Oostende Shopping

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This shop only sells bears, so if you are a fan, this is the place to be.

What to buy: bears and dolls, tapestry trowns and pillows, greeting cards, And the brands Steiff, Boyds (bearstones, dolls and teddybears), Dean's, Cliff Richard, Russ, Kaloo, Gund....;;

A-Mode sells brands like Garcia Jeans, Street One,... and the traditional Mexx Esprit O'Neill Oxbow, ....

This is part of the chain with allready 3 big shops in Belgium. A must to visit if you're looking for a nice outfit, from casual to modern, to costumes, ... for male/female/kids.

One of the best shops in Ostend next to Brooklyn, but situated outside the centre city.

What to buy: Clothes, nightwear, swimwear, socks, jackets, costumes, .....................................

Although I found Oostende a bit overdevloped residentially and seasidey it does have some cracking shops. A wander through the town centre gives you every sort of shopping experience possible from designer stuff, major chain stores and some lovely quirky little individuals.

The main shopping street seems to be the Kappellstraat which runs through the town centre and the parallel and cross streets have equally enticing options - it's quite a small town centre and so everything is within strolling distance.

I haven't caught the town on market day (Thursday, I think) but judging by my morning walk-around that should be a good day to visit. The fish market down on the quay is open mornings six days a week if you're self-catering and fancy the best of the fresh get up early!

I was especially impressed by the window displays of the charcuteries and patisseries - loads of mouth-wateringly inviting edibles.

Unfortunately no time this visit to try them out - Ha! Another reason for a revisit!

What to buy: By all accounts this is the place to shop on the Belgian coast and it all looked good to me.

What to pay: Depends what you buy obviously.

HA! - VT just doesn't have a category for us smokers and so this is listed under "others".

If your tastes are for the local-ish brands then Ron's is the best bet. There's a "UK" tobacconists on the main drag but they cater for the commonly bought stuff that British visitors are after whilst Ron's carries a much more eclectic range.

Nice shop which smells like a humidor and has pretty much everything that a tobacconist should stock including local mixes and some very good cigars. Service is multi-lingual and friendly and you don't need to buy huge quantities to qualify for a couple of freebie lighters and papers.

What to buy: Tobacco!

What to pay: Pay in Sterling for the best prices.

ESSENTIAL for men & women!

This is probably the only shop at the moment where i can find my clothes.
Without this shop I would have to go very far for nice modern clothes...

What to buy: Lots of choice is jeans, jackets, shirts, shorts, skirts,....

Quality brands like Diesel, GSUS Industries, Pépé, Esprit, Mexx and new brands like Sabotage, 2nd Heaven, ...

You find often nice knitwear at reasonable price.
For people who like to dress modern & sportily. Recommended!!!!

Clothes are for male & female and also kids.
Checkout the sales of the beginning of January and after the summer.
You pay half the price.

What to pay: jeans +- €75
shirts +- €50

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After the summer of 2009, the "Mercatorpand" (Kapellestraat) will be renovated into a very big "ZARA" shop, which is allready present in our metropolic cities as Antwerp & Brussels, with a personnel of +- 50.

"De Kapellestraat" was allready chosen as best shoppingstreet in Flanders, after our first real shoppingcenter in "het Feest- en Kultuurpaleis", thanks to "ZARA" it will be a new magnet for shopping, for locals but also for tourists, so this will definitely give our city a boost!

What to buy: Children - Men - Women clothes

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This is a favorite place for people from Britain to shop. There are a LOT of shops here. A favorite item is the beer, of course. The chocolate is another.

What to buy: If you look around, you can find some bargains. Of course, the American dollar doesn't go as far as it did when I was here.

Ostend is a good place to buy luxury goods (designer clothes and accessories). Wapenplein is the main square and the principle shopping streets lead off this. Kapellestraat, Ostend's high street, has the Inno department store as well as various stores selling housewares. The main shopping streets are; Adolf Buylstraat, Alfons Pieterslaan, Christinastraat, Kapellestraat and Wapenplein.