Scavenger hunt in Brussels

Atomium atom pose

In front of the Atomium: take a group photo where the team mimics atoms, holding hands or arms out to look like the molecular bonds.

Belgian beer toast

Find a bar with a Belgian beer menu (there are easily hundreds of beers in Brussels). Order a round and take a group toast photo.

Brussels finale

Final challenge. Find a beautiful Brussels spot (a square, a covered arcade, a viewpoint) and take an amazing group photo.

Brussels kick-off

The hunt begins! Find a typical Brussels backdrop (an art-nouveau facade, a chocolatier window, a frites stand) and take a group photo with everyone striking a casual EU-bureaucrat pose.

Checkpoint: Atomium

Navigate to the Atomium and check in.

Checkpoint: Grand Place

Navigate to the Grand Place (Grote Markt) and check in among the gilded guild houses.

Checkpoint: Manneken Pis

Navigate to the famous (and very small) Manneken Pis statue. Check in.

Chocolate shop window

Belgium = chocolate. Find a chocolatier window (Pierre Marcolini, Mary, Neuhaus, anywhere). Take a team photo of the most photogenic display.

Comic strip mural hunt

Brussels has dozens of huge comic strip murals (Tintin, Lucky Luke, Asterix). Find one and take a team photo where you imitate the character's pose.

Galeries Saint-Hubert

Find the Galeries Saint-Hubert covered shopping arcade. Take a team photo under the glass roof.

Grand Place pose

On the Grand Place: take a group photo with the Town Hall spire and the gilded guild houses behind. Everyone strikes a regal medieval pose.

Local Bruxellois tip

Convince a Bruxellois to share a tip about the city. Take a photo with your impromptu guide.

Manneken Pis surprise

In front of Manneken Pis: take a group photo where everyone's face shows mock surprise at how small he actually is.

Pommes frites moment

Find a friterie or chip shop (Brussels has dozens). Order frites with mayo and take a group photo of the cones in everyone's hands.

Spot a Belgian beer glass

Find a uniquely-shaped Belgian beer glass on a café table (Duvel tulip, Westmalle chalice, Kwak with the wooden stand). Photograph it with the foam.

Spot a Belgian endive in a dish

Find chicon au gratin or chicon-ham in a brasserie window or on a menu chalkboard. Photograph the menu listing.

Spot a Belgian football jersey

Find someone wearing or selling a Belgian Red Devils jersey, or a club kit (Anderlecht purple, Bruges blue-and-black, Standard red). Photograph the jersey.

Spot a Belgian lace shop

Find a lace shop window with handmade Belgian lace tablecloths or handkerchiefs (more in the streets around Grand Place). Photograph the doilies through the glass.

Spot a Belgian waffle

Find a Belgian waffle (Brussels-style rectangle or Liège-style round caramelised), powdered with sugar or topped with strawberries. Photograph the deep squares.

Spot a Brussels cobblestone alley

Find a cobblestone alley in the lower city (around Manneken Pis, in the Îlot Sacré). Photograph the stones leading into the distance.

Spot a Brussels Métro M

Find the white M on blue Métro entrance sign. Photograph one at street level.

Spot a Brussels tram

Find a STIB-MIVB tram running through the city (the new orange-and-grey trams or older yellow-grey ones). Photograph one passing.

Spot a Brussels-style waffle iron

Find a waffle iron at work behind a stall window (the rectangular deep-grid Brussels iron, not the round Liège iron). Photograph the iron mid-cook.

Spot a chocolate praline window

Find a chocolatier window with rows of pralines (Neuhaus, Godiva, Pierre Marcolini, Mary). Photograph the glistening rows.