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Gay Travel in Flanders
Restaurants/Clubs
Belgium has been offering full civil marriage rights to gay couples since 2003. We are the second country in the world to eliminate all references to gender in the marriage laws; an estimated 5,000 ceremonies have been held since. In order to contract marriage in Belgium, one of the parties must reside in the country.
The competent Belgian authority performing marriages is called "Ambtenaar van de Burgerlijke Stand/Officier de l' Etat Civil". Only marriages celebrated by this official in due and legal form are valid. A religious ceremony may, however, be performed subsequently at the option of the contracting parties.
In April 2006, the Belgian Parliament voted in favor to grant homosexual couples the right to adopt children.
In June 2006, the country's first gay church was inaugurated in Ghent. Pastor Johan Maertens read the mass at the Rabot Church, which welcomes Catholic, Protestant and evangelical homosexuals and transsexuals.
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Jan 2009 |
Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (Brussels) Gay and Lesbian culture in a festive mood. A festival with unpublished feature films, reissues, documentaries, short films and exhibitions by painters and photographers. Held at the cinema, in the Orangerie room and the Rotonde of Botanique. |
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May 16 2009 |
The BLGP (Belgian Lesbian and Gay Pride) (Brussels) This annual parade takes place throughout the city center with activities for lesbians, gays and bisexuals. |
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Dec 8
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Lesbo (Ghent) This annual lesbian celebration fills Ghent's Citadel Park and spans music, cultural and political debates and sporting contests. |
| Restaurants & Clubs in Brussels |
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The gay community of African and Eastern Origin with great music. |
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Basta Café (rue Marché au Charbon 42) Evening for young gay guys and girls. |
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Le Baroque (rue Marché au Charbon 44) Gay café with mixed age crowd. |
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Le Belgica (rue Marché au Charbon 32) Popular bar, on weekends only. Very international crowd. |
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Boysboudoir (rue Marché au Charbon 32) Latino/New York atmosphere. Mediterranean cuisine |
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Le Can Can (rue des Pierres 55) True institution of the gay life in Belgium. Bar, club & disco with karaoke. |
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Chez Maman (rue des Grands Carmes 7) A cozy, intimate venue for partying transvestites. |
| Le Comptoir (Place Vieille Halle aux Blés 26) Bar & restaurant. |
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Dolores (rue Marché au Charbon 40) Restaurant with terrace. International & Fusion cuisine. |
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Le Duplex (place Vieille Halle aux Blés 26 ) French restaurant & bar with a dinner show. |
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Le Duquesnoy (rue Duquesnoy 12) S & M and hot-leather nights for an older gay crowd. |
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El Papagayo (place Rouppe 6) South American jungle bar. |
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Halloween (rue des Grands Carmes 10) Fantastic brasserie-restaurant. |
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L'Homo Erectus (rue des Pierres 57) Bar that is open late. |
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L'incognito (rue des Pierres 36) Bar with dancing. |
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Kika (boulevard Anspach 117) Pasta al dente and regional cuisine. |
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Le Tartisan ( rue de la Paix 27) Restaurant with a range of home made products made according to grandma’s recipes. |
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TelsQuels (rue Marché au Charbon 81) The Gay and Lesbian Meeting Point. |
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Underground Kafe (rue des Pierres 45) Gay café with transvestite shows. |
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Bubble gum (rue de Louvain 2-4) Kitsch & fun. Every Saturday at the Vogue. |
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Le Cabaret (Galerie Louise) Super-disco with three dance floors, seven bars. |
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Dansez-vous français ? (rue des Poissonniers 7) Off-beat & in French. Every last Friday of the month at the Métro Valdi. |
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La Démence (rue Blaes 208) Super clubbing with three levels, two dance floors with separate sound systems, a chill out room, 4 bars, 3 darkrooms, a video room and a shop. |
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Next Party (rue Blaes 208) Gay & mixed public party. Every first Saturday of the month at the Fuse. |
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Sungays (rue du Berger 17) Tea dance (terrace). Every Sunday afternoon at the Jardins de Bagatelle. |
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Why Not Club (rue des Riches Claires 7) Only club open every night, dance, house-techno, disco. |
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Le You (rue Desquesnoy 18) Gay Friendly Tea Dance. |
| Restaurants & Clubs in Flanders |
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The Blackhole (Antwerp) Antwerp’s Cruising Bar |
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Hessenhuis Café (Antwerp) By day a bar where you can eat, by night dancing until early hours. |
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Het Roze Huis & Café Den Draak (Antwerp) Het Roze Huis' (The Pink House) is Antwerp's gay and lesbian community house. On the ground floor, there is a café, called ‘Den Draak' (The Dragon). |
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Interium Lounge (Antwerp) New and trendy. |
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Nutsville (Antwerp) Super clubbing on 4 levels. |
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Popi (Antwerp) A hyper modern atmosphere bar where parties are being thrown on the weekends. |
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Red & Blue (Antwerp) Most extravagant club (boys only) with a high dose of leather and glitter. |
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Rubbzz (Antwerp) Warehouse bar with DJ every weekend, located in the northern part of Antwerp. |
