The best bookshops Belgium

Filigranes rightly boasts that it is the largest single-storey bookshop in the world, open 365 days a year! The team is efficient, knows the business and does not hesitate to give its opinion. They also make sure that the waiting time at the cash registers does not get longer. The numerous and vast shelves of the store are full of books of all sizes, shapes and colors, on all subjects and for all tastes and all ages. You'll find what you're looking for and you'll meet more people there than you would on Amazon. Several Villo kiosks nearby.

A true specialist in travel books, the bookstore is undoubtedly the first stop on every journey. Do you want to play Phileas Fogg and go around the world in 80 days? Or are you looking for an idea for an equally exotic trip in the outskirts of Brussels? All themes are professionally addressed, whether you want to walk the little-known paths of the Pyrenees, find the book that compiles the best travel ideas to recharge your batteries or escape to the Azores with the Petit Futé. Entering here is already traveling!

Autre Chose is an organic grocery store located in Rixensart. With a daily supply of fruit and vegetables, as well as a wide range of dried foods, dietary supplements, cosmetics and even a bookshop, Autre Chose offers a varied selection of organic products.

Tropismes has set up its shelves full of books in the former Blue Note, a mecca for Belgian and international jazz. Housed in the magnificent setting of the Saint-Hubert galleries. One can simply say that it is the most beautiful bookshop in Brussels. This well-made head is also well filled. The bookshop specialises in literature, humanities and fine arts. The children's department is also very well stocked. The advice is excellent. If you are shy, you can rely on the post-its left by the staff with their impressions.

New and used comic book store. Many French comics, American comics, Japanese manga…

With its 700 m² on two floors, it is the major bookshop in the south of Brussels. The books are well presented and classified by section. As a general bookshop (including school books), UOPC offers a maximum choice of titles with a sharp and friendly service. It should be noted that religions, spiritualities and human sciences remain the historical core business of the place but the store also welcomes agnostics. UOPC includes a 150-seat conference room, a cafeteria with a terrace for sunny days and free parking.

One of Belgium's biggest bookshops is here in Tournai, run by enthusiastic Laurent Lemaire. It boasts over 50,000 different books spread over a total surface area of 300 m². Hours of browsing among rare editions. Magazines, novels, comics, guidebooks, coffee-table books... new or second-hand, not to mention the children's section with over 10,000 mangas. What's more, the bookshop follows the seasons carefully: you'll find books requested by French teachers at the start of the school year, boxed sets for Christmas..

French-Belgian-European comics, Japanese manga and American comic books all come together in this three-storey store. If you're a fan of Batman or Iron Man, Forbidden Zone has no fewer than 150,000 comics (yes, you read that right) in VO for the purists, but also in translated versions. The store is also packed with collectibles (posters, lithographs, figurines, etc.). The team regularly organizes signing sessions to the delight of enthusiasts (full schedule of signings on the website).

What a pleasure for food and reading lovers to be able to mix the two! The books are divided into nine different universes: comics, travel, youth, fine arts, music, greenhouse (hobbies, gardening, decoration...), cucina (cooking with a strong Italian accent), English and literature. The decoration is exceptional; each room corresponds to a different style! A retro Italian car in the kitchen area, a so british decoration in the English fiction area, the US caravan in the music area...

The Tintin boutique pampers fans of our little national reporter! Since 1989, it has offered a whole range of unusual items and souvenirs to delight young and old alike. In addition to top-of-the-range handicrafts, the Tintin boutique sells all the albums and displays some beautiful T-shirts from the "Portraits" collection. There's also a whole range of gadgets, posters and lithographs. Don't leave the store without your Captain Haddock mug or your Snowy plush! For Dupond & Dupont, there are also bags and key-rings.

This bookshop is a true Liège institution, almost a century old, which has never stopped growing. It now occupies several buildings in the heart of the city. With its vast, bright "Fine Arts" department, Pax is also a great place to make discoveries, with a table lined up with catalogs of the finest European exhibitions. The bookshop also has a "Performing Arts" section in the magnificent space dedicated to the books of the Théâtre de Liège. An independent bookshop like few others. In short, a place to discover!

This is the perfect place to take a "serious" dive into the 9th art! This playful place, created by a passionate collector, is dedicated to the art of the bubble. There is a permanent exhibition featuring the works of great Franco-Belgian cartoonists: Franquin, Morris, Will, Sirius, Hubinon, Paape and Peyo. Albums, collector's boxes, effigies and related products... The shop also has many stationery and cardboard items, posters and postcards, figurines, etc. Everything is dedicated to the world of comics.

Brüsel opens its doors every day and welcomes visitors with good humour and passion. The sales staff are true comic-book aficionados. The store features a number of original prints and figurines. The stock is quite substantial and extends beyond the Belgian and European borders. All the more reason to take an interest in comics, a Belgian and Brussels speciality par excellence! For fans of the genre, Brüsel has a corner dedicated to Harry Potter, right next door. Numerous exhibitions and signing sessions are advertised on their website.

Imported from Italy, the formula is attractive: from 5pm, you can sip a Spritz or a glass of wine on the terrace while nibbling on some antipasti. At lunchtime, you can eat simple dishes, salads or sandwiches. Also nice are the second-hand book market, the evening parties, the concerts and the DJ sets before the evening. On the reading side, because this is a bookshop, the staff offers to discover or rediscover Italy in its original version, but also bilingual, French or Dutch. Workshops and events for young and old.

It is one of the oldest comic book shops in Europe (1970). This place offers - with a very precise knowledge - all styles of comics, new and second-hand. In addition, there is a large choice of mangas, ex-libris, posters, Pixi figurines. Fans sometimes come from far away! The Skull also has a real cinema department, something rare in Brussels. Schedule of signing sessions on the website. Among other meanings, the term "Skull" is a reference to the secret societies of North America.