《布鲁塞尔500个隐藏的秘密》是一本介绍不为人知的布鲁塞尔的指南。它会带你去未被发现的艺术博物馆、被遗忘的广场和秘密商店。本书意在挑战布鲁塞尔是一座无聊的城市这一想法，并揭开为这座城市赋予其魅力的那些隐藏的地方。这本书并没有提到所有可以看的东西。介绍那些熟悉的旅游地的指南已经够多了。本书更进一步，列出了作者会向朋友们推荐（当他们问他布鲁塞尔哪些地方值得去时）的地方。
目标是带读者去那些出人意料的地方，这些地方和常规的旅游目的地在某个方面不一样，比如国家图书馆顶楼的自助餐厅，或者用来自《丁丁历险记》的140个角色装饰的地铁站，或者只能容纳20人的艺术电影院。你不必去尝试书中列出的所有事物，但作者极力推荐你至少在布鲁塞尔**的5家酒吧之一喝一杯啤酒，在**的5家鱼肉餐厅之一吃一顿饭，以及去**的5家小型电影院之一看一看。如果你做了这些，你会开始发现一个其他人所不知道的城市。
《布鲁塞尔500个隐藏的秘密》提供了一份介绍布鲁塞尔**的地方的实用指南，涵盖了所有基地，以确保所有来到这座城市的游客都能被它所吸引。“秘密”按主题罗列，包括60个吃美食的地方，45个喝饮料的地方，50个购物的地方，20个时尚场所，40座令人赞叹的建筑物。40个发现世界的地方，25件和孩子一起做的事和60个活动。
The 500 Hidden Secrets of Brussels is a guide to the Brussels that no one knows. It takes you to undiscovered art museums, forgotten squares and secret shops. The aim is to challenge the idea that Brussels is a boring city and to uncover the hidden places that give this city its charm. The book doesn' t mention everything there is to see. There are already more than enough guides that cover the familiar tourist places. This book goes one step further and lists the places the author would recommend to friends if they asked him where to go in Brussels. Here you will find the the 5 best places to eat frites, the 5 small museums that no one should miss and the 5 best record shops in town. The aim is to take the reader to the unexpected places that are different in some way from the normal tourist destinations, like the cafeteria on the top floor of the national library, or the metro station that is decorated with 140 characters from Tintin albums, or the art cinema that seats just 20 people. You do not have to do everything listed in the book, but you are urged at the very least to drink a beer in one of the 5 best Brussels bars, eat at one of the 5 best fish restaurants, and visit one of the 5 best small cinemas. If you do, you will begin to discover a city that no one else knows. '500 Hidden Secrets of Brussels' offers a practical guide to Brussels' finest places, covering all bases to ensure no visitor to the city is ever anything short of captivated. The 'secrets' are listed thematically and include 60 places for good food, 45 places for a drink, 50 places to shop, 20 places for fashion, 40 buildings to admire, 40 places to discover the world, 25 things to do with children and 60 activities.
