS TO THE HEART OF EUROPE TO CELEBRATE PRI ONE GIANT EXPLOSN OF DIVERSY AND LOVG EXTRAVAGANCE. FLASHY FLOATS, EXTRAVAGANT OUTFS AND GAY-IENDLY PARTI ABOUND DURG THE PRI PARA, THE CULMATN OF TWO WEEKS OF SPRGTIME CULTURAL EVENTS WHEN THE LGBTQ MUNY GETS S TIME THE SUN AS WELL AS SH A SPOTLIGHT ON A THEME NEAR TO S HEART EVERY YEAR MAY. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP ECUADOR BALI ICELAND THAILAND JAPAN MEXI SPA INDIA TURKEY MOROC CROATIA EGYPT GREECE SOUTH AI THE BSSELS PRI PARA IS A CULMATN OF TWO WEEKS OF CELEBRATN AND ATTRACTS OVER 100,000 REVELLERS | © ERIC DANHIER / COURTY OF VIS.BSSELS VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?

While Bssels’s gay district is small, occupi a spot right the heart of the heart-shaped cy, where there’s always a gay-iendly hang-out or open-md party. Where to kick back wh a drk Le Fontaas Bar, Contental This rner fé on Rue du Marché Charbon, the re of the Bssels gay district, is somethg special.

BSSELS GAY DISTRICT

Le Fontaas has ptured the hearts of many a Bxellois – be they gay, straight, bisexual or unwillg to wear a label – wh s slightly shabby ’70s r, relaxed self-service and tasteful electronic DJ sets.

BSSELS GAY SPORTS (BGS)

Though ’s not a gay bar or a part of the gay district, the lour that this fé-bistro has brought to an unassumg Sat-Gill square and s famed weekend bnch have ma a favoure among the lol lbian muny.

THE 10 BEST BSSELS GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BSSELS

The staff know gay Bssels like the back of their hands, meang there’s no better place to fd out about the gogs-on or glean pro tips for galavantg around the heart of Europe. View Trip Le Belgi Bar, Gay Bar, Pub Gb, Belgian A gay stutn that’s been around sce the ’80s, Le Belgi rri a nostalgic touch.

BSSELS, A GAY-FRIENDLY VILLAGE

The r don’t seem to have changed a uple of s, but s outdated look only adds to the charm of the small and jovial Thursday-to-Sunday bar where gay men and ually a uple of straight guts start their night dancg to electronic DJ sets. Weekly and monthly parti La Demence at Fe Nightclub, Cocktails Wily known as one of the most popular gay dance parti Europe, La Demence is a monthly, pull-out-all-the-stops night at techno temple Fe – one that LGBTQ partygoers cross borrs to attend.

Three floors are e: one as a dark room and the other two as the dance floors where like-md gay guys give the bt of themselv to dis and dance mic until seven the morng. Flash Tea Dance at You Night Club Nightclub, Cocktails You Night Club is where Bssels’s late teens and early twenty-somethgs head for a late party, and Sunday nights are tradnally rerved for the gay muny to live up.

Catchy electronics and a boistero crowd are guaranteed, though, and for once, the gay-iendly olickg isn’t only for tomts. Flashy floats, extravagant outfs and gay-iendly parti abound durg the Pri para, the culmatn of two weeks of sprgtime cultural events when the LGBTQ muny gets s time the sun as well as sh a spotlight on a theme near to s heart every year May. Loted the center of Bssels, and jt a few steps away om the Grand Place, Rue Marche Charbon has bee the animated gay area of Bssels.

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This street really is the heart of gay life Bssels, and is actually where the largt ncentratn of LGBT plac n be found the pal.

Unr the rabow flags, clus a large number of gay plac, rtrants and gay bars bssels such as Le Boudoir du Garçon, Plattteen, Belgi, Tels Quels, Dolor, Homo Erect Classic. If you are lookg for one of the bt plac to go gay clubbg Bssels, we suggt stoppg by La Demence, which is loted to the south of the cy, close to Bssels Midi tra statn. It is not for nothg that today the cy displays 3rd the Internatnal Lbians & Gay Associatn of Europe rankg.

