Place Louise

Place Louise Review

There's a certain type of young Belgian matron—tall, blond, bejeweled, and freshly tanned whatever the season—whose natural urban habitat is around place Louise. The most expensive shops are along boulevard de Waterloo. Prices are somewhat lower on the other side of the street, on avenue de la Toison d'Or, which means the Golden Fleece. Additional shops and boutiques line both sides of avenue Louise and the Galerie Louise, which burrows through the block to link avenue de la Toison d'Or with place Stéphanie. This is an area for browsing, window-shopping, movie-going, and café-sitting, but don't go expecting a bargain.