European and international city, you can almost find everything in Brussels. It still exists a few commercial centres downtown, but most of the big malls are around the city.
The commercal areas are:
- Rue Neuve Galeria (shopping gallery, FNAC,...)
- Centre Monnaie
- Around the Stock Exchange
- rue du Midi (stamps, philately)
- Galerie Bortier (book shops)
- Le Sablon (antic shops)
- Avenue Louise
- Porte de Namur - porte Louise (the Champs-Elysées in Brussels!)
The shopping areas in Brussels have their website: http://www.quartierscommercants.be. You will find different shops in the Brabant area, Brussels Centre, Flagey, Rue des Hauts-Blaes, Saint Gilles Centre...etc. You will find also a list of Belgian shops here.
Malls/Super and Hypermarkets
- Aldi
- Anspach Center
- Basilix
- Bascule
- Carrefour
- City 2
- Colruyt
- Cora
- Delhaize
- Fort Jaco
- Woluwe Shopping Center
- Westland Shopping
Other shopping centres
Night owls can go shopping in 6 areas of the Belgian capital:
- La cuisine belge et française from Frederiksborg is open 24h. Avenue Broustin, 1083 Bruxelles (Ganshoren).
- Le Rendez-vous des artistes, rue Dejoncker 24, 1060 Bruxelles, parallel street to Avenue Louise.
- Friterie de la Barrière, a the beginning of the Avenue du Parc, on the right, at 20 meters from the Barrière de Saint-Gilles (1060).
- Boulangerie Le Vatel, located Place Jourdan in Etterbeek (in front of Antoine fries shop).
- You will find the Belgian and international newspapers until dawn in a shop located Rue au beurre, close to the Grande Place of Brussels.
- The Post office located Avenue Fonsny, a few meters on the right from the station of gare du Midi, is open up to 10pm on Saturday and from 11am to 7pm on Sunday.
- Centre Dentaire Meiser, number 1, place Meiser, 1030 Bruxelles, in front of the tram stops.
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