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“Smile. You’re in Matonge.” It’s just one of the little things Emma Beddington, travel journalist at The Guardian, likes about Matonge, the African neighbourhood in Brussels. Established by the Congolese in the 1960s, Matonge is now a vibrant area where all kinds of people live together. The African community still comes to Matonge to shop, eat, and party, but you can also find Belgian boutiques in the small streets and restaurants from all over the world packed with Eurocrats having dinner. That’s why Beddington calls Matonge a fascinating place to soak up a mix of African culture, bobo (the much-derided bourgeois bohème) hangouts, and historic Brussels as seen in Hôtel Le Berger. According to Beddington, Matonge thanks a huge part of its appeal to this mixture.
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