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For those who have visited Brussels already... Let me take you to a place - I call home - where even locals don't go too often! Find out more about the spectacular industrial uprising and the slow a century later downfall of this part of Brussels. Discover the past through walking in the present.

Destination

Brussels, Belgium

Category

Off The Beaten Track

Duration

2.5 hours

Transport mode

Walking tour

Available languages

Deutsch, English, Français, Nederlands

Included

• Private guide

What you can expect

This is the plan

Check out the plan below to see what you'll get up to with your local host. Feel free to personalize this offer with Christophe.

1. Meeting point

   Meet at Le Phare du Kanaal - Brussels to start your journey

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2. Itinerary

   This is what our experience could look like, but it’s not set in stone! Once you book, you can chat directly with your host to make small tweaks to suit your preferences.

3. Le Phare du Kanaal

   Let's start our tour at this symbolic 'beacon of light'

4. Parc de la Senne

   Dive into the original agrarian past

5. Brussels Canal

   The building of this waterway ignited the industrial development

6. Old industrial building

   Discover the beautiful renovated factories

7. Metro Strip

   Just recently completely renewed area

8. Mosque & Church

   Transformation from catholic tot muslim

9. Cultural centres

   The Dutch and French cultural communities

10. Parc Life

    A fresh and green play ground

11. Cheers! Santé! Schol!

    Halfway. Let's have a beer or a soda on a nice terrace.

12. Town Hall

    Dating back to a time when Molenbeek was rich

13. Shopping area

    The commercial street of the city

14. La Fonderie

    A unique open air museum

15. New & old houses

    The diversity of homes through the ages

16. Artists village

    Street art all around you

17. Belle Vue site

    From brewery over artists home to hotel

18. Make it yours

    Want to tweak the itinerary? Book directly & chat afterwards with your host to adjust highlights, skip stops, or make small changes to fit your preferences.

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    Need something special? Personalize your experience for more time, alternative locations or a completely tailored plan.

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Flexible cancellation policy

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Reviews from guests

karen🇺🇸 United States

18 October 2023

The Urban Jungle Tour is a Must Do!! Christophe is a wonderful guide & we learned SOOO much history about Brussels which is so relevant to the city that exists today. He gave us a full sweep of Molenbeek, showing us old buildings and new architecture projects in the area that are STUNNING! He's so knowledgeable & very engaging & entertaining. Give yourself the opportunity to step outside of the usual tourist areas & learn more about the Beautiful city of Brussels! You will not be disappointed!! Wonderful Informative & Entertaining Tour

michael_boldt🇩🇪 Germany

5 March 2023

Christophe gave us great insights to his hometown Molenbeek, explaining the history of this community to us and how it has been transformed to that what it has become today. Although it wasn’t planned as a photo walk, there was enough time to took some pics from this other, less glamorous but not less interesting side of the metropolitan area of Brussels. We enjoyed this walk with Christophe very much (actually in German). Apart from providing a deep knowledge about the city he is very kind, open minded and communicative. We are looking forward to have another date with him while our next stay in this surprisingly exiting city of Brussels. Highly recommended!Molenbeek - great walk with Christophe

john

3 March 2025

Christophe gaf ons een tour door Brussel die we niet snel zullen vergeten. Heel gemakkelijk maakte hij contact met iedereen en zorgde voor interessante insteekjes in de algemene route die we vooraf hadden afgesproken. Zo had iedereen de ervaring die het zo speciaal maakte en waardoor we he tlang nadien nog over onze eigen experience hadden. Zeer veel dank Christophe voor de mooie ervaring en de gezellige ochtend.A new Friend!

