MARKET IN BRAINE L'ALLEUD

Braine l'Alleud is a little town melting into Waterloo's city end, that means you don't know where Waterloo ends and Braine begins.

The Sunday's market is bigger than the one in Waterloo and also has more choices and is less expensive because it is not Waterloo ! Therefore I prefer to go there when the weather allows it.



The market is located in front of the old post office and you can find almost everything there from food to clothes and household appliances.



These are different stands, with a great choice of different kind of cheese, a bakery with freshly baked bred and cakes. You can also find "Foie Gras" and other delicatessen.



Flowers and now Christmas decoration are also sold



Great choice of winter plants and Christmas trees



The city has decorated all trees with big balls which are blue when they are lightened.





The old post building hasn't changed and the post office is still in there. It had been modernized of course.



There are quiet a lot of boutiques around this place which are exceptionally open on Sundays during the market.





The city hall is a beautiful old building


and there is a kind of "Pub" too



Of course to warm you up you can eat hot snails served in a little a paper box



and the Belgian waffles are not missing either.

MY WORLD - Braine l'Alleud market

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I only discovered recently that there is a market in Braine l'Alleud, which is the next door village or now rather a little town. The battle of Waterloo took also place in the village of Braine-l'Alleud,where the Prussians were expected to reinforce the battle against Napoleon and his army. The Waterloo Lion is also more located towards Braine l'Alleud.

But today I only went there because the sun was shining and I needed some fresh air and not a battle, unfortunately it was very cold. Nevertheless there were many people






Here the market starts with a rather strange "modern art" sculpture, I really don't know what it should represent because I only see piled up cobble stones. Please feel free to analyse this artwork in your own interpretation, one thing is for sure, it wasn't a truck which lost the stones.



There is nearly everything to buy, from flowers and vegetables to handbags



around the city hall it continues



This was my favorite market visitor, he was enormous but very friendly



Choose a handbag, jeans or sweaters and when you are hungry you can have hamburgers or hot sausages.



For those who like it rather sweet there are the famous Belgian wafels freshly made in front of you





A lot of choice for cheese, also presented in a very cute way



A couple from Peru sold beautiful handknitted pullovers, bonnets or cardigans, for all ages.

I didn't buy anything besides the Tartiflette I mentioned in my yesterday's post.



When I came home I was joyfully greeted by a happy Arthur, he probably thought I'll bring him some special treats. Love always goes through the stomac !