Brussels, Belgium
So many people I know have told me to avoid Brussels. 'It has no charm', they say, 'Go to Bruges'.
Now, for some reason or another, I have ended up in Bruges three or four times in my short life, and each time I have to keep noting not to return. An idyllic town certainly, but I go to university in Durham, and it's effectively a flatter, foreign replica of where I live. Also, I keep going there with various relatives, and quite frankly, the charm of Bruges ...