JohnBarr1995 Posted May 21, 2019 Posted May 21, 2019 Anyone done the Belgium trip before or know where about the Scotland fans might gather in the days leading up to game and day of game? Is there a main square with pubs etc? Cheers
Darren98 Posted May 22, 2019 Posted May 22, 2019 Yes, this will be my first time in Brussels with Scotland also. Would be good to know where the Tartan Army are likely to congregate as I would like to know where to head towards on the Monday and Tuesday.
Catchart Circle Posted May 22, 2019 Posted May 22, 2019 You can't miss the Grand Place due to its size and location. The last couple of trips to Brussels have seen thousands congregating there on the afternoon of the match with carrys outs. The police had a heavy presence but were quite tolerant although they cleared us from the square a good couple of hours ahead of the 2012 match. So if the weather is favourable I expect much of the same.
JohnBarr1995 Posted May 22, 2019 Author Posted May 22, 2019 5 hours ago, hamilton wanderer said: Grand Place Cheers!
JohnBarr1995 Posted May 22, 2019 Author Posted May 22, 2019 2 hours ago, Catchart Circle said: You can't miss the Grand Place due to its size and location. The last couple of trips to Brussels have seen thousands congregating there on the afternoon of the match with carrys outs. The police had a heavy presence but were quite tolerant although they cleared us from the square a good couple of hours ahead of the 2012 match. So if the weather is favourable I expect much of the same. Cheers!
UpTheSlope Posted May 26, 2019 Posted May 26, 2019 As has been said the Grand Place will be the main gathering point early in the day. In 2012 the police were happy for fans to drink in the street. Just be aware of the flying balls getting booted up in the air, complete and utter cuntbaggery of the highest order Before the game there was a fanzone just a short walk from the ground
Texas Pete Posted May 26, 2019 Posted May 26, 2019 3 hours ago, UpTheSlope said: As has been said the Grand Place will be the main gathering point early in the day. In 2012 the police were happy for fans to drink in the street. Just be aware of the flying balls getting booted up in the air, complete and utter cuntbaggery of the highest order Before the game there was a fanzone just a short walk from the ground My least favourite thing about away games. Well, that and losing at football.
UpTheSlope Posted May 27, 2019 Posted May 27, 2019 18 hours ago, Texas Pete said: My least favourite thing about away games. Well, that and losing at football. One day there’s going to be someone taking a swig from a bottle and it’s going to wallop them in the gub and that’s the teeth gone God forbid there’s ever someone walking along with a pram or an old boy/wifey and end up getting hit with it As I say, sheer cuntbaggery of the highest order
Tartan_McCole Posted May 27, 2019 Posted May 27, 2019 1 minute ago, UpTheSlope said: One day there’s going to be someone taking a swig from a bottle and it’s going to wallop them in the gub and that’s the teeth gone I'm always more concerned it absolutely banjos a local bairn.
UpTheSlope Posted May 27, 2019 Posted May 27, 2019 3 minutes ago, Tartan_McCole said: I'm always more concerned it absolutely banjos a local bairn. Try reading and quoting full post before trying to make a somewhat moot point
Tartan_McCole Posted May 27, 2019 Posted May 27, 2019 7 minutes ago, UpTheSlope said: Try reading and quoting full post before trying to make a somewhat moot point Did you edit the post to add that in? Seriously, the other 2 lines didn't show up when I quoted you
UpTheSlope Posted May 27, 2019 Posted May 27, 2019 @Tartan_McCole This is what an edited post looks like
Tartan_McCole Posted May 27, 2019 Posted May 27, 2019 6 minutes ago, UpTheSlope said: @Tartan_McCole This is what an edited post looks like I absolutely have no idea what happened then. Anyway, your original point about the locals is bang on.
dandydunn Posted May 29, 2019 Posted May 29, 2019 On 5/26/2019 at 5:34 PM, UpTheSlope said: As has been said the Grand Place will be the main gathering point early in the day. In 2012 the police were happy for fans to drink in the street. Just be aware of the flying balls getting booted up in the air, complete and utter cuntbaggery of the highest order Before the game there was a fanzone just a short walk from the ground Correct and correct. The police were brand new most of the day and funnily enough, wanted to start clearing people when a football bounced off the roof of one of their vans. The fanzone around the ground was pretty well organised too, although we managed to walk into the Belgium one as opposed to the Scotland one. There was just loads of techno music being played there and a real party atmosphere, we couldn’t even spend our money, locals bought us several beers there.
Parsno1 Posted May 30, 2019 Posted May 30, 2019 is there any bars around the train station area? I will have a couple of hours to kill waiting on the rest of my group arriving on a later train. Or best just walk down to the square for a bit?
Grim Jim Posted May 30, 2019 Posted May 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Parsno1 said: is there any bars around the train station area? I will have a couple of hours to kill waiting on the rest of my group arriving on a later train. Or best just walk down to the square for a bit? The Grand Place was rammed with our fans last time and they had no trouble finding a beer there. There are many bars in its surrounding streets. There's even a Brewdog a few meters from the Central station, thought that would be like taking fish to Peterhead.
j b lyons Posted May 31, 2019 Posted May 31, 2019 On 5/30/2019 at 8:24 AM, Parsno1 said: is there any bars around the train station area? I will have a couple of hours to kill waiting on the rest of my group arriving on a later train. Or best just walk down to the square for a bit? Only take 15 minutes to walk up to Grand Place & also plenty trams / Metro to get you there and back
Barney Rubble Posted May 31, 2019 Posted May 31, 2019 4 hours ago, j b lyons said: Only take 15 minutes to walk up to Grand Place & also plenty trams / Metro to get you there and back Gare Central is about 400 metres from Grand Place. If you are arriving at Gare du Midi, then yes that is about 15 minutes on foot. Alternatively take the Metro to Gare Central (changing at Arts Loi).
GLOSTA Posted June 1, 2019 Posted June 1, 2019 Outdoor bars in Grand Place but pricey. Streets to the side offer better choice. Delirium cafe is 3 mins from Grand Place and sells over 2000 beers. Memory says lots of bars and food around Rue de Bouchers. But being old I could be wrong.
Frazerbob Posted June 2, 2019 Posted June 2, 2019 There’s no fan zone this time. Also less than half the traveling support compared to last time and about 10k less than 2001
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