Lost my Rick Steves book of Belgium

That’s a shame you’ve lost your guidebook. You’re being resourceful, and I don’t have a copy at the moment, but does the front desk of your hotel have any suggestions? I wonder if they might even have a copy of Rick’s book to borrow? Or other Brussels advice, besides the Grand Place and the Atomium?

Maybe you could contact the Waterstones English Bookshop, they may have a copy in stock https://www.waterstones.com/bookshops/brussels

Another useful bookshop, specialised in travel, is Anticyclone des Açores, https://kaartenenreisgidsen.be/en/home.
It is very close to The Dominican Hotel.

If these shops do not have the Rick Steves book, surely they will have another guidebook in English.

You could walk to the Tourist Office on the Grand Place for documentation on local attractions.

Useful website https://www.visit.brussels/en/like-a-local

You could also buy the kindle version if you have a smart device, phone or tablet.

I haven't been to Brussels in years.

Brussels sights.

Do a search on this website for Brussels restaurants or whatever. You can filter for forum posts, last 6 months.

Enjoy Belgium!

You obviously have internet connectivity, so search on things to do in Brussels. You can also check TripAdvisor. Only you know what you like to see and eat. I didn’t have a RS book, or Internet, when I was in Brussels for the first time in 1980, or again in 2004, and I did just fine.

Brussell at a Glance from RS Belgium: Grand Palace, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Manneken-Pis, BELvue Museum, European Parliament, Memorial 1815, City Museum, Fashion and Lace Museum, St Michael's Cathedral; Musical Instruments Museum, Autoworld, Royal Museum of the Armed Forces, Africa Museum, Belgian Comic Strip Center.

Choco-Story, The Chocolate Museum near the Grand Palace

Also on the RS Audio Europe App under Belgium/The Netherlands there is a 12 minute audio of Weekend in Brussels

Waterstone's is bound to have a travel guide, perhaps not Rick Steves as I don't think he is as well known outside the US and Waterstone's is a UK chain. But ask there anyway, they will find something to do the job.

Lavandula

There's a good amount of info to point you in the right direction here on the RS website:

https://www.ricksteves.com/europe/belgium/brussels

In addition to RS guidebook I always use:

Eater- for restaurant ideas
Time Out for food and things to do
Trip Advisor
NYT 36 hours series

Agreed that searching this forum will give lots of tips.

Your local library may have an e book version you can borrow via an e reader or tablet .

This might be a good opportunity to exchange ideas with other travelers at your hotel and use the visitor’s center.

I love having the physical book so i empathize with your dilemma. In fact I usually have a dream before any international trip that i forgot to buy the guidebook and am desperately looking at the airport pre departure.

RS also has on line a lot of other content on the RS website under the "watch, read, listen" tab on the left side.