Bssels, A Gay-Friendly Village

Contents:

• BSSELS GAY DISTRICT
• BSSELS, A GAY-FRIENDLY VILLAGE
• BSSELS GAY IENDLY: THE NEW BSSELS GUI
• GAY BSSELS BSSELS CY GUI
• THE 10 BEST BSSELS GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BSSELS
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS BSSELS
• BSSELS GAY SPORTS (BGS)
• BSSELS GAY SNAS
• GAY AREA BSSELS
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS BSSELS

BSSELS GAY DISTRICT

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, A GAY-FRIENDLY VILLAGE

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. 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 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.

BSSELS GAY IENDLY: THE NEW BSSELS GUI

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. The r don’t seem to have changed a uple of s, but s outdated look only adds to the charm of the small and jovial Thursday-to-Sunday bar where gay men and ually a uple of straight guts start their night dancg to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.

GAY BSSELS BSSELS CY GUI

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. 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.

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. 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.

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

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.

GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS BSSELS

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.

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.

BSSELS GAY SPORTS (BGS)

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. In addn to this, Rue Marche Charbon is home to one of the most-known gay snas Bssels, Macho Sna. 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.

BSSELS GAY SNAS

The Bssels gay scene reflects the quali of the cy: discreet, varied, warm and welg. BsselsLife is dg the European pal's gay and lbian face for you.

Many gays and lbians live, stay and work 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.

GAY AREA BSSELS

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. Gay shoppg. After a long day our gay-iendly pal, you will want nothg but relaxatn and heat!

Macho Sna, Belgium's largt gay sna, has quickly found s place among gays as a'' mt''tablishment.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS BSSELS

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. Let's also mentn le ftival Gay et Lbiens, which attract a cema-lovg same-sex public.

And the thoands of European gays meetg each month to enjoy the eic rhythms of the famo La Démence eveng will agree wh . The You aniz every Sunday the most gay iendly parti Bssels. A further attractn for our pal which is, beyond all doubt, gay-iendly.

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