Brussels Shopping
From "Brussels, Belgium"

Chocolate

Leonidas
Brussels has 13 Leonidas chocolate shops. You'll find others throughout Belgium and around the world--including the United States, where you can order Leonidas pralines online.

Antiques and Flea Markets

Antiques & Flea Markets in Belgium
Where to go for antiques and bargains, from the Belgian Tourist Office in the Americas.

Antiques World Belgium
Dealers, galleries, rare-book shops, shipping companies, and other businesses (some outside Brussels) are listed here.

Belgium & Holland Antiques
Look up dealers and flea markets, or explore a database with more than 3,000 items for sale.

Friends of the Flea Market
Some 500 merchants sell goods at the Vieux Marché, which is open daily from 6 a.m. until 2 p.m.

Lace

Belgium has a long tradition of lacemaking, and Trabel.com's History of Lace article has examples of traditional and present-day lacemaking techniques. If you want to buy lace, reader James Howard has nice things to say about Rubbrecht. He writes:

"They produce their laces themselves. They can provide an enormous variety of lace, and they also have a very nice collection of antique laces you can buy. But the nicest thing in this store is that people take time to explain you some of the history of the lace in Belgium if you ask. They search in their boxes and drawers to find the small piece you need to bring home."

The Maison Rubbrecht is at 23 Grand-Place, 1000 Brussels, telephone + 32 25 12 02 18. (Rubbrecht didn't yet have a Web site the last time I checked, but the store has been in business for years and has an excellent reputation.)

 

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