To avoid!!! If they ask you to turn off your phone, it is to…read moreensure that you are not tempted to look up the real price. They are pretentious, arrogant and ignorant thieves.

Veals & Geeks is a nice shop in the center of Brussels. They have an extensive catalog of music…read moreand many items I have not seen in my adventures at American record shops. I'm sure if you are looking for gems this is the place the find it. The attendant was willing to help guide me to find what I was looking for. Again this store was organized by alphabet and popular artist in each letter! This is good if you are looking for let's say Smashing Pumpkins and don't want to sort through all the S's to find them. My only reservation on this fine establishment is that the prices were much higher than any other record store I've visited on this trip. For used records many were priced as if the records were new. This unfortunately resulted in my leaving empty handed, something that I rarely do, as I like to support smaller independent shops. This would be a great place to find your favorite artist's album that other stores around do not have. Recommend checking it out.

I decided to come and have a look through here, but as it turns out, this isn't an English language…read morebook store. That probably shouldn't surprise anybody considering that it happens to be in the heart of Brussels. Anyway, yeah, it's basically books that are mostly in French. Still, I do like the feel of wandering through bookshops, even if they happen to be Foreign language bookshops. Still, as it turns out, there are better places for Belgium books.

My brother and I found this place while looking for Veals and Geeks. It was a please surprise to…read morefind a predominantly French bookstore with a decent collection of English vinyl records. Particularly if you like 70s/80s rock/pop music (genesis, carnes, Alabama, Phil Collins, etc). The store was nicely laid out with both French and English signs so that you knew where to go to find things. It was brightly lite and well organized. I initially started with about 6 records and only purchased two since I do have to fly back home with them. The service was standard, was warmly greeted by the attendant that spoke good English. The records were all between 3 to 15 Euros, which I would to be a good value. I only wish I had more time to explore all the bins for records. While the product was sorted by genre it was not in any other my artist so it was like looking for buried treasured. Please check it out if you are ever in the area!

This is a fun resale shop with a huge selection of books and music. Not a lot of English options,…read morebut that's understandable as not that many people in Brussels speak English. I was surprised with the high prices. A number of the electronics here were 2-3 times what I would have expected to pay in the us. The books as well were nearly 2x the US price. I did find some nice (and inexpensive) comic books for gifts for my family here. The staff was pretty much indifferent, largely caught up in their own work and only looking up when you get to the checkout. TL;DR overpriced but pretty nice.

As the location on Chausee de Waterloo, you never know what you'll find. Prices are OK, and they…read morehave a great selection of English books. Staff is helpful and the queue moves quickly. They also have lockers if you don't want to lug your bag + your new load of books, dvds, records, etc..

I'm not much for records and such myself but visited with some friends a few weeks ago as it was…read moresomewhere they wanted to check out - this was a planned visit. And they seemed very into the selections there and bought quite a bit. Plus the sales guy was very helpful despite a language barrier. Worth stopping by if you're in the neighborhood.

Sold a my bloody valentine as original 1988 UK for 50 €. Checked when I got a chance and it's a…read morebootleg. Very disappointing. Check before buying here.

I've been in this store many times, and I've also spent quite a lot of money. It has a good…read moreselection of black music (jazz, soul, funky, etc...). Although there are very ruined records sometimes sold at exorbitant prices. But I don't leave 1 star for the prices, but for how today the shop owner treated me and my girlfriend. We were there this afternoon and we heard about twenty records without finding anything we liked. The store has some turntables dedicated to listening. When leaving the store the owner did not greet us, but before going through the exit he told us in a totally unfriendly manner and, I must also say quite threatening, that besides listening it would have been nice if we had bought something. Obviously both of us were shocked by this absurd attitude. I want to reassure the store owner that there will not be another time, we will never set foot over there again, and I will advise anyone to do the same. I'm saddened to think that in an era when buying online records at affordable prices is an immediate deal there are physical stores that have not yet caught the importance of offering something more and a pleasent customer's shopping experience is the key to success of every physical store, especially talking about music or arts in general. Good luck.

From the owner: Disquaire 2nd main spécialisé Jazz & Soul - Espace…read mored'écoute individuelle - Arrivage réguliers - Originaux et imports US - Événements tous les jeudis

Brüsel probably qualifies as one of my favorite graphic novel/comic shops to stop into. While this…read morelocation isn't as big as the shop inside Brussels it is a nice cozy condensed version cutting off a lot of the fluff from the other store. It feels much more book shop vs. nerd novelties with graphic novels. They also have art and a children's section. Of course, plenty of comics and books to choose from. Some of the selection that was at the larger store isn't available here which makes me think I'd ultimately choose the other store over this one if I had to choose, but given it's just in Flagey and I wouldn't have to travel all the way into the city it's certainly not a bad choice. Was easy to walk to and in the square where you could find lots of coffee shops and other cafes to maybe sit and read after you picked something up.

From the owner: BDs, romans, mangas, comics, albums jeunesse, jouets, littérature ado, jeux de sociétéread more