Le Belgica

Le Belgica is a gay bar on Rue du Marché au Charbon, a short street a few blocks from the Grand-Place where most of Brussels' gay bars cluster. It’s a small, plain room that gets crowded. The crowd is young and mixed—mostly gay men, plus lesbians and friends—and DJs play late. Open from 18:00, Tuesday to Sunday, it closes at 02:00 early in the week and at 04:00 on Fridays and Saturdays. Mondays are dark. Drinks are in the cheapest tier. On weekend nights, the crowd spills onto the pavement after midnight.