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.

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 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!

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.

Small shop of mostly used, well organized vinyl. Mostly subcategories of various electronic music…read moresuch as Nu Beat, Industrial, Techno, House, D&B, and everything in between. Friendly and knowledgeable staff.