Foreign language bookshops Bruxelles - Brussel

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...

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.

Calligraphy enthusiasts come here for their materials, and children and lucanophiles for their kites, which - let's not forget - were invented in China 2,500 years ago. La Grande Muraille is also (and above all) a themed bookshop. It offers a multitude of books on subjects as varied as martial arts, acupuncture and tea. We also stock up on newspapers and magazines devoted to the Middle Kingdom (in French, English or Dutch). Regular organization of conferences.

The largest and oldest English-language bookshop in Belgium, Waterstone's is a real reference for the capital's English-speaking and Anglophile community. Among the many themes represented (newspapers, magazines, current affairs, children's books, literature, cookery books, comics, etc.), there is a vast section devoted to manuals for learning the language of Albion, for reading Agatha Christie or Harry Potter in V.O.! In addition, there is a nice stationery and postcard section.