Centre Travel

At lunchtime and for an early evening aperitif. local Bruxellois and a cosmopolitian cross-section of Eurocrats anf foreign tourists, crowd round the most unlikely hip locale, the pavement bar of a fishmongers. You'll hear English spoken with twenty different accents! La mer du Nord serves oysters and mussels, a delicious steaming soup of escargots de mer (more commonly known as whelks), and pump prawns, squid and the freshest tuna and swordfish steaks grilled a la plancha - accompanied by vast amounts of chilled wine. Address: La mer du Nord 45 rue Sainte-Catherine Tel: 02 513 11 92

At lunchtime and for an early evening aperitif. local Bruxellois and a cosmopolitian cross-section of Eurocrats anf foreign tourists, crowd round the most unlikely hip locale, the pavement bar of a fishmongers. You'll hear English spoken with twenty different accents! La mer du Nord serves oysters and mussels, a delicious steaming soup of escargots de mer (more commonly known as whelks), and pump prawns, squid and the freshest tuna and swordfish steaks grilled a la plancha - accompanied by vast amounts of chilled wine. Address: La mer du Nord 45 rue Sainte-Catherine Tel: 02 513 11 92