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Brussels or Paris?

Yesterday Tamar called: they might be coming next month for few days. The question asked: will it be Paris or Brussels?
Sigal wants Brussels, Tamar Paris.

What would you advise? (+places/parties to visit please)

For Tamar: some info on Belgians:

belgians are known for *

chocolates, waffles, French fries (which they invented, contrary to the name), and beer
oil painting
their strength, large size, and calm manner
their mussels
their multi-lingual capacities
their anti-Semitism
their skill at compromise and negotiations
their intelligence and amazing working ability
building their own houses
their compromise, negotiation and common sense
their hospitality
their sweet, gentle dispositions and willing attitudes
their gourmet taste
their frugality
their more lovely/less harsh usage of the language
their warm personalities, are always in for a joke or good conversation and like to.... PARTY!
their great quality, even though it is often considered to be a shortcoming: modesty
being fast drivers / being very aggressive on the road
their amazing ability to relativate
their comics