Flowering Shops 2026: Didier Wauters leads initiative to beautify Brussels 💙🌸

Brussels has decided to blossom well beyond its Grand-Place. For its 6th edition, Flowering Shops (Commerces en Fleurs) is transforming the city centre’s shopping streets into a botanical walk, from 13 to 30 August 2026. This year’s theme: the Seventies, Flower Power, bold colours and XXL flowers.

In total, expect 22 floral and green installations, a walk of about 90 minutes around Place Saint-Jean, and fifty shop windows dressed in 70s style, with special offers at several shops throughout the event.

A 💙 initiative from Didier Wauters, our Alderman for Commerce and Economic Affairs for the City of Brussels, in collaboration with Enjoy BXL (entreprendre Bruxelles – Local.guide).

🗺️ The Official Route Map

Official map © Enjoy BXL / City of Brussels — download the A3 map (PDF)

🌻 The Complete Trail, Point by Point

1. Courtyard of the City Hall — Apple Disco by Do Flowers
2. Grand-Place — the [Flower Carpet](/evenements/tapis-de-fleurs "Flower Carpet 2026 — dates, times and Grand-Place access") (13 → 16.08)
3. Bourse — the mini Flower Carpet (13 → 16.08)
4. Rue de la Fourche — Hanging Gardens by Castros
5. Rue de l’Écuyer — Brussels in Facets by Pollen
6. Rue des Dominicains — Out of the Frame by Castros
7. Rue des Bouchers — Hanging Gardens by Castros
8. Rue de la Montagne — Pop Art Sunflower by Ilvris
9. Place Agora — Bloom by Moments Subtils
10. Rue des Éperonniers — Wisteria Lane by Moments Subtils
11. Rue Marché aux Fromages — Street Party by Sarah Bruford & Kapai
12. Rue des Brasseurs — Flowered Spheres by Pact Solutions
13. Hôtel Amigo — Peace & Love by Pact Solutions
14. Rue de la Violette — From her Hands by Sarah Bruford & Kapai
15. Rue du Lombard — The Green Arches by Castros
16. Rue de l’Étuve — Floral Gaze by Ilvris
17. Manneken-Pis — Field of Flowers by Pollen (costume + 3D installation)
18. Rue du Chêne — Flower Rain by Castros
19. Rue de la Vieille Halle aux Blés — Peacesssss by Pact Solutions
20. Place Saint-Jean — Groovy by Do Flowers
21. Rue Saint-Jean — Summer Knots by Max Hurtaud
22. Rue Duquesnoy — Freedom by Max Hurtaud
23. Rue de l’Homme Chrétien — The Vinyls by Max Hurtaud

Two points on the trail are temporary: the Grand-Place and the Bourse, which will host the two flower carpets only from 13 to 16 August. The rest of the trail remains visible until 30 August.

🚶 How to Do the Walk

• Suggested starting point: Place Saint-Jean (point 20), then head up towards the Grand-Place — saving the best for last.
• Duration: About 1h30 without stopping; allow 2h30 with terrace breaks.
• When: On a weekday before 11 am or late in the afternoon to avoid the crowds of the 15 August weekend.
• Free, outdoors, and accessible at any time of day.
• Metro: Bourse / De Brouckère / Central Station; everything is within walking distance in the Pentagon.

🪟 Fifty Shop Windows in 70s Style

Beyond the installations, the shopkeepers themselves are getting involved: around 50 shop windows will be decorated in a Seventies theme, with special promotions at several of them throughout the event. It’s a very tangible way to support city-centre businesses during the summer.

🔗 Verifiable Sources & Links

• Flowering Shops — official trail (Enjoy BXL / localguide.brussels)
• 2026 Trail Map (official image)
• 2026 Trail Map — A3 PDF version
• City of Brussels
• Didier Wauters — Alderman for Commerce and Economic Affairs