1. If your visit to the Belgian capital takes in a Wednesday, you could save yourself a few Euro as this is when some of its museums are free. This includes the Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Ancient Art (both in Musée Royaux Des Beaux-Arts de Belgique), while Musée des Instruments de Musique is free on the first Wednesday of the month.

2. Brussels is quite a big city with some of its main attractions outside the city centre. To see them without leaving the city centre go to one of the city’s vantage points. The best known of these is at Palais du Justice while the café in Musée des Instruments de Musique boasts breathtaking views also.

3. Just like as in a lot European cities, most of Brussels' cathedrals and churches are free to visit. Many of them are also some of the city's most beautiful buildings. Notable ones include the city's cathedral Cathédrale des Sts Michel and Dudule which is Belgium's national church, Église St Jacques sur Coudenberg which was inspired by a Roman temple, and Église St Catherine on the square of the same name.

4. Brussels' city centre streets are where you will find two of its best attributes - comic art and Art Nouveau buildings. Visit the city's tourist office at Hotel de Ville in the Grand Place and request either the comic art walk or Art Nouveau walk. Then simply lose yourself for the afternoon, admiring the sights along the way at no cost whatsoever.

5. If you're travelling around Brussels in a group and need to use public transport, don't buy seperate tickets. Instead buy a 1-day groupcard for €6.50 which gives up to 5 people unlimited travel for the day.