Shopping

Bio

  • L’Epicier, up the road on Pl. des Chasseurs Ardennais 6, 1030 Schaerbeek
  • The Barn, https://thebarn.bio, specialize in regional & seasonal harvest, Av. Milcamps 166, 1030 Schaerbeek
  • Färm, https://stores.farm.coop/fr/farm-meiser Av. Rogier 383, 1030 Schaerbeek
  • Roots, Rue Franklin 44, 1000 Bruxelles

Local markets

  • Tuesday mornings: large old-fashioned market Av. Chazal
  • Wednesday afternoons: small market at the bottom of Sq. Marguerite
  • Friday afternoons: up the road on Place des Chasseurs Ardennais served mostly by fruit and vegetable stands, and increasingly popular for finger food and drinks stands.
  • Sunday markets on nearby Pl. Jourdan and Pl. Flagey

City-wide list: https://marches.bruxelles.be/

Supermarkets

  • The closest high-standard supermarket that also carries a range of local foods from many regions (at a price) is Delhaize ‘Chazal’. To reach it, walk up our street to the end to reach Place des Chasseurs Ardennais. At the top left corner of this little square is the supermarket.
  • If you’re looking for a less chique – but cheaper – supermarket, there is Colruyt on Av. de Roodebeek 17 and on Ch. de Louvain 110.
  • Many “night shops” are open at least part of Sundays and most Belgian holidays.

Ethnic

Going down Ch. de Louvain you reach multi-ethnic Saint-Josse with a colourful multitude of shops, snacks and restaurants.

Spanish

  • Productos Espanoles is not far from Place Dailly on Ch.de Louvain 446
  • Sabores de España on the other side of Sq Ambiorix in Rue Archimède 22.

Portuguese

  • Casa Portuguesa on the corner of Rue du Noyer and Rue Van Campenhout
  • Luso Loja on Ch. de Louvain 251

Others

  • Turkish supermarket Lodos on Rue au Grand Bois 93.
  • Nordic Fine Foods on rue Archimède 59.
  • Italian bookshop and bar Piola Libri

Let us know about others…

Our daily bread:

Apart from small local bakers, there is Van Dender, famous particularly as ‘chocolatier’ and for its cakes and excellent sourdough rye bread (except on Thursdays, shop closed Mondays): Ch. de Louvain 416, 1030 Schaerbeek.

German bread on Wednesday and Friday markets.

Excellent bread also at Renard (Pl. Fernand Cocq 3, 1050 Ixelles), Levain (Av. Georges Henri 410, 1200 Woluwe-Saint-Lambert), Le Pain Levé (Rue Josaphat 101, 1030 Schaerbeek), La Fleur du Pain (Place Eugène Flagey 24, 1050 Ixelles) ; …

Hardware, cars, etc.

Many shops along Ch. de Louvain towards (often in) Zaventem, eastwards.
Small neighbourhood DYI shop Sanel on Ch. de Louvain 282. Brico.be is the Belgian chain of hardware/DIY shops, the nearest one (smaller one with limited offer) is on Ch. de Louvain just before Place Meiser.

Books

Very friendly, very international LibreBook https://librebook.eu/en/ a bit further away, at the entrance to Brussels’ African quarter Matongé: Ch. de Wavre 128, 1050 Ixelles