Shopping in Brussels
Brussels is being visited by people from different
parts of the world for various reasons. It is a popular tourist
destination as well with a number of museums, churches and other
places. If you are in the city, then you better go for shopping as it
proves to be a better option.
This city is full of various types of shops; you
will get every thing for your everyday necessities. If you travel just
outside the main city centre you will get numerous small and big shops.If you are around the centre of city, then Grand
Sablon and Place Stephanie are better for you. Apart from these, there
are shops with specialty at Rue Blaes and Rue Haute. For designer
boutiques and shops, you should go around Rue Antoine Dansaert,
Boulevard de waterloo area and Avenue Louise.
Shopping in Brussels can be done on the streets
too as main street of pedestrian shop is in Rue Neuve. It is the
longest as for as Brussels is concerned and offers a long range of
chain stores as well of international fame. If you are interested for Shopping in Brussels and
in search of smaller
shops, then you should move towards Rue Lemonnier
and Grand Place. Uccle, Ixelles and St Gilles are some of the shopping
areas which are located outside the Brussels city centre.
If you are interested in Shopping in this city,
then you must know the timings of these shops. The shops in Brussels
open generally around 10 AM and are closed at 5 in evening. Shops in
malls and arcades work for more hours as these are closed around 6.30
PM.
If we try to have a look on the markets of the city, there are few
famous ones among the visitors including Place du Grand Sablon which is
known for sell of antiques as well.Place du Jeu de Balle is in the district of
Marolles and is famous as flea market. Gare du Midi is a big market
known for oriental delicacies. You must know about several departmental
stores as well in Brussels.
City 2 at Place Rogier, Inno at Avenue Louise and
Wiltshire shopping complex at Place Louise are among some popular
departmental stores of the city and has been proven better as for as
Shopping in Brussels is concerned.Anspach, Monnaie Centre, Galeries de Ixelles and Galeire
Bortier are popular shopping arcades of Brussels. Shopping in Brussels
is not complete without Chocolate as Brussels is famous for producing
better quality of Belgian Chocolate and you must not forget buying a
pack or two to take back home.
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