List of shopping malls in Belgium explained

The following are the largest Belgian shopping centers or malls, in terms of Gross Leasable Area (industry standard measurement). Therefore, the list excludes 'mini malls' or shopping galleries like for example the Royal Saint-Hubert Galleries.

Brussels

Basilix Shopping Center, in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, has a retail space of 18.683 m² containing 65 shops.^[1]
City2 shopping mall is located on the Rue Neuve/Nieuwstraat. With 104 shops on a surface of 51.000 m² it is the biggest inner city shopping mall in Belgium.^[2]
Docks Bruxsel has 110 shops and restaurants and a cinema with 8 halls, on a total commercial surface area of 41.000 m²^[3]
The W Shopping, also known as Woluwe Shopping Center, in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, has 130 shops with a commercial surface of 45.000 m².^[4]
Westland Shopping Center, in Anderlecht, has a total of 140 stores with a commercial surface area of 38.000 m².^[5]
The Mint in the city centre

Charleroi

Ville 2 located in the city centre has around 140 shops, restaurants, and cinema.^[6]
Rive Gauche is the newest shopping mall in Charleroi, has 95 shops on a commercial area of 39.000 m².^[7]

Genk

Shopping 1 is the first indoor shopping mall established in Belgium. It is located in Genk, Limburg province. The commercial area is 27.100 m² divided into 95 shop-spaces.^[8]

Kortrijk

'K' in Kortrijk is located in Kortrijk, has 95 shops on a commercial area of 34.000 m².^[9]
Ring Shopping Kortrijk Noord has 80 shops and a commercial area of 35.000 m².^[10]

Liege

Belle-Ile has around 56 shops and a commercial area of 30 279 m².^[11]
Galeries Saint Lambert has a surface area of 44.000 m².^[12]
Médiacité, the biggest shopping mall in Wallonia, has 124 stores covering 45.000 m² area.^[13]

Louvain-La-Neuve

L'Esplanade (42.000 m²)^[14]

Maasmechelen

M2 shopping center^[15]

Mons

Les Grands Prés, over 75 shops and restaurants (27.000 m²)^[16]

Nivelles

Shopping Nivelles, located in the Walloon Brabant city, 25 kilometers south of Brussels.^[17]

Sint-Niklaas

Waasland Shopping Center, the second-largest mall in Belgium^[18] is located in the Waasland region, 26 km south-west of Antwerp. Its commercial surface of 57.000 m² covers 140 shops. http://www.waaslandshoppingcenter.com/

Wijnegem

Wijnegem Shopping Center, in Wijnegem just east of Antwerp, the largest mall in the Benelux in both size and number of shops, with 61.913 m² of retail area and 250 shop-spaces.^[19]

Notes and References

http://www.basilix.be/ Basilix shopping center
https://web.archive.org/web/20140103142534/http://www.city2.be/en/home.html?IDC=9&IDD=21&LANG=en My beautiful Brussels
http://docksbruxsel.be/en/ Docks Bruxsel
http://www.thewshopping.be/en/ Woluwe Shopping Center
http://www.westlandshopping.be Westland Shopping Center
http://www.ville2.be/ Ville 2 website
https://www.rivegauche.shopping/ Rive Gauche
http://www.shopping1.be/ Shopping 1 website
http://www.k-in-kortrijk.be/ 'K' official website
http://www.ringshopping.be/nl/ring-shopping-kortrijk-noord/voorstelling Ring Shopping Kortrijk Noord website
http://www.belle-ile.be/ Belle-Ile website
https://web.archive.org/web/20140103151142/http://www.luxasolar.eu/references/commercial-windowfilm/GaleriaSaintLambert.php Galeries Saint Lambert
http://www.mediacite.be/en/ Médiacité website
http://www.lesplanade-shopping.be L'Esplanade website
http://www.m2shoppingcenter.be/ M2 shopping center
http://www.lesgrandspres.be/ Les Grands Prés
http://www.shopping-nivelles.be/ Shopping Nivelles website
http://www.fiabci.org/docs/congress-brussels-2005/Belgian%20Retail%20Market_FIABCI_051210.pdf "The Belgian Retail Market"
http://www.wijnegemshoppingcenter.be/ Wijnegem Shopping Center website