Katja🇧🇪 Belgium

28 February 2025

Mijn mama en ik deden onlangs een stadswandeling met Christophe en zijne maat Roel en we waren onder de indruk van de gidsen! Hun aangename en vriendelijke manier van vertellen maakte de wandeling echt bijzonder. Ze deelden talloze interessante verhalen en leuke weetjes over de stad, vaak met grappige kwinkslagen die ons aan het lachen maakten. Bovendien was een groot deel van de wandeling in het Brussels, wat voor een authentieke en unieke ervaring zorgde. Kortom, een absolute aanrader voor iedereen die Brussel op een andere manier wil ontdekken!

Ernst🇦🇹 Austria

12 February 2025

Trotz des kalten und regnerischen Wetters war die Stadtführung mit Christophe ein tolles Erlebnis! Wir haben viel gesehen, entdeckt und über Brüssel erfahren! Es war echt spannend und informativ! Christopher ist ein echt toller Stadtführer!Regen, Wind wir lachen drüber

Sonja

21 January 2025

Christophe war einfach toll! Sehr fachkundig, hilfsbereit und nett. Wir können ihn gerne weiterempfehlen. Auch ist er auf unsere individuellen Wünsche und Fragen eingegangen. Danke für die perfekte Führung. Hervorragend

Patrick🇩🇪 Germany

20 January 2025

Wir hatten das große Vergnügen, eine 3-stündige Tour durch Brüssel mit Christophe zu erleben, und es war einfach fantastisch! Christophe ist ein äußerst sympathischer und freundlicher Guide, der uns mit viel Leidenschaft und Fachwissen die Stadt nähergebracht hat. Er hat uns nicht nur die wichtigsten Sehenswürdigkeiten gezeigt, sondern auch einige versteckte Ecken, die wir alleine sicher nie gefunden hätten. Wir waren begeistert von Christophes umfassendem Wissen – keine unserer Fragen blieb unbeantwortet, und seine Erklärungen waren immer spannend und leicht verständlich. Die Tour hat super viel Spaß gemacht, und wir haben Brüssel von einer neuen Seite kennengelernt. Wer einen Guide sucht, der professionell, herzlich und kenntnisreich ist, sollte unbedingt eine Tour mit Christophe buchen. Absolute Empfehlung!Perfekte Tour durch Brüssel

Sharon🇺🇸 United States

17 January 2025

We had a 6 hour layover in Brussels. It was very easy taking the train from the airport 2 stops to Brussels Central Station where we met Christophe. He took us around the city for 3 hours giving us an overview of the history of the city, the neighborhoods of past and present, the thriving chocolate & food scenes, and entertainment scenes, and street art.Make tje most of a layover

Ricardo🇬🇹 Guatemala

12 January 2025

Christophe was a great tour guide. We really enjoyed out time with him. He is very knowledgeable about the area and took us on a wonderful tour. Great Tour

Mark🇨🇦 Canada

9 January 2025

Christophe was an engaging and knowledgeable guide for all the highlights and a few hidden gems around Brussels city center. A lot of walking on a chilly day, a lot of information, and a great overview for further explorations over several days. Excellent overview of Brussels' highlights

Anja

3 January 2025

Christophe hat es verstanden, uns mit Wissen und Humor durch die Altstadt von Brüssel zu begleiten. Dabei haben wir nicht nur historische Fakten erfahren, sondern erlebten belgische Herzlichkeit und erhielten viele spezielle Tipps für unsere weiteren Tage in Brüssel.Tolle Tour durch Brüssel mit Christophe

Steve🇨🇦 Canada

27 December 2024

Christhope was amazing. So knowledgeable with great wit and insight. We loved the tour- highly recommend Excellent Guide!

