Black Magic cocktail © Rocco Forte Hotels The bar’s abstract murals and velvet settees and chairs Opened just in time to raise a glass of bubbles (or a Trappist ale) amid all the holiday gezelligheid is Bar Magritte, the Amigo’s very chic-looking new drinks venue.
It’s a city that cops a bad rap as a too-staid, too-snoozy centre of policy, diplomacy and bourgeois pastimes, when in fact it has great cafés and bars, excellent 20th-century design and shopping – and has supremely authentic Euro-Christmas energy. I have a soft spot for the Hotel Amigo, much like I have one for Brussels itself. Le Surréalisme, c’est chic in Brussels Bar Magritte at Hotel Amigo Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.
