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Brussels is not only French, only by half. The other half is Dutch.
But due the many EU- and NATO-offices there it's in fact a quite international town, so you will not have problems, when you are only speak English.
But it's absolutely not recommended to go by bike to Brussels. By bicycle or car neither. The traffic-behaviour of the local people is terrible (of the foreign diplomats neither), plus extreme busy and narrow streets (often in bad condition), no parking spaces at all and if you find one, it's f*cking expensive.
If you want to enjoy this nice town with a plenty of sights, go there by train and then walk on foot all around (but well, not everywhere, there are some really rough areas, which you should avoid to visit).
@antp, @chicomarx: these topics aren't prejudices
All facts, you can read in every tourist guide and sometimes in news magazines, plus a few own made experiences and a lot of experiences, my uncle had made in the last 20 years. So long he works as a well paid Eurocrat in the EU-commission. He always take the train to the office (he lives in Lasne, a small village nearby the Flemish/Wallonian border).
And he gave me the tip, to drive on the narrow Belgian country roads always in the middle, if there's no oncoming traffic. Because the locals are always try to overtake you, even before curves or hills and even if you are already driving faster than allowed. He's right, I've indeed made that experience by myself.
But due the many EU- and NATO-offices there it's in fact a quite international town, so you will not have problems, when you are only speak English.
But it's absolutely not recommended to go by bike to Brussels. By bicycle or car neither. The traffic-behaviour of the local people is terrible (of the foreign diplomats neither), plus extreme busy and narrow streets (often in bad condition), no parking spaces at all and if you find one, it's f*cking expensive.
If you want to enjoy this nice town with a plenty of sights, go there by train and then walk on foot all around (but well, not everywhere, there are some really rough areas, which you should avoid to visit).
@antp, @chicomarx: these topics aren't prejudices
All facts, you can read in every tourist guide and sometimes in news magazines, plus a few own made experiences and a lot of experiences, my uncle had made in the last 20 years. So long he works as a well paid Eurocrat in the EU-commission. He always take the train to the office (he lives in Lasne, a small village nearby the Flemish/Wallonian border). And he gave me the tip, to drive on the narrow Belgian country roads always in the middle, if there's no oncoming traffic. Because the locals are always try to overtake you, even before curves or hills and even if you are already driving faster than allowed. He's right, I've indeed made that experience by myself.