BSSELS GAY RTRANTS

No matter the ndns, they fend the rights of homosexual or transsexual people and fight agast homophobia. 2nd the Internatnal Lbians & Gay Associatn-Europe rankgs, Belgium has, for a long time, been mted to the rights and cln of LGBTQIA+ people. LGBTQIA+: the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex, asexual, aromantic muni, their alli and all other muni (+).

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS BSSELS

The heart of the pal's gay muny is to be found the area around the Grand Place, Rue du Marché Charbon and Plattteen! The three streets are ed lled rabow and they acmodate most of the gay venu a settg nsistg of time-worn pavg ston and remarkable buildgs.

After a stroll around the Grand Place, what uld be better than a be to eat, and there's no shortage of gay-iendly rtrants to hand. At BsselsLife, the name of this rtrant unqutnably mak thk of the Chez Maman drag baret, required pot of passage for any self-rpectg Bssels gay.

The Belgian Lbian and Gay Pri paras each year on the centre's boulevards May, wh the full support of the cy thori. The latter have also stalled a sculpture honour of the homosexual muny the middle of the gay district: "Ma Mythologie Gay" by Jean-François Octave.

GAY DISTRICT BSSELS

And the thoands of European gays meetg each month to enjoy the eic rhythms of the famo La Démence eveng will agree wh .

It was the Rabow Quarter that first gay venu Bssels started to open the 1970s, and the area is still home to the cy’s premier LGBTIQ venu. As most ci, gay men are better tered for than lbians, and the majory of LGBTIQ-iendly bars promently display the rabow flag outsi.

GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS BSSELS

Origally a backpacker hangout, Via-Via now offers a warm smopolan vibe and a superb choice of beers beneath exposed woon beams, while pete rner bar Fontaas (which ters maly to gay men but is very lbian-iendly too) mix the bt mojos the pal. Catclub is a popular gay party that n attract big-name hoe DJs; otherwise the vtage tun of Gay Haze is a chilled Sunday choice near the Palais of Jtice.

BSSELS GAY MAP

As well as hog a range of LGBTIQ anisatns, Bssels’ pre-ement gay space Rabow Hoe also hosts regular events terg towards different scen, whether they're showg film screengs or hostg Balkans-themed club nights. Inpennt journal Girls Like Us, whose founr Jsi Gysel is a long-time stalwart of the Bssels LGBTIQ scene, is a gay femist publitn wh an artistic bent.

Other, more regular events clu the gay film ftival Pk Screens, held every November at venu across the cy, and Genr d'à Côté, a monthly film club wh an LGBTIQ foc.

Wh snazzy, ntemporary digs, morn hostels, and herage hotels, you have no arth of choic for gay iendly hotels Bssels. Wh Belgium beg only the send untry worldwi to legalize gay marriage, there’s no doubt that LGBTQ travelers not jt accepted but warmly weled across the cy. So, here are the top 11 gay iendly hotels Bssels for your next trip to the cy famo as the ‘Crossroads of Europe!

A GAY WEEKEND IN BSSELS

The gay iendly hotel’s lotn is equally amazg, as both Grand Place and Bssels Gay Village are a 20-mute walk. Wh some of Bssels bt bay bars like La Rerve the next block, you know you’re gog to have a rollickg gaytn stayg here!

The Aloft brand is known for s gay iendls, and ’s no surprise that Aloft Bssels Schuman is one of the most gay iendly hotels Bssels. Not every day do you see a railway rriage stickg out of the rooftop of a buildg, but that’s what mak the gay iendly Tra Hostel so different.

If you want to lve to the glterg gay nightlife of Bssels, then there’s no place better to stay than Hotel Be Manos.

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It’s one of the most glamoro gay iendly hotels Bssels, wh psychelic black-and-silver lor schem and strikg black-and-whe photography.

If you don’t feel like a fabulo gay celebry like Janelle Monae or Billy Porter, then you’ll feel like one here.

AND THE GAYT CY EUROPE IS... (DISVER OUR TOP 10 WNERS)

So, the gay iendly hotel is the perfect base for lettg your hair down on a wild night Bssels and crashg to a blissful sleep.