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The Schuman roundabout and the Justus Lipsius building (r) on 15 October, the day of a European Council. (Photo: EUobserver)

Brussels: The city that just doesn't give a damn

It is 15 October and you are a junior diplomat attending an EU summit for the first time. You arrive at the Gare du Midi and try to hail an Uber taxi, as you do in most other cities. A message pops up informing you that Uber taxis are banned in Brussels.

So you decide to get the metro. You jump on line 2 and change at Arts-Loi – which also happens to be called Kunst-Wet. There is construction work going on at this station, as there has been for four years, but after a few false turns do...

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The Schuman roundabout and the Justus Lipsius building (r) on 15 October, the day of a European Council. (Photo: EUobserver)

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