SHOPPING IN BRUSSELS 87BEER
Supermarkets such as Match,
GB (which have many outlets)
and Delhaize (see p305) offer
most of the country’s finest
beers. For rarer finds, as well
as appropriate glasses for each
beer, gift boxes and other beer
paraphernalia, Beer Mania,
De Bier Tempel and Délices
et Caprices are recommended.
Beer glasses can also be found
at the Marolles flea market.
Place has many chocolate
shops, but true devotees will
want to head for the Place
du Grand Sablon, location of
the Wittamer shop and café,
which produces some of the
finest chocolates and cakes
in Brussels. Close by is Pierre
Marcolini, a more recent star
in the chocolate firmament.
COMICSBrüsel has a vast collection of
comics in French, Dutch and
English. It also has a gallery
of framed original art for sale
on the second floor. Utopia
leans towards American super-
hero strips and science fiction,
but also has Japanese anime
titles. A short walk from the
Grand Place, La Boutique
Tintin offers an interesting
variety of Tintin-imprinted
knickknacks. The Centre Belge
de la Bande Desinée (see p62)
has one of the better stocked
comic stores in the city.section. Nestled among the
high-fashion boutiques of Rue
Antoine Dansaert is Passa
Porta, which calls itself a
trilingual bookstore and an
“international house of
literature”. Besides these,
there is the exhaustive French
book and CD emporium, Fnac.DIRECTORY
DEPARTMENT
STORESCity 2
Rue Neuve 123. City
Map 2 D2. http://www.city2.be
Hema
Rue Neuve 13. City
Map 2 D2. Tel (02)
2275210. http://www.hema.be
Inno
Rue Neuve 111–123. City
Map 2 D2. Tel (02)MARKETS AND
ANTIQUESMarché du Midi
Gare du Midi.
City Map 1 A5.
Marolles Marché
aux Puces
Place du Jeu de Balle.
City Map 1 C5.FASHIONAnnemie Verbeke
Rue Antoine Dansaert 64.
City Map 1 C2. Tel (02)
5112171. http://www.
annemieverbeke.be
Martin Margiela
Rue de Flandre 114.
City Map 1 B1. Tel (02)- http://www.maison
martinmargiela.com
Nicolas Woit
Rue Antoine Dansaert 80.
City Map 1 C2.
Tel (02) 5034832.
http://www.nicolaswoit.com
Stijl
Rue Antoine Dansaert 74.
City Map 1 C2.
Tel (02) 5120313.CHOCOLATESCorné Port-Royal
Rue de la Madeleine 9.
City Map 2 D3.
Tel (02) 5124314.
http://www.corne-port-royal.beGaller
Rue au Beurre 44. City
Map 2 D3. Tel (02) 502- http://www.galler.com
Godiva
Place du Grand Sablon
47–48. City Map 2 D4.
Tel (02) 5029906.
http://www.godiva.be
Leonidas
Rue au Beurre 34.
City Map 2 D3.
Tel (02) 5128737.
http://www.leonidas.com
Neuhaus
Galerie de la Reine 25–27.
City Map 2 D3.
Tel (02) 5126359.
http://www.neuhaus.bePierre Marcolini
Rue des Minimes 1. City
Map 2 D4. Tel (02) 514
1206. http://www.marcolini.be
Wittamer
Place du Grand Sablon 12.
City Map 2 D4.
Tel (02) 5123742.
http://www.wittamer.comBEERBeer Mania
Chaussée de Wavre
174–6.^ City Map 2 F5.
Tel (02) 5121788.
http://www.beermania.be
De Bier Tempel
Rue Marché aux Herbes- City Map 2 D3.
Tel (02) 5021906.
Délices et Caprices
Rue des Bouchers 68.
City Map 2 D3.
Tel (02) 5121451.
COMICSBrüsel
Boulevard Anspach 100.
City Map 1 C3.
http://www.brusel.com
Centre Belge de la
Bande Desinée
Rue des Sables 20. City
Map 2 E2.
Tel (02) 219 1980.
http://www.comicscenter.netLa Boutique Tintin
Rue de la Colline 13.
City Map 2 E2.
Tel (02) 5145152.
http://www.tintin.boutique.com
Utopia
9th Art Gallery, 26 Quai
Aux Huîtres 1300 Wavre.
Tel (0475) 817510.
http://www.9emeartgallery.comBOOKSHOPSFiligranes
Ave des Arts 39–40. City
Map 2 F3. Tel (02) 511- http://www.filigranes.be
Fnac
City 2, Rue Neuve 123.
City Map 2 D1. Tel (02) - http://www.fnac.be
Passa Porta
Rue Antoine Dansaert 46.
City Map 1 C2.
Tel (02) 2260454.
http://www.passaporta.be
Sterling
Fossé aux Loups 38.
City Map 2 D2.
Tel (02) 2236223.
http://www.sterlingbooks.be
Waterstone’s
Boulevard Adolphe Max
71–75. City Map 2 D1.
Tel (02) 2192708.
http://www.users.skynet.be/
waterstones
BOOKSHOPSWaterstone’s and Sterling are
the city’s best English book-
stores, while Filigranes also
has an excellent EnglishBrüsel, one of Brussels’s numerous
well stocked comic-book stores