Greet🇳🇱 Netherlands

15 December 2024

Een leerzame , gezellige dag. Dank je wel Christophe. Rondleiding Brussel

Christine🇩🇪 Germany

12 December 2024

War eine kurzweilige interessante Führung mit allen Highlights der Altstadt. Danke! Sehr kurzweilige und knackige Führung

Barbara🇧🇪 Belgium

21 November 2024

Belle Bruxelles! We hadden een fantastische tijd in Brussel, met als start de rondleiding met gids Christophe! Zeker een aanrader! Christophe is supervriendelijk en heel stipt! We hebben genoten van de tour, en er veel van opgestoken.. massa aan historische info ontvangen & leuke tips, bedankt Christophe

Nicolas🇧🇪 Belgium

19 November 2024

We hebben een zeer toffe namiddag gehad in de hoofdstad en Christophe heeft ons meegenomen naar enkele pareltjes in de binnenstad. Christophe is een fijne persoonlijkheid en probeert onze interesses in zijn tour in te passen. Zeker voor herhaling vatbaar.Toffe namiddag in Brussel !

Ro🇺🇸 United States

13 November 2024

Two couples first time in Brussels for a quick day trip. Christophe was so knowledgeable, friendly and patient with our group. He is well versed in the history and culture, and we felt very welcome right away. Highly recommend!! Spirited and knowledgeable guide!!

lynn🇺🇸 United States

8 November 2024

We went by train from Amsterdam to Paris and decided to stop in Brussels for a few hours as we had never been before. Christophe meet us at the train station and offered to show us how to store our luggage, but we had figured it out ourselves. We then went on an amazing walking tour with Christophe seeing a good amount of old sites, churches, plazas, shopping areas and more! Christophe was very knowledgeable about the history of Brussels. He then dropped us back at the train station. Highly recommend!Excellent and fun tour with Christophe!

Hannelore

27 October 2024

Die Führung mit Christophe war sehr beeindruckend und sympathisch. Wir haben einen sehr guten Überblick über die die Innenstadt bekommen und auch viele Tipps. Es war sehr informativ und gleichzeitig unterhaltsam. Auch Christophs Deutsch war perfekt. Vielen Dank nochmals an Christoph!eine tolle Stadtführung durch Brüssel

Nancy🇺🇸 United States

21 October 2024

We only had a few hours in Brussels and Christophe was a perfect guide. He met us at the train station and we had a wonderful 3 hours with him. He is knowledgeable and very personable. He showed us all of the sites and also guided us to his favorite Chocolate shop and recommended several places for us to have dinner. Awesome Guide

Danni

20 October 2024

Excellent trip. Tailored to us and our needs and preferences. was like seeing the city with a knowledgeable friend. Very knowledgeable and great information

Gajaen🇬🇧 United Kingdom

19 October 2024

Spent a very nice morning with Christophe, learnt so much about Brussels, Belgium & the EU. Saw all the sights as well as some off the tourist track like the secluded area where the River Seine still runs. Managed to also have time at the end to sample some choice Belgian beers. Great tour with Christophe

Corinne

15 October 2024

Really enjoyed our Art Nouveau walking tour. Brussels had many talented architects in the early 20th century. Christophe made the tour lively, enjoyable, instructive and fun. Highly recommended ! Fabulius Art Nouveau tour

Stefanie

13 October 2024

Christophe was a wonderful guide for our family: friendly and very flexible in planning and reacting to different needs and interests. He had answers to all the different questions of all our group members (age 15-87) and showed us a lot more than just the classical highlights. His tour is a great start into Brussels for newcomers!Gut informiert, freundlich, flexibel!

Elena

23 September 2024

steffen🇩🇪 Germany

20 August 2024

Christophe hat hervorragend auf unser Zeitbudget reagiert und aus zwei Touren eine Kombination kreiert. So waren wir für die Bierverkostungen wieder durstig und der Stadtrundgang war nicht so trocken. Perfekt!Ein perfekter Ganztagesausflug!