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Zaal Jacob (Antwerp) Young gays and lesbians prefer Madonna, pop, rock and disco to clubhouse. |
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Adonis (Ghent) New trendy place to be for gays. |
| Kingstreet (Ghent) A monument. This secluded gay discotheque has had the same two landlords for over 29 years. |
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Club Room (Herent) A gay friendly party , every first friday of the month. |
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La diferencia (Kessel) Dancing. |
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Key West (Leuven) Trendy Gay-dance café. |
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Kokorico (Zomergem) Party for gays and their friends every second Friday of the month. |
| Accommodations |
| Brussels |
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Fully restored 1900 typical Belgian residence. Brussels based B & B, catering to the lesbian and gay community and their friends. |
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Bed and breakfast in a maison de maître, located in a quiet neighborhood. |
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Guesthouse located on the ground floor of a house in the heart of the city. |
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In the very heart of the city center, a few steps away from the Brussels Grand'Place and the Manneken Pis, the guest house is located in the trendy Quartier Saint-Jacques, a neighborhood alive day and night during weekends. |
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Located close to the city center, Au Rovignon is a XIXth century townhouse renovated in 1994. |
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Located in walking distance from the magnificent Grand Place. TAG preferred supplier. |
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Located uptown on the fabulous shopping Avenue Louise. TAG preferred supplier. |
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B&B located in a large century-old building in the heart of Brussels. TAG preferred supplier. |
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Located near the Grand Place and the Royal Shopping Galleries. TAG preferred supplier. |
| Antwerp |
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Comfortable place to sleep, in a friendly environment and with a good breakfast, close to the center of town with its day- and nightlife. |
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A designer Bed and Breakfast . |
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Spacious townhouse, dated 1903, situated near the center of Antwerp. |
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A one hundred year old house with a peaceful garden in Antwerp-South. |
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Owned by a gay mixed-couple, this bed and breakfast is located in the center of the city and a popular hang-out in the neighborhood of local artists (Zurenborg). |
| Bruges |
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B & B with a view over the ancient part of Bruges' city center. |
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Luxury guestrooms furnished with exclusive antiques and objects d' art and located within walking distance from the most important sights, restaurants and shops. |
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Furnished with exclusive antiques and objects d'art, Brugsche Suites is located within walking distance from the most important sights, restaurants and shops. |
| Ghent / Namur / Stavelot / Assenede |
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Cuberdon (Ghent) Three rooms available in this house built in the thirties and completely redecorated in 2004. |
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New Hotel de Lives (Namur) On the banks of the river the Meuse, surrounded by a calm and green landscape. TAG preferred supplier. |
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Hotel Dufays (Stavelot) This charming house, which dates back to 1870 has been carefully restored and refurbished to provide high quality accommodation. |
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't Staaksken (Assenede ) Charming holiday cottage. |
| Links |
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Brussels Gay |
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Accommodation, booking & search engine for gays, lesbians and their friends. |
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Lesbo-feminist samba action group from Ghent. |
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Information on gay life in Belgium. Currently only in french and Dutch. |
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Find out where to go in Gay Belgium. |
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Inbound tour operator and complete gay travel guide of Belgium, full of great holidays for both gay men and women. |
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Travel specials in Gay Belgium. Website only in Dutch. |
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Website only in Dutch. |
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Urban lifestyle magazine for the gay minded. |
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A church primarily for homosexual, bisexual and transgender Christians. Services are mainly in Dutch and are held on Thursdays in either Ghent or Dendermonde. |
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A full service travel agency with its own travel programs and those of the biggest tour operators, airlines, hotels and resorts: from inexpensive promotions to the more exclusive travel formulas, city trips, special events, cruises and luxury travel in Belgium. |
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Information on gay clubbing, events and parties in Belgium. |
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Information on trendy gay parties in Belgium. |
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Develop individual gay marketing solutions utilizing gay and lesbian market research, gay niche media, gay online internet activities, tailored gay and lesbian advertising, targeted niche PR and below-the-line marketing activities. |
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The Brussels gay and lesbian information and meeting point. |
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Information on gay clubbing, live acts, events and parties in Belgium. |
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Red & Blue / Independent Concerts Event planner located in Antwerp. |
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Information on gay clubbing, events and parties in Belgium. |
