We spent nine nights at Elvira's basement apartment. Her recent renovations made for a very clean and comfortable stay. We walked ten minutes to the Metro each day to catch the subway to Brussels Midi to catch all of the other trains to the other places we visited. We visited six countries in 20 days and used Brussels as our base for four of them. Elvira was kind and helpful. The market was a 2 minute walk and there were wonderful restaurants within walking distance. I would stay there again.