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Comics
devotees will want to head for
the Place du Grand Sablon, loca- Brüsel has a vast collection of
tion of the Wittamer shop and comics in French, Dutch and
café, which produces some of English. It also has a gallery of
the finest chocolates and cakes framed original art for sale on
in Brussels. Close by is Pierre the second floor. Utopia leans
Marcolini, a more recent star towards American super hero
in the chocolate firmament. strips and science fiction, but also
has Japanese anime titles. A short
walk from the Grand Place, La
Beer Boutique Tintin offers an inter-
Supermarkets such as Match, esting variety of Tintin-imprinted Brüsel, one of Brussels’s numerous well
Carrefour (which have many knick-knacks. The Centre Belge stocked comic-book stores
outlets) and Delhaize (see p297) de la Bande Desinée (see p66)
offer most of the country’s finest has one of the better stocked Nestled among the high-
beers. For rarer finds, as well as comic stores in the city. fashion boutiques of Rue
appropriate glasses for each Antoine Dansaert is Passa
beer, gift boxes and other beer Bookshops Porta, which calls itself a
paraphernalia, Beer Mania, De trilingual bookstore and an
Bier Tempel and Délices et Waterstone’s and Sterling “international house of
Caprices are recommended. are the city’s best English book- literature”. Besides these, there
Beer glasses can also be found stores, while Filigranes also has is the exhaustive French book
at the Marolles flea market. an excellent English section. and CD emporium, Fnac.
DIRECTORY
Department Martin Margiela Pierre Marcolini Centre Belge de la
Stores Rue de Flandre 114. Rue des Minimes 1. City Bande Desinée
City Map 1 B1. Tel (02) Map 2 D4. Tel (02) 514 Rue des Sables 20.
City 2 2237520. ∑ maison 1206. ∑ marcolini.be City Map 2 E2.
Rue Neuve 123. City Map 2 martinmargiela.com Tel (02) 219 1980.
D2. ∑ city2.be Wittamer ∑ comicscenter.net
Stijl Place du Grand Sablon 6.
Hema Rue Antoine Dansaert 74. City Map 2 D4. Utopia
Rue Neuve 13. City Map 1 C2. Tel (02) 5123742. Rue de Midi 39. City Map
City Map 2 D2. Tel (02) Tel (02) 5120313. ∑ wittamer.com 1 C3. Tel (02) 5140826.
2275210. ∑ hema.be ∑ utopiacomics.be
Inno Chocolates Beer
Rue Neuve 111–123. Bookshops
City Map 2 D2. Tel (02) Corné Port-Royal Beer Mania Filigranes
2112111. ∑ inno.be Rue de la Madeleine 9. Chaussée de Wavre 174–6. Ave des Arts 39–40.
City Map 2 D3. City Map 2 F5.
Markets and Tel (02) 5124314. Tel (02) 5121788. City Map 2 F3.
Antiques ∑ corneportroyal.com ∑ beermania.be Tel (02) 511 9015.
∑ filigranes.be
Marché du Midi Galler De Bier Tempel Fnac
Gare du Midi. Rue au Beurre 44. Rue Marché aux Herbes City 2, Rue Neuve 123.
City Map 1 A5. City Map 2 D3. Tel (02) 56. City Map 2 D3. City Map 2 D1. Tel (02)
502 0266. ∑ galler.com Tel (02) 5021906.
Marolles Marché 2751111. ∑ fnac.be
aux Puces Godiva Délices et Caprices Passa Porta
Place du Jeu de Balle. Place du Grand Sablon Rue des Bouchers 68. Rue Antoine Dansaert 46.
City Map 1 C5. 47–48. City Map 2 D4. City Map 2 D3. City Map 1 C2.
Tel (02) 5029906. Tel (02) 5121451. Tel (02) 2260454.
Fashion ∑ godivachocolates.eu ∑ passaporta.be
Comics
Annemie Verbeke Leonidas Sterling
Rue Antoine Dansaert 64. Rue au Beurre 34. La Boutique Tintin Fossé aux Loups 23–25.
City Map 1 C2. City Map 2 D3. Rue de la Colline 13. City Map 2 D2.
Tel (02) 5112171. Tel (02) 5128737. City Map 2 E2. Tel (02) 2236223.
∑ annemieverbeke.be ∑ leonidas.com Tel (02) 5145152. ∑ sterlingbooks.be
∑ tintin.boutique.com
Elvis Pompilio Neuhaus Waterstone’s
Avenue Louise 437. Galerie de la Reine 25–27. Brüsel Boulevard Adolphe Max
City Map 2 D5. City Map 2 D3. Boulevard Anspach 100. 71–75. City Map 2 D1.
Tel (02) 5128588. Tel (02) 5126359. City Map 1 C3. Tel (02) 2192708.
∑ elvispompilio.com ∑ neuhaus.be ∑ brusel.com ∑ waterstones.com

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