Brad🇩🇪 Germany

20 July 2024

Christophe was a great guide and we had a wonderful night exploring Brussels with him. He is very friendly and pays attention to details while you are tasting different beers and talking about them. He was very good about making accommodations for a member of our group that can't eat gluten. 5 stars for Christophe!!Very personable

Mathias🇩🇪 Germany

19 July 2024

Christophe zeigte uns auf der kurzweiligen Tour die heimlichen Highlights der Stadt. Er war sehr freundlich und die Zeit verging wie im Fluge. Vielen Dank dafür.Informativ und individuell

Unknown

16 July 2024

Christophe did an amazing job making my wife and I feel connected to the community. He's spent much of his life in Brussels and was able to seamlessly adjust the itinerary to suit our needs and wants as the night went on, lending his deep historical and cultural knowledge along the way. We wanted to learn more about the music and beer in Brussels, so Christophe took us to multiple places where we could try historic beer and listen to a variety of music. Christophe also shared a wealth of practical knowledge useful to travelers: He pointed out places to avoid, as well as places to visit and things to keep on the lookout for. Overall, I highly recommend an evening with Christophe.Flexibe, Knowledgeable and Fun

SUSAN

20 June 2024

Christophe led a tour of four people. He was very knowledgeable about Brussel’s history and infused the tour with many details. We got to see many things the average tourist never sees. He was very considerate and thoughtful and brought us back to our hotel’s location. We would take a tour with him again! All the best, Susan,Steven, Joanne and FrankInteresting and in-depth tour

Jeff🇺🇸 United States

10 June 2024

We had a great time with Christophe. He easily mixed the cultural in with in local Belgian beers so we had a nice relaxing cultural tour of the old city center. His knowledge of local culture and customs as well as the history was a real. He also was able to show us some aspects that many tourists never see. We highly recommend Christophe as a great guide choice.Fun time in old Brussels

Unknown

1 June 2024

Wir hatten einen ganz tollen Abend! Christoph war super freundlich, lustig und hat uns neben den Infos zur Stadt und den Bieren auch viele Anekdoten erzählt und uns urige Kneipen gezeigt! Es lohnt sich auf jeden Fall! Wir würden sofort jederzeit wieder bei ihm buchen! Vielen Dank für einen tollen Abend! Ein sehr lustiger und informativer Abend

Miriam

15 May 2024

We were very lucky to have Hermine as a guide. All the interesting buildings and storys about Brussels history made this tour perfect. Bravo!!

Beate

28 April 2024

Er bekommt von uns eine 10.Er war ein sympathischer, kompetenter engagierter Guide.Gerne wieder.B.MosnerUnser netter kompetenter Guide Christophe

Melanie🇩🇪 Germany

27 April 2024

Die Führung mit Christophe war unterhaltsam und informativ. Er wusste ganz viel zu erzählen und hatte auch gute Geschichten für nebenher. Ein angenehmer Wegbegleiter. Vielen Dank und liebe Grüße Christophe war super

Ursula🇩🇪 Germany

27 April 2024

Christophe ist ein toller Führer durch Brüssel, sehr flexibel und geht auf Deine Wünsche ein. Er spricht hervorragend deutsch, was er (er lachte dabei) von seinen Gästen gelernt hätte. Sehr zu empfehlen!Christophe ist ein toller Guide!

phil🇺🇸 United States

23 April 2024

Christophe's off the beaten path tour of Brussels was a wonderful way for us to start our visit to town. He met us promptly at our hotel, and we started off on a four-hour tour, beginning at Grand Place and heading out of the tourist areas and walking through interesting villages, viewing beautiful old buildings, church, markets, canals, gardens and more. He provided very interesting information and history of Brussels. We had a beautiful day for our walking tour. We stopped a at pub for some Belgium beer tasting, sitting outside chatting, people watching, and taste testing various beers. Highly recommend Christophe for touring Brussels.Wonderful walking tour with Christophe

Kirsten🇩🇪 Germany

20 April 2024

Christophe hat uns in verschiedene Locations mit Live-Musik geführt und uns in die lokale Atmosphäre Brüssels eintauchen lassen. Danke für den tollen Abend!Einmaliger Abend

Rev. Thomas🇺🇸 United States

17 April 2024

We spent a very enjoyable couple of hours with Christophe as he showed us some corners of Brussels that are not always seen by visitors. He was friendly, responsive to questions, and very knowledgeable.Brussels with Christophe

Tina

17 April 2024

Christophe ist ein netter und sympathischer Guide. Er hat uns auf diesem Rundgang interessante Orte von Brüssel gezeigt und ist auch individuell auf unsere Bedürfnisse eingegangen. Alles Top! Vielen Dank!Schöne & interessante Tour, toller Guide!

