Delirium Café is a bar in Brussels, Belgium, known for its long beer list, standing at 2,004 brands in January 2004 as recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.[1][2] On offer are beers from over 60 countries, including many Belgian beers.[3] The bar's name comes from the beer Delirium Tremens (produced by the Huyghe family brewery), the pink elephant symbol of which also decorates the bar's entrance.
| Delirium Café | |
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 Delirium Café | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Pub |
| Address | Impasse de la Fidélité / Getrouwheidsgang |
| Town or city | 1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region |
| Country | Belgium |
| Coordinates | 50°50′54.27″N 4°21′14.16″E / 50.8484083°N 4.3539333°E |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
The bar is located in a small alley called the Impasse de la Fidélité/Getrouwheidsgang ("Fidelity Alley"), only a couple of hundred metres from the Grand-Place/Grote Markt (Brussels' main square). The Jeanneke Pis statue is across the street from the entrance.
History
The establishment was founded in December 2003 by Joël Pêcheur, Fabienne Charles and Jean De Laet.[4][5] A month later, it was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the establishment offering the most different brands of beer in the world (in this case 2004, imported from over 60 different countries).[1][6] By the mid-2000s, the bar was selling 1,500 hl of beer a year.[2]
Delirium Café has been expanded internationally, opening 26 franchises as of 2024, including in Rio de Janeiro (2010), Tokyo (2011), São Paulo and Warsaw (2014), Lisbon (2017), Toulouse and Reims (dates unknown), Leesburg (2017), Strasbourg (2017), and Kuala Lumpur (2018).[7]
Location (on the left) in the Impasse de la Fidélité/Getrouwheidsgang
Interior of the café on a busy weekday night
Beer taps serving some of the most popular brands
References
External links
Media related to Délirium Café, Brussels at Wikimedia Commons- Delirium Café's official homepage
- Delirium international site
