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                           Theatre             Cinema
       latin-flavoured Mappa Mundo,
       popular Le Roi des Belges    The most important Belgian   The massive Kinepolis Bruxelles
       and elegant Gecko. The most   theatre is the Théâtre National,   at Laeken boasts 25 screens for
       renown ed club in Brussels, The   which stages high-quality   the latest blockbusters, always
       Fuse, has earned its repu tation   produc tions of mainly French   in their original languages.
       for having top-name techno and   classics. Young Belgian   Mainstream cinema can also
       dance DJs. Once a month, it   playwrights are showcased at   be enjoyed at the two other
       holds La Demence, a gay night   the private Théâtre Le Public,   central UGC cine plexes. A
       that draws inter rnational   while French 20th-century and   more intriguing ambience
       crowds. Le You is another   burl esque pieces are staged in   and eclectic line-up of films
       electro-psychedelic dance club   the beautifully res tored Théâtre   can be found at the Arenberg-
       with a gay night on Sundays.   Royal du Parc. The main Dutch-  Galeries. The Nova offers truly
       Les Jeux d’Hiver in the Bois de   language company is the   indepen dent films, while the
       la Cambre woods attracts an   Koninklijke Vlaamse   Actors Studio show cases
       affluent crowd. Cuban disco   Schouwburg (KVS) or the Royal   foreign and art cinema. Movy
       Havana is open till 7am on   Flemish Theatre, which uses   Club screens mainstream films
       weekends. Noctis provides   several venues clustered in   in opulent Art Deco movie-
       nightlife listings online.  central Brussels.  palace surroundings.
                               DIRECTORY
        Listings and   Sounds        Recyclart      Theatre
        Tickets       Rue de la Tulipe 28.   Rue des Ursulines 25.
                      ∑ soundsjazzclub.be  City Map 1 C4.   Koninklijke Vlaamse
        Agenda                       ∑ recyclart.be  Schouwburg
        ∑ agenda.be   Rock, Reggae,   VK Club       Arduinkaai 9. Tel (02)
        The Bulletin  Folk and World  Schoolstraat 76.    2101112. ∑ kvs.be
        ∑ xpats.com                  Tel (02) 4142907.   Théâtre National
                      Ancienne Belgique  ∑ vkconcerts.be  Boulevard Emile Jacqmain
        Classical Music  Boulevard Anspach 110.     111–115. City Map 2 D1.
                      City Map 1 C3.   Nightlife    ∑ theatrenational.be
        Palais des Beaux-Arts   Tel (02) 5482484.   Théâtre Le Public
        Rue Ravenstein 23.    ∑ abconcerts.be  The Fuse  Rue Braemt 64–70.
        City Map 2 E3.               Rue Blaes 208.    City Map 3 1A.
        Tel (02) 5078200.   Beursschouwburg  City Map 1 C5. Tel (02)   ∑ theatrelepublic.be
        ∑ bozar.be    Auguste Ortsstraat 20–28.   5119789. ∑ fuse.be
        Théâtre Royal de la   City Map 1 C2. Tel (02)   Gecko  Théâtre Royal du Parc
                                                    R de la Loi 3. City Map 2
        Monnaie       5500350. ∑ beurss   Place St-Géry 16.    F3. Tel (02) 5053040.
        Place de la Monnaie.    chouwburg.be  City Map 1 C2.   ∑ theatreduparc.be
        City Map 2 D2.   Café Central  ∑ geckococktailbar.be
        ∑ lamonnaie.be  Rue de Borgval 14.    Havana  Cinema
        Dance         City Map 1 C2.    Rue de l’Epée 4.    Actors Studio
                      Tel (02) 5137308.   City Map 1 C5.   Petite Rue des Bouchers
        Rosas Company  ∑ lecafecentral.com  ∑ havana-brussels.com  16. City Map 2 D2.
        ∑ rosas.be                                  Tel (02) 5121696.
                      Cirque Royale  Les Jeux d’Hiver
        Wim Vandekeybus  Rue de l’Enseignement 81.   Chemin du Croquet 1.  ∑ actorsstudio.
                                                    cinenews.be
        ∑ ultimavez.com  City Map 2 F2.    Tel (02) 6497002.
                      Tel (02) 2182015.   ∑ jeuxdhiver.be  Arenberg-Galeries
        Jazz                                        Galerie de la Reine 26.
                      ∑ cirque-royal.org  Mappa Mundo  City Map 2 D2.
        L’Archiduc    Forêt-National  Rue du Pont de la Carpe   ∑ arenberg.be
        Rue Antoine Dansaert 6.   Avenue Victor Rousseau   2. City Map 1 C2.
        CIty Map 1 C2.   208. Tel (09) 0069500.   Tel (02) 5143555.  Kinepolis Bruxelles
                                                    Bruparck, Boulevard du
        ∑ archiduc.net               Noctis
                      ∑ forestnational.be           Centenaire 20.
        Brussels Jazz   Halles de Schaerbeek  ∑ noctis.com  ∑ kinepolis.be
        Marathon                     Le Roi des Belges  Movy Club
        ∑ brusselsjazz   Rue Royale Ste-Mairie 22b.   Rue Jules Van Praet 35.   Rue des Moines 21.
        marathon.be   Tel (02) 2182107.   City Map 1 C2.    Tel (02) 5376954.
                      ∑ halles.be
        The Music Village            Tel (02) 5034300.  Nova
        Rue des Pierres 50.    Kultuur Kaffee  Le You  Rue d’Arenberg 3.
        City Map 1 C3.    Blvrd de la Plaine 2.   Rue Duquesnoy 18.    City Map 2 D2.
        Tel (02) 5131345.    Tel (02) 6292325.   City Map 2 D3. Tel (02)   Tel (02) 5112477.
        ∑ themusicvillage.com  ∑ kultuurkaffee.be  6391400. ∑ leyou.be  ∑ nova-cinema.org

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