So, I spent the weekend in Brussels: a beautiful city with lots of sights and wonderful cafes and restaurants. However, there is also a nice, little, centrally-located, English language bookshop that I would like to mention here: Sterling Books in the Wolvengracht 38, close to the Theatre Royal.
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| bookstoreguide.org |
Located right in the middle of the city, Sterling Books is by some guidebooks considered as one of the best locations for people craving English language reading material in Brussels. Opened in the late 1990s, it has since established itself as one of the biggest independent English bookshops in Belgium
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| bookstoreguide.org |
The bookshop looks rather modern and is spread over two floors, the lower one stocking mainly fiction, children's literature and
newspapers and magazines while the upper floor is dedicated to non-fiction. Here customers can also find a few tables with chairs, so that you can flip through the pages of
the books in peace and quiet, maybe even with a cafe latte from the coffee machine. Both floors are connected via a beautiful Dickensian staircase: creaky wood and books - me like! :)
Just one downside: I thought their titles were rather high priced, especially considering that most books were (occasionally much) more expensive than elsewhere. However, I guess this a "side effect" with independent bookshops and - while I don't want to throw around my money - I do think it's crucial to support them.
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