Leidsestraat - On your way to the Museum Quarter or the Leidsesquare, you might pass through the always busy Leidsestraat. In this shopping street you will find chic clothing stores like the UK-based Karen Millen alongside cheap souvenir traps, night shops and fast-food joints.

There are also shoe stores galore (Camper is a favourite) and a high-end department store in a monumental building Metz & Co., where on the top floor you can have lunch overlooking the Central Canal Belt and the Leidsestraat.

Whilst shopping watch out for the tram which rides through the middle of this street.