Echo what cortilla has said. Generally found that grocery shopping seemed much cheaper than the UK. Good choice of products and no problem finding favourites like English Mustard. The bacon is excellent.
B*mmer is that there is virtually no Sunday shopping out there for general grocery shopping.
Petrol is cheaper, found the driving OK generally - no worse or better that London. The Main city Ring Road can get very congested but not as badly as the M25.
I was paying around £600/month for a really smart appartment fairly close to the centre and on good transport links. Had to be at the Airport most days of the week at ridicously early hours of the morning. 'Phone was good value too despite being on a meter. You should make yourself fully aware of the strange legalities of being a tenant if you do rent - forget the exact details now, but worth fully investigating before you sign anything.
Public transport is good although the main rail station Brussels Midi can be fun with frequest last minute platform changes ; lots of people hurrying up and down escalators !! Quite entertaining but not when you miss the Airport Shuttle ! Good tram services and taxis are reasonably priced and efficient - they all use GPS nagivation and if you are a regular customer as I was they used caller ID to know where you lived.
Quite an interesting concept is the licensing hours - you can actuctually drink in some pubs all through the night Fri/Sat although I would not recommend it ! Tried it once and lost most of the weekend ! Avoid the very strong beers at all costs !!
Hope that is of some use.
Last edited by Lost_luggage34; 1st November 2002 at 17:22.