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Location

A parking lane along Square Marie-Louise, near the European Quarter of Brussels.

Participants

Plans

Visit in the evening, maybe as soon as I arrive in Brussels rather than in the dark.

Expedition

Well, my flight was delayed, first on the ground at Lisbon waiting for the single runway, then by a closure of Belgian airspace that led it to begin descending early for a potential diversion to Paris-Orly. So despite making the geohash my first destination, it got dark outside while I was underground in the Brussels airport train station, waiting for the next train towards Brussels-Schuman and the point.

Walking from Schuman, I picked a suboptimal station exit, found a crossing of a wide boulevard, trailed locals through a park, and sprinted across traffic exiting and entering the square. I had to step out into the traffic lanes to get the GPS distance close.

It was cold, so I found a bus nearby which eventually (after reversing out of a closed street and detouring a long way around) brought me into the center of Brussels for dinner and a place to sleep.