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Reason two: a real diverse place. Brussels EU is not only the mix of 28 EU member states, it is Argentinians, Azerbaijani, Canadians, Japanese, Koreans, Kuwaiti, Turkish and Uzbek as well- and I have met them all( and many other nationalities) in the London. Common people and stars: the Belgian Prime Minister and the astronaut who walked with Armstrong on the moon, Ambassadors and Congolese opposition leaders... The London is certainly not the most posh place on Place Luxembourg, The London is( to repeat: based on 32 years in the EU quarter) the place where cultures, hierarchies, key( and less key) public figures, young( and less young) people stop for a drink, discussion or a meal in order to rest quietly or to mingle with others.
Reason three: diversity. There are places in the EU quarter where you will meet especially British or Greens or youngsters or tourists or Italians or business people or Commission officials or... but in the London you will find a balanced mix of all of them.
Reason four: history. The first railway lines were built in the UK. Belgium followed in the 1830s. The only remaining original train station from that period is the Luxembourg train station now used as EP information centre- built in 1854 / 5 during the Crimean War( involving Turkey, Russia, France and Britain). The London- located just eighty meters from that train station is the mix of all of them: Turkish owners, Russian born staff, French wine and British name.
Final remark: Besides all of this, there are additional reasons to pass by in the London: early breakfast place, happy hour, an Armenian waitress with Turkish restaurant owners, sometimes with Finnish Sibelius meat balls( to honour the 150th birthday of this Swedish-speaking Finnish composer), free newspapers, a never ending stock of Orval beer( the monastery where Nostramus stayed for a while). •
Reason two: a real diverse place. Brussels EU is not only the mix of 28 EU member states, it is Argentinians, Azerbaijani, Canadians, Japanese, Koreans, Kuwaiti, Turkish and Uzbek as well- and I have met them all( and many other nationalities) in the London. Common people and stars: the Belgian Prime Minister and the astronaut who walked with Armstrong on the moon, Ambassadors and Congolese opposition leaders... The London is certainly not the most posh place on Place Luxembourg, The London is( to repeat: based on 32 years in the EU quarter) the place where cultures, hierarchies, key( and less key) public figures, young( and less young) people stop for a drink, discussion or a meal in order to rest quietly or to mingle with others.
Reason three: diversity. There are places in the EU quarter where you will meet especially British or Greens or youngsters or tourists or Italians or business people or Commission officials or... but in the London you will find a balanced mix of all of them.
Reason four: history. The first railway lines were built in the UK. Belgium followed in the 1830s. The only remaining original train station from that period is the Luxembourg train station now used as EP information centre- built in 1854 / 5 during the Crimean War( involving Turkey, Russia, France and Britain). The London- located just eighty meters from that train station is the mix of all of them: Turkish owners, Russian born staff, French wine and British name.
Final remark: Besides all of this, there are additional reasons to pass by in the London: early breakfast place, happy hour, an Armenian waitress with Turkish restaurant owners, sometimes with Finnish Sibelius meat balls( to honour the 150th birthday of this Swedish-speaking Finnish composer), free newspapers, a never ending stock of Orval beer( the monastery where Nostramus stayed for a while). •