Fondation Jacques Brel — Attraction in Brussels

Très décevant 😞 Really disappointing. I visited the previous version of the exhibition years ago and enjoyed it. You walked through a series of rooms with footage, memorabilia and pictures. Now you are given an audio guide of dubious functionality and sit on a chair close to a little screen and trawl through archive footage or watch some concert clips. Why go to Brussels and pay to watch a screen? You can watch the concert footage on YouTube and though the archive content is interesting the presentation is tedious and inefficient. Brel was a wonderfully passionate poet and this does not begin to do him justice. Nice for a...

I spent a Saturday afternoon completing the audio guide tour of the city. (Plugged my own noise-cancelling headphones into the audio guide device.)

A fantastic way to explore much of central Brussels, taking in a lot of the city’s landmarks, and it’s very easy to pause the guide to take a break.

I completed the full length tour of 2.5 hours over a 3.5 hour period, stopping at A La Mort Subite and some record shops a long the way.

The member of staff at the reception desk was very helpful and spoke...

This is a fascinating place dedicated to a fascinating man Jacques Brel. I have been interested in his music unbeknownst to myself for most of my life. That is I have enjoyed translations of many of his songs without being aware that they were his songs. More recently I made those connections, and so started to listen to some of the original recordings. The centre contains vast amount of musical and documentary material; more than you could hope to view in many visits. So you have to make choices. Highly...