Secret Brussels
Secret Brussels has one of those titles that appears to be trying to fool you. If yo buy me, it suggests, you will know what lurks in the city's underbelly, what was heretofore "secret".   And, as it turns out, this little book does indeed reveal hidden treasures. The Museum of Free-masonry, for instance, sits unmarked on Rue de Laeken and you ll likely be the only visitor, guided about by an amiable curator.  If you ask tactfully , it notes, you might be able to see the temple at the back, only open to freemasons.  The book is full of such comments. "Ask politely", "stay unobtrusive" because much of what it leads you to aren't tourist destinations. The inner façade of the Maison du Spectacle la Bellone, for instance, is beautiful and accessible during business hours but is usually only seen by theatre-goers. Among the more than 200 listings, you'll also discover the sci-fi lift at the Museum of Modern Art, tours of Brussels' sewers by actual sewer workers, where to find entrances to the labyrinth of trails in the rambling Cite Forest-Vert and how to successfully manage the toilets at the Belga Queen.   Lisa Bradshaw  The Bulletin  July 6 2006 --The Bulletin