For the past 15 years, Piola Libri has offered Italian books and good food in the European Quarter of Brussels. Now it has a little sister in arty Saint-Gilles.
The intimate store stocks second-hand Italian literature neatly organised into categories such as crime and literature in translation. You can also drop in for an Italian coffee, a glass of Prosecco or a local Zenne beer.
Derek Blyth’s hidden secret of the day: Derek Blyth is the author of the bestselling “The 500 Hidden Secrets of Belgium”. He picks out one of his favourite hidden secrets for The Brussels Times every day.
