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The Brussels Brain Chase: Fame, Fortune, and Footsteps

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Welcome to Brussels, where wit is your weapon and €10,000 is on the line. You’ve been selected for a mysterious game show that promises riches, just when your student debts are closing in. 

But as the challenges unfold, it becomes clear: this isn’t your average trivia night. To win, you’ll need to walk the city, follow cryptic clues, and uncover the hidden legacies of famous figures who once walked these same streets. Twists await at every corner, and the line between game and reality begins to blur.

Gather your smartest friends or your boldest family members—this is a real-world quest that blends brainpower, bonding, and Brussels. Do you have what it takes to win it all?

Availability:

  • Can be played on
    Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

  • During these hours
    Whole day

  • Languages
    English, French

Created by
Belgicaaccesible

Highlights

  • Find where van Gogh sold his last painting whilst still living.

  • See the hotel where Brad Pitt stayed recently and the former prison where Karl Marx was incarcerated.

  • Step into an emperor’s shoes and walk where Charles V did.

  • Learn all about rebellions against French emperors and Germans by the hand of the painter of Napoleon or the heroine spy, Gabrielle Petit.

  • Unveil secrets of the seventh art with the Lumiere brothers

  • Discover prominent women who scrawled their names into history.

Storyline

When you’re invited to participate in a game show for some of the cleverest people in Brussels, where you can win €10 000, you don’t hesitate to go. Especially since you’re in so much debt from studying abroad. 
 
But you soon realize you’re in over your head and the only way to possibly win is through unconventional means. 
 
Are you ready to get the prize, no matter what? 

Experience's route

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Starting point Maison du Roi
Grote Markt van, 1000 Brussel, Belgium
Finish point Marie Curie and Einstein
Pl. De Brouckère 31, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium

Places you will visit

13

It will take you

54-84 mins

You will walk

4730 steps

Total distance

3.6 km

  • Best during the day
  • Best for couples
  • Recommended activity for families
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4.43

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Anna Latos

21 Jun 2022

Questin tarantino

08 Feb 2022
I've been living in Brussels long time and I rediscovered so many places and new histories related with famous people. I love it

Curiositas Mundus

29 Oct 2021
great quest! I'm a guide at the city and still I have learned some interesting tips about the city an their inhabitants. Thank you!

Yoko Herstory

29 Oct 2021
Singers, painters, actors, philosophers, scientists... All of these nice things that I love so much are in this tour. I really enjoyed it! 👍🏻🤗

Catriona Daly

27 Jul 2024
The games were good but the story was very odd.

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