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Shopping in Brussels

In the city centre, there are a few main shopping districts. These include for example areas around Place Stephanie and Grand Sablon.

The main shopping areas:

Designer shops and boutiques can be found in the Avenue Louise and Boulevard de Waterloo area, Place Stephanie, Place du Grand Sablon and on Rue Antoine Dansaert. Specialty shops are at Rue Haute and Rue Blaes.

The main pedestrian shopping street, the longest one in Brussels, is the Rue Neuve. This street has mainly international chain stores. More original smaller shops can be found between the Grand Place and the Rue Lemonnier.

Shopping areas outside the city centre are located at Uccle, St Gilles and Ixelles.

Opening hours:
Generally, shops are open from 10 am -5 pm.
Shops in arcades, the malls and around the area of Rue Neuve are usually open from 9.30 am – 6 pm

Markets:

Place du Grand Sablon, from 9 am Saturdays and Sundays (antiques),

Place du Jeu de Balle, the Marolles district, daily 7 am- 1 pm (flea market), along with the shops of Rue Blaes and Rue Haute.

Gare du Midi, Sundays 6 am- 1 pm (a huge market of oriental delicacies).

Department stores:

City 2, 123 Rue Neuve, Place Rogier, (+322) 219 18 76;

Inno , Rue Neuve 111 or Avenue Louise 12.

Wiltshire shopping complex, Place Louise.

Shopping arcades :

Anspach , Boulevard Anspach – a shopping mall.

Monnaie Centre , Place de la Monnaie.

Galeries de Ixelles , Chaussée de Ixelles.

Galeire Bortier , Rue de la Madeleine17-19.

Chocolate:

Belgian chocolate is one of the most famous Belgian quality products. Brussels has a good selection of luxurious chocolate shops where you can stock up for the trip home:

Pierre Marcolini , Place du Grand Sablon 39,

Wittamer , Place du Grand Sablon 6-12,

Godiva , Grand Place 22,

Dandoy , Rue au Beurre 31.

Comic books:

La Bande de Six Nes, Chaussée de Wavre 179, (+322) 513 7258;

Little Nemo, Boulevard Lemonnier 25, (+322) 514 6804.

Fashion :

Belgian fashion (Ann Demeulemeester, Dries van Noten) can be found at Stijl, Rue Antoine Dansaert 74, (+322) 512 0313.

Quality hats are found at milliner Elvis Pompilio, Rue du Lombard 18, (+322) 511 1188.