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Braderie

Three last days of June you see this word in all stores in Brussels (and beyond, I believe).

That means 'Neigbourhood fair' or 'Neigbourhood sale' if you translete it. In real life, it's just the way shops try to go around the Belgian law and start sales earlier*. The whole shopping street looks like a street market - all the stores have their stands out with goodies sold for half price.

This is what I call creativity :) We have the law - we know how to avoid it;)

* In Belgium, law determines that sales are allowed only twice a year, during months of July and January. This is also the only periods when stores are allowed to work on Sundays with no special licence.

Labels: Belgium

posted by Vija @ 7:54 PM