Spectator Sports

Horse Racing -- There are three tracks in the Brussels area: Boitsfort, chaussée de la Hulpe 53 (tel. 02/660-85-53; tram: 94); Groenendaal, G.B. Charlielaan 20, Hoeilaart (tel. 02/657-30-63; train: Hoeilaart); and Sterrebeek, du Roy de Blicquylaan 43, Sterrebeek (tel. 02/767-54-75; tram: 39).

Soccer -- The Maison du Football, av. Houba de Strooper 145 (tel. 02/477-12-11), can arrange tickets for international soccer matches if you phone Monday to Friday between 9am and 4:15pm. The local team is FC Anderlecht, which is always in contention for Belgian prizes and usually in the running for European honors as well. During continental tournaments some of the crack European soccer squads can often be seen in action in Brussels.