Gay Bars in Brussels
Important note: Due to the COVID-19 epidemic, many places are closed or opening hours may have changed.
Please check the websites and Facebook pages of the respective venues for the latest information.
Update 19 October 2020:
By order of the Belgian government, all bars, cafes and restaurants have to close at least one month.
Gay-friendly bar, Monday morning with small Flash after-party.
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45 Rue des Pierres (Steenstraat)
Brussels 1000
Brussels 1000
Metro: Bourse (Beurs)
+32 475 68 46 59 (mobile)
Small gay-friendly cabaret bar with burlesque (and ›boylesque‹) shows.
Mixed clientele.
Mixed clientele.
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53 Rue du Marché au Charbon (Kolenmarkt)
Brussels 1000
Brussels 1000
Metro: Bourse (Beurs)
+32 474 58 57 61 (mobile)
With small street terrace. Irish and Belgian beers.
Wolves & otters welcome.
Wolves & otters welcome.
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94 Rue Marché au Charbon (Kolenmarkt)
Brussels 1000
Brussels 1000
Metro: Anneessens, Bourse
Music bar and drag shows. Not at all old-fashioned or tacky, but with a fresh and brisk atmosphere.
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7 Rue des Grands Carmes (Lievevrouwbroersstraat)
Brussels 1000
Brussels 1000
Metro: Bourse (Beurs)
Small bar, cosy atmosphere, rather mature clientele.
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40 Rue du Marché au Charbon (Kolenmarkt)
Brussels 1000
Brussels 1000
Metro: Bourse (Beurs)
New big cocktail bar with Indian decor, drag shows and karaoke.
Mixed clientele.
Mixed clientele.
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52 Rue des Pierres (Steenstraat)
Brussels 1000
Brussels 1000
Metro: Bourse (Beurs)
Small gay cafe-bar, right around the corner of the bar Le Detour.
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5 Rue Marché au Charbon (Kolenmarkt)
Brussels 1000
Brussels 1000
Metro: Bourse (Beurs)
Rustic gay bar in the center of Brussels. Bear-friendly.
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44 Rue du Marché au Charbon (Kolenmarkt)
Brussels 1000
Brussels 1000
Metro: Bourse (Beurs)
+32 492 03 16 08 (mobile)
Probably the busiest gay bar in Brussels. At the weekend with live DJs.
›A classic, and definitely a pre-club must, le Belgica has always managed to keep up with the trends and the right music.‹ (Time Out, 2001)
›Started in the mid-eighties as a kitsch alternative to the upmarked style beloved of that period, its down-and-out décor has made it an institution.‹ (The Bulletin, 1994)
›A classic, and definitely a pre-club must, le Belgica has always managed to keep up with the trends and the right music.‹ (Time Out, 2001)
›Started in the mid-eighties as a kitsch alternative to the upmarked style beloved of that period, its down-and-out décor has made it an institution.‹ (The Bulletin, 1994)
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32 Rue du Marché au Charbon (Kolenmarkt)
Brussels 1000
Brussels 1000
Metro: Bourse (Beurs)
Small gay bar with a mixed and rather young clientele.
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57 Rue des Pierres (Steenstraat)
Brussels 1000
Brussels 1000
Metro: Bourse (Beurs)
+32 477 92 35 96 (mobile)
Friendly, cosy bar in Brussels' gay street.
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27 Rue du Marché au Charbon (Kolenmarkt)
Brussels 1000
Brussels 1000
Metro: Bourse (Beurs)
Rustic bar close to the Grand Place (Grote Markt) and the oldest gay bar in Brussels. Mainly forty-something, fun-loving clientele.
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2A Rue Petite au Beurre (Korte Boterstraat)
Brussels 1000
Brussels 1000
Metro: Bourse (Beurs)