Beat the jet lag

Aspria
The View Building
26 rue de l’Industrie
Brussels 1040
Tel: +32 (02) 508-0800
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Probably the most posh (and most pretentious) of the new health clubs to have opened in Brussels recently, Aspria describes itself as a place “for people who have made a decision to bring balance to their lives.” Balance doesn't come cheap—membership is over euro1,000 a year and casual visitors are discouraged—but there is a luxurious pool, health spa, restaurant and loads of high-techery. It is also very conveniently located for the European quarter.

Château de Limelette
87 rue Charles Dubois
Limelette 1342
Tel: +32 (010) 421-999
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If you have a full day to spare for a real retreat, head to this extraordinarily luxurious country house, 20 miles south, near Ottignies. Here you’ll find Thalgo Limelette: a high-end fitness centre along with saunas, a Turkish bath, beauty treatments and the largest balneotherapy centre in Belgium.
David Lloyd Uccle
Dreve de Lorraine 41
1180 Uccle
Tel: +32 (0)2 534-9000
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The latest entrant to the increasingly crowded Brussels health-club market is an off-shoot of a well established British chain. The club has both the advantages and the disadvantages of a suburban location: you can't just pop in for an hour from central Brussels, but the grounds are palatial. There are six outdoor and five indoor tennis courts, a couple of squash courts, indoor and outdoor pools, fitness and dance studios, a restaurant and even a nursery for the kids.

Waou Club Med Gym
56 avenue de la Toison d’Or
Brussels 1060
Tel: +32 (02) 534-1462

Another of the new health clubs to open in Brussels, this one offers day-memberships for €40 a pop. Located in Brussels’ main shopping area, it’s a deluxe gym run by Club Med offering the usual exercise machines and classes but, alas, no pool.

Physical Golden Club
33 Place du Chatelain
Brussels 1050
Tel: +32 (02) 538-1906
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The place where Jean-Claude Van Damme first built his “muscles from Brussels”, this club is less about indulgence and more about working for that hard body along with other serious exercise-buffs.