Louvain-la-Neuve Shopping

As a university town with practically no permanent residents, LLN has one of the worst shopping districts imaginable. There are a couple of stores selling school supplies and a few computer places, a bike shop, and some magazine stands, but all in all, not overly much. There are three grocery stores in town. The Aldi under the train station is the grungiest, but the cheapest. The other two (whose names I forget) are more expensive, but higher quality. The green store next to the Aldi is open on weekends, which is a sizeable plus if you are marooned in town for the weekend and need some munchies.

But the crown jewel of area shops is the Carrefour in Wavre, the next town over. Easily reached by car, and not too bad by train, the Carrefour sells everything. It's like Super Walmart meets Safeway. They even have a "foreign food" section with tortillas. In Belgium, mind you. Terrific. Yeah, it's a pain to take the train and then walk across town, but sometimes, you just need tortillas.