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Grand Place
The
Brewery Museum
has one room of old brewing para-
phernalia and one room of new, plus a beer video in English. It's
pretty lame...but a good excuse for a beer (€5 includes an unnamed
local beer, daily 10:00-17:00, except Dec-March Sat-Sun opens at
12:00; Grand Place 10, tel. 02-511-4987).
he
Museum of Cocoa and Chocolate,
to the right of Town
Hall, is a delightful concept. But it's overpriced at €5 for a meager
set of displays, a second-rate video, a look at a “chocolate master” at
work, and a choco-sample (daily 10:00-16:30, until 17:00 July-Aug,
Rue de la Tête d'Or 9, www.mucc.be).
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Chocolate Shops on Grand Place
—For many, the best thing
about Grand Place is the chocolate sold at the four venerable
chocolate shops: Godiva, Neuhaus, Galler, and Leonidas (shops
generally open Mon-Sat 9:00-22:00, Sun 10:00-22:00). Each
has inviting displays and sells mixes of 100 grams (your choice of
6-8 pieces) or individual pieces for about €1.60. It takes a lot of
