Winning the World Chocolate Championship in 1995, Pierre Marcolini set out to revolutionize the chocolate industry. Using only the finest cocoa beans from around the world, Marcolini now owns and operates luxury chocolate boutiques in five different countries. His sweet treats include delicacies such as truffles, macaroons, biscuits, liqueur chocolates, brittles and much more. Each purchase is presented in a handsomely designed gift box that perfectly compliments the luxury treat found within.
For a selection of cigars, cigarettes, pipes and smoking accessories, Davidoff is the place. You'll find cigars from all over the world including popular Cuban favorites such as Monte Cristo, Romeo y Julietta, Cohiba and sometimes, Robana. Davidoff also carries many cigars with its own label, made in the Dominican Republic since the advent of Fidel Castro.
This large store, attached to the Conrad International Brussels, is a historic toy store beloved by Belgians since 1959. Serneels offers a plethora of toys, games and educational activities for children of all ages. Find collectors items, games, baby items, and more.
The Grasshopper is a place where waves of childhood nostalgia will wash over you. This is a toy shop where not one technological gadget can be found. Instead, there are cuddly toys in every color, shape and size, and toys that need to be wound up with a key to make them move or play music. You can buy floating seagulls to hang from the ceiling, and ducks to fish for, just like at the fair. Everything sold here is made in small workshops. This shop is a place where you can find great treasures and remember how it was to be a child!
Au Grand Rasoir - Maison Jamart has been Court Supplier for ages. And once you have entered this store, you know it for sure. Once you become king or queen this is the only kind of shop you would be deigning to visit. Knives, scissors, razors and pocket knives are on display in the window. Here you will find anything that is sharp. And once inside, you might think you just went back forty years in time. Magnificent counter, of course, for even the shop's sign itself already evokes nostalgia. There is a workshop where cutlery is (re)silvered and where knives and scissors are ground and repaired. When dining in the Royal Palace you cut your finger - here's the guilty party.
Punto y Coma is a Spanish bookshop run by a native Spaniard. He speaks French, but it is easier to speak Spanish with him. All books are in Spanish. All you need is a warm day and you can imagine yourself way down south. The manager goes to Spain regularly to buy the books that are sold here. If anything is out of stock, just ask him to order it for you. Besides the books there are also video films.