Emergencies & Services
Doctors, Hospitals & Pharmacies
- List of hospitals & clinics in Brussels
- Mgbru : contact details of all general practitioners in Brussels, with locations indicated on area maps.
- Call 02/479 18 18 to know who is your nearest duty doctor or pharmacy outside normal visiting hours (nights and weekends included).
- Medical Emergencies : 100
- Red Cross : 105
- Anti-poison Centre : 070/245 245
- Burns Centre : 02/268 62 00
- Rape Crisis Centre : 02/534 36 36
Police
- List of police stations in central Brussels (postcode : 1000) :
- 30, Rue Marché au Charbon (HQ) => tel. 02/27 977 11 – fax 02/279 77 15
- 1, Rue de la Loi => tel. 02/279 71 10 – fax 02/279 17 09
- 6, Rue du Houblon => tel. 02/279 73 10 - fax 02/279 73 09
- 15, Rue de l’Hectolitre => tel. 02/279 74 10 - fax 02/279 74 09
- 10, Boulevard Clovis => tel. 02/279 85 10 – fax 02/279 85 09
- List of police stations in Brussels-Ixelles (postcode : 1050 - Louise area) :
- 1, Rue du Collège => tel. 02/515 71 11 – fax 02/515 71 99
- 30, Rue Alphonse de Witte => tel. 02/515 72 11 – fax 02/515 72 00
- 136, Rue de Livourne => tel. 02/515 73 11 – fax 02/515 73 00
- 480, Chaussée de Boondael => tel. 02/515 74 11 – fax 02/515 74 00
- List of police stations in Etterbeek and Woluwe (postcode : 1040, 1150, 1200 - Montgomery and EU area) :
- 122, Chaussée St Pierre - 1040 Etterbeek => tel. 02/788 91 00
- 15-17, Rue F. Debelder - 1200 Woluwe-St-Lambert => tel. 02/788 92 00
- 100, RRue F. Gay - 1150 Woluwe-St-Pierre => tel. 02/788 93 00
Post offices
Expat life
Brussels is one of the Europe's most international and multicultural cities, partly thanks to the European Union and NATO. About half of its population is of non-Belgian origin. It is also the world's second diplomatic city, after Washington D.C. With all this, expats in Brussels are well taken care of.
Publications
Two indispensable publications for English speakers are Newcomer (trimestrial) to know all the basics about life in Belgium, and The Bulletin (weekly + website) to keep you up to date on the local news, arts, restaurants or TV programmes.
Travel Community
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