Eurostar Breaks

Winter in Brussels is sugar-coated and Eurostar satisfies your sweet tooth. Slip under the city's festive skin at the Christmas market, aglow with lights, trees and stalls piled high with gingerbread and Belgian chocolate. Christmas provides the perfect excuse to forget your diet, and you can work off the calories gliding across the ice rink on Marché aux Poissons square.

Cultural highs reeling in the crowds include the Musée du Cinquantenaire's clutch of Tibetan masterpieces, Léon Spilliaert's symbolist works at the Museum of Modern Art and late-night art on a Thursday at Nocturnes.When there's a nip in the air, beef slow-cooked with Trappist beer in the Cave du Roy's vaults hits the spot. With a full stomach, head to oriental-style Le Bazaar in the Marolles district to dance the night away, or trendsetting Zebra for excellent mojitos – drink one too many and you’ll see stripes all the way back to Waterloo…