Jacques Brel Hostel - Brussels

I stayed four nights at the Jacques Brel Hostelling International Hostel during my visits to Brussels and Brugge. I had high expectations after the nice hostel I stayed at in Nimes and I was not disappointed. I would say this was the best urban hostel I stayed at on my entire trip.
+ Good location within walking distance of the main sights in Brussels and the train stations.
+ Free internet
+ Free breakfast
+ Modern clean dorm rooms and showers
+ They had a bar downstairs which had a great selection of Belgian beers which were very cheap. Outside was a nice courtyard with patio furniture and a fountain where you could relax, talk to fellow travelers and enjoy a few beers.
+ cheap (15€ or so a night)
The third night I was there I was sitting in the bar using the internet and had the painful experience of watching many people get turned away because the hostel was full. When I had made my reservations online for the place a week earlier, I had noticed that many of the hostels in Brussels were full on Wednesday night in the middle of the week. I thought that was odd, but there must have been some large group traveling through or something like that. Sure enough on Wednesday the Jacques Brel hostel was full and people were getting turned away left and right. I believe all of the other hostels in town were full too. This was in the early evening when I began to see it. When I came back at 11pm or so there were still people getting turned away. I felt bad for all of the people.
A lot of people show up to hostels without reservations just hoping to find a place. I did this a number of times and it is a bit of a risk, but it is unusual to find that places are completely full in the middle of the week. You have to be careful on Fridays and Saturdays as places tend to fill up. Normally what I would do is book the place on the internet, or by phone a few days in advance. The $2 fee on the internet was worth not having to wander around town with all of your stuff late in the night to find a place to stay. I made sure to do this especially after seeing what happened in Brussels.