Don🇺🇸 United States

3 April 2024

It was a great tour! Christophe was amazing. We had a great time learning from, drinking with, and talking with Christophe. I would highly recommend him for your next tour. I know if we come back we will do another tour with him.Great day in Brussels!!!

Ro

3 April 2024

Sowohl mir als meinen beiden Kindern (11 und 15 Jahre alt) hat die sehr individuelle und kurzweilige Führung mit Christophe gut gefallen. Toll war, dass er flexibel und entspannt auf unsere Bedürfnisse eingegangen ist! Gerne wieder!Kurzweiliger Stadtspaziergang

sabbyreed

30 March 2024

This was our first experience with a “WithLocals tour”. Christophe was great and easy communication ahead with our delayed train. It was nice to maneuver the city in a private tour without a large group. Personal tour

Sonja

29 March 2024

Sehr netter Kontakt mit vielen interessanten Geschichten über Brüssels Geschichte und mit hervorragenden Empfehlungen für lokales Essen und lokal geführte Läden abseits der Menschenmassen. Vielen Dank lieber Christophe. 9

Cynthia 🇧🇪 Belgium

6 March 2024

Met de gids Christophe Brussel ontdekken was fantastisch ! Hij was zeer goed geïnformeerd over de geschiedenis en bezienswaardigheden van de stad en kon ons veel interessante feiten en verhalen vertellen. Ook was Christophe erg vriendelijk en nam de tijd om al onze vragen te beantwoorden. We hebben echt genoten van de tour en zouden het zeker aanbevelen aan diegene die Brussel willen verkennen op een leuke manier. Bedankt voor een geweldige ervaring!!! Cynthia - Manuela - JoannaChristphe,beschermheilige voor reizigers😉

Silke

29 February 2024

Lieber Christophe, Du hast unseren Trip nach Brüssel sehr bereichert. Wir haben tolle Ecken der Stadt gesehen, die wir normal nicht gefunden hätten. Vielen Dank dafür! Liebe Grüße von Mella und SilkeCool und abwechslungsreich

rp67qdzqrz🇳🇱 Netherlands

27 January 2024

Wij hebben een heerlijke wandeling gehad op 30 december 2023, langs de verborgen parels van Brussel. Christophe is heel enthousiast, past zich goed aan het gezelschap. Hij heeft goed ingeschat wat wij interessant vonden. Zeker een aanrader om met hem de rondwandeling te doen!Brussel - Verborgen parels met Christophe

Kristina🇺🇸 United States

15 January 2024

Why be lost when you can have a fantastic, fun and knowledgable guide to take you to the best places for amazing beer AND learn some history?! Christophe is awesome! Lost in Brussels

rbnassau🇺🇸 United States

1 December 2023

Christophe provided us with great insight to the city along with wonderful stops for the best beer, fries, waffles and chocolate. Loved his passion for Brussels along with his desire to share his favorite food stops. A perfect blend of both history and culture. Truly a wonderful day! Our family ranged in ages 18-81 and all enjoyed their time with Christophe. A personally adapted your just for us which was perfect!Great day with Cristophe

k62pmnqwx5🇳🇱 Netherlands

20 November 2023

Zeer interessante rondwandeling met bijzonder aardige en vaardige gids Christophe met wie we op bekende en onbekende plekken kwamen in Brussel. Ondanks dat we het uiteindelijk wat hebben in moeten inkorten vanwege de vele regen bijzonders geslaagd👍Uitstekende tour met enthousiaste gids!