This café's barrel tables, beer-tray ceilings and over 2000 world beers were already impressive. Now they’ve added a rum garden, a tap house and the Floris Bar (from 8pm), serving hundreds of jenevers (gins), vodkas and absinthes. No wonder it’s lively. Live music at 10.15pm
Délirium Café
Brussels
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